Recovery of an injured patient depends on several factors, among them, the severity of the injury itself, the primary treatment, and the management of posttrauma complications. Fifty years ago, the severely injured patient died of shock or sepsis; thirty years ago, he died of shock or renal failure. Today, if death is not immediate due to hopeless damage. effective resuscitation from the initia...

BACKGROUND Fat Embolism is a complication of long bone fractures, intramedullary fixation and joint arthroplasty. It may progress to fat embolism syndrome, which is rare but involves significant morbidity and can occasionally be fatal. Fat Embolism can be detected at the time of embolization by transoesophageal echocardiography or atrial blood sampling. Later, a combination of clinical signs an...

conclusions our anesthesia method was sciatic and femoral nerve block under double ultrasonic and nerve stimulator guidance. case presentation in this case report, we present a patient who had tibia and fibula fractures and a symptomatic severe critical aortic stenosis which was diagnosed during a preoperative visit. the patient had exertional dyspnea, palpitations and fainting history, but he ...

The novel coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2 has caused a global pandemic state which affects the respiratory system of patients. Given current situation, any acute distress to be evaluated thoroughly arrive at definitive diagnosis for targeted management, is challenging. We report patient who presented with fat embolism syndrome that was suspected as COVID-19 pneumonia.

Ong SCL, Balasingam V. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-223007 Description A 21-year-old male presented to the hospital following a road accident. He was riding a motorcycle when he flung into a roadside drain. On arrival, his Glasgow Coma Scale was 15/15 and vital signs were stable. On examination, there was tenderness and deformity of the left thigh. The diagnosis of closed comminuted ...