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CRUSH SYNDROME REVISITED [PDF]

Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2001
Dear Editor, In wake of devastating disaster of Gujarat earthquake and casualties received at Command Hospital Pune, where about 7-8 patients (5%) developed renal shut-down following crush syndrome, we draw attention of all our colleagues towards this entity.
M M, Harjai, Y, Singh
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Common complication of crush injury, but a rare compartment syndrome

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2010
Compartment syndrome (CS) is a common complication of crush injury but it is rare to find bilateral gluteal compartment syndrome (BGCS). Only six cases of BGCS have been reported in the literature. This syndrome has been reported after crush injury, drug
Shaikh Nissar
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Zinc chelator treatment in crush syndrome model mice attenuates ischemia–reperfusion-induced muscle injury due to suppressing of neutrophil infiltration

Scientific Reports, 2022
In crush syndrome, massive muscle breakdown resulting from ischemia–reperfusion muscle injury can be a life-threatening condition that requires urgent treatment.
Yohei Haruta, Kazu Kobayakawa, Hirokazu Saiwai, Kazuhiro Hata, Tetsuya Tamaru, Hirotaka Iura, Gentaro Ono, Kazuki Kitade, Ken Kijima, Keiichiro Iida, Kenichi Kawaguchi, Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Kensuke Kubota, Takeshi Maeda, Dai-Jiro Konno, Seiji Okada, Yasuharu Nakashima   +16 more
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Reviving the Grasp: A Case Report on a Pioneering Approach to Managing Crush Syndrome and Unveiling the Occult Compartment Syndrome. [PDF]

Cureus
A crush injury results directly from a crushing force, while crush syndrome, or traumatic rhabdomyolysis, manifests as systemic consequences stemming from the breakdown of muscle cells. Hand crush injuries present intricate challenges involving damage to
Kee HT, Jaapar MS, Arumugam M, Mohamed Saaid F, Looi C, Che-Hamzah F.   +5 more
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Earthquake Related Orthopedic Traumas

Journal of Pediatric Research, 2023
Earthquakes are natural events which can cause serious injuries and deaths in the affected areas. Orthopedic injuries are also very common in these events. The orthopedic surgeon’s role includes interventions such as the temporary or definitive treatment
Can Doruk Basa, İsmail Eralp Kaçmaz
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Crush Syndrome Patient Care in Intensive Care Unit

Cerrahpaşa Medical Journal, 2023
Crush syndrome is a systemic picture that develops as a result of prolonged compression, immobilization, and crushing of muscle groups after trauma and collapse.
Aycan Kelez Yayik
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Wide Spectrum of Traumatic Rhabdomyolysis in Earthquake Victims [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 2009
In the natural disasters such as earthquake, based on severity of trauma, time under the rubble and quality/quantity of hydratation we will confront with a spectrum of traumatic rhabdomyolysis.
Shahnaz Atabak, Vahid Pourfarziani, Hamidreza Samimagham, Ahmad Mooraki, Shiva Seirafian, Houshang Sanadgol, Rashid Farokhi Farin, Manuchehr Amini, Ali Sharifi, Saeed Safari, Mostafa Hossein, Shahrzad Osareh, Behrouz Boroumand, Iraj Najafi   +13 more
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Protective effects of ischemic postconditioning on skeletal muscle following crush syndrome in the rat

Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2021
Purpose To investigate the effect of ischemic postconditioning (IPostC) on skeletal muscle and its optimal protocol. Methods This article is about an animal study of rat model of crush syndrome.
Wei Wang, Yuan Wang, Jing Yang
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The Devastating Turkey-Syria Earthquake from the Perspective of Pediatric Nephrology

Journal of Pediatric Research, 2023
Kahramanmaraş was hit by two major earthquakes nine hours apart on February 6th, 2023, with magnitudes of 7.8 and 7.5 on the Richter scale, respectively. Ten other cities were also devastatingly affected by these earthquakes. More than 50 thousand people
Sevgin Taner, Yılmaz Tabel, Sevcan A. Bakkaloğlu   +2 more
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Prognostic factors of crush syndrome and survival in elderly earthquake survivors: a retrospective study after the 2023 Turkey disaster

Emergency Care Journal
The 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake in southern Turkey exposed critical knowledge gaps in trauma complications among geriatric populations. Limited data exist on injury patterns, systemic sequelae, and outcomes in elderly earthquake survivors ...
Deniz Gezer, Seval Müzeyyen Ecin
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