Crush injury

Introduction A crush injury is defined as the compression of the limbs or other parts of the body, causing muscle swelling and/or neurological disease in the affected body parts. Typical physical involvement includes lower extremities (74%), upper extremities (10%), and trunk (9%). It can often be seen in crushing injuries caused by violent squeezing of blunt objects such as bricks, stones, doors and windows, machines or vehicles. It can also be seen in crush injuries caused by explosion shocks. These crush injuries often hurt. Visceral, causing stomach bleeding, lung and liver and spleen rupture.

Cause

(1) The hands and feet are injured by violent crushing of bricks, stones, doors and windows, machines or vehicles.

(2) Damage to the body caused by an explosion shock.

(3) The landslide of various reasons is buried in the body and caused injuries.

(4) The human body is crowded and trampled to cause injury.

The affected parts of a typical body include the lower limbs, upper limbs, and torso. Depending on the location and severity of the crush injury, the method of treatment is different.

an examination

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There are no obvious wounds on the surface of the injured part, and there may be congestion, edema, and purpura. If the limbs are injured, the swelling of the wound may gradually increase; the urine is less, the palpitation, the nausea, and even the unconsciousness; the crush injury and the internal organs may cause the bleeding of the stomach, Liver and spleen rupture, at this time hematemesis, hemoptysis, and even shock.

A corresponding examination is performed in conjunction with the medical history.

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of crush injury:

Squeeze syndrome: It can often be seen in crushing injuries caused by violent squeezing of blunt objects such as bricks, stones, doors and windows, machines or vehicles on the hands and feet. It can also be seen in crush injuries caused by explosion shocks. The crush injury often hurts the internal organs, causing stomach bleeding, lung and liver and spleen rupture. More serious crush injuries are earthworms and stones. These injuries often cause a series of pathological changes in the body and even cause renal failure, called "squeezing syndrome."

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