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Table 1 Etiology of rhabdomyolysis and myopathies

From: Acute kidney injury due to rhabdomyolysis and renal replacement therapy: a critical review

Acquired

Hereditary

Extreme physical activity

Metabolic myopathies caused by disorders of:

Influence of extreme temperatures

 Fatty acid oxidation

Metabolic disorders of water and salts

 Mitochondrial metabolism

Trauma and crush syndrome

 Glycolysis/glycogenolysis

Vascular ischemia

 Purine nucleotide cycle

Influence of drugs

 Pentose phosphate pathway

Infections, sepsis

 

Toxins

 

Malignant hyperthermia

 

Endocrine disorders

 

Electrical current

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