CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Crush syndrome Classification and external resources Specialty emergency medicine ICD - 10 T79.5 ICD - 9-CM 958.5 DiseasesDB 13135 MeSH D003444 [ edit on Wikidata ] Crush syndrome (also traumatic rhabdomyolysis or Bywaters' syndrome ) is a medical condition characterized by major shock and renal failure after a crushing injury to skeletal muscle . Crush injury is compression of extremities or other parts of the body that causes muscle swelling and/or neurological disturbances in the affected areas of the body, while crush syndrome is localized crush injury with systemic manifestations. [1] Cases occur commonly in catastrophes such as earthquakes , to victims that have been trapped under fallen or moving masonry. Victims of crushing damage present some of th...