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Remove the Kirschner wires and reposition the ankle
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Measure foot compartment pressures
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Order an echocardiogram
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Order serum blood urea nitrogen and creatinine levels
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The most common symptom of compartment syndrome in the extremities is intense pain. Compartment syndrome can be difficult to diagnose in children and patients who are comatose, nonverbal, and/or mentally compromised because they may not be able to properly express their level of pain. In compartment syndrome of the leg, pain on passive extension of the toes is the most frequent clinical diagnostic finding. However, in compartment syndrome of the foot, pain on passive extension of the toes may or may not be present. Swelling and absence of the dorsalis pedis pulse may be expected findings with extensive trauma to the foot, making the clinical diagnosis even more difficult. Repositioning the ankle will add to further swelling. The clinician must be alerted regarding elevations in blood pressure and pulse because such elevations may be the only manifestation of the deeper problem. The transient blood pressure elevation does not require cardiac screening with electrocardiogram or echocardiogram as in chronic hypertension. Kidney function testing is not necessary because the blood pressure elevation is not renal in origin. Compartment pressures should be measured immediately in the foot and will require anesthesia in the pediatric age group.
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