Refusal to give consent <br/ > Unable to take intervention orally for ten days <br/ > CKD patients on hemodialysis or requiring fluid restriction as part of their management <br/ > Patient on inotropic support at admission <br/ > Patients requiring BIPAP (NIV) for an indication other than COVID-19 infection prior to admission <br/ > Patients will be excluded if progression of the illness to death was imminent and inevitable within 24 hours, as determined by the treating physician. <br/ >

Refusal to give consent <br/ > Unable to take intervention orally for ten days <br/ > CKD patients on hemodialysis or requiring fluid restriction as part of their management <br/ > Patient on inotropic support at admission <br/ > Patients requiring BIPAP (NIV) for an indication other than COVID-19 infection prior to admission <br/ > Patients will be excluded if progression of the illness to death was imminent and inevitable within 24 hours, as determined by the treating physician. <br/ >