{"title":"Rhabdomyolysis and Toxic Myopathies","authors":"J. Kao, M. Milone","doi":"10.1093/MED/9780190862923.003.0096","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Myopathies in patients in the intensive care unit are comparatively rare and often are due to critical illness (rhabdomyolysis, critical illness myopathy). Rhabdomyolysis is commonly a consequence of continuous muscle activity, such as in status epilepticus and serotonin syndrome. Toxic myopathies are caused by drug exposure. Recognition and management of these 2 major myopathies are discussed.","PeriodicalId":308040,"journal":{"name":"Mayo Clinic Critical and Neurocritical Care Board Review","volume":"223 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Mayo Clinic Critical and Neurocritical Care Board Review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/MED/9780190862923.003.0096","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Myopathies in patients in the intensive care unit are comparatively rare and often are due to critical illness (rhabdomyolysis, critical illness myopathy). Rhabdomyolysis is commonly a consequence of continuous muscle activity, such as in status epilepticus and serotonin syndrome. Toxic myopathies are caused by drug exposure. Recognition and management of these 2 major myopathies are discussed.