[Acute myoglobinuric kidney failure as a consequence of autoaggressive behavior in mental retardation].
A 49-year-old female with mental retardation was admitted with suspected renal insufficiency with a raised creatinine (5.1 mg/dl), hyperkalaemia (5.6 mmol/l), and a 12-hour history of diffuse abdominal pain and persistent vomiting. On admission, she had a haematoma around the right shoulder and arm-pit, swelling of the right upper-arm, and severe limitation of movement of the right hand. These injuries were the result of trauma some 5 days previously. She was a long-term inpatient in a psychiatric clinic, with a history of autoaggressive behaviour, which had led to several fractures in the past as a result of falls. The creatinine kinase was elevated to 6680 U/l. The suspected diagnosis of acute oliguric renal failure due to rhabdomyolysis was confirmed by the presence of marked myoglobinuria (409 ng/ml). Because of the delay in diagnosis, acute renal failure developed, and the patient required haemodialysis for 20 days. Because of their many predisposing factors, psychiatric patients represent a special risk group for development of rhabdomyolysis, recognition of which is often delayed.
Zwettler
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Sektion Nephrologie, Universität Heidelberg.
Lippert
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Andrassy
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Ritz
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D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009212:Myoglobinuria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016312:Treatment Refusal
Akutes myoglobinurisches Nierenversagen als Folge von autoaggressivem Verhalten bei Oligophrenie.