TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Compartment Syndrome A1 - Breed, Meghan A1 - Fitch, Robert Warne A2 - Knoop, Kevin J. A2 - Stack, Lawrence B. A2 - Storrow, Alan B. A2 - Thurman, R. Jason PY - 2021 T2 - The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - Compartment syndrome develops when the pressure in the inelastic fascial space increases to a point where it causes compression and dysfunction of venous outflow. Major vascular and neural compromise lead to the classic five “Ps” of late compartment syndrome: pallor, paresthesias, poikilothermia, paralysis, and pulselessness. Compartment syndrome may result from exertion, circumferential burns, frostbite, constrictive dressings, arterial bleeding, severe soft tissue injury, and fractures. It can occur anywhere, but most commonly occurs in the anterior compartment of the leg and volar compartment of the forearm. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181042035 ER -