TY - JOUR
T1 - Alcoholic liver disease and COVID-19 pneumonia
T2 - A case series
AU - Kapuria, Devika
AU - Upadhyay, Shubhra
AU - Shekhar, Rahul
AU - Torrazza-Perez, Euriko
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Authors.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) was reported by the World Health Organization in December 2019, and since then it has progressed into a worldwide pandemic, causing significant morbidity and mortality. Gastrointestinal symptoms of COVID-19 and elevated liver chemistries are seen in up to 50% of infected patients. Recent reports have suggested a high mortality rate for COVID-19 in patients with pre-existing liver disease, having an associated mortality of 39.8%. Alcoholic liver disease is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in New Mexico (USA), and we report here the clinical course and characteristics of three cases of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis who were admitted to our hospital with COVID-19.
AB - The novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) was reported by the World Health Organization in December 2019, and since then it has progressed into a worldwide pandemic, causing significant morbidity and mortality. Gastrointestinal symptoms of COVID-19 and elevated liver chemistries are seen in up to 50% of infected patients. Recent reports have suggested a high mortality rate for COVID-19 in patients with pre-existing liver disease, having an associated mortality of 39.8%. Alcoholic liver disease is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in New Mexico (USA), and we report here the clinical course and characteristics of three cases of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis who were admitted to our hospital with COVID-19.
KW - ARDS
KW - Acute kidney injury
KW - Alcoholic liver disease
KW - COVID-19
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85099035920&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.14218/JCTH.2020.00053
DO - 10.14218/JCTH.2020.00053
M3 - Article
C2 - 33447531
AN - SCOPUS:85099035920
SN - 2225-0719
VL - 8
SP - 463
EP - 466
JO - Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology
JF - Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology
IS - 4
ER -