ASSESSMENT OF ELECTROLYTE ABNORMALITIES IN OLDER ADULTS WITH COVID-19 DELIRIUM
Milenko Petrovic, Esther Park, Amanda Pangle, Jeanne Wei, Gohar Azhar · 2023
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Delirium in older patients with COVID-19 may tie into salt and potassium balance, and Milenko Petrovic and four co-authors check hospital records to see how. They review 319 older COVID patients and a comparison group of 306 with other pneumonias, tracking four electrolyte problems and delirium in each group.
About a third of each group became delirious. Electrolyte disorders overall were actually more common in the non-COVID pneumonia group, and low potassium led there. But high sodium stood out in COVID patients, a worry because it can trigger seizures and brain bleeding. Low potassium was the single most common disorder in COVID patients with any electrolyte problem. The authors urge close sodium monitoring in older COVID care. The study appears in 2023.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Milenko Petrovic, Esther Park, Amanda Pangle, Jeanne Wei, Gohar Azhar |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |