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D E Kates

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PubMed1994

Gluteal compartment syndrome.

Gluteal compartment syndrome is a rare disorder that most often occurs in conjunction with prolonged immobility after a sedative overdose but also may result from direct trauma. Patients present with localized tenderness, induration, and pain with passive flexion of the gluteal muscles. Signs of sciatic nerve compression occur frequently, and rhabdomyolysis may be associated with the syndrome. If the diagnosis of gluteal compartment syndrome is suspected, intracompartmental pressures should be measured. If pressures are high or if sufficient clinical suspicion remains, the patient should undergo prompt fasciotomy.

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Hydropneumothorax due to tuberculosis.

Pulmonary tuberculosis, a disease largely limited to third-world populations only 15 years ago, is increasingly becoming a public health problem again in the U.S. We review an emergent presenting feature of tuberculosis--spontaneous pneumothorax--that may now be seen more commonly in emergency departments (EDs). Pneumothorax must be quickly and effectively managed in the ED. In addition, the emergency physician should readily consider tuberculosis as an etiology in any patient with a spontaneous pneumothorax and a significant prodromal illness or a history of exposure to tuberculosis so that contagion precautions may be instituted promptly.

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