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Compartment syndrome

MedGen UID:
40417
Concept ID:
C0009492
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Compartment Syndrome; Compartment Syndromes
SNOMED CT: Compartment syndrome (111245009)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0004001

Definition

Elevated pressure in a confined space enclosed by fascia or eschar, which may lead to vascular compromise and subsequent ischemic injury to the tissue within the space. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCompartment syndrome

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Stefanos SS, Kiser TH, MacLaren R, Mueller SW, Reynolds PM
Pharmacotherapy 2023 Apr;43(4):321-337. Epub 2023 Apr 1 doi: 10.1002/phar.2794. PMID: 36938775
Reintam Blaser A, Starkopf J, Alhazzani W, Berger MM, Casaer MP, Deane AM, Fruhwald S, Hiesmayr M, Ichai C, Jakob SM, Loudet CI, Malbrain ML, Montejo González JC, Paugam-Burtz C, Poeze M, Preiser JC, Singer P, van Zanten AR, De Waele J, Wendon J, Wernerman J, Whitehouse T, Wilmer A, Oudemans-van Straaten HM; ESICM Working Group on Gastrointestinal Function
Intensive Care Med 2017 Mar;43(3):380-398. Epub 2017 Feb 6 doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4665-0. PMID: 28168570Free PMC Article
Patel DS, Roth M, Kapil N
Am Fam Physician 2011 Jan 1;83(1):39-46. PMID: 21888126

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Livingston KS, Glotzbecker MP, Shore BJ
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2017 May;25(5):358-364. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-15-00655. PMID: 28323644
Jauregui JJ, Yarmis SJ, Tsai J, Onuoha KO, Illical E, Paulino CB
J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) 2017 Jan;25(1):2309499016684724. doi: 10.1177/2309499016684724. PMID: 28176601
Hosseinzadeh P, Hayes CB
Orthop Clin North Am 2016 Jul;47(3):579-87. Epub 2016 Apr 22 doi: 10.1016/j.ocl.2016.02.004. PMID: 27241380
von Keudell AG, Weaver MJ, Appleton PT, Bae DS, Dyer GSM, Heng M, Jupiter JB, Vrahas MS
Lancet 2015 Sep 26;386(10000):1299-1310. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00277-9. PMID: 26460664
Kirkpatrick AW, Roberts DJ, De Waele J, Jaeschke R, Malbrain ML, De Keulenaer B, Duchesne J, Bjorck M, Leppaniemi A, Ejike JC, Sugrue M, Cheatham M, Ivatury R, Ball CG, Reintam Blaser A, Regli A, Balogh ZJ, D'Amours S, Debergh D, Kaplan M, Kimball E, Olvera C; Pediatric Guidelines Sub-Committee for the World Society of the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
Intensive Care Med 2013 Jul;39(7):1190-206. Epub 2013 May 15 doi: 10.1007/s00134-013-2906-z. PMID: 23673399Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Montalvo-Jave EE, Espejel-Deloiza M, Chernitzky-Camaño J, Peña-Pérez CA, Rivero-Sigarroa E, Ortega-León LH
Rev Gastroenterol Mex (Engl Ed) 2020 Oct-Dec;85(4):443-451. Epub 2020 Aug 23 doi: 10.1016/j.rgmx.2020.03.003. PMID: 32847726
Kistler JM, Ilyas AM, Thoder JJ
Hand Clin 2018 Feb;34(1):53-60. doi: 10.1016/j.hcl.2017.09.006. PMID: 29169597
Rubinstein AJ, Ahmed IH, Vosbikian MM
Hand Clin 2018 Feb;34(1):41-52. doi: 10.1016/j.hcl.2017.09.005. PMID: 29169596
Vajapey S, Miller TL
Phys Sportsmed 2017 Nov;45(4):391-398. Epub 2017 Oct 3 doi: 10.1080/00913847.2017.1384289. PMID: 28952402
Schmidt AH
Orthop Clin North Am 2016 Jul;47(3):517-25. doi: 10.1016/j.ocl.2016.02.001. PMID: 27241376

