Rhabdomyolysis

Key points

• Rhabdomyolysis will typically feature in the exam as a patient who has had a fall or prolonged epileptic seizure and is found to have an acute kidney injury on admission.
• collapse/coma (e.g. elderly patients collapses at home, found 8 hours later)
• drugs: statins (especially if co-prescribed with clarithromycin)
• IV fluids to maintain good urine output