Citation

Burnstein RM, Newell JP, Jones JG. Anaesthesia 1998; 53(4): 373-378.

Affiliation

University Department of Anaesthesia, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9613303

Abstract

We present a young man who developed fat embolism syndrome following a fractured femoral shaft. By intermittently measuring oxygen saturation with a pulse oximeter and varying the inspired partial pressure of oxygen we were able to quantify the development of shunt and ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) mismatch over the course of his illness. Shunt and low V/Q gradually improved in the week following admission but deteriorated following general anaesthesia for nailing of the femur.

Language: en