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Editor, Senior Moderator
BMC Endocr Disord
. 2022 Apr 5;22(1):90.
doi: 10.1186/s12902-022-00979-8.
A challenging case of COVID-19: a COVID-19 positive adolescent presented with severe diabetic ketoacidosis, resistant hypertension
Reza Najafi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nahid Mamizadeh[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Seyed Hossein Hosseini[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Sima Roushenas[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Leila Bazhdan[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a virus which causes COVID-19. It binds to the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors, expressed in key metabolic organs and tissues, including pancreatic beta cells, adipose tissue, the small intestine, and kidneys. This condition has been linked to a variety of additional symptoms, including acute encephalopathy, changes in consciousness, and even gastrointestinal bleeding.
Case presentation: In this study, we have reported a 13-year-old boy, 69 kg, with SARS-COV-2 infection. In this case, multiple systems, including the endocrine, renal, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, and nervous systems, were affected.
Conclusions: It is speculated that different manifestations of COVID-19 can be seen in clinical settings, and practitioners should be more cautious not to miss the chimeric characteristics of COVID-19 infection.
Keywords: COVID-19; Case report; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic ketoacidosis; SARS-COV-2.
. 2022 Apr 5;22(1):90.
doi: 10.1186/s12902-022-00979-8.
A challenging case of COVID-19: a COVID-19 positive adolescent presented with severe diabetic ketoacidosis, resistant hypertension
Reza Najafi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nahid Mamizadeh[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Seyed Hossein Hosseini[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Sima Roushenas[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Leila Bazhdan[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35382801
- DOI: 10.1186/s12902-022-00979-8
Abstract
Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a virus which causes COVID-19. It binds to the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors, expressed in key metabolic organs and tissues, including pancreatic beta cells, adipose tissue, the small intestine, and kidneys. This condition has been linked to a variety of additional symptoms, including acute encephalopathy, changes in consciousness, and even gastrointestinal bleeding.
Case presentation: In this study, we have reported a 13-year-old boy, 69 kg, with SARS-COV-2 infection. In this case, multiple systems, including the endocrine, renal, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, and nervous systems, were affected.
Conclusions: It is speculated that different manifestations of COVID-19 can be seen in clinical settings, and practitioners should be more cautious not to miss the chimeric characteristics of COVID-19 infection.
Keywords: COVID-19; Case report; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic ketoacidosis; SARS-COV-2.