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Acute Paraspinal Compartment Syndrome in an Unconscious Patient
Compartment syndrome can be a limb-threatening emergency that may require immediate intervention. It usually involves the extremities but any closed compartment of the body is susceptible to it. Paraspinal compartment extends on both sides of the spine. Prolonged lying on the back in unconscious pat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7141795/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32274274 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7216 |
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author | Ahmed, Talha Safdar, Ayesha Ahmed, Tamoor Ahmad, Talal Losonczy, Lia |
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description | Compartment syndrome can be a limb-threatening emergency that may require immediate intervention. It usually involves the extremities but any closed compartment of the body is susceptible to it. Paraspinal compartment extends on both sides of the spine. Prolonged lying on the back in unconscious patients leads to muscle edema which eventually leads to increase pressure in the compartment. Neurovascular comprise is a dreaded complication of compartment syndrome. Paraspinal compartment is a potential site of compartment syndrome particularly in unconscious patients and it requires prompt diagnosis, careful monitoring, immediate medical attention and even warranting surgical intervention in certain cases. |
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spelling | pubmed-71417952020-04-09 Acute Paraspinal Compartment Syndrome in an Unconscious Patient Ahmed, Talha Safdar, Ayesha Ahmed, Tamoor Ahmad, Talal Losonczy, Lia Cureus Emergency Medicine Compartment syndrome can be a limb-threatening emergency that may require immediate intervention. It usually involves the extremities but any closed compartment of the body is susceptible to it. Paraspinal compartment extends on both sides of the spine. Prolonged lying on the back in unconscious patients leads to muscle edema which eventually leads to increase pressure in the compartment. Neurovascular comprise is a dreaded complication of compartment syndrome. Paraspinal compartment is a potential site of compartment syndrome particularly in unconscious patients and it requires prompt diagnosis, careful monitoring, immediate medical attention and even warranting surgical intervention in certain cases. Cureus 2020-03-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7141795/ /pubmed/32274274 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7216 Text en Copyright © 2020, Ahmed et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Emergency Medicine Ahmed, Talha Safdar, Ayesha Ahmed, Tamoor Ahmad, Talal Losonczy, Lia Acute Paraspinal Compartment Syndrome in an Unconscious Patient |
title | Acute Paraspinal Compartment Syndrome in an Unconscious Patient |
title_full | Acute Paraspinal Compartment Syndrome in an Unconscious Patient |
title_fullStr | Acute Paraspinal Compartment Syndrome in an Unconscious Patient |
title_full_unstemmed | Acute Paraspinal Compartment Syndrome in an Unconscious Patient |
title_short | Acute Paraspinal Compartment Syndrome in an Unconscious Patient |
title_sort | acute paraspinal compartment syndrome in an unconscious patient |
topic | Emergency Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7141795/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32274274 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7216 |
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