Osmosis from Elsevier on Instagram: "Athletes dread this almost as much as an ACL tear... today's #ClinicalPearl is on compartment syndrome. Acute compartment syndrome is a serious condition characterized by a rapid
Duval Vascular - Many patients first experience either one or a combination of pain, pallor, pulselessness, and/or poikilothermia. In other words, they may experience intermittent 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 in their legs or feet, skin
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MSH AS on X: "3. Limb Examination • Pallor* • Paralysis* • Pulseless* • Tense, wood-like feeling of swollen compartment • Paresthesia* • Pain with passive stretch of compartment* *Classical 5 Ps
Osmosis from Elsevier - We previously talked about how the leg is organized into compartments. Since that is covered, today we can move on to the fun clinical stuff, by which we
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UMEM Educational Pearls - University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine
Dr Abhilash Sandhyala - The classic presentation of limb ischemia is known as the "6 P's": pallor, pain, paresthesia, paralysis, pulselessness, and poikilothermia. These clinical manifestations can occur anywhere distal to the
Lonestar Wound Care & Hyperbarics - Common Signs and Symptoms: The "5 P's" are oftentimes associated with compartment syndrome: pain, pallor (pale skin tone), paresthesia (numbness feeling), pulselessness (faint pulse), and paralysis (
![StudyXing Medicine on X: "Acute Compartment Syndrome P's --> pain, pallor, paresthesia, pulselessness, paralysis due to limb threatening increased pressure within a confined closed fascial space, resulting in reduced blood flow; Monitor StudyXing Medicine on X: "Acute Compartment Syndrome P's --> pain, pallor, paresthesia, pulselessness, paralysis due to limb threatening increased pressure within a confined closed fascial space, resulting in reduced blood flow; Monitor](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fszj2MtXwBkVzzP.png)