Brain death due to fat embolism — could moderate hypercapnia and prone position be blamed for the tonsillar herniation?

  • Rafael Kawati
  • Anders Larsson

Abstract

Fat embolism to the systemic circulation in polytrauma patients is very common. The fat embolism syndrome (FES), however, is a rare condition. We describe a case of traumatic femur fracture with FES that was presented as acute tonsillar herniation (coning) and brain death postoperatively. We believe that in this case the prone position and moderate hypercapnia contributed to the acute coning.

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Published
2013-08-27
How to Cite
Kawati R., & Larsson A. (2013). Brain death due to fat embolism — could moderate hypercapnia and prone position be blamed for the tonsillar herniation?. Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, 118(4). https://doi.org/10.3109/03009734.2013.818600

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