Table 3. Articles reporting the number of hypokalemic patients among traumatic rhabdomyolysis patients.
#: number of hypernatremic patients
TUR: trapped under rubble; HE: heavy exercise
| Studies (Authors, year) | Cause | Cut-off (mEq/dl) | Sample size | Number# | Test timing |
| Sinert et al., 1994 [43] | HE | 3.5 | 35 | 0 | On admission |
| Sever et al., 2003 [37] | TUR | 3.5 | 595 | 22 | On admission |
| Gunal et al., 2004 [36] | TUR | Not mentioned | 16 | 9 | On admission |
| Bonomini et al., 2011 [31] | TUR | 3.5 | 10 | 0 | On admission |
| He et al., 2011 [30] | TUR | 3.5 | 132 | 24 | On admission |
| Rosedale and Wood, 2011 [29] | Beating | Not mentioned | 44 | 3 | On admission |
| Guner and Oncu, 2014 [27] | TUR | 3.5 | 46 | 0 | On hospital stay |
| Hernández-Contreras et al., 2015 [26] | HE | Not mentioned | 11 | 0 | Not mentioned |
| Safari et al., 2017 [16] | TUR | 3.5 | 135 | 5 | On admission |
| Thompson et al., 2018 [22] | HE | 3.5 | 11 | 1 | On admission |
| Thongprayoon et al., 2020 [20] | Heat stroke | Not mentioned | 1049 | 169 | Not mentioned |
| Mao et al., 2021 [19] | HE | 3.5 | 71 | 41 | On admission |
| Lim et al., 2023 [15] | HE | Not mentioned | 93 | 7 | Not mentioned |