The spectrum of rhabdomyolysis ranges from an asymptomatic illness with mild elevation in the creatine kinase level to a life-threatening condition associated with extreme elevations in creatine kinase, electrolyte imbalances, acute renal failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in 33-50% of patients with rhabdomyolysis. Muscular trauma is the most co...

Any strenuous muscular exercise may trigger rhabdomyolysis. We report an episode of clinically manifested exertional rhabdomyolysis due to stationary cycling, commonly known as spinning. Reports of spinning-related rhabdomyolysis are rare in the English literature, and the current case appears to be the first such case reported in South Korea. A previously healthy 21-year-old Asian woman presen...

 Abstract We report a case of paint thinner intoxication by inhalation, with rhabdomyolysis, renal failure, skin lesions and severe sciatic nerve lesion at gluteal region.

Influenza virus infection is with initial symptoms with fever, dry cough and muscle soreness. In some cases, influenza virus infection also brings complications with neurologic problems, heart diseases, hypoxemic respiratory failure, etc. Rhabdomyolysis, which precipitated by compression injury, alcohol ingestion or seizures, leads to acute kidney injury with myoglobinuria and elevated serum cr...

It is important to rapidly diagnosis and treat rhabdomyolysis in order to decrease morbidity and mortality. To date there are no reports in the emergency medicine literature on the use of point-of-care ultrasound in the diagnosis of rhabdomyolysis. This unique case describes how ultrasound was used in the emergency department (ED) to quickly diagnose and treat rhabdomyolysis prior to confirmati...

Severe rhabdomyolysis is associated with morbidity and mortality. We report on a previously well male who developed severe rhabdomyolysis, sepsis, and multi-organ failure. The patient made a complete recovery. Extensive microbiological testing was only positive for RSV, making this the first reported case of adult RSV-related rhabdomyolysis in the literature.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To describe the syndrome of exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis and to investigate the relation between exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis and the development of acute renal failure. DESIGN Retrospective chart analysis on all patients with a discharge diagnosis of rhabdomyolysis from January 1988 to January 1993. SETTING An urban tertiary care center with 225,000 annual emergency d...

Poisoning is a common cause of hospitalization in young individuals that can lead to rhabdomyolysis. Rhabdomyolysis is a syndrome fallowing rupture of plasma membrane of skeletal muscle cells and release of cellular contents into plasma. The classic triad of rhabdomyolysis includes myalgia, muscle weakness and teacolored urine secondary to myoglobinuria. Rhabdomyolysis is defined as increase in...

Rhabdomyolysis is a clinical and biochemical syndrome resulting from skeletal muscle injury and the release muscular cell constituents into extracellular fluid and the circulation (1). Rhabdomyolysis occurs due to drugs, toxins, ischemia and infections. Drug induced rhabdomyolysis mostly occurs with statins but rarely with fibrates. Fibrates are widely used for the treatment of hypertriglycerid...

Rhabdomyolysis may be secondary to trauma, excessive muscle activity, hereditary muscle enzyme defects and other medical causes. Primary hyperaldosteronism is characterised by hypertension, hypokalemia, suppressed plasma renin activity, and increased aldosterone excretion. Rhabdomyolysis is not common in primary hyperaldosteronism. We report here a 42-year-old woman presenting with rhabdomyolys...