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emergency fasciotomy
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what is 'emergency fasciotomy'?
Definition for Emergency fasciotomy
Emergency fasciotomy is also known as: Fasciotomy, decompressive fasciotomy, fasciotomies
Emergency fasciotomy is a medical procedure used for such diagnoses as: compartment syndrome, Volkmann's ischemic contracture and quadriceps injuries.
related diagnosis for 'emergency fasciotomy'
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diagnosis
compartment syndrome
increased pressure within a confined space causing tissue death
Emergency fasciotomy and compartment syndrome
Volkmann's ischemic contracture
deformity of the hand, fingers, and wrist caused by injury to the muscles of the forearm
Emergency fasciotomy and Volkmann's ischemic contracture
quadriceps injuries
injury to quadriceps muscle in front of thigh
Emergency fasciotomy and quadriceps injuries
tibialis anterior syndrome
syndrome caused by pressure buildup in front of leg
Emergency fasciotomy and tibialis anterior syndrome
rhabdomyolysis
rapid breakdown of muscle tissue causing release of myoglobin into the blood
Emergency fasciotomy and rhabdomyolysis
classic heat stroke
heat stroke occurring in situations with high environmental temperature
Emergency fasciotomy and classic heat stroke
gas forming cellulitis
skin infection with gas producing germs
Emergency fasciotomy and gas forming cellulitis
necrotizing fasciitis
severe infection of deep fascia
Emergency fasciotomy and necrotizing fasciitis
gas gangrene
bacterial infection producing gas and death of tissues
Emergency fasciotomy and gas gangrene
plantar fasciitis
inflammation of thick tissue in sole of foot
Emergency fasciotomy and plantar fasciitis
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X-rays
Emergency fasciotomy and X-rays
Compartment pressure measurements
Emergency fasciotomy and Compartment pressure measurements
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Leg(s)
Emergency fasciotomy and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Leg(s)
Complete metabolic panel
Emergency fasciotomy and Complete metabolic panel
Urinalysis
Examination of urine to detect disease
Emergency fasciotomy and Urinalysis
serum electrolytes
Emergency fasciotomy and serum electrolytes
Serum Creatine Kinase (CK)
Emergency fasciotomy and Serum Creatine Kinase (CK)
Cardiac monitoring
Emergency fasciotomy and Cardiac monitoring
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Extremities
Emergency fasciotomy and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Extremities
CT scan
Emergency fasciotomy and CT scan
BUN
Emergency fasciotomy and BUN
Serum Creatinine
Emergency fasciotomy and Serum Creatinine
Complete Blood Count
Emergency fasciotomy and Complete Blood Count
Urine myoglobin
Emergency fasciotomy and Urine myoglobin
Physical and Occupational Therapy
Arthritis Physical and Occupational Therapy
Emergency fasciotomy and Physical and Occupational Therapy
Arterial Blood Gas
Emergency fasciotomy and Arterial Blood Gas
Oxygen
Emergency fasciotomy and Oxygen
Pulse oximetry
Oximetry
Emergency fasciotomy and Pulse oximetry
CT extremities
Emergency fasciotomy and CT extremities
Intravenous (IV) fluids
Emergency fasciotomy and Intravenous (IV) fluids
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sodium bicarbonate
Emergency fasciotomy and sodium bicarbonate
mannitol
Emergency fasciotomy and mannitol
ceftriaxone
Emergency fasciotomy and ceftriaxone
chloramphenicol
Emergency fasciotomy and chloramphenicol
clindamycin
Emergency fasciotomy and clindamycin
gentamicin
Emergency fasciotomy and gentamicin
metronidazole
Emergency fasciotomy and metronidazole
vancomycin
Emergency fasciotomy and vancomycin
ampicillin–sulbactam
Emergency fasciotomy and ampicillin–sulbactam
cefazolin
Emergency fasciotomy and cefazolin
clindamycin(cleocin hcl )
Emergency fasciotomy and clindamycin(cleocin hcl )
ertapenem
Emergency fasciotomy and ertapenem
fentanyl citrate
Emergency fasciotomy and fentanyl citrate
gentamicin(garamycin)
Emergency fasciotomy and gentamicin(garamycin)
imipenem–cilastatin
Emergency fasciotomy and imipenem–cilastatin
linezolid
Emergency fasciotomy and linezolid
metronidazole(flagyl)
Emergency fasciotomy and metronidazole(flagyl)
morphine sulfate
Emergency fasciotomy and morphine sulfate
nafcillin
Emergency fasciotomy and nafcillin
penicillin g
Emergency fasciotomy and penicillin g
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Compartment syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... emergency requiring immediate surgical treatment known as a fasciotomy to ... Saphenous nerve injury after fasciotomy for compartment syndrome ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compartment_syndrome
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CDC Mass Casualties | Blast Injuries: Crush Injury & Crush Syndrome
Information on terrorism and public health. Provided by the Centers for ... equipment is available; consider emergency fasciotomy for compartment syndrome ...
