Rhabdomyolysis causes

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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

Causes by Pathophysiology

Rhadomyolysis

Traumatic or Muscle Compression

Non - Traumatic

Non - Traumatic Exerional

Non - Traumatic Non - Exerional

Non - Traumatic Exerional Rhadomyolysis in a Normal Muscle

Non - Traumatic Exerional Rhadomyolysis in an Abnormal Muscle

❑Crush Injury ❑Coma ❑Post Ictal state ❑Post - Operative Surgical trauma ❑Electrical Injury ❑Compartment Syndrome ❑Immbilizaion

❑Exertional ❑Heat Stroke ❑Sickle Cell Trait ❑Hypokalemia ❑Hyperkinetic States Such as *Grand-mal Seizures *Delirium Tremens *Psychotic agitation *Amphetamine Overdose

Metabolic myopathies

Mitochondrial myopathies

Malignant hyperthermia

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome

Mechanical Causes

• Burns
• Choreoathetosis
• Compartment syndrome
• Compression by a tourniquet left for too long
• Crush trauma
• Excessive exertion
• Intractable convulsions
• Local muscle compression due to comatose states
• Rigidity due to neuroleptic malignant syndrome
• Surgery

Physical causes

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

Chemical causes

• Alcohol
• Anoxia of the muscle (e.g., Bywaters' syndrome, toxin- and drug-related)
• Antibiotics
• Any drug that directly or indirectly impairs the production or use of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) by skeletal muscle, or increases energy requirements so as to exceed ATP production, can cause rhabdomyolysis.
• Certain mushrooms like Tricholoma equestre
• Electrolyte abnormalities
• Endocrinopathy
• First-generation H1-receptor antagonists (e.g., diphenhydramine)
• Heritable muscle enzyme deficiencies
• Metabolic disorders,
• Skeletal muscle relaxants that are consumed in overdose are rarely associated with this condition.
• Statin
• Various animal toxins
• Theophylline

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, Felbamate, Iodixanol, Ioxilan, Isotretinoin, lamivudine, Sorafenib, Sulfasalazine, Trospium, trientine
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