Pulmonary embolism as a complication of fracture of the proximal end of the humerus - literature review

Introduction and purpose: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is one of the leading causes death worldwide. There are many factors that increase risk its occurence. High costs treatment, non-specific symptoms high mortality disease determine further search for new methods treatment diagnostics. The aim study to incidence PE in patients after fracture proximal end humerus.
 Materials methods: A literature was conducted PubMed MEDLINE database medical publications using following keywords: pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, humerus fracture.
 Results: Among found articles, 4 original papers describing problems fractures were qualified analysis. this type rare ranges from 1.3% 5.1%. Moreover, not cause any patient analyzed literature.
 Conclusion: need randomized controlled trials on a large group operated with same technique demonstrated, including subgroups without antithrombotic chemoprophylaxis.