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Wounds and Injuries > Crush Injuries

Preferred term

Crush Injuries  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Crush Fracture
  • Crush Fractures
  • Fracture, Crush
  • Fractures, Crush

Note

  • note entry term CRUSH FRACTURES: COMPRESSION FRACTURES is also available

Scope note

  • Excessive compression of parts of the body that causes muscle swelling, fracture, and/or neurological disturbances in the affected areas. Crush injury with systemic manifestations is referred to as CRUSH SYNDROME.

History note

  • 2017

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000071576

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