Deviations in the basic biochemical parameters in COVID patients: Our experience in a COVID hospital in eastern India

ABSTRACT

This descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study was performed to detect the deviations in common biochemical parameters in COVID patients. All the COVID patients whether symptomatic or not (admitted within 15th of September to 30th November) were enrolled in the study. A statistically significant rise in the serum transaminases, urea, creatinine, the serum electrolytes and a decrease in serum albumin from their respective reference intervals in the population was noted. These deviations indicate that, apart from the lung parenchyma, SARS COV-2 infection affects the liver and the kidney as well. These multisystem alterations in biochemical parameters are evident even if the patients are clinically asymptomatic.