Category: Inflammation

Biomarker Calcium Corona virus Covid Emergency Hospital Inflammation Organ injury Severity Ventilation

Low serum calcium predicts hospitalization in COVID-19 patients

June 1, 2021 by admin

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2), presents primarily with fever, dry cough, and fatigue or myalgia.1 Although most patients have a favorable prognosis, infection may not infrequently lead to a severe syndrome requiring hospitalization and assisted ventilation with high lethality.2 Previous studies have reported that calcium played a central […]

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Calcium Covid Hypocalcemia Hypokalemia Inflammation Organ injury Pneumonia Viral infection

Low serum calcium: new, important indicator of COVID-19 patients from mild to severe

May 20, 2021 by admin

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread globally.1 Confirmed cases and deaths have been reported in more than 200 countries worldwide.2  While 80% of COVID-19 infections have less severe clinical symptoms (low-grade fever, cough, fatigue) with no evidence of pneumonia or even asymptomatic, those mild or moderate […]

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