Jun Seok Seo, Inhwan Yeo, Changho Kim, Daeun Kim, Jeong-Hoon Lim, Kyoungtae Park, Jiwoo Jeong, Hojin Kwon, Yuna Cho, Sungyeon Park
Background and Objectives: This study aimed to analyze patients with rhabdomyolysis who presented to emergency departments and identify their distribution of related disease and prognostic factors. Materials and Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted on patients with rhabdomyolysis who presented to emergency departments over a 10-year period. Patient data, including patients' demographic variables (sex and age), mode of arrival, final diagnosis, statin use, rhabdomyolysis trigger factors, and levels of serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK), myoglobin, creatinine, sodium, potassium, phosphate, calcium, and lactate, were analyzed...
January 5, 2024: Medicina