The application value of ultrasonography in the victims of Wenchuan earthquake ZHANG Hai-feng, / 中华超声影像学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the application value of uItrasonography in the classifying patients,preventing and treating the major earthquake-induced complications.Methods Seven hundred and forty-three patients were divided into four sorts by region of injuries:thoracic cavity,abdominal cavity,blood vessels of limbs and crush.According to the admission time,there were two phases and the data was analyzed respectively.Results Abnormal ultrasonic image was found in 218 of all patients,with positive ratio 29.3%.In the first phase,the morbidity of crush-induced hematoma was the highest,followed by pleural effusion,spleen rupture,liver fracture,injury of blood vessels,renal damage,intestinal rupture and crush syndrome with renal failure.Compared with that of the first phase,the morbidity of the injury of blood vessels and crush syndrome with renal failure increased in the second phase.Conclusions It was important to analyze the earthquake-induced injury because the major earthquake often cause the damage of multiple organs.