Baseline compartment pressure measurements in isolated lower extremity fractures without clinical compartment syndrome

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1037-1040

  Prayson, Michael J ^a   Chen, James L ^b   Hampers, Douglas ^c   Vogt, Molly ^d   Fenwick, James ^e   Meredick, Richard ^f  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh Medical Center ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Diagnosis; Fractures; Muscular pressure

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG COMPARTMENT PRESSURE; LEG FRACTURE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCLE PRESSURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 33646866546     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000215444.05928.2f     Document Type: Article

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