Trauma Patients and Acute Compartment Syndrome: Is There an Ariadne's Thread That Can Safely Guide the Anesthesiologist/Emergency Physician Out of the Labyrinth?

Eleftheria Soulioti, Marianthi Pertsikapa, Barbara Fyntanidou, Pantelis Limnaios, Tatiana Sidiropoulou

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Review in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Atypical Presentation of Acute Compartment Syndrome in the Lower Limb: A Case Report of When Pain Does Not Guide the Diagnosis.Cureus · 2025
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Eleftheria SouliotiSecond Department of Anesthesiology, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6301-1095

Marianthi PertsikapaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, AHEPA University Hospital, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Barbara FyntanidouDepartment of Emergency Medicine, AHEPA University Hospital, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Pantelis LimnaiosSecond Department of Anesthesiology, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.

Tatiana SidiropoulouSecond Department of Anesthesiology, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2937-639X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trauma patients in the emergency department experience severe pain that is not always easy to manage. The risk of acute compartment syndrome further complicates the analgesic approach. The purpose of this review is to discuss relevant bibliography and highlight current guidelines and recommendations for the safe practice of peripheral nerve blocks in this special group of patients. According to the recent bibliography, peripheral nerve blocks are not contraindicated in patients at risk of acute compartment syndrome, as long as there is surveillance and certain recommendations are followed.

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Compartment SyndromesWounds and InjuriesAcute DiseaseAnesthesiologistsEmergency Service, HospitalHumansNerve Blockacute compartment syndromepain managementperipheral nerve blockstrauma patient

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PMID39202560

DOI10.3390/medicina60081279

PMCPMC11356385

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