Pattern of liver function and clinical profile in COVID-19 : A cross-sectional study of 91 patients

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BACKGROUND: - COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 leads to myriad range of organ involvement including liver dysfunction.

AIM: To analyse the liver function in patients with COVID-19 and their association with respect to age, sex, severity of disease and clinical features.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was a cross-sectional study done at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi. 91 patients admitted with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection were included in this study and divided into asymptomatic, mild, moderate and severe groups. Liver function tests were compared among different severity groups.

RESULTS: Of 91 patients with COVID-19, 70 (76.9%) had abnormal liver function. Aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), total bilirubin levels was 1-2 × ULN in 33(36.3%), 34(37.3%), 12(13.2%), 6(6.6%) cases and >2 × ULN in 20(22%), 18(19.8%), 7(7.7%) and 2 (2.2%) cases respectively. Mean AST and ALP levels among different severity groups of COVID-19 was statistically significant (p < 0.05) whereas mean ALT and total bilirubin levels was statistically non-significant (p > 0.05). There was no statistical difference between males and females with regard to abnormal liver function. Liver injury was seen in 64.3% cases of hypertension and 73.3% cases of diabetes. Fever, myalgia, headache and breathlessness were found to be correlated significantly with severity of disease.

CONCLUSION: Liver injury is common in SARS-CoV-2 infection and is more prevalent in the severe disease group. Aspartate transaminase and alkaline phosphatase are better indicators of covid-19 induced liver injury than alanine transaminase and total bilirubin.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Diabetes & metabolic syndrome - 14(2020), 6 vom: 22. Nov., Seite 1951-1954

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kumar, Abhishek [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Piyush [VerfasserIn]
Dungdung, Ajit [VerfasserIn]
Kumar Gupta, Anitesh [VerfasserIn]
Anurag, Aditya [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Abhinav [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alanine Transaminase
Alkaline Phosphatase
Aspartate Aminotransferases
Bilirubin
COVID-19
Clinical profile
EC 2.6.1.1
EC 2.6.1.2
EC 3.1.3.1
Journal Article
Liver dysfunction
RFM9X3LJ49
SARS-CoV-2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.01.2021

Date Revised 10.01.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.dsx.2020.10.001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316098388