[Six cases of rhabdomyolysis induced by dehydration]

Daisuke Inui; Yasushi Fukuta; Jun Oto; Toyokazu Miki; Atsuhiko Suzue; Shinji Kawahito; Shuzo Oshita; Masaji Nishimura

[Six cases of rhabdomyolysis induced by dehydration]

Masui. 2005 Sep;54(9):1024-6.

[Article in Japanese]

Authors

Daisuke Inui¹, Yasushi Fukuta, Jun Oto, Toyokazu Miki, Atsuhiko Suzue, Shinji Kawahito, Shuzo Oshita, Masaji Nishimura

Affiliation

¹ Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima.

PMID: 16167797

Abstract

Rhabdomyolysis results from a variety of causes. We experienced 6 cases of rhabdomyolysis induced by dehydration in psychoneurosis patients or seniors. We should know dehydration as a risk factor for rhabdomyolysis especially in psychoneurosis patients or seniors.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Dehydration / complications*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Rhabdomyolysis / etiology*