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How To Measure Compartment Pressure in a Forearm
Additional Considerations for Measuring Forearm Compartment Pressure
Sterile technique is required to prevent microbial contamination of the compartment tissues. Maintain a low threshold for measuring compartment pressure in at-risk patients because deep compartments may not have palpable tenseness or swelling, pain is nonspecific, and, in obtunded patients, symptoms and signs can be absent or nonspecific. Diagnosis must be made and treatment started before pallor or pulselessness develops. 