Predictors of COVID‐19 severity: a literature review

B Gallo Marin, G Aghagoli, K Lavine… - Reviews in medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic is a rapidly evolving global
emergency that continues to strain healthcare systems. Emerging research describes a …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19-associated liver injury: Clinical characteristics, pathophysiological mechanisms and treatment management

P Li, Y Liu, Z Cheng, X Yu, Y Li - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a global epidemic and poses a major …

[HTML][HTML] The role of fibrosis index FIB-4 in predicting liver fibrosis stage and clinical prognosis: A diagnostic or screening tool?

X Xu, L Jiang, C Wu, L Pan, Z Lou, C Peng… - Journal of the Formosan …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review evaluates the ability of the fibrosis index based on four factors (FIB-4) identifying
fibrosis stages, long-time prognosis in chronic liver disease, and short-time outcomes in …

Association between COVID-19 prognosis and disease presentation, comorbidities and chronic treatment of hospitalized patients

A Rodríguez-Molinero, C Gálvez-Barrón, A Miñarro… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Importance The rapid pandemic expansion of the disease caused by the new SARS-CoV-2
virus has compromised health systems worldwide. Knowledge of prognostic factors in …

[HTML][HTML] Association of liver steatosis and fibrosis with clinical outcomes in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19)

I Lopez-Mendez, J Aquino-Matus, SMB Gall… - Annals of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction and Objectives Liver function tests (LFT) abnormalities are reported in
up to 50% of COVID-19 patients, and metabolic comorbidities are associated with poorer …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence of liver injury and correlation with clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19: systematic review with meta-analysis.

F Del Zompo, M De Siena, G Ianiro… - European Review for …, 2020 - europeanreview.org
OBJECTIVE: Liver involvement of SARS-CoV-2 infection has been reported in several
papers, but without homogeneous findings. We aimed to systematically review the …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 and hepatic injury: cellular and molecular mechanisms in diverse liver cells

FEM Ali, MK Abd El-Aziz, MM Ali… - World Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) represents a global health and
economic challenge. Hepatic injuries have been approved to be associated with severe …

[PDF][PDF] Liver fibrosis index FIB‐4 is associated with mortality in COVID‐19

Y Li, J Regan, J Fajnzylber, K Coxen… - Hepatology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is associated with adverse outcomes, including
need for invasive mechanical ventilation and death in people with risk factors. Liver enzyme …

Intriguing findings of liver fibrosis following COVID-19

O Kolesova, I Vanaga, S Laivacuma, A Derovs… - BMC …, 2021 - Springer
Background Studies on a new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) show the elevation of liver
enzymes and liver fibrosis index (FIB-4) independently on pre-existing liver diseases. It …

The fibrosis-4 index is associated with need for mechanical ventilation and 30-day mortality in patients admitted with coronavirus disease 2019

RK Sterling, T Oakes, TS Gal… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Fibrosis-4 Index (FIB-4), developed to predict fibrosis in liver disease, was used
to identify patients with coronavirus disease 2019 who will require ventilator support as well …