Following the Messina-Reggio Calabria earthquake (December 28, 1908) outstanding medical reports were published by Franz von Colmers (1875-1960), Antonino D'Antona (1842-1913), and Rocco Caminiti (1868-1940). The reports of D'Antona and Caminiti were heretofore neglected. Colmers, D'Antona and Caminiti described crush-syndrome. D'Antona who cured patients in shock also described two deaths due ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Few reports exist concerning the peak serum concentration of creatine kinase (CK) and the severity of crush syndrome, and the efficacy of fasciotomy in crush syndrome patients remains controversial. This study aimed to analyze and assess the clinical features, treatment, and outcome of patients with crush syndrome sustained in the Chi-Chi earthquake in September 21, 1999....

©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...

Background: Crush-syndrome usually resulting from earthquake and other natural disaster causes mortality morbidity. A multistoried garment factory collapsed in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 24th April 2013 with about 4000 workers. Among the rescued victims, many of them develop crush – syndrome AKI that led to a man-made renal Bangladesh. We analyzed outcome severe patient who required replacemen...

introduction: many of those who survive following an earthquake die in the next phase due to preventable and treatable medical conditions such as hyperkalemia. the present study aimed to evaluate the trend of potassium changes in crush syndrome patients of bam earthquake. methods: in this retrospective cross-sectional study, using the database of bam earthquake victims, which were developed by ...

conclusions a few eligible articles on seismo-nephrology were found in iran, and a limited number of current articles had poor or fair quality. as expected, the chaotic situation after mass disasters and the lack of documentation led to the loss of much important data on the diagnosis and management of victims. lessons learned from the current researches can be used as a valuable guide for futu...