Der Unfallchirurg
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Comparative Study
[Mobile and digital documentation of inpatient treatments : use of personal digital assistants in addition with the ClinicCoach(c) software].
Documentation of the individual treatment course is essential from medical as well as economic and forensic aspects. With increasing hospital computerization the conventional hardcopy form of record keeping is seen to be associated with high outlays and restrictiveness. ⋯ The combination of PDAs and ClinicCoach(c) is a reliable and to clinical routine well adapted system that allows digital documentation at the bedside.
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A 30-year-old man presented several times with pain in the calf after twisting his foot and injuring it during bowling. It was some time before the diagnosis of acute exertion-induced compartment syndrome was made, and an immediate fasciotomy could no longer prevent necrosis of the peroneal muscles. ⋯ A high level of suspicion and observation is required to make the diagnosis when any leg pain has no definite diagnosis. Fasciotomy should be performed early.