Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Rhabdomyolysis in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 Infection.

: acute kidney injury covid-19 incidence mortality outcome physical therapy rehabilitation rhabdomyolysis severity

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Nov 2021
Historique:
accepted: 21 11 2021
entrez: 27 12 2021
pubmed: 28 12 2021
medline: 28 12 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

There is a paucity of studies examining the prevalence and clinical characteristics of rhabdomyolysis in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection. The purpose of this study is to examine the incidence, clinical characteristics, and outcome of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection who develop rhabdomyolysis. This is a single-center retrospective analysis of all hospitalized patients with COVID-19 admitted between March 8, 2020, and January 11, 2021. All patients with creatinine kinase (CK) levels available during the hospital admission were included. Rhabdomyolysis was defined as an elevation in CK level higher than five times the upper limit of normal (i.e., 1125 U/L). We compared clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients who developed rhabdomyolysis with patients who did not develop rhabdomyolysis. The incidence of rhabdomyolysis in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection was 9.2%. There was no significant difference noted in comorbidities and clinical characteristics between the two groups. Moreover, there was no significant difference noted in the presence of severe COVID-19 infection (72.7% vs 54.6%, p = 0.1), mortality (27.3% vs 23.9%, p = 0.72), acute kidney injury (59.1% vs 42.7%, p = 0.14), or need for intensive care unit (ICU) care (72.7% vs 51.4%, p = 0.051). However, a higher percentage of patients in the rhabdomyolysis group required physical rehabilitation after discharge (40.9% vs 19.3%, p = 0.02). The overall incidence of rhabdomyolysis in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection was high (9.2%). The presence of rhabdomyolysis was not associated with the increased severity of the disease. Patients with rhabdomyolysis more frequently required physical rehabilitation compared to those without rhabdomyolysis.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34956789
doi: 10.7759/cureus.19802
pmc: PMC8693832
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e19802

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021, Albaba et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Isam Albaba (I)

Internal Medicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, USA.

Amit Chopra (A)

Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, USA.

Ali H Al-Tarbsheh (AH)

Internal Medicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, USA.

Paul J Feustel (PJ)

Department of Research, Albany Medical Center, Albany, USA.

Mohammed Mustafa (M)

Internal Medicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, USA.

Jozef Oweis (J)

Internal Medicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, USA.

Sai Anoosh Parimi (SA)

Internal Medicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, USA.

Fabiana M Santelises Robledo (FM)

Internal Medicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, USA.

Swati Mehta (S)

Nephrology and Internal Medicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, USA.

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