Infectious disease
The importance of considering rhabdomyolysis as the underlying cause of myalgia in patients with COVID-19: A case report

Zahra Rezaie; Shima Heidari; Ahmad Salimzadeh; Fatemeh Sadat Pirooz; Farhad Najmeddin

Volume 9, Issue 1 , January 2023, , Pages 66-71

Abstract
  Objective: Since the identification and spread of the novel coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) in December 2019, respiratory presentations have been introduced as themain symptoms of this new type of viral disease; however, the extra-pulmonary featuresare raising awareness for researchers due to the ...  Read More

Emergency medicine
Rhabdomyolysis following electrical injury without acute kidney injury

Alper Alp; Burcu Arslan; Dilek Gibyeli Genek; Bülent Huddam

Volume 9, Issue 1 , January 2023, , Pages 72-75

Abstract
  Objective: Rhabdomyolysis is an important etiology for developing acute kidney injury(AKI). Among the many varying reasons for rhabdomyolysis, electrical injury seems to bea lesser-known factor. The clinical presentation of rhabdomyolysis is usually in the formof severe and widespread pain, tenderness, ...  Read More

Clinical Toxicology
Heart attack or rhabdomyolysis?

Mustafa Bolatkale; Muhittin İşsever; Ulaş Karaoğlu; Ahmet Cagdas Acara; Mehtap Bulut

Volume 4, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 51-52

Abstract
   Statins are commonly used drugs in the treatment of hyperlipidemia (HL), despite some undesirable side effects. These range from mild symptoms such as myopathy, muscle weakness and myalgia to severe muscle weakness associated with chronic myopathy and acute renal failure (ARF) as a result of rhabdomyolysis. ...  Read More

Clinical Toxicology
Wasp stings (Vespa affinis) induced acute kidney injury following rhabdomyolysis in a 25-year-old woman.

Parash Ullah; Alamgir Chowdhury; Ishrat Tahsin Isha; Sultan Mahmood; Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury; Mohammad Zeesan-ul- Abir; Aziz Al Manna; Muhammad Ismail Patwary

Volume 2, Issue 2 , July 2016, , Pages 55-57

Abstract
   Wasp sting is a relatively common arthropod assault. This usually results in pain and mild allergic reactions, but sometimes may cause severe systemic reaction and multiorgan dysfunction including rhabdomyolysis, hemolysis, coagulopathy, hepatic, renal and cardiac complications. Along with several ...  Read More