TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Torture rhabdomyorhexis--a pseudo-crush syndrome
JO  - Journal of trauma
A1  - Rivkind, Avraham I.
A1  - Gimmon, Z.
A1  - Friedlaender, M.
A1  - Muggia, M.
A1  - Zamir, G.
A1  - Bloom, A. I.
SP  - 252
EP  - 254
VL  - 38
IS  - 2
N2  - Two patients who were systematically tortured and deprived of any oral intake presented with acute renal failure several days later. Unlike the classical crush syndrome, we describe a clinical entity wherein repeated direct muscle injury from blunt trauma, in addition to forced dehydration, led to myoglobinuria and renal failure. The literature is reviewed, and biochemical indices predicting severity of injury, pathophysiology, and management protocol are described. This pseudo-crush syndrome caused by rhabdomyorhexis in addition to rhabdomyolysis is an unusual entity, in part related to extreme sociopolitical factors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-5282
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -