A case of rhabdomyolysis associated with use of a pneumatic tourniquet during arthroscopic knee surgery

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-109

  Lee, Yong Gu ^a   Park, Woong ^a   Kim, Sang Hoon ^a   Yun, Sang Pil ^a   Jeong, Hun ^a   Kim, Hyung Jong ^a   Yang, Dong Ho ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute; Kidney failure; Rhabdomyolysis; Tourniquets

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEFTRIAXONE; CREATINE KINASE; CYSTATIN C; MYOGLOBIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CUFF; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KNEE SURGERY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; PULSE RATE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TOURNIQUET; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINE VOLUME;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 77949359898     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2010.25.1.105     Document Type: Article

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