Venous bicarbonate and creatine kinase as diagnostic and prognostic tools in the setting of acute traumatic rhabdomyolysis

CONCLUSIONS: Although both venous HCO3 and CK showed a weak correlation with creatinine, the former performed significantly better in predicting AKI. In a resource-constrained system, we recommend that HCO3 be measured to assess patients with crush injury and that CK be regarded as a complementary modality.PMID:33944766 | DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i4.14915

Source: South African Medical Journal - May 4, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: J J P Buitendag M Q Patel S Variawa J Fichardt B Mostert A Goliath D L Clarke G V Oosthuizen Source Type: research