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KMID : 0357820060300010079
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Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
2006 Volume.30 No. 1 p.79 ~ p.81
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A Case of Crush Syndrome after Physical Assaults
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Oh Jong-Lark
Kim Young-Joo
Chung Ik-Jo
Lee Ho
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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.
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KEYWORD
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crush syndrome, physical assaults
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