Acute compartment syndrome in pediatric patients with peripheral nerve blocks
Acute compartment syndrome (ACS) develops when elevated pressure within a muscle compartment restricts blood flow, causing tissue ischemia and potential irreversible damage if not promptly diagnosed.[1][1] Peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs) are commonly used in pediatric orthopedic surgeries for
Authors
- Benjamin J. Shore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-4307)
- Tricia Vecchione (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2077-819X)
- Giorgio Veneziano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4244-9845)
- Rani Sunder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0486-9048)
- Vipin Bansal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0102-1340)
- Harshad Gurnaney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1132-1291)
- Karen Boretsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2799-9902)
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Emory University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (US)
- Center for Pain and the Brain (US)
- Boston Children's Museum (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2025-106423
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Muscle and Compartmental Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.01