Indian Journal of Nephrology

Original Article

Prevalence and Predictive Factors of Rhabdomyolysis in COVID-19 Patients: A Cross-sectional Study

Behrooz Hashemi¹, Nader Farhangi¹, Amirmohammad Toloui², Seyedeh N. R. Alavi², Mohammad M. Forouzanfar¹, Hamzah A. Ramawad³, Saeed Safari⁴, Mahmoud Yousefifard^2,5

1Emergency Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2Physiology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3Department of Emergency Medicine, NYC Health and Hospitals, Coney Island, New York, USA

4Men’s Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

5Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Corresponding author: Dr. Mahmoud Yousefifard, Physiology Research Center, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Hemmat Highway, Tehran 14496-14535, Iran. E-mail: yousefifard20@gmail.com Dr. Saeed Safari, Men’s Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital, Shahrdari Avenue, Tajrish Square, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: Safari266@gmail.com

Received: 2022-09-14, Accepted: 2022-11-29, Epub ahead of print: 2023-10-23, Published: 2024-04-10

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