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===[[Compartment Syndrome]] Indications===
*Consider whenever pain or paresthesia occurs in an extremity after:
**[[fracture]] '''(most common risk factor)''' - can occur with open fracture
**[[crush injury]]
**immobilization
**[[snake bites]]
**[[burns]]
**prolonged [[tourniquet]] application
**fluid extravasation into a limb
**[[skin and soft tissue infections|soft tissue infection]]
**extreme exertion

*Immediate threat is viability of nerve and muscle; later threat is infection, [[gangrene]], [[rhabdomyolysis]], [[renal failure]]