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A 73 year old lady is admitted from home. She was discovered at home, cool peripherally and lying on the floor. She was last seen 5 days previous. On arrival she described having fallen at home and not being able to get up ‘several days ago.’ She is clinically dehydrated. You commence IV fluids and insert a catheter. She begins to pass urine, which is red-brown in colour. You suspect rhabdomyolysis.
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Fairweather, J., Findlay, M., Isles, C. (2020). Rhabdomyolysis. In: Clinical Companion in Nephrology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38320-6_11
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