PNEUMATIC ANTISHOCK GARMENT-ASSOCIATED COMPARTMENT SYNDROME IN UNINJURED LOWER-EXTREMITIES

Pneumatic antishock garment-associated compartment syndrome is a rare and yet underrecognized complication that when it occurs, frequently r esults in myonecrosis and loss of limb function, and occasionally loss of a limb or even death. We report a case of pneumatic antishock garm ent-associated compartment syndrome in a trauma patient without lower extremity injury and review similar published reports. It is only with a high index of suspicion, early recognition, and prompt treatment of this: complication by fasciotomy and proper wound care that associate d morbidity and potential mortality of this complication can be preven ted or minimized.