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= Overview = | |||
Various risk factors are known to be related to compartment syndrome. | |||
= Risk Factors = | =Risk Factors= | ||
* Age: Younger patients are more prone to get CS than elderly cases. | |||
* Gender: Males are ten times more prone to develop CS than females. | |||
* Type of injury | |||
* Site of injury | |||
* Burns to the limb | |||
* Blunt to the limb | |||
* Crushing trauma to the limb | |||
* Excessive exercise or nonroutine physical activity | |||
* Nonaccidental causes like medical conditions include | |||
* Nephrotic syndrome | |||
* Viral myositis | |||
* Hypothyroidism | |||
* Bleeding disorders | |||
* Malignancies | |||
* Diabetes mellitus | |||
= References = | = References = | ||
Revision as of 16:57, 2 July 2018
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohammadmain Rezazadehsaatlou[2] ;
Overview
Various risk factors are known to be related to compartment syndrome.
Risk Factors
- Age: Younger patients are more prone to get CS than elderly cases.
- Gender: Males are ten times more prone to develop CS than females.
- Type of injury
- Site of injury
- Burns to the limb
- Blunt to the limb
- Crushing trauma to the limb
- Excessive exercise or nonroutine physical activity
- Nonaccidental causes like medical conditions include
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Viral myositis
- Hypothyroidism
- Bleeding disorders
- Malignancies
- Diabetes mellitus