The importance of the biochemical markers in rapid diagnosis and treatment of crushing syndrome

Abstract

Crushing represents the mechanism by which a group of skeletal muscles is caught by a high-energy traumatic agent over a wide area. The traumatic agent acts straight on the human body, causing serious injury, with potentially irreversible results. In the absence of a quick and correct treatment, these effects may lead to the death of the patient. In this article we discuss the importance of local and general clinical examination for assessing the patient who was a victim of trauma with a high energy traumatic agent or had a surgical approach that could had caused damage to surrounding muscle tissue. The types of muscle damage in crush syndrome consist in partial torn of muscle, stretches or even transects of the affected muscles. The screening of biochemical markers in crush syndrome and their monitoring in dynamics provide an overview of the overall prognosis.

Keywords

• crush syndrome
• biochemical markers
• creatine kinase
• fibrinogen
• ldh