[Treatment of severe crush syndrome caused by earthquake: a report of 35 cases].
OBJECTIVE
To discuss the diagnosis and treatment of the crush syndrome in the earthquake.


METHODS
Thirty-five patients with crush syndrome caused by earthquake were involved the retrospective study. The role of nutritional support, active wound treatment and hemodialysis on the patients' recovery was observed.


RESULTS
The function of the heart and kidneys were gradually improved by the planned removal of the necrotic tissue, which laid a foundation for the further repair of the wound.


CONCLUSIONS
The removal of necrotic tissue, which can decrease the toxic absorption, will improve the success rate for treatment of the crush syndrome patients when being assisted with the hemodialysis.
Su
Jia-can
JC
Department of Orthopaedics, Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. sujiacan@yahoo.com.cn
Fu
Qing-ge
QG
Li
Zhuo-dong
ZD
Yu
Bao-qing
BQ
Zhang
Chun-cai
CC
Cao
Lie-hu
LH
Liu
Xin-wei
XW
Zhu
Ke-ming
KM
Guo
Zhi-yong
ZY
Ben
Dao-feng
DF
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China; D003444:Crush Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D004190:Disasters / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055866:Earthquakes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies