Crush injury
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Overview
A crush injury is injury by an object that causes compression of the body.This form of injury is common following a natural disaster or after some form of trauma from a deliberate attack. Common concerns after an injury of this type are rhabdomyolysis and crush syndrome.
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