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p-tr.wmids.nhs.uk>, "Dunn Matthew Dr. ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY -
SwarkHosp-TR" <[log in to unmask]> writes
>It would be an interesting audit if anyone
>is having enough FES to do it.
Anecdote-based medicine:
We have a very experienced ortho reg at present, who told me that fixing
femur shafts is considered an urgent life-saving procedure in Germany
(from whence he comes), BECAUSE of the risk of FES if left>24hrs. Next
time I peer up at him, I'll ask him to back this up with evidence.
As a non-orthopod, can someone tell me how you diagnose FES, from say
Thromo-embolism? Is it purely by exclusion, is there some fancy
expensive test, or is it clinically obvious?
Dr G Ray
Staff Grade
A&E
Sussex
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