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García de Guadiana-Romualdo, Luis, Ramos-Arenas, Verónica, Rodríguez Mulero, María Dolores, Hernández Olivo, Marta, Campos-Rodríguez, Valerio, Galindo Martínez, María, Ros Braquehais, María Salomé, Consuegra-Sánchez, Luciano, González Morales, Mercedes, Albaladejo-Otón, María Dolores |
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Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine; Jan2022, Vol. 60 Issue 2, pe38-e41, 4p |
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Keywords: ionized calcium; prognosis; second wave; severity COVID-19 EN ionized calcium prognosis second wave severity COVID-19 e38 e41 4 01/07/22 20220115 NES 220115 To the Editor, From onset of COVID-19 pandemic, the laboratory medicine plays a critical role, with at least three areas where I in vitro i diagnostics provide key contributions to the diagnostic and managed care of patients with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, including etiological diagnosis, patient monitoring and epidemiologic surveillance [[1]]. Furthermore, calcium interacts with fatty acids when in an ionized state and the use of "calcium albumin correction" should not be applied to COVID-19 associated hypocalcemia because it pseudo-normalizes hypocalcemia with hypoalbuminemia, other hallmark feature in COVID-19 [[10]]. [Extracted from the article] |
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Complementary Index |
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