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ArticleJournal of critical care medicine (Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Targu-Mures)2021

Acute Kidney Injury following Rhabdomyolysis in Critically Ill Patients.

Alvin Saverymuthu, Rufinah Teo, Jaafar Md Zain, Saw Kian Cheah, Aliza Mohamad Yusof, Raha Abdul Rahman

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Article in Journal of critical care medicine (Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Targu-Mures), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Alvin SaverymuthuDepartment of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Rufinah TeoDepartment of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Jaafar Md ZainDepartment of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Saw Kian CheahDepartment of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Aliza Mohamad YusofDepartment of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Raha Abdul RahmanDepartment of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre · MY

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Abstract

introductionRhabdomyolysis, which resulted from the rapid breakdown of damaged skeletal muscle, potentially leads to acute kidney injury.

aimTo determine the incidence and associated risk of kidney injury following rhabdomyolysis in critically ill patients.

methodsAll critically ill patients admitted from January 2016 to December 2017 were screened. A creatinine kinase level of > 5 times the upper limit of normal (> 1000 U/L) was defined as rhabdomyolysis, and kidney injury was determined based on the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcome (KDIGO) score. In addition, trauma, prolonged surgery, sepsis, antipsychotic drugs, hyperthermia were included as risk factors for kidney injury.

resultsOut of 1620 admissions, 149 (9.2%) were identified as having rhabdomyolysis and 54 (36.2%) developed kidney injury. Acute kidney injury, by and large, was related to rhabdomyolysis followed a prolonged surgery (18.7%), sepsis (50.0%) or trauma (31.5%). The reduction in the creatinine kinase levels following hydration treatment was statistically significant in the non- kidney injury group (Z= -3.948, p<0.05) compared to the kidney injury group (Z= -0.623, p=0.534). Significantly, odds of developing acute kidney injury were 1.040 (p<0.001) for mean BW >50kg, 1.372(p<0.001) for SOFA Score >2, 5.333 (p<0.001) for sepsis and the multivariate regression analysis showed that SOFA scores >2 (p<0.001), BW >50kg (p=0.016) and sepsis (p<0.05) were independent risk factors. The overall mortality due to rhabdomyolysis was 15.4% (23/149), with significantly higher incidences of mortality in the kidney injury group (35.2%) vs the non- kidney injury (3.5%) [ p<0.001].

conclusionsOne-third of rhabdomyolysis patients developed acute kidney injury with a significantly high mortality rate. Sepsis was a prominent cause of acute kidney injury. Both sepsis and a SOFA score >2 were significant independent risk factors.

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