title: Carbon monoxide poisoning: an unusual cause of acute renal failure.
abstract: Carbon monoxide poisoning in a family of 3 persons resulted in renal failure with neurological damage in a 40-year-old husband and a fatal neurological injury in 35-year-old wife whereas the newborn child survived without any ill effects. Rhabdomyolysis and myoglobinuria secondary to anoxia was the probable cause of acute renal failure. The recognition of nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis-related acute renal failure is important in preventing fatality if neurological salvage is done at the right time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kher
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kale
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arora
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male