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The Importance of Feeling Normal in the Emergency Department
About 70% of cases of compartment syndrome involve a fracture. Compartment syndrome tends to be a disease of young fit males. Males have more muscle bulk than when we age, so there's less pressure in a compartment. Females have more sort of pliable soft tissue. If you put extra volume into a compartment, it'll take more to raise a pressure.