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S R Hagley

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Fat embolism syndrome with total hip replacement.

Two cases of fulminant fat embolism syndrome that were fatal are reported as complications of total hip replacement. The major clinical features were severe hypotension and cardiac arrest in one case and postoperative coma in the other case. Both patients had severe acute respiratory failure that resulted from pulmonary oedema.

Aged↗

Fatal inhalation of liquid manure gas.

Modern methods of intensive livestock production involve the storage of liquid wastes. The digestion of this manure by anaerobic bacteria produces a highly toxic mixture of gases, the most dangerous of which is hydrogen sulphide. We report the case of a young man who died after inhaling liquid manure gas.

Adolescent↗