Patients with crush syndrome and kidney disease: lessons learned from the earthquake in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye

Ozturk S., TUĞLULAR Z. S., Olmaz R., KOÇYİĞİT İ., Kibar M. U., Turgutalp K., ...Daha Fazla

Kidney International, cilt.106, sa.5, ss.771-776, 2024 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 106 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.kint.2024.08.008
  • Dergi Adı: Kidney International
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.771-776
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: crush, earthquake, mortality, renal disaster, Türkiye
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study investigated in-hospital outcomes and related factors in patients diagnosed with postearthquake crush syndrome after the earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye. One thousand twenty-four adult patients diagnosed with crush syndrome were analyzed. Data on demographic characteristics, clinical presentation, laboratory values, treatments, and outcomes were collected. A total of 9.8% of patients died during their hospital stay. Nonsurvivors were generally older, more likely to have preexisting chronic kidney disease, and faced more severe injuries and complications, including hypotension-shock, arrhythmias, elevated markers of renal dysfunction, and higher rates of acute kidney injury (AKI) and compartment syndrome. In addition, intensive care unit needs were higher. Multivariate analysis confirmed that age, injury severity, shock, high potassium, uric acid, and lactate levels on admission, development of AKI, compartment syndrome, and intensive care unit admission were significant predictors of mortality. Better disaster preparedness and improved health care infrastructure could be potential explanations for improved in-hospital mortality in the current era, as compared to previous earthquakes.