title: Pulmonary fat embolism after total hip and total knee arthroplasty.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Athens University Medical School, KAT Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Panayiotis J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Papagelopoulos
authors.forename: Constantinos D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Apostolou
authors.forename: Theofilos S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Karachalios
authors.forename: George S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Themistocleous
authors.forename: Christos K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Giannakopoulos
authors.forename: Theologos T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Ioannidis
mesh_terms: D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004620:Embolism, Fat / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans