Occam's razor is a double-edged sword: concomitant pulmonary embolus and fat embolism syndrome

J Trauma. 2008 Dec;65(6):1558-60. doi: 10.1097/01.ta.0000209462.84864.f7.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Embolism, Fat / diagnostic imaging
  • Embolism, Fat / etiology*
  • External Fixators*
  • Femoral Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Femoral Fractures / surgery*
  • Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary*
  • Hip Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Hip Fractures / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / diagnostic imaging
  • Hypoxia / etiology*
  • Male
  • Multiple Trauma / diagnostic imaging
  • Multiple Trauma / surgery*
  • Pelvic Bones / injuries*
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Embolism / etiology*
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed
  • Young Adult