Continuous sedation-analgesia delays diagnosis of compartment syndrome in a patient with intra-aortic balloon pump.

نویسندگان

  • Khosro Barkhordari
  • Fardin Yousefshahi
  • Mohammad Reza Khajavi
  • Abbasali Karimi
چکیده

Compartment syndrome is a rare, devastating complication of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP). Prompt diagnosis is based on symptoms and signs and is paramount for limb rescue. This report describes a CABG patient with IABP in whom receiving continuous analgesia-sedation obscured the symptoms of compartment syndrome.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Archives of Iranian medicine

دوره 15 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012