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Atypical presentation of COVID ‐19 in an older adult: Lethargy and vomiting from severe hypovolemic hyponatremia

2020; Wiley; Volume: 20; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/ggi.13990

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Louis Y. Tee, Bernard Yap, Gurinderjit Kaur Sidhu, Kiat Sern Goh, Barbara Helen Rosario,

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Geriatrics & Gerontology InternationalVolume 20, Issue 9 p. 839-840 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Atypical presentation of COVID-19 in an older adult: Lethargy and vomiting from severe hypovolemic hyponatremia Louis Yunshou Tee, Louis Yunshou Tee orcid.org/0000-0003-4954-4327 Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, SingaporeSearch for more papers by this authorBernard Yap, Bernard Yap Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, SingaporeSearch for more papers by this authorGurinderjit Kaur Sidhu, Gurinderjit Kaur Sidhu Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, SingaporeSearch for more papers by this authorKiat Sern Goh, Kiat Sern Goh Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, SingaporeSearch for more papers by this authorBarbara Helen Rosario, Corresponding Author Barbara Helen Rosario [email protected] Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore Correspondence Dr Barbara Helen Rosario MBChB, BMedSci, MPhil, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, 2 Simei Street 3, Singapore 529889. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Louis Yunshou Tee, Louis Yunshou Tee orcid.org/0000-0003-4954-4327 Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, SingaporeSearch for more papers by this authorBernard Yap, Bernard Yap Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, SingaporeSearch for more papers by this authorGurinderjit Kaur Sidhu, Gurinderjit Kaur Sidhu Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, SingaporeSearch for more papers by this authorKiat Sern Goh, Kiat Sern Goh Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, SingaporeSearch for more papers by this authorBarbara Helen Rosario, Corresponding Author Barbara Helen Rosario [email protected] Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore Correspondence Dr Barbara Helen Rosario MBChB, BMedSci, MPhil, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, 2 Simei Street 3, Singapore 529889. 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