Rhabdomyolysis with acute kidney injury in a case of hanging.
Although well-known as a complication of other hypoxic conditions such as near drowning, status asthmaticus and carbon monoxide poisoning, rhabdomyolysis has not been reported in patients with hanging. The authors report a case of partial hanging complicated by rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury.
Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India.
Kushal
K
Naha
Kavitha
K
Saravu
Balasubramanian
B
Ramachandran
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000209:etiology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted