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Crush Syndrome: a Review for Prehospital Providers and Emergency Clinicians by Daisuke Usuda; Shintaro Shimozawa; Hiroki Takami; Yoshinobu Kako; Taigo Sakamoto; Junya Shimazaki; Junichi Inoue; Shinichi Nakayama; Yuichi Koido; Jiro Oba is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Introduction Disasters and accidents have occurred with increasing frequency in recent years. Primary disasters have the potential to result in mass casualty events involving crush syndrome (CS) and other serious injuries. Prehospital providers and emergency clinicians stand on the front lines of these patients’ evaluation and treatment. However, the bulk of our current knowledge, derived from historical data, has remained unchanged for over ten years. In addition, no evidence-based treatment has been established to date. ## Objective This narrative review aims to provide a focused overview of, and update on, CS for both prehospital providers and emergency clinicians. ## Discussion CS is a severe systemic manifestation of trauma and ischemia involving soft tissue, principally skeletal muscle, due to prolonged crushing of tissues. Among earthquake survivors, the reported incidence of CS is 2–15%, and mortality is reported to be up to 48%. Patients with CS can develop cardiac failure, kidney dysfunction, shock, systemic inflammation, and sepsis. In addition, late presentations include life-threatening systemic effects such as hypovolemic shock, hyperkalemia, metabolic acidosis, an

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Author

Daisuke Usuda; Shintaro Shimozawa; Hiroki Takami; Yoshinobu Kako; Taigo Sakamoto; Junya Shimazaki; Junichi Inoue; Shinichi Nakayama; Yuichi Koido; Jiro Oba

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2023

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)