1Division of Internal Medicine, Larkin Palm Spring Community Hospital, Hialeah, Florida, 1475 W 49th Pl, Hialeah, FL 33012
American Journal of Medical Case Reports.
2022,
Vol. 10 No. 9, 249-252
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-10-9-10
Copyright © 2022 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Manuel De La Cruz Seoane, Ingrid Lopez Rodriguez, Sahar S Abdelmoneim, Madeleidis Lopez Leon, Sandy Espinosa Hernandez, Hamlet Monteagudo, Rishabh Dua, Odalys Frontela. From Sedentary Lifestyle to Exertional Rhabdomyolysis: A Case Report.
American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2022; 10(9):249-252. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-10-9-10.
Correspondence to: Sahar S Abdelmoneim, Division of Internal Medicine, Larkin Palm Spring Community Hospital, Hialeah, Florida, 1475 W 49th Pl, Hialeah, FL 33012. Email:
abdelmoneim.ss@gmail.comAbstract
It is imperative that internists and hospitalists who are the frontier of care seen by the patient are aware of the red flags associated with Rhabdomyolysis. This case report discusses the clinical evaluation of Exertional Rhabdomyolysis (ER) highlighting the utility of various laboratory tests and clinical hospital course. We here in discusses the clinical evaluation of a 44-year-old male with a sedentary lifestyle who presented with an episode of acute soreness of the proximal muscles, and a near faint in the field in the heat summer month during a basketball game. He reported a prior weightlifting and aerobic running exercise 48 hours before the event. ER was complicated with an acute kidney injury (AKI). The patient’s symptoms improved during hospital admission and labs including creatinine kinase and liver enzymes and kidney function gradually was restored close to reference ranges.
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