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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Injuries leading to rhabdomyolysis can be due to mechanical, physical, and chemical causes.

Causes

Mechanical Causes

Physical causes

  • Electric current
  • Extreme physical exertion (although most heavy exercise does not cause kidney damage)[1]
  • High fever or hyperthermia

Chemical causes

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular No underlying causes
Chemical/Poisoning No underlying causes
Dental No underlying causes
Dermatologic No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect Acetaminophen and Oxycodone, Cytarabine, Diphenhydramine, Entacapone, Isotretinoin, lamivudine, Sorafenib, Sulfasalazine
Ear Nose Throat No underlying causes
Endocrine No underlying causes
Environmental No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic No underlying causes
Genetic No underlying causes
Hematologic No underlying causes
Iatrogenic No underlying causes
Infectious Disease No underlying causes
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic No underlying causes
Neurologic No underlying causes
Nutritional/Metabolic No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic No underlying causes
Oncologic No underlying causes
Ophthalmologic No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity No underlying causes
Psychiatric No underlying causes
Pulmonary No underlying causes
Renal/Electrolyte No underlying causes
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy No underlying causes
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma No underlying causes
Urologic No underlying causes
Miscellaneous No underlying causes

References

  1. Clarkson P, Kearns A, Rouzier P, Rubin R, Thompson P (2006). "Serum creatine kinase levels and renal function measures in exertional muscle damage". Med Sci Sports Exerc. 38 (4): 623–7. PMID 16679975.
  2. Larbi EB (1998). "Drug-induced rhabdomyolysis". Annals of Saudi medicine. 18 (6): 525–30. PMID 17344731.
  3. Chabria SB (2006). "Rhabdomyolysis: a manifestation of cyclobenzaprine toxicity". Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England). 1: 16. doi:10.1186/1745-6673-1-16. PMID 16846511.

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