Characteristics of crush syndrome caused by prolonged limb compression longer than 24 h in the Sichuan earthquake

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 627-630

  Zhou, Chunguang ^a   Chen, Rigao ^a   Huang, Fuguo ^a   Tu, Chongqi ^a   Song, Yueming ^a   Wang, Guanglin ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Pei, Fuxing ^a   Kang, Yan ^a   Liang, Peng ^a   Fu, Ping ^a   Tao, Ye ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ACIDOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRUSH SYNDROME; EARTHQUAKE; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATORRHEXIS; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG INJURY; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OLIGURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; CHINA; CRUSH SYNDROME; EARTHQUAKES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LEG INJURIES; LOWER EXTREMITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955351292     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.070961     Document Type: Article

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