Case Reports
Vol. 10 No. 2 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.4473

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

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Received: 29 June 2014
Published: 12 November 2014
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pulmonary embolism, thromboembolic disease, ankle fracture
Emergency medicine, Critical care, Orthopedics

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Stella Charitidou
Emergency Department, General Hospital of Ptolemaida, Greece.
Theodoros Aslanidis
thaslan@hotmail.com
Mobile Intensive Care Units, National Center of Emergency Care, Thessaloniki Department, Greece.
Stellios Papalexandris
Private Orthopedic Surgeon, Manchester, United Kingdom.
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.

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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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Fatal pulmonary embolism following ankle fracture in a 23-year-old man. (2014). Emergency Care Journal, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.4473

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