RT Book, Section
A1 Breed, Meghan
A1 Fitch, Robert Warne
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181042035
T1 Compartment Syndrome
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181042035
RD 2024/04/19
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.