Acute lower extremity compartment syndrome (ALECS) screening protocol in critically ill trauma patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 268-275

  Kosir, Roman ^a   Moore, Frederick A ^b   Selby, John H ^c   Cocanour, Christine S ^d   Kozar, Rosemary A ^e   Gonzalez, Ernest A ^e   Todd, S Rob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lower extremity compartment syndrome; Compartment pressure; Screening examination; Trauma

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ACUTE LOWER EXTREMITY COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTERIOR TIBIAL SYNDROME; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRUSH TRAUMA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEG DISEASE; LEG INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; PELVIS INJURY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SHOCK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34547905468     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318074fe15     Document Type: Article

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