Disorders of sodium balance in COVID-19 patients: two Tunisian patients report.
Pan Afr Med J
; 39: 199, 2021.
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| ID: mdl-34603580
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first reported in December 2019. The disease is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome virus corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Mild respiratory symptoms are the most common manifestations of SARS-CoV-2, but new signs are constantly being discovered as it spreads. Disorders of sodium balance are increasingly described in patients with SARS-CoV-2. We report, here, the cases of two patients presented with COVID-19 and in whom we discovered sodium disorders. The first patient is a 74-year-old man who presented with fatal hypernatremia. The second patient is a 66-years-old man presented with COVID-19 and euvolemic hyponatremia attributed to syndrome of inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone secretion (SIADH). This hyponatremia persisted long after the respiratory signs disappeared. Sodium balance disorders are increasingly described in the literature; special attention should be paid to the electrolyte status of COVID-19 patients. Pathophysiological mechanisms associating SARS-CoV-2 with these disorders are being studied.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
COVID-19
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Hipernatremia
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Síndrome de Secreção Inadequada de HAD
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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En
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Pan Afr Med J
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article
País de afiliação:
Tunísia