European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine
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To evaluate the utility of urine dipstick test (UDT) for detecting rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury (AKI) due to crush injury. ⋯ UDT can be considered as an early screening tool for the detection and triage of patients at risk of developing AKI because of traumatic rhabdomyolysis after mass disasters.
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In acute heart failure (AHF), hemoglobin, red cell distribution width, mean platelet volume, leukocytes, and relative lymphocyte count have been associated with mortality. It is not known whether absolute blood neutrophil, eosinophil, and monocyte counts are mortality predictors. ⋯ AEC of AHF patients measured at admission was found to be a stronger predictor of mortality than all other hemogram parameters and this is consistent with the increased sympatho-adrenal activity theory.