TY  - JOUR
TI  - Effects of hypokalemia on clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with Covid-19 pneumonia
AB  - Purpose: We investigated the effects of hypokalemia on clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with Covid-19 pneumonia. Materials and Methods: In this single-center retrospective study, we recorded characteristics of hospitalized covid-19 pneumonia patients and laboratory test results on the first hospital day. Duration of hospitalization, requiring intensive care including mechanical ventilation and survival, were determined. Results: Our study included 185 patients and of them 111 male (60% male) patients with mean age of 64 ± 14.5 (23- 90). Patients were grouped as hypokalemic (16.8%) and normokalemic patients (83.2%). The number of diabetic patients was higher in the normokalemic group. Serum total protein and albumin levels were lower in hypokalemic group, while alkaline phosphatase, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, blood pH and bicarbonate level were higher. In multiple logistic regression analyses, alkalosis increased risk of hypokalemia 5.73 times. Duration of hospitalization, requirement of intensive care and hospital mortality were similar in hypokalemia and normokalemia patients. Conclusion: In patients with Covid-19 pneumonia, hypokalemia has been found to be quite common as high as 16.8% at the first presentation. Hypokalemia was related to metabolic alkalosis but unrelated to the duration of hospitalization, requirement of intensive care including mechanical ventilation and hospital mortality
AU  - SEYDAOĞLU, GÜLŞAH
AU  - A�IKALIN, ARBIL
AU  - Sezgin, Gülay
AU  - Küpeli, Serhan
AU  - KILIÇ BAĞIR, EMİNE
AU  - ERGİN, Melek
AU  - Demiroglu, Omer
AU  - Yucel, Sevinc Puren
AU  - TASOVA, YESIM
AU  - kaya, bulent
AU  - Kuzu, Tolga
AU  - Balal, Mustafa
AU  - Paydas, Saime
DO  - 10.17826/cumj.989230
PY  - 2021
JO  - Cukurova Medical Journal
VL  - 43
IS  - 4
SN  - 2602-3032
SP  - 1650
EP  - 1656
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/468350
ER  -