Compartment Syndrome with Rhabdomyolysis in a Marathon Runner

A 38-year-old female seasoned marathon runner presented to the emergency department (ED) with increasing right lower extremity pain after running two mid-distance races in one weekend. The patient had previously run many two-day races and longer distances, but recently had gained weight and had not...

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Autores principales: Brinley, Alaina, Chakravarthy, Bharath, Kiester, Douglas, Hoonpongsimanont, Wirachin, McCoy, C. Eric, Lotfipour, Shahram
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6075483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30083631
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.4.37957
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Sumario:A 38-year-old female seasoned marathon runner presented to the emergency department (ED) with increasing right lower extremity pain after running two mid-distance races in one weekend. The patient had previously run many two-day races and longer distances, but recently had gained weight and had not been training. This case report details her presenting symptoms, evaluation, review of the literature, and treatment with attention to the factors that led to the development of her pathologies.

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