FAT EMBOLISM SYNDROME IN CASES OF DEATH OF PATIENTS WITH FRACTURES OF THE PROXIMAL FEMUR
A retrospective study of medical documents and forensic examinations of the corpses of 282 patients with fractures of the proximal femur, who had died during treatment in Minsk hospitals in 2005-2015, was carried out. We obtained statistically significant results which indicate the need for histochemical studies for fat embolism detection in all cases of deaths of patients with a fracture of the proximal femur. Fat embolism of all severity levels in the group studied was detected in 54.8% and fat embolism of the lungs vessels of medium and severe level and/or of the vessels of systemic circulation was revealed in 26.9% of the cases. There was no statistically significant data on the effect of a surgical fracture treatment on the development of fat embolism in comparison with the group of patients who had had only conservative treatment of the proximal femur fracture.