[Acute renal failure and rhabdomyolysis secondary to prolonged hunger strike. A case report]

A Chaari; O Chakroun; H Ksibi; L Kammoun; W Mokni; H Dammak; I Rjab; M Bouaziz; N Rekik

doi:10.1016/j.revmed.2009.01.014

[Acute renal failure and rhabdomyolysis secondary to prolonged hunger strike. A case report]

Rev Med Interne. 2009 Oct;30(10):914-6. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2009.01.014. Epub 2009 Mar 18.

[Article in French]

Authors

A Chaari¹, O Chakroun, H Ksibi, L Kammoun, W Mokni, H Dammak, I Rjab, M Bouaziz, N Rekik

Affiliation

¹ Service des urgences et SAMU, CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisie. chaariadel2006@yahoo.fr

PMID: 19299043
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2009.01.014

Abstract

Acute renal failure following hunger strike has been rarely reported. We report a 47-year-old man, prisoner, who developed an acute renal failure secondary to hypovolemia and major rhabdomyolysis. Failure of hydration with persistence of oliguria and secondary pulmonary edema required hemodialysis with eventually a favorable outcome.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Acute Kidney Injury / etiology*
Acute Kidney Injury / therapy
Dissent and Disputes*
Humans
Hypovolemia / etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Prisoners
Renal Dialysis
Rhabdomyolysis / etiology*
Starvation / complications*