Abstract
Rhabdomyolysis is a syndrome due to a damage of skeletal muscle and the leakage of intracellular contents into the extracellular fluid and the circulation. Several causes may induce rhabdomyolysis and the major one is the crush syndrome. Most cases of non-traumatic rhabdomyolysis are related to drugs. Many molecules are subject to hepatic metabolism and the concomitant use of drugs, as statins, with other medications acting as substrates of the same isoenzymes can interact and increase the risk of myopathy.
Subclinical rise of creatine kinase may be the expression of rhabdomyolysis that can present as a medical emergency such as acute kidney injury (AKI), compartment syndrome, cardiac dysrhythmias and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy.
The main pathophysiological mechanisms of myoglobinuric-related AKI are renal vasoconstriction, formation of intraluminal casts and direct cytotoxicity promoted by heme-protein.
The aim of this review is to analyze the pathophysiology of myolysis, the causes of rhabdomyolysis and especially the link between the liver and the kidney, which can represent the connecting element for the development of the syndrome.
Keywords: Rhabdomyolysis, acute kidney injury, liver disease, drugs metabolism, statins.
Current Vascular Pharmacology
Title:Drugs and Rhabdomyolysis: From Liver to Kidney
Volume: 13 Issue: 6
Author(s): Biagio Barbano, Liborio Sardo, Maria L. Gasperini, Antonietta Gigante, Marta Liberatori, Gianluca G. Di Lazzaro, Francesca Di Mario, Barbara Dorelli, Antonio Amoroso and Rosario Cianci
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Keywords: Rhabdomyolysis, acute kidney injury, liver disease, drugs metabolism, statins.
Abstract: Rhabdomyolysis is a syndrome due to a damage of skeletal muscle and the leakage of intracellular contents into the extracellular fluid and the circulation. Several causes may induce rhabdomyolysis and the major one is the crush syndrome. Most cases of non-traumatic rhabdomyolysis are related to drugs. Many molecules are subject to hepatic metabolism and the concomitant use of drugs, as statins, with other medications acting as substrates of the same isoenzymes can interact and increase the risk of myopathy.
Subclinical rise of creatine kinase may be the expression of rhabdomyolysis that can present as a medical emergency such as acute kidney injury (AKI), compartment syndrome, cardiac dysrhythmias and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy.
The main pathophysiological mechanisms of myoglobinuric-related AKI are renal vasoconstriction, formation of intraluminal casts and direct cytotoxicity promoted by heme-protein.
The aim of this review is to analyze the pathophysiology of myolysis, the causes of rhabdomyolysis and especially the link between the liver and the kidney, which can represent the connecting element for the development of the syndrome.
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Barbano Biagio, Sardo Liborio, Gasperini L. Maria, Gigante Antonietta, Liberatori Marta, Di Lazzaro G. Gianluca, Di Mario Francesca, Dorelli Barbara, Amoroso Antonio and Cianci Rosario, Drugs and Rhabdomyolysis: From Liver to Kidney, Current Vascular Pharmacology 2015; 13 (6) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570161113666150130151839
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570161113666150130151839 |
Print ISSN 1570-1611 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-6212 |
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