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Urinary alkalinisation

…threshold and on whether haemodialysis should be considered. Rhabdomyolysis with marked elevation of CK and threatened kidney injury, as an adjunct to the decisive measure…

Acute Limb Ischaemia: Recognition and Urgent Management

…muscle rigidity and ultimately major tissue loss. Reperfusion after severe or prolonged ischaemia may be accompanied by rhabdomyolysis, with potential renal failure and increased mortality…

Statin Intolerance and Statin-Associated Muscle Symptoms

…with a normal CK and no functional impairment to myositis with muscle inflammation and elevated CK. Rhabdomyolysis is a rare, severe form of muscle injury…

ECG changes due to electrolyte imbalance (disorder)

…Hypocalcemia Causes of hypocalcemia Acute pancreatitis, pancreas surgery, alkalosis (hyperventilation), rhabdomyolysis, septicemia (sepsis), osteolytic cancer metastases, abnormal calcium absorption (gastrointestinal) and resorption (from primary urine…

Hyperkalaemia: quick reference for emergency treatment

…and magnesium. Full blood count. Plasma glucose before insulin. Creatine kinase in suspected rhabdomyolysis. Phosphate, urate and lactate dehydrogenase in suspected tumour lysis syndrome. A…

Cardiac arrest due to electrolyte imbalance

…arise from various causes, including acute pancreatitis, alkalosis due to hyperventilation, rhabdomyolysis (particularly the initial phase), sepsis, malignancies with osteoblastic metastases, diminished calcium absorption and…

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