Fatal pulmonary embolism following ankle fracture in a 23-year-old man


Submitted: 29 June 2014
Accepted: 18 August 2014
Published: 12 November 2014
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Patients with lower extremity injuries are at increased risk of venous thromboembolism. We report a case of fatal pulmonary embolism following a simple ankle fracture in a 23-year-old man. The diagnosis was confirmed post-mortem. The incidence of such complications and the importance of deep venous prophylaxis in such cases are discussed.

Stella Charitidou, Emergency Department, General Hospital of Ptolemaida
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Theodoros Aslanidis, Mobile Intensive Care Units, National Center of Emergency Care, Thessaloniki Department
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Charitidou, S., Aslanidis, T., & Papalexandris, S. (2014). Fatal pulmonary embolism following ankle fracture in a 23-year-old man. Emergency Care Journal, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.4473

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