Pulmonary thromboembolism is a fatal complication in patients undergoing lower extremity orthopedic surgery. However, pulmonary thromboembolism is difficult to make a diagnosis during general anesthesia because clinical manifestations of pulmonary thromboembolism are nonspecific. We experienced a case of pulmonary thromboembolism which occurred in a 65-year-old woman with femur fracture after position change following induction of general anesthesia. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a mobile thrombi in the right atrium. More attention should be paid to pulmonary thromboembolism prophylaxis in high risk patients.
Jeong Han Lee. (2017) Fatal pulmonary thromboembolism occurred after position change under general anesthesia in a patient with femur fracture, , Volume-42, Issue-1.
