Journal of nephrology
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Journal of nephrology · May 2004
Effect of gender on various parameters of crush syndrome victims of the Marmara earthquake.
Detailed analyses on crush syndrome resulting from earthquakes is scarce. This study aimed to analyze the effect of gender on clinical course of the renal victims of the catastrophic Marmara earthquake that struck Northwestern Turkey in 1999. ⋯ Although males are characterized by more severe laboratory abnormalities of rhabdomyolysis, more frequently suffer from sepsis and need more intensive dialysis support, gender is not a prognostic indicator of final outcome in the renal victims of disasters.