Juke Stick: A Case of Pediatric Atraumatic Compartment Syndrome

Juke Stick: A Case of Pediatric Atraumatic Compartment Syndrome

ABSTRACT Compartment syndrome is usually due to trauma but can also have atraumatic causes. It is defined as a compromise of neurovascular and muscle function that presents symptomatically with the six P’s: pain, pallor, paresthesia, paralysis, poikilothermia, and pulselessness. Diagnosis is confirm...

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Veröffentlicht in:Military medicine 2024-02, Vol.189 (3-4), p.e897-e901
Hauptverfasser: Oswald, Brandon, DeFeo, Devin R, Jude, Joseph W, Brillhart, Dan, Borden, Nathan
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Blood Pressure
Child
Compartment Syndromes - complications
Compartment Syndromes - diagnosis
Fasciotomy
Humans
Leg
Male
Pain - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:ABSTRACT Compartment syndrome is usually due to trauma but can also have atraumatic causes. It is defined as a compromise of neurovascular and muscle function that presents symptomatically with the six P’s: pain, pallor, paresthesia, paralysis, poikilothermia, and pulselessness. Diagnosis is confirmed by a delta pressure of
ISSN:0026-4075
1930-613X
DOI:10.1093/milmed/usad355