Earthquake and the Lung

Abstract

Natural disasters cause extensive damage to nature and impact on large numbers of people throughout the world. Recently, earthquakes have caused a large number of death, injured, missing, and displaced people. More than a million earthquakes occur worldwide every year, which equates to roughly two earthquakes per minute. Lung problems in earthquakes are one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality. Many pulmonary complications that occur after earthquakes are a direct result of the disaster itself. Pulmonary complications such as inhalation of dust and particulates from collapsed buildings in earthquakes, aspiration of water and pathogens due to tsunami after earthquakes, pulmonary thromboembolism, psychological effects caused by respiratory symptoms, infectious respiratory diseases and chest traumas such as pneumothorax, rib fracture, hemothorax, hemopneumothorax, diaphragmatic tear can develop after earthquakes. People in the earthquake area, search and rescue teams, and those involved in demolition and debris removal activities are at risk for asbestos exposure. The most effective solution against the lung effects of earthquakes is to take preventive and protective measures. It is very important for disaster preparedness and response teams to be aware of these problems. Respiratory problems that may arise in earthquakes were discussed in this review.

Keywords

• earthquake
• lung
• respiratory

Deprem ve Akciğer

Abstract

Doğal afetler, doğaya büyük zarar vermekte ve dünya çapında çok sayıda insanı etkilemektedir. Yakın zamanda, depremler çok sayıda can kaybına, yaralıya, kayıplara ve insanların yaşadıkları yerden ayrılmak zorunda kalmalarına neden olmuştur. Her yıl dünya çapında bir milyondan fazla deprem olmakta, bu da yaklaşık dakikada iki depreme denk gelmektedir. Depremlerdeki akciğer sorunları, morbidite ve mortalitenin ana nedenlerinden biridir. Depremlerden sonra meydana gelen pek çok pulmoner komplikasyon, felaketin kendisinin doğrudan bir sonucudur. Depremlerde yıkılan binalardan çıkan toz ve partiküllerin solunması, deprem sonrası oluşan tsunamiye bağlı su ve patojenlerin aspirasyonu, pulmoner tromboemboli, solunum semptomlarının neden olduğu psikolojik etkiler, depremlerden sonra ortaya çıkan bulaşıcı solunum yolu hastalıkları ve pnömotoraks, kaburga kırığı, hemotoraks, hemopnömotoraks, diyafragma yırtığı gibi göğüs travmaları gibi birçok pulmoner komplikasyon gelişebilmektedir. Deprem bölgesindeki insanlar, arama kurtarma ekipleri, yıkım ve enkaz kaldırma faaliyetlerinde bulunanlar asbeste maruz kalma riski altındadır. Depremlerin akciğerlere olan etkilerine karşı en etkili çözüm önleyici ve koruyucu tedbirlerin alınmasıdır. Afete hazırlık ve müdahale ekiplerinin bu sorunların farkında olması çok önemlidir. Bu derlemede depremlerde ortaya çıkabilecek solunumsal sorunlar ele alınmıştır.

Keywords

• deprem
• akciğer
• solunum

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