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/masscasualties/blastinjury-crush.asp
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Compartment syndrome associated with lithotomy position and ...
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University, ... Compartment syndrome was diagnosed and emergency fasciotomy was done. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11336771
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Acute compartment syndrome of the leg
... compartment syndrome is a surgical emergency characterised by raised pressure in ... Established myoneural deficits seldom recover after fasciotomy. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1124092
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Should I have surgery for Dupuytren's disease?
... some cases of Dupuytren's disease is fasciotomy, in which the cords of fiber in ... Tell your doctor or get emergency medical help right away if you have hives, ...
http://arthritis.webmd.com/should-i-have-surgery-for-dupuytrens-disease
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Fasciotomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fasciotomy is a surgical procedure where the fascia is cut to relieve tension or ... Fasciotomy is a limb-saving procedure when used to treat acute compartment ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasciotomy
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16538944 2006 03 16 2006 06 08 1080-6032 17 1 2006 Spring Compartment ...
... 03 16 2006 06 08 1080-6032 17 1 2006 Spring Compartment syndrome, fasciotomy, ... Emergency fasciotomy was performed 59 hours postenvenomation. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16538944
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Publications and Resources -1998 Extramural Research Grant Publications
... MM, Morabito D, Kessel O. Fasciotomy, chronic venous insufficiency, and the calf ... Studying Injuries with Case-control Methods in the Emergency Department. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/1998extrabib.htm
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CDC Natural Disasters | Management of Vibrio vulnificus Wound ...
Emergency Operations Center. Regulation of Select Agents and Toxins ... Necrotic tissue should be debrided; severe cases may require fasciotomy or limb amputation ...
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/Katrina/vibriofaq.asp
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Acute Atraumatic Compartment Syndrome in an Athlete: A Case Report
... syndrome, and an emergency anterolateral compartment fasciotomy was performed. ... Double-incision fasciotomy of the leg for decompression in compartment ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1320246
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Gluteal compartment syndrome after prostatectomy caused by incorrect ...
Department of Surgery Innenstadt, Klinikum der Universität München, Nussbaumstr. ... Therefore, emergency fasciotomy was performed successfully. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16720283
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Foot pain
A typical surgery is called instep plantar fasciotomy. ... not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of ...
http://adam.about.com/reports/Foot-pain.htm
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Escharotomy Defined - What is an escharotomy - Surgical Burn Treatments
Also Known As: fasciotomy. Alternate Spellings: esharotomy, ... to Pay For Surgery-With or Without Insurance Signs of an Emergency After Surgery ...
http://surgery.about.com/od/glossaryofsurgicalterms/g/Escharotomy.htm
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Fasciotomy in crush injury resulting from prolonged pressure in an ...
