Hi everyone,
I recently read about the death of a Dr Guichet patient called Yush Gupta due to fat embolism. I just wanted to ask about how common this is and the chances of it happening with someone like Dr Paley or Dr Mahboubian with a stryde nail where you walk soon after the surgery?
Quote from: Want-3-inches on June 04, 2021, 10:56:01 AMI will answer you if you explain to me the difference between fat embolism and pulmonary embolism and how that Guichet patient actually died.
Why though? I just read about it and wanted an answer to my question... 
Quote from: Limbfan2020 on June 04, 2021, 03:01:51 PMIt wasn't a fat embolism but a pulmonary embolism. Fat embolism is a rare event that can only occur up to 72 hours post-OP. During this time you're in a hospital setting and educated nurses/doctors should manage this complication wth appropriate equipment. Fat embolisms occur when doctors don't vent the channel in the bone.
Mr Gupta suffered from a pulmonary embolism. He had to cough while he was on the phone with his father who told him to call an ambulance. Coughing ist THAT symptom for a pulmonary embolism and if it occurs you have to act quickly. As far as i understood, he denied going to the emergency department which was his death sentence. I also think that Mr Guichet didn't prescribe xarelto to him. Just aspirin, if any. Moreover, Mr Gupta was in a foreign country. He was probably not familiar whom to call in that case.
Very sad story because his death could have been prevented.
Yeah its tragic. Thanks for the helpful info.
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