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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2021

Disorders of sodium balance in COVID-19 patients: two Tunisian patients report.

Ghada Saad, Asma Ben Abdelkrim, Yosra Hasni El Abed, Soumaya Tahri, Asma Gorchene, Amel Maaroufi, Molka Chadli, Maha Kacem Njah, Koussay Ach

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Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ghada SaadEndocrinology and Diabetology Department, Farhat Hached Hospital of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia.
Asma Ben AbdelkrimEndocrinology and Diabetology Department, Farhat Hached Hospital of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia.
Yosra Hasni El AbedEndocrinology and Diabetology Department, Farhat Hached Hospital of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia.
Soumaya TahriEndocrinology and Diabetology Department, Farhat Hached Hospital of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia.
Asma GorcheneEndocrinology and Diabetology Department, Farhat Hached Hospital of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia.
Amel MaaroufiEndocrinology and Diabetology Department, Farhat Hached Hospital of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia.
Molka ChadliEndocrinology and Diabetology Department, Farhat Hached Hospital of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia.
Maha Kacem NjahEndocrinology and Diabetology Department, Farhat Hached Hospital of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia.
Koussay AchEndocrinology and Diabetology Department, Farhat Hached Hospital of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia.
Hôpital Farhat Hached · TN

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6 · The paper itself

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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AgedCOVID-19Fatal OutcomeHumansHypernatremiaHyponatremiaInappropriate ADH SyndromeMaleSodiumSodiumCOVID-19hypernatremieHyponatremieSARS-CoV-2Tunisia

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PMID34603580
PMCPMC8464199
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