Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: An Unusual Cause of Acute Renal Failure

Abstract

Carbon monoxide poisoning in a family of 3 persons resulted in renal failure with neurological damage in a 40-year-old husband and a fatal neurological injury in 35-year-old wife whereas the newborn child survived without any ill effects. Rhabdomyolysis and myoglobinuria secondary to anoxia was the probable cause of acute renal failure. The recognition of nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis-related acute renal failure is important in preventing fatality if neurological salvage is done at the right time.

Key Words:

• Acute renal failure
• Carbon monoxide poisoning
• Rhabdomyolysis