| A Case of Crush Syndrome after Physical Assaults. |
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Jong Lark Oh, Young Joo Kim, Ik Jo Chung, Ho Lee |
1Department of Forensic medicine, National Institute of Scientific Investigation, Korea.
2Department of Forensic Medicine, College of Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Korea. foremed@chonbuk.ac.kr |
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| Abstract |
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The crush syndrome was first defined as a clinical entity in 1941. The term myorenal syndrome is preferred to the term crush injury or crush syndrome. The syndrome occurs in sjambok, deep burns and crush injuries. Crush injury is caused by continuous prolonged pressure on the limb. The main injury is to muscles of the limbs. Crush syndrome, which is the general manifestation of crush injury, has been accompainment of crushing injuries following disaster situations and war. However, we report a case of crush syndrome after physical assaults. |
| Key Words:
crush syndrome, physical assaults |
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