Crush syndrome and acute renal failure in the Marmara earthquake

In this study, patients with acute renal failure as a result of crush syndrome after the Marmara earthquake were evaluated retrospectively. Six hundred thirty injured patients were evaluated after the Marmara earthquake at Gülhane Military Medical Academy. Acute renal failure in association with cru...

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Published in:Military medicine 2002-06, Vol.167 (6), p.516-518
Main Authors: POCAN, Sibel, ÖZKAN, Sezai, HULUSI, Melih, CAKIR, Orhan, GÖKBEN, Merih
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acidosis
Acute Kidney Injury - etiology
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Crush Syndrome - complications
Disasters
Earthquakes
Electrolytes
Fasciotomy
Female
Hemodialysis
Hospitalization
Humans
Hyperkalemia
Hypocalcemia
Injuries
Kidneys
Male
Medical sciences
Metabolism
Mortality
Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases
Nephropathies. Renovascular diseases. Renal failure
Potassium
Renal Dialysis
Renal failure
Respiratory distress syndrome
Retrospective Studies
Rhabdomyolysis
Sepsis
Survival Rate
Treatment Outcome
Turkey
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Summary:In this study, patients with acute renal failure as a result of crush syndrome after the Marmara earthquake were evaluated retrospectively. Six hundred thirty injured patients were evaluated after the Marmara earthquake at Gülhane Military Medical Academy. Acute renal failure in association with crush syndrome developed in 31 patients. Twenty-nine of them required hemodialysis. Duration of stay under the ruins was 6 to 135 hours. Seventy-seven patients underwent fasciotomy, and 6 underwent extremity amputation. The total number of hemodialysis sessions was 173. Six patients died as a result of crush sepsis and adult respiratory distress syndrome.
ISSN:0026-4075
1930-613X
DOI:10.1093/milmed/167.6.516