Compartment syndrome of the arm: A complication of noninvasive blood pressure monitoring during thrombolytic therapy for myocardial infarction

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 163-166

  Alford, J Winslow ^a   Palumbo, Mark A ^a   Barnum, Michael J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Thrombolytics; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; RECOMBINANT PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MONITOR; VASCULARIZATION; ARM DISEASE; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CUFF; DISEASE SEVERITY; FASCIOTOMY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY;

COMPARTMENT SYNDROME;

NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036428775     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020736206507     Document Type: Article

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