Liver function as a predictor of mortality in COVID-19: A retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and objectives

In many studies, varying degrees of liver damage have been reported in more than half of the COVID-19 patients. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of liver biochemical parameters abnormality on mortality in critical COVID-19 patients who have been followed in the ICU since the beginning of the pandemic process.

Materials and methods

In this study 533 critical patients who admitted to the ICU due to COVID-19 were included. The patients were divided into three groups according to their ALT, AST, and total bilirubin levels at their admission to the ICU. Group 1 was formed of patients with normal liver biochemical parameters values; Group 2 was formed of patients with liver biochemical parameters abnormality; Group 3 was formed of patien

SUBMITTER: Salık F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8492360 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature