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Symptoms typically appear within 24 to 72 hours after injury or surgery. Fat droplets enter the bloodstream and become lodged in small blood vessels, leading to blockages that can cause various symptoms and complications. Think about it with any recent fracture with dyspnoea, rash, obtunded patient. No specific diagnostic tests or criteria exist, so the syndrome is most often a diagnosis of exclusion.
Fat embolism: May be hours after the injury |
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