Soft Tissue Trauma Flashcards

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Compartment syndrome

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Result of a crush injury usually caused by compressive forces or blunt trauma to muscle groups confined in tight fibrous sheaths with minimal ability to stretch

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Crush injury

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Injury form exposure of tissue to a compressive force sufficient to interfere with the normal structure and metabolic function of the involved cells and tissues

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Crush syndrome

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A life threatening and sometimes preventable complication of prolonged immobilization a pathological process that causes destruction alteration or both of the muscle

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Rhabdomyolysis

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An acute sometimes fatal disease characterized by destruction of skeletal muscle

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Layers of the skin

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Epidermis outermost and dermis is inner

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