32. Hemodynamic Disorders IV

Question 1

A 26 year old female soccer play undergoes orthopedic surgery to fix a femoral fracture caused in a match. She is on bed rest for a week. After a week, she gets up from her bed and later develops delirium and falls into a coma. Name her condition (MG)

A. Cerebral infarction
B. Fat embolism
C. Pulmonary embolism
D. Fat Embolism Syndrome

Answer 1

D. Fat Embolism Syndrome

If a fat embolism is symptomatic it is FES; no symptoms you just call it fat embolism

Question 2

A patient has generalized petechiae. You know they have some sort of embolism. Which kind do they have? (MG)

A. Fat embolism
B. Pulmonary embolism
C. Renal embolism
D. Cardiac embolism

Answer 2

A. Fat embolism

Generalized petechiae is one of your key phrases for fat embolism