title: Renal failure in disasters.
abstract: This article focuses on the steps that both search and rescue teams and advanced medical teams may use to reduce the potential for acute renal failure from crush injury in disasters and provides guidelines for the deployment of dialytic resources in the disaster setting.
authors.affiliation: Metropolitan Dialysis Division, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burzstein
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D003444:Crush Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D004190:Disasters; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000503:physiopathology