title: Compartment syndrome in a child occurring after femoral artery cannulation.
abstract: Compartment syndromes have not been reported in association with femoral artery cannulation for invasive blood pressure monitoring in children. We report a case that presented atypically in a child admitted in extremis due to small bowel obstruction and who had a 20 G femoral arterial cannula sited during resuscitation. The compartment syndrome was diagnosed after repeated measurements of compartment pressures.
authors.affiliation: Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, UK.
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Selby
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Darowski
mesh_terms: D000868:Anterior Compartment Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D012151:Resuscitation