TY - JOUR PY - 2021// TI - Severe neurologic impairment and respiratory failure after fall and hip fracture in an elderly woman JO - Clinical case reports A1 - Rostagno, Carlo A1 - Maiani, Silvia A1 - Di Donato, Rosa A1 - Bandini, Giulia A1 - Grassi, Enrico A1 - Fainardi, Enrico SP - e05145 EP - e05145 VL - 9 IS - 12 N2 - 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.
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LA - en SN - 2050-0904 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5145 ID - ref1 ER -