BJA Advance Access originally published online on December 23, 2005
British Journal of Anaesthesia 2006 96(2):213-215; doi:10.1093/bja/aei304
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CASE REPORT |
Use of percutaneous cardiopulmonary support in catastrophic massive pulmonary fat embolism
Department of Anesthesiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South-1, West-16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8543, Japan
* Corresponding author: Department of Anesthesiology, Muroran City General Hospital, Yamate-choh 3-8-1 Muroran 051-8512, Japan. E-mail: igarashim{at}mtj.biglobe.ne.jp
We report a patient who sustained massive catastrophic pulmonary fat embolism while undergoing surgery for intramedullary nail of femur. Application of percutaneous cardiopulmonary support, in our view, saved the patient from cardiopulmonary collapse.