An overview of morbidity and mortality in patients with acute renal failure due to crush syndrome: the Marmara earthquake experience

Background. On August 17, 1999 a major earthquake hit the most densely populated area at the eastern end of the Marmara Sea in northwestern Turkey. The number of documented cases of acute renal failure (ARF) following this event exceeded all similar cases previously reported for any single earthquak...

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