TY - JOUR T1 - Caution for Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Use: A Case Report of Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome JF - Respiratory Care SP - e159 LP - e163 DO - 10.4187/respcare.02338 VL - 58 IS - 12 AU - Shinya Unai AU - Joseph Miessau AU - Pawel Karbowski AU - Michael Baram AU - Nicholas C Cavarocchi AU - Hitoshi Hirose Y1 - 2013/12/01 UR - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/58/12/e159.abstract N2 - We report a 42-year-old male amateur body builder and user of anabolic androgenic steroids, who developed ARDS, acute kidney injury, and refractory supraventricular tachycardia. He required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, continuous veno-venous hemodialysis, and catheter ablation. We believe that long-term anabolic androgenic steroid abuse predisposed the patient to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, from its immunomodulatory effects in an otherwise healthy patient. Anabolic androgenic steroid use should be part of the history taking process, since it may complicate diagnosis, disease progression, and prognosis. ER -