Can secondary extremity compartment syndrome be diagnosed earlier?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 724-727

  Goaley Jr , Thomas J ^a   Wyrzykowski, Amy D ^a   MacLeod, Jana B A ^a   Wise, Kevin B ^a   Dente, Christopher J ^a   Salomone, Jeffrey P ^a   Nicholas, Jeffrey M ^a   Vercruysse, Gary A ^a   Ingram, Walter L ^a   Rozycki, Grace S ^a   Feliciano, David V ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute extremity compartment syndrome; Fasciotomy; Muscle necrosis; Resuscitation complications; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CREATININE PHOSPHOKINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY EXTREMITY COMPARTMENT SYNDROME;

ADULT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 36048962479     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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