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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The exact incidence of FES is unknown and is estimated to be of <1% to >30% of all trauma cases. It commonly affects individuals 10-40 years of age. Fat embolism syndrome more commonly affects men more than women. | |||
==Epidemiology | ==Epidemiology == | ||
===Incidence=== | |||
* The exact incidence of FES is unknown. | |||
* The estimated annual incidence of FES in the orthopedic and trauma literature, has ranged from <1% to >30% of cases. | |||
* This varying incidence is attributed due to difference in the diagnostic criteria employed. | |||
== Demographics == | |||
===Age=== | |||
*The incidence of fat embolism syndrome increases with age. | |||
*It commonly affects individuals 10-40 years of age.<ref name="pmid19092320">{{cite journal| author=Stein PD, Yaekoub AY, Matta F, Kleerekoper M| title=Fat embolism syndrome. | journal=Am J Med Sci | year= 2008 | volume= 336 | issue= 6 | pages= 472-7 | pmid=19092320 | doi=10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318172f5d2 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19092320 }} </ref> | |||
===Race=== | |||
*There is no racial predilection to fat embolism syndrome. | |||
===Gender=== | |||
*Fat embolism syndrome more commonly affects men more than women. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
The exact incidence of FES is unknown and is estimated to be of <1% to >30% of all trauma cases. It commonly affects individuals 10-40 years of age. Fat embolism syndrome more commonly affects men more than women.
Epidemiology
Incidence
- The exact incidence of FES is unknown.
- The estimated annual incidence of FES in the orthopedic and trauma literature, has ranged from <1% to >30% of cases.
- This varying incidence is attributed due to difference in the diagnostic criteria employed.
Demographics
Age
- The incidence of fat embolism syndrome increases with age.
- It commonly affects individuals 10-40 years of age.[1]
Race
- There is no racial predilection to fat embolism syndrome.
Gender
- Fat embolism syndrome more commonly affects men more than women.
References
- ↑ Stein PD, Yaekoub AY, Matta F, Kleerekoper M (2008). "Fat embolism syndrome". Am J Med Sci. 336 (6): 472–7. doi:10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318172f5d2. PMID 19092320.