title: The priority of Antonino D'Antona in describing rhabdomyolysis with acute kidney injury, following the Messina earthquake (December 28, 1908). Commentary.
abstract: 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 to uraemia. This gives him a priority in the description of crush syndrome with renal injury which has been traditionally attributed to Bywaters and Beall.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Natale Gaspare
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: De Santo
authors.affiliation: Istituto Mazzini di Napoli, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Carmela
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bisaccia
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Università degli Studi di Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca Salvatore
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: De Santo
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology* / Q000266:history*; D003444:Crush Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000266:history*; D055866:Earthquakes / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000266:history*