Impact of low serum calcium at hospital admission on SARS-CoV-2 infection outcome

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Authors

Berta Torres · Hospital Clínic de Barcelona

Pau Alcubilla · Hospital Clínic de Barcelona

Ana González-Cordón · Hospital Clínic de Barcelona

Alexy Inciarte · Consorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer

Mariana Chumbita · Hospital Clínic de Barcelona

Celia Cardozo · Consorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer

Fernanda Meira

Abstract

Hypocalcemia is frequent in hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection and can identify patients who will have a worse outcome. More studies are needed to understand the role of calcium metabolism in SARS-CoV-2 infection and to address the clinical implications and therapeutic interventions it might have.

Topics & Keywords

COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volume 104, pp. 164-168

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.11.207

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