Care of patients with liver disease during the COVID-19 pandemic: EASL-ESCMID position paper.

ABSTRACT: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses an enormous challenge to healthcare systems in affected communities. Older patients and those with pre-existing medical conditions have been identified as populations at risk of a severe disease course. It remains unclear at this point to what extent chronic liver diseases should be considered as risk factors, due to a shortage of appropriate studies. However, patients with advanced liver disease and those after liver transplantation represent vulnerable patient cohorts with an increased risk of infection and/or a severe course of COVID-19. In addition, the current pandemic requires unusual allocation of healthcare resources which may negatively impact the care of patients with chronic liver disease that continue to require medical att

SUBMITTER: Boettler T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7128473 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature