12-Month Post-Discharge Liver Function Test Abnormalities Among Patients With COVID-19 : A Single-Center Prospective Cohort Study

Copyright © 2022 Liao, Li, Ma, Zhang, Zheng, Li, Li, Liu and Zhang..

Objective: The longitudinal effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection on the liver are unknown. This study aimed to characterize dynamic changes in liver function test abnormalities in patients with COVID-19 at the acute phase and recovery phase.

Methods: A prospective cohort study involved patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to Shenzhen Third People's Hospital between January 11, 2020, and April 27, 2020. Patients underwent liver function tests at hospitalization and at the outpatient visit at the 1-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month follow-ups.

Results: Among 461 patients, 28.4% of patients had any kind of liver function tests abnormality at admission, manifested as elevated ALT (13.0%), AST (17.6%), and GGT (15.8%) levels. The trajectory analysis indicated a marked improvement in liver function after discharge, with any kind of liver function test abnormalities of 25.1% at 1 month, 13.2% at 3 months, 16.7% at 6 months, and 13.2% at 12 months after discharge. Persistent liver function abnormalities were observed in patients with pre-existing conditions during follow-up. A significantly higher prevalence of ultrasound determined fatty liver disease was found in those patients with more frequent LFT abnormalities at follow-up.

Conclusion: In this study of patients with COVID-19, liver damage in COVID-19 was usually temporary and could return to normal at the end of the 12-month follow-up.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 12(2022) vom: 25., Seite 864933

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liao, Xuejiao [VerfasserIn]
Li, Dapeng [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Zhenghua [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Lina [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Baoqi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zhiyan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Guobao [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zheng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
Albumin
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
COVID-19
Gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT)
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 03.05.2022

Date Revised 23.07.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fcimb.2022.864933

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM340225068