Rhabdomyolysis in COVID-19 : Report of Four Cases

Copyright © 2020, Singh et al..

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global public health emergency. COVID-19 is most well known for affecting the respiratory system, although it can also result in several extrapulmonary manifestations. Limited literature is available regarding rhabdomyolysis in COVID-19. We report four cases of rhabdomyolysis in COVID-19 patients. High index of suspicion is required for the appropriate clinical scenario to recognize this life-threatening situation so that complications can be avoided.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Cureus - 12(2020), 9 vom: 27. Sept., Seite e10686

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Singh, Balraj [VerfasserIn]
Kaur, Parminder [VerfasserIn]
Mechineni, Ashesha [VerfasserIn]
Maroules, Michael [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atypical presentation
Case Reports
Coronavirus
Coronavirus disease
Covid 19
Rhabdomyolysis
Sars-cov-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus -2)
Viral myositis

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 03.10.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.7759/cureus.10686

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315759410