Compartment Syndrome of the Hand: A Little Thought about Diagnosis

Compartment syndrome of the forearm is a well described entity but there have been relatively few case reports in the emergency medicine literature of hand compartment syndromes (HCS). Prompt recognition and treatment of this potential limb threat are essential to minimize morbidity and mortality. P...

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Autor principal: Reichman, Eric F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4880689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2907067
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description Compartment syndrome of the forearm is a well described entity but there have been relatively few case reports in the emergency medicine literature of hand compartment syndromes (HCS). Prompt recognition and treatment of this potential limb threat are essential to minimize morbidity and mortality. Presented is a case of a documented hand compartment syndrome following a motor vehicle collision.
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spelling pubmed-48806892016-06-12 Compartment Syndrome of the Hand: A Little Thought about Diagnosis Reichman, Eric F. Case Rep Emerg Med Case Report Compartment syndrome of the forearm is a well described entity but there have been relatively few case reports in the emergency medicine literature of hand compartment syndromes (HCS). Prompt recognition and treatment of this potential limb threat are essential to minimize morbidity and mortality. Presented is a case of a documented hand compartment syndrome following a motor vehicle collision. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4880689/ /pubmed/27293917 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2907067 Text en Copyright © 2016 Eric F. Reichman. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Compartment Syndrome of the Hand: A Little Thought about Diagnosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4880689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2907067
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