title: What's a fat embolism?
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ardisson
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology; D015984:Causality; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004620:Embolism, Fat / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy