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Theophylline toxicity causing rhabdomyolysis and acute compartment syndrome
1Department of Surgery, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK.
Intensive Care Medicine
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
A case of acute compartment syndrome is described in a young man as a result of theophylline toxicity. Profound hypokalaemia and grand mal seizures are considered as potential causes of rhabdomyolysis and the subsequent development of compartment syndrome.