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Signs and symptoms
Long-Term Care Nursing Advisor, May 2, 2008
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Severe pain, especially with movement or stretching
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Pain seems out of proportion to the injury
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Tenderness with even gentle palpation
- Pain with deep breathing
- Tingling
- Burning
- Numbness
- Prickling
- Feeling of tightness or fullness in the affected muscle
- Abnormal sensations in the affected area
- Weakness in or inability to use the muscle
- The extremity may appear pale, cyanotic, or red
- The skin of an extremity without a cast may feel warm to the touch, but the fingers and toes of a casted extremity feel cool to the touch
- Edema
- Loss of the pulse in the extremity
This excerpt was taken from HCPro’s book Clinical Documentation: An Essential Guide for Long-Term Care Nurses, written by Barbara Acello, RN, BSN. For more information on Compartment Syndrome, visit http://www.hcmarketplace.com/prod-4923.html.
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