18

May
2010

Causes of Fat Embolism

category: Diseases and Conditions,MyDocHub
by Leslie RN, BSN, MSN, ARNP,

In 1862, Zenker first described fat embolism at autopsy. In 1873, von Bergmann clinically diagnosed fat embolism syndrome for the first time. A fat embolism is a circulatory condition characterized by the blocking of an artery by a plug of fat. The plug enters the circulatory system after the fracture of a long bone or, less commonly, after traumatic injury to adipose tissue or to a fatty liver.

Causes

• Blunt trauma (associated with 90% of all cases)
• Acute pancreatitis
• Diabetes mellitus
• Burns
• Joint reconstruction
• Liposuction
• Cardiopulmonary bypass
• Decompression sickness
• Parenteral lipid infusion
• Sickle cell crisis
• Pathologic fractures

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