o13: crush syndrome
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life in the modern world means existing with the evolving face of modern warfare and global terrorism. we have disasters both man-made disasters, natural. man has devised weapons of mass destruction, which in the hands urban terrorists can cause blasts, building collapses. resulting in a unique pattern of damage to the human body namely, crush injuries “crush syndrome” first recorded in bombing of london during second worldwide. the reperfusion syndrome is a group of complications following re-establishment of blood flow to the ischemic tissues and can occur after fasciotomy and restoration of muscle blood flow in the acute compartment syndrome. it is recorded that up to 80% of crush injury patients die due to severe head injuries or asphyxiation.of the 20% that reach hospital, 10% make an uneventful recovery. the other 10% go into crush syndrome. our whole focus has to be centered on tackling this 10%, which has severe and extensive metabolic disturbances. casualties deteriorate only after being rescued out of the debris of collapse or entrapment absolutely imperative that an assessment is made prior to beginning any extrication activities! dually imperative that the rescue team be made aware of the importance of treating the patient prior to extrication. fluid replacement and monitoring is the most important factor in treating crush syndrome.
منابع مشابه
Double Crush Syndrome.
Double crush syndrome is a distinct compression at two or more locations along the course of a peripheral nerve that can coexist and synergistically increase symptom intensity. In addition, dissatisfaction after treatment at one site may be the result of persistent pathology at another site along a peripheral nerve. Double crush syndrome is a controversial diagnosis; some scientists and surgeon...
متن کاملConsensus statement on crush injury and crush syndrome.
Crush syndrome remains rare in European practice. It is, however, common in areas of civil disorder and where the normal structures of society have given way to civil war or natural disaster. Western doctors are becoming increasingly involved in such situations and there is no reason to believe that instances due to more conventional causes, such as collapse in the elderly or road traffic accid...
متن کاملCrush injury and crush syndrome: a consensus statement.
Crush syndrome remains rare in European practice but is common in areas of civil disorder and where society has given way to civil war or natural disaster. Clinicians in the west are becoming increasingly involved in such situations and there is no reason to believe that the few instances due to conventional causes, such as an elderly person collapsing or road traffic accidents, will cease. The...
متن کاملcrush injury &compartment syndrome
crush injury of an extremity occurs when a limb is compressed between two hard surfaces, to the point where vascular supply is impaired and vulnerable tissues undergo necrosis. most commonly, limbs are crushed during auto versus pedestrian accidents, motor vehicle crashes, and industrial accidents. however, during natural disasters such as earthquakes, buildings collapse, landslides, mine cave-...
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مجله علوم اعصاب شفای خاتمجلد ۴، شماره ۴، صفحات ۱۳-۱۳
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