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ArticleMedical journal, Armed Forces India2022

Liver function tests in COVID 19: A retrospective record-based study from a tertiary care centre in urban Maharashtra, India.

Dharmendra Kumar, Sharad Srivastava, T Rajnikant, Saurabh Dawra, M S Tevatia, Reema Mukherjee

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Article in Medical journal, Armed Forces India, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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  2. Liver injury in COVID-19: A minireview.World journal of gastroenterology · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dharmendra KumarSenior Adviser (Medicine) & Gastroenterologist, Command Hospital (Northern Command), Udhampur, India.
Sharad SrivastavaSenior Adviser (Medicine) & Gastroenterologist, Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune, India.
T RajnikantClassified Specialist (Medicine) & Gastroenterologist, Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune, India.
Saurabh DawraClassified Specialist (Medicine) & Gastroenterologist, Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune, India.
M S TevatiaCommandant, Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune, India.
Reema MukherjeeScientist E, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India.
Command Hospital · INIndian Council of Medical Research · INSouthern Command Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 is a multi system disorder and causes various abnormalities in liver function tests. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of abnormal liver function tests in patients of COVID-19 and to describe the association of liver function tests with clinical features and disease severity in these patients. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated and analyzed the liver function tests of all real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) positive COVID-19 patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Western Maharashtra. The Institutional Ethics Committee of our hospital approved the study. Results: Of the 533 patients included in our study, 50% had abnormal albumin levels while 40.1%, 43.5%, 9.3%, and 6.3% patients had deranged alanine transaminase (ALT) aspartate transaminase (AST), total protein and bilirubin levels, respectively. Hepatocellular injury was observed in 21 (3.9%) patients, and cholestatic liver injury was observed in seven (1.3%) patients. Abnormal liver function test (LFT) was significantly associated with disease severity but not with mortality. Conclusion: Abnormal LFT in patients of COVID-19 is associated with severe disease but not mortality. Liver injury is common in patients of COVID-19.

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COVID 19Liver and COVID 19Liver diseaseLiver function tests

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PMID35582519
PMCPMC9098942
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