CytoSorbents Corporation (CTSO)

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DIC is a recognized complication of Rhabdomyolysis
which is a condition in which damaged skeletal muscle breaks down rapidly. Rhabdomyolysis symptoms may include muscle pains, weakness, vomiting, and confusion, there may be tea-colored urine or an irregular heartbeat. In addition some of the muscle breakdown products, such as the protein myoglobin, are harmful to the kidneys and may lead to kidney failure. The muscle damage is most often the result of a crush injury, strenuous exercise, medications, or drug abuse.

Rhabdomyolysis and it's associated complication disseminated intravascular coagulopathy(DIC), were actually on one of the first case study presentations done from the first Cytosorbents User Group in 2013 (see slide/page #5

http://cytosorb-therapie.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/5-Krenn_Cytosorb-case-report.pdf