MB and acute kidney injury: Elevated myoglobin indicates the severity of RM (Bagley et al., 2007), which can result in life-threatening complications, including acute kidney injury (AKI), hyperkalemia, hypocalcemia or hypercalcemia, metabolic acidosis, hyperuricemia, hyponatremia, hypovolemic shock, and cardiac dysrhythmias (Bosch et al., 2009; Cervellin et al., 2010).