Diseases

Crush Injuries

Excessive compression of parts of the body that causes muscle swelling, fracture, and/or neurological disturbances in the affected areas. Crush injury with systemic manifestations is referred to as CRUSH SYNDROME.

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Excessive compression of parts of the body that causes muscle swelling, fracture, and/or neurological disturbances in the affected areas. Crush injury with systemic manifestations is referred to as CRUSH SYNDROME.

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7 entry terms
  • Crush Injury
  • Injuries, Crush
  • Injury, Crush
  • Crush Fractures
  • Crush Fracture
  • Fracture, Crush
  • Fractures, Crush

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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note entry term CRUSH FRACTURES: COMPRESSION FRACTURES is also available

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History Note

2017

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  1. C26w.257w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Crush Injuries. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000071576. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000071576
  2. Crush Injuries. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crush_injury
  3. Crush Injuries. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4388656