Liver injury, hypoalbuminaemia and severe SARS-CoV-2 infection

Clare Elizabeth Foley¹, Christopher Mulvey², Maria Boylan³, Niamh Reidy⁴, Paul Reidy⁴, David Moynan⁴, Amy Worrall⁴, Ger Curley^{2

3}, Karen Boland^{2

5}, Eoghan de Barra^{2

4}, John D Ryan^{6

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hepatology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland foleyclare123@gmail.com.
² Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
³ Department of Anaesthesia, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
⁵ Department of Gastroenterology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
⁶ Department of Hepatology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Comment

Clare Elizabeth Foley et al. Gut. 2022 Jan.

. 2022 Jan;71(1):225-226.

doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2021-324570. Epub 2021 Jun 2.

¹ Department of Hepatology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland foleyclare123@gmail.com.
² Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
³ Department of Anaesthesia, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
⁵ Department of Gastroenterology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
⁶ Department of Hepatology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; liver; liver function test.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Liver function test abnormalities at hospital admission are associated with severe course of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a prospective cohort study.
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