Acute Rhabdomyolysis Complicating Status Asthmaticus in Children

108 children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with status asthmaticus, including 4 who developed acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation.

Development of acute rhabdomyolysis (defined as a 5-fold increase above the upper limit of normal in serum creatine phosphokinase [CPK] concentration, CPK >= 1250 IU/L)surrogate