An observational study on rhabdomyolysis in the intensive care unit. Exploring its risk factors and main complication: acute kidney injury.

Background: Because neither the incidence and risk factors for rhabdomyolysis in the ICU nor the dynamics of its main complication, i.e., rhabdomyolysis-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) are well known, we retrospectively studied a large population of adult ICU patients (n = 1,769).