Crush syndrome: experience from the Lebanon War, 1982.
Eight patients with crush syndrome were treated in our department during the Lebanon War, 1982. They arrived after having been trapped under fallen masonry for 4 to 28 h. They all had injuries of the lower limbs, with neurological deficiency and myoglobinuria. The local and general aspects of the syndrome are presented and discussed and a successful treatment protocol outlined.
D003444:Crush Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007861:Lebanon; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D008887:Military Medicine; D009212:Myoglobinuria / Q000628:therapy; D012774:Shock, Traumatic / Q000628:therapy*; D014857:Warfare