Crush syndrome sustained in the 1995 Kobe, Japan, earthquake : treatment and outcome.

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Subject: The objective of the study was to assess the treatement and outcome of patients with crush syndrome sustained in an earthquake disaster. A retrospective analysis was conducted of eight patients with crush syndrome and subsequent acute kidney failure who were treated in the ICU of a university hospital. All eight patients had been extricated from buildings that collapsed in the 1995 Kobe, Japan, earthquake. Crush injury involved the upper extremities in one patient and the lower extremities in seven. Each patient received intravenous fluid infusion and diuretic drugs and underwent hemodialysis. Emergency fasciotomy was performed in some patients, 17 to 100 hours after extrication. Findings support current therapeutic strategies for crush syndrome, despite the long delay to initiation of intensive therapy. All patients recovered kidney function and were weaned from herodialysis; none required amputation

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	617.1026 CRU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900075913

From: Annals of emergency medicine, vol. 30, no. 4, 1997, pp. 507-512

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The objective of the study was to assess the treatement and outcome of patients with crush syndrome sustained in an earthquake disaster. A retrospective analysis was conducted of eight patients with crush syndrome and subsequent acute kidney failure who were treated in the ICU of a university hospital. All eight patients had been extricated from buildings that collapsed in the 1995 Kobe, Japan, earthquake. Crush injury involved the upper extremities in one patient and the lower extremities in seven. Each patient received intravenous fluid infusion and diuretic drugs and underwent hemodialysis. Emergency fasciotomy was performed in some patients, 17 to 100 hours after extrication. Findings support current therapeutic strategies for crush syndrome, despite the long delay to initiation of intensive therapy. All patients recovered kidney function and were weaned from herodialysis; none required amputation

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