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. 2024 Apr 30;16(4):e59333. doi: 10.7759/cureus.59333

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