The crush syndrome in battle casualties.
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Mechanical muscle-crush injury and acute muscle-crush compartment syndrome: with special reference to earthquake casualties.
©2005 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery doi:10.1302/0301-620X.87B4. 15334 $2.00 J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2005;87-B:450-3. An extensive muscle-crush injury culminating in a crush syndrome is often lethal unless treated actively and promptly. The causes of death in crush syndrome include hypovolaemic shock, hyperkalaemia, hypocalcaemia, metabolic acidosis, acute myoglobinuric rena...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Surgery
دوره 27 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1950