Renal disaster relief: From theory to practice

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1730-1735

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

^a Renal Disaster Relief Task Force ^*  (Turkey)

^b RDRTF of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crush injury; Crush syndrome; Disaster; Rhabdomyolysis; Scenario

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRUSH SYNDROME; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MANPOWER PLANNING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; THEORY; TRAINING;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CRUSH SYNDROME; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; RENAL DIALYSIS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67651124967     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp094     Document Type: Review

References (37)

1. Ukai T. The Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake and the problems with emergency medical care. Ren Fail 1997; 19: 633-645
2. Sheng ZY. Medical support in the Tangshan earthquake: a review of the management of mass casualties and certain major injuries. J Trauma 1987; 27: 1130-1135
3. Vanholder R, Sever MS, Erek E et al. Acute renal failure related to the crush syndrome: towards an era of seismo-nephrology? Nephrol Dial Transplant 2000; 15: 1517-1521
4. Sever MS, Erek E, Vanholder R et al. Lessons learned from the catas-trophic Marmara earthquake: factors influencing the final outcome of renal victims. Clin Nephrol 2004; 61: 413-421
5. Hatamizadeh P, Najafi I, Vanholder R et al. Epidemiologic aspects of the Bam earthquake in Iran: the nephrologic perspective. Am J Kidney Dis 2006; 47: 428-438
6. Sever MS, Erek E, Vanholder R et al. The Marmara earthquake: epidemiological analysis of the victims with nephrological problems. Kidney Int 2001; 60: 1114-1123
7. Vanholder R, Van Der TA, De SM et al. Earthquakes and crush syn-drome casualties: lessons learned from the Kashmir disaster. Kidney Int 2007; 71: 17-23
8. Kopp JB, Ball LK, Cohen A et al. Kidney patient care in disasters: lessons from the hurricanes and earthquake of 2005. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; 2: 814-824
9. Sever MS, Vanholder R, Lameire N. Management of crush-related injuries after disasters. N Engl J Med 2006; 354: 1052-1063
10. Collins AJ. Kidney dialysis treatment for victims of the Armenian earthquake. N Engl J Med 1989; 320: 1291-1292
11. Solez K, Bihari D, Collins AJ et al. International dialysis aid in earth-quakes and other disasters. Kidney Int 1993; 44: 479-483
12. Rosansky SJ, Speth C. Dialysis relief effort for Armenia. N Engl J Med 1989; 321: 264-265
13. Eknoyan G. Acute renal failure in the Armenian earthquake. Ren Fail 1992; 14: 241-244
14. Lameire N, Vanholder R, Clement J et al. The organization of the European Renal Disaster Relief Task Force. Ren Fail 1997; 19: 665-671
15. Lameire N, Mehta R, Vanholder R et al. The organization and in-terventions of the ISN Renal Disaster Relief Task Force. Adv Ren Replace Ther 2003; 10: 93-99
16. Sever MS, Erek E. Sincere thanks of Turkish nephrologists to their European friends. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2000; 15: 1478-1480
17. Vanholder R, Sever MS, De SM et al. Intervention of the Renal Disaster Relief Task Force in the 1999 Marmara, Turkey earthquake. Kidney Int 2001; 59: 783-791
18. Shoaf KI, Sareen HR, Nguyen LH et al. Injuries as a result of California earthquakes in the past decade. Disasters 1998; 22: 218-235
19. Noji EK, Armenian HK, Oganessian A. Issues of rescue and medical care following the 1988 Armenian earthquake. Int J Epidemiol 1993; 22: 1070-1076
20. De BM, Greco D, Lechat MF et al. The 1980 earthquake in Southern Italy - morbidity and mortality. Int J Epidemiol 1985; 14: 113-117
21. Noji EK, Kelen GD, Armenian HK et al. The 1988 earthquake in Soviet Armenia: a case study. Ann Emerg Med 1990; 19: 891-897
22. Noji EK. Acute renal failure in natural disasters. Ren Fail 1992; 14: 245-249
23. Better OS, Stein JH. Early management of shock and prophylaxis of acute renal failure in traumatic rhabdomyolysis. N Engl J Med 1990; 322: 825-829
24. Sever MS, Erek E, Vanholder R et al. The Marmara earthquake: admission laboratory features of patients with nephrological problems. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2002; 17: 1025-1031
25. Sever MS, Erek E, Vanholder R et al. Serum potassium in the crush syndrome victims of the Marmara disaster. Clin Nephrol 2003; 59: 326-333
26. Sever MS, Erek E, Vanholder R et al. Renal replacement therapies in the aftermath of the catastrophic Marmara earthquake. Kidney Int 2002; 62: 2264-2271
27. Sever MS, Erek E, Vanholder R et al. Features of chronic hemodialysis practice after the Marmara earthquake. J Am Soc Nephrol 2004; 15: 1071-1076
28. Sakai R. The Japanese experience during the Kobe earthquake: management of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients in a disaster. Ren Fail 1997; 19: 693-699
29. Ozener C, Ozdemir D, Bihorac A. The impact of the earthquake in northwestern Turkey on the continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients who were living in the earthquake zone. Adv Perit Dial 2000; 16: 182-185
30. Blake PG, Parker TF III. Report of the International Society of Nephrology: North American Renal Disaster Response Task Force. Adv Ren Replace Ther 2003; 10: 100-103
31. Kopp JB, Ball LK, Cohen A et al. Kidney patient care in disasters: lessons from the hurricanes and earthquake of 2005. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; 2: 814-824
32. Waeckerle JF. Disaster planning and response. N Engl J Med 1991; 324: 815-821
33. Schultz CH, Koenig KL, Noji EK. A medical disaster response to reduce immediate mortality after an earthquake. N Engl J Med 1996; 334: 438-444
34. Uemoto M, Inui A, Kasuga M et al. Medical staff suffered severe stress after earthquake in Kobe, Japan. BMJ 1996; 313: 1144
35. Sever MS, Erek E, Vanholder R et al. Treatment modalities and outcome of the renal victims of the Marmara earthquake. Nephron 2002; 92: 64-71
36. The USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: U.S. Geological Survey, 2003. Available at: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/. (26 December 2008, date last accessed)
37. http://news.bbc.co.uk/. 2008