• The effects of experimental and clinical hyperlipemia on microcirculation have been considered in discussions and hypotheses regarding the causation of fat embolism, the changes of blood lipids after trauma, and the pathophysiological responses to orally or parenterally administered fat emulsions. The mechanism by which fat embolism develops after traumata, especially fractures, has not been ...

Departments of Internal Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei. Received: 15 March 2001. Revised: 19 April 2001. Accepted: 8 May 2001. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Dr. Ping-Hung Kuo, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan. SERIAL ANALYSIS OF FAT-CONTAINING MACROPHAGES IN BRON...