Osmosis from Elsevier - We previously talked about how the leg is organized into compartments. Since that is covered, today we can move on to the fun clinical stuff, by which we
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UMEM Educational Pearls - University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine
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StudyXing Medicine on X: "Acute compartment syndrome - tissue psi w/in closed muscle compartment exceeds perfusion psi --> ischemia; MC location: calf; MCC: fractures, burn injuries, crush injuries, or soft tissue infection;
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StudyXing Medicine on X: "Acute Compartment Syndrome P's --> pain, pallor, paresthesia, pulselessness, paralysis due to limb threatening increased pressure within a confined closed fascial space, resulting in reduced blood flow; Monitor
Lonestar Wound Care & Hyperbarics - Common Signs and Symptoms: The "5 P's" are oftentimes associated with compartment syndrome: pain, pallor (pale skin tone), paresthesia (numbness feeling), pulselessness (faint pulse), and paralysis (
Dr Abhilash Sandhyala - The classic presentation of limb ischemia is known as the "6 P's": pallor, pain, paresthesia, paralysis, pulselessness, and poikilothermia. These clinical manifestations can occur anywhere distal to the
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