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Unfallchirurg. 2021 May 22; doi: 10.1007/s00113-021-01012-8. Epub 2021 May 22.

[Overlooked compartment syndrome of the hand after burn injury and known polytoxicomania].

Der Unfallchirurg

[Article in German]
H Piza-Katzer, S Mandici

Affiliations

  1. , Kalmanstraße 43, 1130, Wien, Österreich. [email protected].
  2. Medizinische Universität Wien, Wien, Österreich.

PMID: 34023924 DOI: 10.1007/s00113-021-01012-8

Abstract

A young man suffered the fatal combination of burn injuries and acute kidney failure caused by substantial rhabdomyolysis after lying on the floor in a somnolent condition for 12 h. This symptom constellation should always make physicians aware of a potential compartment syndrome.

Keywords: Acute kidney failure; Anamnesis; Rhabdomyolysis; Somnolence; Thenar compartment syndrome

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