Lessons learned from the catastrophic Marmara earthquake: Factors influencing the final outcome of renal victims

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 413-421

  Sever, M S ^a   Erek, E ^b   Vanholder, R ^c   Koc, M ^d   Yavuz, M ^e   Aysuna, N ^a   Ergin, H ^b   Ataman, R ^f   Yenicesu, M ^g   Canbakan, B ^h   Demircan, C ⁱ   Lameire, N ^c  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Istanbul School of Medicine   (Turkey)

^e ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f Social Security Hospital   (Turkey)

^g GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^h ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

ⁱ Bursa State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crush syndrome; Marmara earthquake; Renal victims outcome

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; POTASSIUM;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH SYNDROME; CRUSH TRAUMA; DISASTER; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIMB AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OLIGURIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX INJURY; THROMBOCYTE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 2942726604     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CNP61413     Document Type: Article

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