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Upper Extremity Hematoma: An Atypical Case of Compartment Syndrome

Compartment syndrome is a potentially life- or limb-threatening condition that carries high morbidity if not promptly diagnosed and treated. This case is an atypical presentation demonstrating why a high index of suspicion, prompt surgical consultation, and intervention is required if compartment sy...

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Autores principales: Cowell, Nicholas, Kalnow, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7853728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33552771
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12453
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spelling pubmed-78537282021-02-04 Upper Extremity Hematoma: An Atypical Case of Compartment Syndrome Cowell, Nicholas Kalnow, Andrew Cureus Emergency Medicine Compartment syndrome is a potentially life- or limb-threatening condition that carries high morbidity if not promptly diagnosed and treated. This case is an atypical presentation demonstrating why a high index of suspicion, prompt surgical consultation, and intervention is required if compartment syndrome is suspected. Cureus 2021-01-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7853728/ /pubmed/33552771 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12453 Text en Copyright © 2021, Cowell 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.
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Cowell, Nicholas
Kalnow, Andrew
Upper Extremity Hematoma: An Atypical Case of Compartment Syndrome
title Upper Extremity Hematoma: An Atypical Case of Compartment Syndrome
title_full Upper Extremity Hematoma: An Atypical Case of Compartment Syndrome
title_fullStr Upper Extremity Hematoma: An Atypical Case of Compartment Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Upper Extremity Hematoma: An Atypical Case of Compartment Syndrome
title_short Upper Extremity Hematoma: An Atypical Case of Compartment Syndrome
title_sort upper extremity hematoma: an atypical case of compartment syndrome
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7853728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33552771
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12453
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