Liver diseases in COVID-19: Etiology, treatment and prognosis

Jian Wu, Shumei Song, H. Cao, Lan-Juan Li

World journal of gastroenterology, 2020

In December 2019, a novel coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was identified in Wuhan, China causing coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Numerous studies have shown varying degrees of liver damage in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. However, in previous case studies of COVID-19, the exact cause of liver injury has not been clearly elucidated, nor is there clear evidence of the interaction between liver injury and COVID-19. This study will analyze the causes of liver injury in COVID-19 and the influence of liver-related complications on the treatment and prognosis of COVID-19.

Cited by 30 publications.

Field of study: Medicine

10.3748/wjg.v26.i19.2286