Characteristics of Pediatric Intensive Care Patients Following the 2020 Izmir Earthquake
Eşe Eda Turanlı1, Pınar Yazıcı Özkaya2, Gulizar Koc3, Irem ersayoğlu4, bülent karapınar21Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unıt, Univercity of Health Sciences, Diyarbakır Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey2Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unıt, Ege Unıvercity Medical School, Children' s Hospital İzmir, Turkey
3Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unıt, Univercity of Health Sciences, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
4Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unıt, Cengiz Gökcek Woman's and Children's Hospital, Gaziantep turkey
INTRODUCTION: Unforeseeable disasters such as earthquakes can lead to significant catastrophes. Early and effective treatment methods are life-saving in reducing post-earthquake mortality and morbidity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the treatment and outcomes of patients with crush injuries in the Izmir earthquake.
METHODS: 8 patients, 2 were male, and 6 were female were admitted to the intensive care unit. The medical records of 8 crush injury patients were retrospectively reviewed.
RESULTS: Eight children rescued from the rubble were admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit, and one of them died. The median age of the patients was 148,5 (range, 35 to 210) months and the median PRISM score was 4 (Interquartile range [IQR] 0-31). The median duration of being trapped under the rubble was 23 (range, 4 to 92 ) hours
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Crush syndrome is a life treatening event. The authors believe that early transportation and immediate intensive care therapy would have improved the survival rate.
Corresponding Author: Eşe Eda Turanlı, Türkiye
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