A case of cardiorespiratory arrest in a 28 year old man after cocaine and heroin ingestion is described. The arrest is attributed primarily to hyperkalaemia ...
Laboratory investigations were significant for positive urinary drug screen for cocaine, severe rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury. Given the absence of dorsalis pedis pulses in bilateral lower ...
Background: The incidence of hospitalized rhabdomyolysis is not well characterized ... In patients with mixed dyslipidemia, single-drug therapy often fails to lower triglycerides (TG) and raise ...
Background Hypokalemia induced by diuretic abuse is a life-threatening emergency. Case presentation A 22-years-old female nurse with a body mass index 18 suffered from myalgias, vomiting and diarrhea.
Of the immune-mediated, 68% had an autoimmune diagnosis, most commonly juvenile dermatomyositis. Drug-induced rhabdomyolysis represented 7% of cases; drugs of abuse (cocaine, LSD, ecstasy) being the ...
He reported no known drug allergies. Physical examination confirmed bilateral ... signal hyperintensity and isointensity on T1 sequences, suggestive of rhabdomyolysis. He underwent bilateral ...
The causal association of rhabdomyolysis with pemetrexed in our patient is suggested by a temporal relation and by the absence of concomitant exposure to any other drugs potentially involved with this ...
Rhabdomyolysis ... overheating and performance-enhancing drugs are all risk factors for exercise-induced rhabdo. Making sure that you’re fuelling yourself correctly before a workout matters.