Consensus statement on crush injury and crush syndrome.
Crush syndrome remains rare in European practice. It is, however, common in areas of civil disorder and where the normal structures of society have given way to civil war or natural disaster. Western doctors are becoming increasingly involved in such situations and there is no reason to believe that instances due to more conventional causes, such as collapse in the elderly or road traffic accidents will cease. For all these reasons it is important that clinicians who deal infrequently with crush syndrome have access to appropriate guidelines. This consensus report seeks to provide such advice.
Greaves
Ian
I
Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Nicholson Street, Edinburgh, UK.
Porter
Keith M
KM
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D015984:Causality; D002648:Child; D003444:Crush Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011379:Prognosis; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards