Effect of gender on various parameters of crush syndrome victims of the Marmara earthquake

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 399-404

  Sever, Mehmet Sukru ^a,d   Erek, Ekrem ^b   Vanholder, Raymond ^c   Lameire, Norbert ^c  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crush syndrome; Gender; Marmara earthquake

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRUSH SYNDROME; DISASTER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARTHQUAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIMB AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MORTALITY; OLIGURIA; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRUSH SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; POTASSIUM; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 4243144076     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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