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COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES

Specialty Definition: COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES

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Health

Conditions in which increased pressure within a limited space compromises the circulation and function of tissue within that space. Compartmentation involves mainly the leg but also involved are the forearm, arm, thigh, shoulder, and buttock. Some of the causes of increased pressure are trauma, tight dressings, hemorrhage, and exercise. Sequelae include nerve compression, paralysis, and contracture. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES

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Books

  • Compartment Syndromes and Volkmann's Contracture (Saunders Monographs in Clinical Orthopedics, Vol 3) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 4F 4D 50 41 52 54 4D 45 4E 54      53 59 4E 44 52 4F 4D 45 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01001111 01001101 01010000 01000001 01010010 01010100 01001101 01000101 01001110 01010100 00100000 01010011 01011001 01001110 01000100 01010010 01001111 01001101 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#79 &#77 &#80 &#65 &#82 &#84 &#77 &#69 &#78 &#84 &#32 &#83 &#89 &#78 &#68 &#82 &#79 &#77 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 004F 004D 0050 0041 0052 0054 004D 0045 004E 0054      0053 0059 004E 0044 0052 004F 004D 0045 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37494750355254473948542535948385249473953

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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Orthography
3. Bibliography


  

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