Abstract:Objective: To describe the clinical features of crush syndrome, the inter-relationship between rhabdomyolysis, compartment syndrome and crush syndrome, and to make recommendations on the pre-hospital and emergency department management of the condition. Clinical features: Three case reports are described of patients presenting with crush syndrome following dmg induced coma, including one patient in cardiac arrest. Raised compartment pressures were confirmed by manometry, and extensive rhabdomyolysis by myoglob… Show more
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.