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Curr Opin Physiol
; 23: 100456, 2021 Oct.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34250324
RESUMO
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has triggered the COVID-19 pandemic. Several factors induce hypoxia in COVID-19. Despite being hypoxic, some SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals do not experience any respiratory distress, a phenomenon termed 'silent (or happy) hypoxia'. Prolonged undetected hypoxia could be dangerous, sometimes leading to death. A few studies attempted to unravel what causes silent hypoxia, however, the exact mechanisms are still elusive. Here, we aim to understand how SARS-CoV-2 causes silent hypoxia.