Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey.
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey.
Clin Radiol. 2024 Jan;79(1):19-24. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2023.09.018. Epub 2023 Oct 7.
In the southeastern part of Turkey, two earthquakes measuring 7.7 and 7.8 on the Richter scale occurred within 9 h on 6 February 2023, causing 120,000 injuries and over 50,000 deaths. Evacuees were transferred to various secondary and tertiary hospitals as the health system and hospitals in the affected region were affected by the earthquake. Injuries were mostly caused by blunt trauma and/or prolonged bruising under rubble. The severity and pattern of traumatic injuries in earthquake victims differed from other trauma patients who were not affected by an earthquake. In addition to traumatic injuries that affected multiple body regions and systems, patients who were trapped under debris for long periods of time were also frequently found to have crush syndrome. Pulmonary thromboembolism and hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury were observed in some patients. In this review, we present the imaging findings of traumatic injuries in earthquake victims, emphasising the earthquake-related distinct injury types.
2023 年 2 月 6 日，土耳其东南部在 9 小时内发生里氏 7.7 级和 7.8 级两次地震，造成 12 万人受伤，5 万多人死亡。由于受灾地区的卫生系统和医院受到地震影响，灾民被转移到各种二级和三级医院。伤员主要是由钝器伤和/或废墟下长时间瘀伤引起的。地震灾民的创伤性损伤严重程度和模式与未受地震影响的其他创伤患者不同。除了影响多个身体区域和系统的创伤性损伤外，还经常发现长时间被困在废墟下的患者患有挤压综合征。一些患者还观察到肺血栓栓塞和缺氧缺血性脑损伤。在这篇综述中，我们介绍了地震灾民创伤性损伤的影像学表现，强调了与地震相关的独特损伤类型。
