Liver injury in patients with COVID-19: clinical profiles, CT findings, the correlation of the severity with liver injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Liver injury is found in some of patients with COVID-19. Liver injury of COVID-19 patients based on severity grading and abdominal radiological signs have not been reported until now. The aim of our study is to determine clinical profiles of the patients based on severity grading, describe abdominal radiological signs, and investigate the correlations of the severity with clinical profiles and radiological signs.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study included 115 patients with COVID-19 from Jan 2020 to Feb 2020. Medical records of the patients were collected and CT images were reviewed.

Results

Common clinical manifestations of patients with COVID-19 were fever (68.70%), cough (56.52%), fatigue (31.30%); some of them had gastrointestinal symptoms

SUBMITTER: Lei P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7472678 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature