title: Comparing the methods of measuring compartment pressures in acute compartment syndrome.
abstract: The objectives of this study were to compare the reliability and accuracy of published methods of measuring intramuscular compartment pressures. A muscle compartment model was constructed. Pressure was standardized using a water column exerting pressure on a muscle slab. The following three methods of intracompartmental pressure were used to measure the pressure within the muscle slab of the model: (1) Stryker, (2) manometric IV pump, and (3) Whitesides method. The Stryker and IV pump methods were similarly accurate compared with the "standard pressure." The Whitesides method was not reliable in measuring a reproducible pressure. The IV pump method is comparable to the Stryker instrument in terms of accuracy and ease of use. If a Stryker instrument is unavailable, the IV pump method can serve as a suitable and satisfactory alternative.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Honolulu, Hawaii 96826, USA.
authors.forename: Annemarie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uliasz
authors.forename: Jay T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Jason K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Fleming
authors.forename: Loren G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008365:Manometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008954:Models, Biological; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011312:Pressure; D015203:Reproducibility of Results