Therapy

He W, Chen P, Lei Y, Xia L, Liu P, Zhu Y, Zeng H, Wu Y, Ke H, Huang X, Cai W, Sun X, Huang W, Sutton R, Zhu Y, Lu N
Crit Care 2022 Mar 3;26(1):52. doi: 10.1186/s13054-022-03922-4. PMID: 35241135Free PMC Article
Rupp M, Popp D, Alt V
Injury 2020 May;51 Suppl 2:S57-S63. Epub 2019 Oct 25 doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2019.10.074. PMID: 31679836
Schmidt AH
Injury 2017 Jun;48 Suppl 1:S22-S25. Epub 2017 Apr 24 doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2017.04.024. PMID: 28449851
Reintam Blaser A, Starkopf J, Alhazzani W, Berger MM, Casaer MP, Deane AM, Fruhwald S, Hiesmayr M, Ichai C, Jakob SM, Loudet CI, Malbrain ML, Montejo González JC, Paugam-Burtz C, Poeze M, Preiser JC, Singer P, van Zanten AR, De Waele J, Wendon J, Wernerman J, Whitehouse T, Wilmer A, Oudemans-van Straaten HM; ESICM Working Group on Gastrointestinal Function
Intensive Care Med 2017 Mar;43(3):380-398. Epub 2017 Feb 6 doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4665-0. PMID: 28168570Free PMC Article
Schmidt AH
Orthop Clin North Am 2016 Jul;47(3):517-25. doi: 10.1016/j.ocl.2016.02.001. PMID: 27241376

Prognosis

Marhofer P, Halm J, Feigl GC, Schepers T, Hollmann MW
Anesth Analg 2021 Nov 1;133(5):1348-1352. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005661. PMID: 34255752
Allen R, Sarani B
Curr Opin Crit Care 2020 Apr;26(2):192-196. doi: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000000701. PMID: 32004192
Griffin BR, Liu KD, Teixeira JP
Am J Kidney Dis 2020 Mar;75(3):435-452. Epub 2020 Jan 22 doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.10.010. PMID: 31982214Free PMC Article
Bonicolini E, Martucci G, Simons J, Raffa GM, Spina C, Lo Coco V, Arcadipane A, Pilato M, Lorusso R
Crit Care 2019 Jul 30;23(1):266. doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2541-3. PMID: 31362770Free PMC Article
McMahon GM, Zeng X, Waikar SS
JAMA Intern Med 2013 Oct 28;173(19):1821-8. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.9774. PMID: 24000014Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Ozer K
J Hand Surg Am 2020 Aug;45(8):746-757. Epub 2020 Jun 26 doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2020.03.027. PMID: 32600789
Guo J, Yin Y, Jin L, Zhang R, Hou Z, Zhang Y
Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Jul;98(27):e16260. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000016260. PMID: 31277147Free PMC Article
Jauregui JJ, Yarmis SJ, Tsai J, Onuoha KO, Illical E, Paulino CB
J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) 2017 Jan;25(1):2309499016684724. doi: 10.1177/2309499016684724. PMID: 28176601
McMahon GM, Zeng X, Waikar SS
JAMA Intern Med 2013 Oct 28;173(19):1821-8. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.9774. PMID: 24000014Free PMC Article
Gonzalez D
Crit Care Med 2005 Jan;33(1 Suppl):S34-41. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000151065.13564.6f. PMID: 15640677

Recent systematic reviews

Lorange JP, Laverdière C, Corban J, Montreuil J, Harvey EJ
J Orthop Trauma 2023 Aug 1;37(8):e319-e325. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000002610. PMID: 37053115
Adib F, Posner AD, O'Hara NN, O'Toole RV
Injury 2022 Mar;53(3):1209-1217. Epub 2021 Sep 17 doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2021.09.019. PMID: 34602242
Mortensen SJ, Smith RDJ, von Keudell GR, Smith MR, Weaver MJ, Nazarian A, von Keudell AG
J Orthop Trauma 2021 Jul 1;35(7):e247-e253. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000002001. PMID: 33177431
Lohrer H, Malliaropoulos N, Korakakis V, Padhiar N
Phys Sportsmed 2019 Feb;47(1):47-59. Epub 2018 Nov 5 doi: 10.1080/00913847.2018.1537861. PMID: 30345867
Henson JT, Roberts CS, Giannoudis PV
Acta Orthop Belg 2009 Apr;75(2):147-52. PMID: 19492552

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