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Case Report

Korean J Pediatr. 2005;48(5):565-568. Published online May 15, 2005.

A Case of Acute Renal Failure Caused by Rhabdomyolysis due to Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Coma in Children

Jeong Won JW Kwak¹, Jae Min JM Oh¹, Su Yung SY Kim¹

¹Departments of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea

Correspondence Su Yung SY Kim ,Email: suyung@pusan.ac.kr

Abstract

Hyperosmolar nonketotic coma complicated in diabetes mellitus has been a rare cause of rhabdomyolysis, although increasingly reported recently. Acute renal failure can be complicated in 15 percent of rhabdomyolysis patients, but is rare in the case of rhabdomyolysis caused by diabetic hyperosomolar nonketotic coma. We report a 14 years-old boy with acute renal failure complicated by rhabdomyolysis caused by diabetic hyperosmolar coma.

Keywords :Hyperosmolar nonketotic coma , Rhabdomyolysis , Acute renal failure