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Case Reports
. 2020 May 19:21:e00829.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00829. eCollection 2020.

A fatal case of COVID-19 due to metabolic acidosis following dysregulate inflammatory response (cytokine storm)

Shabnam Chhetri  1 , Faryal Khamis  1 , Nenad Pandak  1 , Huda Al Khalili  2 , Elias Said  3 , Eskild Petersen  4
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A fatal case of COVID-19 due to metabolic acidosis following dysregulate inflammatory response (cytokine storm)

Shabnam Chhetri et al. IDCases. .

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Abstract

The ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 has been expanding worldwide. As of 17 April 2020, the death toll stands at a sobering 147,027 and over two million cases, this has been straining the health care systems all over. Respiratory failure has been cited as the major cause of death but here we present a case about a patient who instead succumbed to severe metabolic acidosis with multiple organ failure.

Keywords: COVID-19; Cytokine storm syndrome; Metabolic acidosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors have no competing interests to declare.

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Fig. 1
A) shows the trend of PaO2,PaO2/FiO2 ratio through the days of illness, B) shows the trend of pH, C) shows values of PCO2, D) shows the minimal followed by the sharp rise of lactate towards 7the end, E) shows the gradual rise in WBC as the disease progressed along, F) shows the rise and fall of CRP, G) shows the rise of interleukin-6, H) shows the trend of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) and I) shows the level interleukin-10(IL-10) measured.
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