Compartment Pressure Monitor

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The current feeling is if you are worried open up all 4 compartments. Better that than an dead leg from muscle ischemia. We probable do a couple or more each week
 
Norman
 
Norman McSwain MD
Trauma Director, Charity Hospital
Professor of Surgery, Tulane University
New Orleans LA
504 988 5111
norman.mcswain at tulane.edu <mailto:norman.mcswain at tulane.edu> 

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Can anyone assist me with this query?

An ortho surgeon at my hospital is debating the utility of compartment
pressure monitoring for suspected compartment syndrome. His thoughts if he
feels by clinical exam the patient has compartment syndrome he does nopt
want to run the risk of having a false negative compartment pressure. On the
other hand if he feels the compartment syndrome is of low probability he
does not want to be faced with a false positive value.

What is the current research for using compartment pressure measurements?

Thanks,

Andrew
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