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Biomédica

versão impressa ISSN 0120-4157

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VILLEGAS, José Daniel et al. A case report off at embolism syndrome: Treatment and neurological and cognitive rehabilitation. Biomédica [online]. 2019, vol.39, n.1, pp.22-32. ISSN 0120-4157.  https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v39i1.4438.

We report the neurological and cognitive recovery and rehabilitation process in a young woman who developed a fat embolism syndrome with neurological repercussions secondary to multiple trauma.

The patient was a 21-year-old woman with a closed fracture of the left humerus and femur. She developed fat embolism syndrome, left pneumothorax and pulmonary hypertension in the first 24 hours after the accident. After one month of hospitalization, the patient had several central neurological deficits such as lacunar infarcts and occipital laminar cortical necrosis, as well as limitations in standing, walking, vision, and cognitive functions.

An integral process of neurological and cognitive rehabilitation--first at home and later in a medical rehabilitation unit-- was carried out from the first month after being released from the hospital. During the first two years after the accident, the patient received sensory and motor stimulation, motor rehabilitation, and intensive visual rehabilitation. Once recovered physically, a process of neuropsychological rehabilitation began. Six years after the accident, the patient finished her university studies and she is working actively.

The neurological rehabilitation process is complex, individual and difficult, but not impossible, and a recovery pattern cannot be standardized for all patients. Although there is spontaneous recovery, which occurs in the first six months, the case here reported shows that in the chronic phase recovery can be achieved but requires evaluations and coordinated techniques of neurological rehabilitation.

Palavras-chave : Femoral fractures; neurologic manifestations; fat embolism; recovery of function; neurological rehabilitation; health services for persons with disabilities.

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