title: Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention Strategies for Hair-Thread Tourniquet Syndrome in Infants.
abstract: Hair-thread tourniquets are a rare occurrence but result in significant injury as a hair or thread wraps around a digit, resulting in tissue swelling, pain, or possible tissue ischemia. This condition is often overlooked in the differential diagnosis for a fussy infant. Awareness of this condition will help nurses and other clinicians identify and treat the condition. Some simple prevention strategies can help parents and other caregivers mitigate risk.
authors: Tricia A
authors: TA
authors: Templet
authors: Roger D
authors: RD
authors: Rholdon
mesh_terms: D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply / Q000503:physiopathology; D005835:Genitalia / Q000098:blood supply / Q000503:physiopathology; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D014034:Toes / Q000098:blood supply / Q000503:physiopathology; D014111:Tourniquets / Q000009:adverse effects*
keywords: digital swelling; fussy infant; hair-thread tourniquet syndrome