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Table 2 Diagnosis of rhabdomyolysis and following acute kidney injury

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

Clinical presentation

Muscular weakness, myalgia, swelling, tenderness, stiffness

Fever, feelings of nausea, vomiting, tachycardia

Oligoanuria or anuria in connection with renal damage or in the presence of volume depletion

Signs of the underlying disease

Laboratory findings

Serum: creatinine, urea nitrogen, creatine phosphokinase, myoglobin, ions (potassium, phosphorus, calcium), lactate dehydrogenase, transaminases, acid–base balance

Urine: myoglobin or positive dipstick test without any erythrocytes