RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Fat embolism in infancy after intravenous fat infusions.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 218
OP 223
DO 10.1136/adc.53.3.218
VO 53
IS 3
A1 A J Barson
A1 M L Chistwick
A1 C M Doig
YR 1978
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/53/3/218.abstract
AB Four cases of fat embolism are described in infants receiving prolonged intravenous infusion of fat (Intralipid 20%). This therapeutic complication has been termed 'fat overloading syndrome' but bears a clinical similarity to post-traumatic fat embolism. These 4 cases are the first to be recorded in infancy, and with histopathological proof of fat embolism. These 4 cases are the first to be recorded in infancy, and with histopathological proof of fat embolism. Transient high rates of infusion of Intralipid appears to be a factor in the aetiology of the condition.