Metabolic alkalosis in hospitalised COVID-19 patients: A window to the pathogenesis?

S Afr Med J

Department of Medicine, Tygerberg Hospital and Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.

Published: October 2020

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