Severe neurologic impairment and respiratory failure after fall and hip fracture in an elderly woman

Abstract

Abstract Fat embolism syndrome is a rare complication of long bone fractures and orthopedic surgery. We report a case of a 90‐year‐old woman who developed severe neurologic impairment and respiratory failure few hours after an accidental fall complicated by fracture of the left femur neck and left humerus.

Keywords

• elderly
• fat embolism
• hip fracture
• neurologic impairment