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. 2021 Jun 15;15(4):102170. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2021.06.007

Table 2.

COVID-19 infection induces Rhabdomyolysis.

Study# Age Sex (M: Male. F: Female) Past Medical. History Clinical Presentation Peak CK (U/L) AST/ALT (U/L) Peak. Cr (mg/dL) LDH (U/L) Myotoxic Drug Use Outcome
Alrubaye [22] 35 F None Myalgia, Fever, Cough, Diarrhea 71,000 1900/450 .82 401 No Survived, Discharged Day 4
Bach [23] Adol-les -cent M Obesity Myalgia, Anosmia,M Loss of Appetite, Recurrent Anaphylaxis 174,300 NR .82 NR No Survived, Discharged Day 9
Buckholz [24]Patient1 43 M None Myalgia, Cough, Fever 75,240 1474/NR 13.35 NR NR Survived
Buckholz [24]Patient2 37 M None Myalgia, SOB, fever 82,960 902/NR 1.47 NR NR Survived
Buckholz [24]Patient3 75 M Deep Vein Thromb-osis Rhinorrhea Back pain, Weakness 3636 56/NR 1.78 NR NR Survived
Buckholz [24]Patient4 59 M None Fever, Cough, Diarrhea 8310 186/NR 1.29 NR NR Died
Buckholz [24]Patient5 66 M HTN Fever, SOB, Cough 10,100 263/NR 1.22 NR NR Survived
Buckholz [24]Patient 6 70 F MM, CKD Malaise, SOB, Cough 460,300 >6000/NR 12.30 NR NR Died
Jin [26] 60 M NR Fever, Cough then Lower limb pain and weakness (after Day 9) 17,434 373/172 74.4 2347 NR NR
Khosla [19]Patient1 65 M HTN, HLD, OSA SOB, Cough, Diarrhea 7854 NR NR NR Yes Died
Khosla [19]Patient2 cont, 78 M HTN, DMII, HLD SOB, New Mitral Regurgitation due to chordae rupture 22,000 NR NR NR Yes Died
Khosla [19]Patient3 67 M HTN, HLD, DMII, CKD4 Hypotension, Hypoxia and Altered Mental Status 6164 NR 17.7 NR Yes Survived, ESRD requiring Hemodialysis
Khosla [19]Patient4 58 M HTN, HLD, DMII SOB, Cough, headache, hypoxia 4625 NR 2.0 NR Yes Survived, Discharged Day 35
Khosla [19]Patient5 64 M HTN, DMII, HIV (undetec-ted viral load) SOB, Fever, Nausea, Vomiting, hypoxia 3135 NR 1.0 NR No Survived
Rivas-García [20] 78 M HTN, DMII Intermittent fever, severe myalgia, muscle weakness, dark urine, 2 weeks of asthenia 22,511 NR 3.2 972 No Survived
Suwanwongse [27] 88 M HTN, CKD, HFrEF, etc … Bilateral lower extremity weakness, Dry cough 13,581 NR 1.38 364 NR NR
Finsterer [25] Mini -review of 32 patient reports Rang-ed from 16 to 80 4 F, 25 M, 3NR Varied, Majority had HTN Varied Range: 328 to >427,656 Varied Varied Varied Varied Varied

Key: CK: Creatinine Kinase, LDH: Lactate Dehydrogenase, AST: Aspartate Aminotransferase, ALT: Alanine Aminotransferase, NR: Not reported, HTN: Hypertension, DMII: Diabetes Mellitus type 2, CKD: Chronic Kidney Disease, HFrEF: Heart Failure with reduced Ejection Fraction, MM: Multiple Myeloma, SOB: Shortness of Breath.