腔室症候群

腔室症候群是對肢體、生命產生威脅的一種狀況，是由於身體某部位神經、血管及肌肉在一個封閉的空間（腔室）中受到壓迫。起因於腔室中升高的壓力，造成血管灌流不足，導致組織缺氧而壞死。腔室症候群最常發生在前臂及小腿，Medline Plus. URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001224.htm  Accessed 23 December 2009 並可分成急性、亞急性及慢性腔室症候群。根據蘭金（Rankin, 1981）的定義，腔室症候群的起因是一個密閉空間中的壓力，使得該空間的循環及組織功能的受到阻礙。

原因
因為組成腔室的結締組織延展性降低使得流經該腔室的血流量減少，或是由於腔室中肌肉的腫脹造成腔室中壓力的劇烈升高。常造成腔室症候群的原因包括脛骨或前臂骨折，由於組織的傷害、出血、血管穿刺、靜脈藥物注射，長時間固定、肢體的壓迫，粉碎性的傷害及燒燙傷造成的再灌注性損傷。 另一個可能的原因是由於服用肌氨酸，有研究指出服用肌氨酸的病史與腔室症候群有一定關係。

参考资料

延伸閱讀
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外部链接
 Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome detailed at MayoClinic.com 


Fasciotomy, Chronic Venous Insufficiency, and the Calf Muscle Pump 
Compartment syndrome
Saphenous nerve injury after fasciotomy for compartment syndrome 
 American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Compartment Syndrome 

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