Severe neurologic impairment and respiratory failure after fall and hip fracture in an elderly woman.
Carlo RostagnoSilvia MaianiRosa Di DonatoGiulia BandiniEnrico GrassiEnrico FainardiPublished in: Clinical case reports (2021)
Fat embolism syndrome is a rare complication of long bone fractures and orthopedic surgery. We report a case of a 90-year-old woman who developed severe neurologic impairment and respiratory failure few hours after an accidental fall complicated by fracture of the left femur neck and left humerus.
Keyphrases
- respiratory failure
- hip fracture
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- mechanical ventilation
- bone mineral density
- minimally invasive
- early onset
- case report
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- coronary artery bypass
- drug induced
- intensive care unit
- middle aged
- postmenopausal women
- fatty acid
- coronary artery disease
- surgical site infection
- soft tissue
- community dwelling
- atrial fibrillation