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Unusual association of diseases/symptoms
Rhabdomyolysis with acute kidney injury in a case of hanging

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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.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.09.2011.4817

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