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**[[fracture]] '''(most common risk factor)''' - can occur with open fracture
**[[fracture]] '''(most common risk factor)''' - can occur with open fracture
**[[crush injury]]
**[[crush injury]]
**immobilizaition
**immobilization
**[[snake bites]]
**[[snake bites]]
**[[burns]]
**[[burns]]
**prolonged tourniquet application
**prolonged [[tourniquet]] application
**fluid extravasation into a limb
**fluid extravasation into a limb
**soft tissue infection
**[[skin and soft tissue infections|soft tissue infection]]
**extreme exertion
**extreme exertion


*Immediate threat is viability of nerve and muscle; later threat is infection, gangrene, [[Rhabdomyolysis]], [[Renal Failure]]
*Immediate threat is viability of nerve and muscle; later threat is infection, [[gangrene]], [[rhabdomyolysis]], [[renal failure]]

Latest revision as of 15:45, 9 October 2019

Compartment Syndrome Indications