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==Risk Factors==
==Risk Factors==


The following list provides information with the people at highest risk for fat embolism syndrome.
The following risk factors play an important role in the development of fat embolism.<ref name="pmid19092320">{{cite journal| author=Stein PD, Yaekoub AY, Matta F, Kleerekoper M| title=Fat embolism syndrome. | journal=Am J Med Sci | year= 2008 | volume= 336 | issue= 6 | pages= 472-7 | pmid=19092320 | doi=10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318172f5d2 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19092320  }} </ref><ref name="SteinYaekoub2008">{{cite journal|last1=Stein|first1=Paul D.|last2=Yaekoub|first2=Abdo Y.|last3=Matta|first3=Fadi|last4=Kleerekoper|first4=Michael|title=Fat Embolism Syndrome|journal=The American Journal of the Medical Sciences|volume=336|issue=6|year=2008|pages=472–477|issn=00029629|doi=10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318172f5d2}}</ref>


===More common risk factors===
*[[Blunt trauma]]  
*[[Blunt trauma]]  
*Male sex
*[[Acute pancreatitis]]
*[[Acute pancreatitis]]
*[[Diabetes mellitus]]
*[[Diabetes mellitus]]
* [[Burn]]s
* [[Burn]]s
*[[Fracture]]s
*[Long bone [Fracture]]s
*[[Joint reconstruction]]
*[[Joint reconstruction]]
*[[Liposuction]]
*[[Liposuction]]
*Alcoholic liver disease
*Sickle cell crisis
*[[Cardiopulmonary bypass]]
*[[Cardiopulmonary bypass]]
*[[Decompression sickness]]
*[[Decompression sickness]]

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Risk Factors

The following risk factors play an important role in the development of fat embolism.[1][2]

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References

  1. Stein PD, Yaekoub AY, Matta F, Kleerekoper M (2008). "Fat embolism syndrome". Am J Med Sci. 336 (6): 472–7. doi:10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318172f5d2. PMID 19092320.
  2. Stein, Paul D.; Yaekoub, Abdo Y.; Matta, Fadi; Kleerekoper, Michael (2008). "Fat Embolism Syndrome". The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 336 (6): 472–477. doi:10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318172f5d2. ISSN 0002-9629.