Background: Various risk factors have been proposed for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); nonetheless, the prognostic role of serum electrolytes has not been widely studied. Objectives: The present study aimed to identify the potential prognostic role of electrolyte imbalance in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad, Iran. The medical records of all COVID-19 patients admitted to the emergency department from May to August 2020 were evaluated. Demographic data and clinical findings upon admission were collected. Disease severity, lung involvement severity on imaging, inflammatory serum biomarkers, admission to the intensive care unit, and serum levels of sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium (corrected by serum albumin level), and phosphorus were documented. Results: Most patients (60%) were male, and the mean age of the total population was 58.87 ± 1.82 years. Severe COVID-19 was detected in most cases (94.9%) who were significantly older (P = 0.037), had hypertension (P = 0.032), ischemic heart disease (P = 0.033), and higher serum urea (P = 0.001) and serum potassium (P < 0.001). Patients with poor prognosis based on computed tomography (CT) scores had significantly higher serum urea (P = 0.002) and magnesium (P = 0.035) than patients with good prognosis, while serum calcium was significantly higher in the latter group (P = 0.007). Furthermore, there was a significant relationship between COVID-19 severity and serum potassium (P < 0.001). Conclusions: Abnormal serum electrolytes are correlated with COVID-19 severity. Moreover, serum potassium level is a predictor of severe disease.
Introduction: Kidney transplantation was conducted in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS) for more than 20 years. In recent years, about 160 kidney transplantation has been conducted here annually, that consisted of both cadaveric and living donor programs. Objectives: Since transplant outcomes have not been systematically monitored, we try by registration of this group of patients, donors and recipients, to analyze and share kidney transplantation outcomes. Patients and Methods: The kidney transplant registry program in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi, started in 2016. This registry is a prospective, single center, longitudinal program, designed as a dynamic observational cohort that enrolls all transplant recipients and donors. Demographic data, etiology of chronic kidney disease and patient and graft survival were analyzed. Results: Baseline characteristics, treatment data, patient and donor condition before and after surgery, potential clinical events including hospitalization, co-morbidities and graft failure are all collected. Follow-up visits in recipients have been conducted in 1st, 3rd months and every year after operation. Data quality is ensured by automatic software validation and a manual data review process. Conclusion: By this system, it is easy to adhere to input. Likewise data is adequate for rapid statistical processing.
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