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Hypocalcemia and massive pulmonary embolism in SLE patient with COVID‐19 infection: A case report |
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| Authors: | Mohammed Yousif Elnaeem Yousif Moh.Mah.Fadel Allah Eljack Mohammed Alfatih Mohammed Abdulkarim Abdirizak Ibrahim mohamed Khabab Abbasher Hussien Mohamed Ahmed Mazin S. Hassan Haroun |
| Affiliation: | 1. Internal Medicine, University of Gezira, Khartoum Sudan ; 2. Wad Medani Isolation Centers, Khartoum Sudan ; 3. Medani Heart Diseases and Surgery Center, University of Bakht Alruda, Khartoum Sudan ; 4. Alzaiem Alazhari University, Khartoum Sudan ; 5. Medical Doctor at Kiambu level 5 Hospital, University of Bakht Alruda, Nairobi Kenya ; 6. Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum Sudan |
| Abstract: | A 16‐year‐old female patient presented to our ED with fever and coughing of blood for 3 days. She is known to have SLE for 5 months and takes oral prednisone. She was tested positive for COVID‐19. She developed hypocalcemia with clinically diagnosed massive pulmonary embolism. She was treated with heparin and recovered. |
| Keywords: | COVID‐ 19, hypocalcemia, pulmonary embolism, SLE, Wad‐ Madani |