Acute compartment syndromes resulting from anticoagulant treatment.

Acute compartment syndromes resulting from anticoagulant treatment.

Anticoagulant Therapy in Acute Coronary Syndromes with Focus on Fondaparinux ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES | REVIEW

In this context, bleeding is the most frequent non-ischaemic complication observed in ACS. It has a strong impact on the outcome, with a dosedependent association between bleeding and risk of death or other ischaemic events. Major bleeding was shown to be associated with a four-fold increase in the risk of death, a five-fold increase in the risk of recurrent MI and a three-fold increase in the ...

Distal biceps brachii tendon rupture resulting in acute compartment syndrome.

Distal biceps brachii tendon rupture is an uncommon injury. Compartment syndrome of the upper arm is rarely described in the literature. The diagnosis of upper arm compartment syndrome requires a high index of suspicion, and emergent surgical treatment with fasciotomy in the acute setting is necessary to avoid devastating neurovascular complications. This article reports a case of acute compart...

Acute and chronic compartment syndromes: know when to act fast.

Compartment syndrome is a fairly common condition noted in patients with fractures or crush injuries to the extremities (acute compartment syndrome) and in athletes (chronic compartment syndrome). Compartments bound by fascia are found in the extremities, buttocks, and abdomen; conditions that cause intracompartmental swelling and hypertension can lead to ischemia and limb loss. This article re...

Acute hand compartment syndromes after closed crush: a reappraisal.

Severe crush to the hand is associated with a poor prognosis. The authors investigated the hypothesis that compartment syndrome complicates such injuries. From 1996 to 2000, the authors retrospectively identified 11 patients who, after sustaining a closed crush injury, developed acute hand compartment syndrome. Diagnosis was made on clinical grounds in two patients (the intracompartmental press...