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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2022

Liver: Function and dysfunction in COVID-19.

E J Harisha, Siddharth Gosavi, Amogh A Rao, G V Sahana, Sanath Manjunath, T C Meghana

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the liver.World journal of virology · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

E J HarishaDepartment of General Medicine, JJM Medical College, Davanagere, Karnataka, India.
Siddharth GosaviDepartment of General Medicine, JJM Medical College, Davanagere, Karnataka, India.
Amogh A RaoDepartment of General Medicine, JJM Medical College, Davanagere, Karnataka, India.
G V SahanaDepartment of General Medicine, JJM Medical College, Davanagere, Karnataka, India.
Sanath ManjunathDepartment of General Medicine, JJM Medical College, Davanagere, Karnataka, India.
T C MeghanaDepartment of General Medicine, JJM Medical College, Davanagere, Karnataka, India.
JSS Medical College and Hospital · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Context: COVID-19 is known to cause extrapulmonary manifestations, including gastrointestinal and abnormal liver functions. Multiple mechanisms have been proposed to explain the pathobiology of liver damage: ACE2 receptor cholangiocytes mediated systemic inflammation, cytokine storm, hyperinflammation, and hypoxic changes. This was a cross-sectional study done in Department of General Medicine,JJM Medical College Davangere between July and September 2020 of patients falling under Category B and Category C. Materials and Methods: The aim is to describe the clinical characteristics in patients of COVID-19 and investigate the gender difference with particular regard to liver impairment.Confirmation of COVID-19 positivity was based on RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 RNA. Laboratory investigations and clinical data was analyzed using SPSS Statistics 27. Results: The final study population consisted of 116 patients. On performing the Mann Whitney U test, adjusted Conclusion: Ultrasonography of the abdomen is an essential investigation for all patients testing positive for COVID-19. Pre-existing disease may aggravate the viral hepatic injury, thereby worsening the clinical outcome. The profiles of liver toxicity of the drugs used in the treatment of COVID-19 also warrant watchful monitoring of liver function.

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Coronavirushypoalbuminemialiver function test

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PMID35360815
PMCPMC8963636
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