Impact of COVID-19 on liver function: results from an internal medicine unit in Northern Italy

Autor: Lenti, Marco Vincenzo, Borrelli de Andreis, Federica, Pellegrino, Ivan, Klersy, Catherine, Merli, Stefania, Miceli, Emanuela, Aronico, Nicola, Mengoli, Caterina, Di Stefano, Michele, Cococcia, Sara, Santacroce, Giovanni, Soriano, Simone, Melazzini, Federica, Delliponti, Mariangela, Baldanti, Fausto, Triarico, Antonio, Corazza, Gino Roberto, Pinzani, Massimo, Di Sabatino, Antonio, Bergamaschi, Gaetano, Bertolino, Giampiera, Codega, Silvia, Costanzo, Filippo, Cresci, Roberto, Derosa, Giuseppe, Falaschi, Francesco, Iadarola, Carmine, Lovati, Elisabetta, Lucotti, Pietro Carlo, Martignoni, Alessandra, Mugellini, Amedeo, Muggia, Chiara, Noris, Patrizia, Pagani, Elisabetta, Palumbo, Ilaria, Pecci, Alessandro, Perrone, Tiziano, Pieresca, Carla, Preti, Paola Stefania, Russo, Mariaconcetta, Sgarlata, Carmelo, Siciliani, Luisa, Staniscia, Andrea, Torello Vjera, Francesca, Achilli, Giovanna, Agostinelli, Andrea, Antoci, Valentina, Ballesio, Alessia, Banfi, Francesco, Barteselli, Chiara, Benedetti, Irene, Brattoli, Michele, Calabretta, Francesca, Cambiè, Ginevra, Canta, Roberta, Conca, Federico, Coppola, Luigi, Cremonte, Elisa Maria, Croce, Gabriele, Del Rio, Virginia, Di Terlizzi, Francesco, Ferrari, Maria Giovanna, Ferrari, Sara, Fiengo, Anna, Forni, Tommaso, Freddi, Giulia, Frigerio, Chiara, Fumoso, Federica, Fusco, Alessandra, Gabba, Margherita, Garolfi, Matteo, Gentile, Antonella, Gori, Giulia, Grandi, Giacomo, Grimaldi, Paolo, Lampugnani, Alice, Lapia, Francesco, Lepore, Federica, Lettieri, Gianluca, Mambella, Jacopo, Mercanti, Chiara, Mordà, Francesco, Nardone, Alba, Pace, Luca, Padovini, Lucia, Parodi, Alessandro, Pitotti, Lavinia, Reduzzi, Margherita, Rigano, Giovanni, Rotola, Giorgio, Sabatini, Umberto, Salvi, Lucia, Savioli, Jessica, Spataro, Carmine, Stefani, Debora
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Internal and Emergency Medicine
ISSN: 1970-9366
1828-0447
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-020-02425-w
Popis: Little is known regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) clinical spectrum in non-Asian populations. We herein describe the impact of COVID-19 on liver function in 100 COVID-19 consecutive patients (median age 70 years, range 25–97; 79 males) who were admitted to our internal medicine unit in March 2020. We retrospectively assessed liver function tests, taking into account demographic characteristics and clinical outcome. A patient was considered as having liver injury when alanine aminotransferase (ALT) was > 50 mU/ml, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) > 50 mU/ml, or total bilirubin > 1.1 mg/dl. Spearman correlation coefficient for laboratory data and bivariable analysis for mortality and/or need for intensive care were assessed. A minority of patients (18.6%) were obese, and most patients were non- or moderate-drinkers (88.5%). Liver function tests were altered in 62.4% of patients, and improved during follow-up. None of the seven patients with known chronic liver disease had liver decompensation. Only one patient developed acute liver failure. In patients with altered liver function tests, PaO2/FiO2
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