Hypokalemia as a sensitive biomarker of disease severity and the requirement for invasive mechanical ventilation requirement in COVID-19 pneumonia: A case series of 306 Mediterranean patients

OBJECTIVES: Serum levels of potassium (K(+)) appear to be significantly lower in severe cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and the clinical significance of this is unknown. The objective was to investigate whether hypokalemia acts as a biomarker of severi...

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Autores principales: Moreno-Pérez, Oscar, Leon-Ramirez, Jose-Manuel, Fuertes-Kenneally, Laura, Perdiguero, Miguel, Andres, Mariano, Garcia-Navarro, Mar, Ruiz-Torregrosa, Paloma, Boix, Vicente, Gil, Joan, Merino, Esperanza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7497734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32950739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.033

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