Unquantifiably low aldosterone concentrations are prevalent in hospitalised COVID-19 patients but may not be revealed by chemiluminescent immunoassay.
Martin WiegandDavid J HalsallSarah L CowanKevin TaylorRobert J B GoudieJacobus PrellerMark GurnellPublished in: Endocrine connections (2022)
When measured by LCMSMS, aldosterone was found to be profoundly low in a significant proportion of patients with COVID-19 at the time of hospital admission. This has likely not been detected previously due to high levels of interference with immunoassays in patients with COVID-19, and this merits further prospective investigation.