Impending Upper Arm Compartment Syndrome Secondary to Intravenous Fluid Infiltration

We report the case of an 81-year-old female who developed an upper arm anterior compartment syndrome from the mass effect caused by an infiltrated intravenous access catheter. The patient’s anterior compartment became tense and uncompressible, and the patient developed radial nerve palsy. A fascioto...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tawfik, Amr, Hozack, Bryan, Melendez, Justin, Varghese, Bobby, Katt, Brian M, Beredjiklian, Pedro, Nakashian, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8282358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277262
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15671

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8282358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277262
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15671

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