Correlation between outliving period and trauma severity in persons died from posttraumatic fat embolism

INTRODUCTION Posttraumatic fat embolism follows the injury. The fat emboli in circulation could cause death in three ways: isolated lung fat embolism, systemic fat embolism and fat embolism syndrome (FES). In forensic pathology, only two trauma scores, based on disintegration of anatomic structures,...

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Main Authors: Nikolić Slobodan, Micić Jelena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serbian Medical Society 2004-01-01
Series:Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2004/0370-81790406167N.pdf