Global Journal of Medical and Health Science

BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES OF ELECTROLYTES AND TRACE ELEMENTS AMONG PATIENT WITH CORONAVIRUS DISEASE -19 (COVID -19) IN KHARTOUM STATE

Authors

  • Abdallah Eltoum Ali University of AlZaeim Al Azhari Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Department of Clinical Chemistry
  • Ahmed Jbril Aldooma Sabil University of AlZaeim Al Azhari Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Department of Clinical Chemistry
  • Mohammed Abd Elfatah Elamin Ali University of AlZaeim Al Azhari Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Department of Clinical Chemistry
  • Ahmed Ibn Edriss Mohammed University of Elimam Elmahdi Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences
  • Salih A. Elmahdi College of Medical Laboratory Sciences. Department of Clinical Chemistry. The National Ribat University, Khartoum, Sudan.

Abstract

Background: coronavirus disease 2019 COVID-19 is a pandemic caused by severe acute syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is respiratory and can be involved in multiorgan failure causes many biochemical changes in the human body, our study was designed to examine the serum level electrolytes and trace elements in COVID-19 patients and associated with severity of the disease.

Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study includes 50 COVID-19 patients conducted during the period from December 2020 to April 2021 and  50 healthy as control group. Blood samples were collected from the study group and measured electrolytes sodium and potassium by easy lite, calcium, phosphate, zinc, and copper by using calorimeter methods, statistical analysis was conducted using the SPSS version.

 Results: The study showed that in COVID-19 patients there was a significantly low level of sodium (132 ± 4.3), potassium (3.2 ± 0.4), and calcium (7.8 ± .98)   in comparison to control, insignificant in level of phosphorus and magnesium when compared with control group respectively ( P.value = 0.15 , 0.8 .) . There is significant decrease in the mean level of zinc and increase in the mean level of copper in COVID-19 patients when   were compared to control group  (p value = 0.000) ,. However there was strong correlation between sodium (r=-.753, p= .000) ,  potassium (r= -.736, p=.000) , Zinc (r= -.819, p= .000) and Copper (r= .700, p= .000)   with severity of disease.

Conclusions: COVID-19 infection cause hypernatremia, hypokalemia, and hypocalcaemia. Low zinc and high copper levels, the level of parameters is correlated with the severity of the disease.

Keywords:

COVID -19, Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Phosphate, Magnesium, Copper Zinc

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Published

2023-02-22

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1: February, 2023

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How to Cite

Ali, A. E., Sabil, A. J. A., Ali, M. A. E. E., Mohammed, A. I. E., & Elmahdi, S. A. (2023). BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES OF ELECTROLYTES AND TRACE ELEMENTS AMONG PATIENT WITH CORONAVIRUS DISEASE -19 (COVID -19) IN KHARTOUM STATE. Global Journal of Medical and Health Science, 1(1), 56–72. Retrieved from https://zapjournals.com/Journals/index.php/Medical-Health/article/view/68

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