Sixteen had an urgent fasciotomy at the time of admission. ... Articles from Emergency Medicine Journal : EMJ are provided here courtesy of. BMJ Group ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1726110
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NIOSH FACE Program: Wyoming Case Report 93WY021 | CDC/NIOSH
He was alert at the emergency room, answering questions and relating that he ... of the median nerve and volar fasciotomy of the left forearm were carried out. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/face/stateface/wy/93wy021.html
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Compartment syndrome with an isolated Salter Harris II fracture of the ...
A 14-year-old boy sustained a Salter Harris II fracture ... of compartment syndrome, and he underwent emergency fasciotomy. This resulted in relief of his ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18349786?ordinalpos=149&i...
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How a Footballer got Hurt Without Getting Hit: Isolated Peroneal ...
He was referred for an emergency department consultation. ... A lateral fasciotomy incision was made exposing the anterior and peroneal compartments. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2173170
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Hemicorporectomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emergency rooms and ambulance services often release policy which prevents the ... fascia: Fasciotomy. bursa: Bursectomy. Other ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemicorporectomy
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Venomous snakebites in the United States: management review and update.
... although uncommon, are a potentially deadly emergency in the United States. ... Surgical intervention with fasciotomy is now reserved for rare cases. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11996419
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Defining disaster: the emergency department perspective
1From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, ... Treatment for compartment syndrome is an early fasciotomy to release the pressure. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1291330
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Purple glove syndrome: a complication of intravenous phenytoin.
Intravenous phenytoin, available for use since 1956, has several well known ... may require emergency surgical intervention such as fasciotomy to relieve ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1289432
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Survey of management of acute, traumatic compartment syndrome of the ...
The condition is a surgical emergency and is associated with significant ... pressure measurement and the appropriate pressure threshold for fasciotomy. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17685947?ordinalpos=1&ito...
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Human Rabies ? Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas, 1994 | CDC Rabies
... occasions at a local hospital emergency department (ED) for subscapular back ... and compartmental syndrome requiring a fasciotomy, and acute renal failure. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/publications/mmwr_4414.html
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Acute arterial thrombosis associated with total knee arthroplasty.
... cases), fasciotomy alone (one case) or delayed arterial bypass resulted ... Dismal results without emergency bypass is due to underlying chronic occlusive ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7990187
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ABC of arterial and venous disease: Acute limb ischaemia
... key to diagnosing complete ischaemia that requires emergency surgical treatment ... surgery through a small fasciotomy incision. ... Fasciotomy. Footnotes ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1117769
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Traumatic Brachial Artery Injuries
Nine of the 57 patients (15.8%) required primary fasciotomy. ... A, Mavi M, Ozdemir A. Emergency surgical procedures in the peripheral vascular injuries. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1413600
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Cocaine/heroin induced rhabdomyolysis and ventricular fibrillation.
Emergency Department, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK. ... with consequent lower limb compartment syndrome requiring fasciotomy. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11971848
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Transverse laparostomy is feasible and effective in the treatment of ...
Subcutaneous fasciotomy may be effective in early and less severe cases of ACS ... Articles from World journal of emergency surgery : WJES are provided here ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2266717
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15561110 2004 11 24 2005 02 14 2005 12 21 0020-1383 35 12 2004 Dec ...
It is a limb- and untreated life threatening emergency. ... the presence of clinical signs a fasciotomy of all compartments is the treatment ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15561110
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Fascia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... to perform extraordinary feats of strength and speed under emergency conditions. ... Fasciotomy. Myofascial Release [edit] External links. Fascia Research ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascia
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Endpoints of Resuscitation of Critically Injured Patients: Normal or ...
By excluding patients requiring emergency department thoracotomy, we eliminated ... there more instances of need for fasciotomy or for surgical release of the ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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PMID 18376170
... Suppl 2008 Feb Practical use of emergency tourniquets to stop bleeding in major limb trauma. ... pain, palsies, renal failure, amputation, and fasciotomy) ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18376170
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Compartment Syndrome - What is Compartment Syndrome
Pain after an injury is not uncommon, but if the pain seems out of proportion to the injury and there is a significant ... a medical emergency and requires a ...
http://foothealth.about.com/od/exercisefeet/a/CompartSyndro_2.htm
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THE MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS, Ch. 22, Fractures
The incidence of fractures of the distal radius, proximal humerus, proximal ... fascia to become constricting, an emergency fasciotomy must be performed. ...
http://www.merck.com/mkgr/mmg/sec2/ch22/ch22a.jsp
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Complications of heroin abuse.
... old man presented to the emergency department in St James's Hospital ... If there is any evidence of compartment syndrome, urgent fasciotomy is required. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18446076
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Rhabdomyolysis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... syndrome and possible need for fasciotomy, which is an incision to relieve ... Ketamine abusers presenting to the emergency department: a case series" ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhabdomyolysis
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Diagnostic techniques in acute compartment syndrome of the leg.
They recommend fasciotomy when this pressure difference, known as the Delta p, ... achievement in orthopaedic and emergency medicine. Publication Types: ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18758292?ordinalpos=3&ito...
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Diagnostic techniques in acute compartment syndrome of the leg
They recommend fasciotomy when this pressure difference, known as the Delta p, ... of ACS would be a landmark achievement in orthopaedic and emergency medicine. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18758292?ordinalpos=40&it...
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Acute compartment syndrome following non-contact football injury
... rare, is a limb threatening condition which warrants emergency treatment. ... syndrome: treatment with immediate fasciotomy and locked unreamed nailing. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1332535
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Surgery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emergency surgery is surgery which must be done quickly to save life, limb, or ... fascia: Fasciotomy. bursa: Bursectomy. Other ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgery
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Dupuytren's Disease - Other Treatment - Yahoo! Health
... called enzymatic percutaneous fasciotomy is still under ... Review:William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine David Pichora, MD, FRCSC - Orthopedic Surgery ...
http://health.yahoo.com/musculoskeletal-treatment/dupuytren-...
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Fatal Case of Community-Acquired Bacteremia and Necrotizing Fasciitis ...
... of the left lower leg made him visit the emergency department of the hospital. ... On the third day, fasciotomy was undergone, and he was then admitted into the ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1393108
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Treating and Preventing Venomous Snake Bites
... should always be considered a medical emergency, says the American Red Cross. ... Procedures such as fasciotomy, a surgical treatment of tissue around the bite, ...
http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/safetyfirstaid/a/snake_bites.htm
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The Clinical Management of Snake Bites in the South East Asian Region ...
... snake bite is an important medical emergency and cause of hospital admission. ... Fasciotomy should not be carried out in snake bite patients unless or until ...
http://www.searo.who.int/en/Section10/Section17/Section53/Section1024_3903.htm
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Crush syndrome patients after the Marmara earthquake
Seven patients underwent fasciotomy and six patients had amputations. ... Articles from Emergency Medicine Journal : EMJ are provided here courtesy of. BMJ Group ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1726105
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Introduction: Fractures: Merck Manual Home Edition
After initial emergency care, fractures usually require further treatment, ... increased pressure, an emergency surgery called fasciotomy must be performed to ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec05/ch062/ch062a.html
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Snakebite complicated with Vibrio vulnificus infection.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan. ... cultured from necrotic tissue after aggressive debridement and fasciotomy. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11577933
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Audit of open tibial diaphyseal fracture management at a district ...
... shaft fractures of 15 per 50,000 new patients per year in accident and emergency. ... days; 5% of cases required fasciotomy to relieve compartment syndrome. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2503484
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Blast Injuries: Crush Injury and Crush Syndrome
acute renal failure and over 50% needing fasciotomy. ... syndrome often requires fasciotomy ... consider emergency fasciotomy for compartment syndrome ...
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/masscasualties/pdf/CrushInjury.pdf
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Dupuytren's Disease - Surgery - Yahoo! Health
Needle aponeurotomy is a form of fasciotomy that is done as an outpatient ... Review:William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine David Pichora, MD, FRCSC ...
http://health.yahoo.com/musculoskeletal-treatment/dupuytren-...
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