The rise of non-traumatic extremity compartment syndrome in light of the opioid epidemic

Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Jan:39:75-79. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.01.020. Epub 2020 Jan 10.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amputation, Surgical
  • Analgesics, Opioid / poisoning*
  • Clinical Coding
  • Compartment Syndromes / chemically induced*
  • Compartment Syndromes / mortality*
  • Compartment Syndromes / surgery
  • Databases, Factual
  • Drug Overdose / complications
  • Extremities / blood supply*
  • Fasciotomy / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Hospital Mortality
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Opioid Epidemic / trends
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid