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BMJ OPEN GASTROENTEROLOGY
卷 7, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgast-2020-000445
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- excellence initiative VASCage (Centre for Promoting Vascular Health in the Ageing Community)
- R&D K-Centre (COMET program - Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies) - Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
- Austrian Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [FP33070-B]
Objective Severe liver damage is associated with worse outcome in COVID-19. Our aim was to explore the degree of liver damage, liver stiffness (LS) and severity of illness in patients with COVID-19. Design We investigated 32 patients with COVID-19 admitted to the University Hospital of Innsbruck in a prospective cross-sectional study. We performed laboratory testing, liver and spleen sonography and elastography to measure organ stiffness. Results 12 patients (38%) showed elevated aminotransferases and gamma-glutamyltransferase levels. LS was positively correlated with elevated aminotransferase levels in patients with COVID-19 compared with those without elevated enzymes. Even mild liver damage raised LS significantly in COVID-19 as it was in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. Furthermore, higher LS measurements were significantly associated with illness severity like pneumonia, need for mechanical ventilation, and even death. Conclusion Transient elastography is a useful and non-invasive tool to assess onset and severity of acute liver injury in patients with COVID-19 patients. Increased LS seems to be predictive for a more severe and complicated course of disease.
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