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Outcomes following SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with chronic liver disease: An international registry study
Thomas Marjot †
Andrew M. Moon †
Jonathan A. Cook
Eleanor Barnes †
Alfred S. Barritt IV †
Gwilym J. Webb †
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Open AccessPublished:October 06, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2020.09.024
Highlights
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Patients with cirrhosis experience high rates of hepatic decompensation and death following SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Mortality increased in stepwise fashion according to Child-Pugh class.
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Other risk factors for death included advancing age and alcohol-related liver disease.
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Mortality risk was higher in patients with advanced cirrhosis than propensity-score-matched controls without liver disease.
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The majority of deaths in patients with cirrhosis were from COVID-19-related lung disease.
Background & Aims
Chronic liver disease (CLD) and cirrhosis are associated with immune dysregulation, leading to concerns that affected patients may be at risk of adverse outcomes following SARS-CoV-2 infection. We aimed to determine the impact of COVID-19 on patients with pre-existing liver disease, which currently remains ill-defined.
Methods
Between 25th March and 8th July 2020, data on 745 patients with CLD and SARS-CoV-2 (including 386 with and 359 without cirrhosis) were collected by 2 international registries and compared to data on non-CLD patients with SARS-CoV-2 from a UK hospital network.
Results
Mortality was 32% in patients with cirrhosis compared to 8% in those without (p <0.001). Mortality in patients with cirrhosis increased according to Child-Pugh class (A [19%], B [35%], C [51%]) and the main cause of death was from respiratory failure (71%). After adjusting for baseline characteristics, factors associated with death in the total CLD cohort were age (odds ratio [OR] 1.02; 1.01–1.04), Child-Pugh A (OR 1.90; 1.03–3.52), B (OR 4.14; 2.4–7.65), or C (OR 9.32; 4.80–18.08) cirrhosis and alcohol-related liver disease (OR 1.79; 1.03–3.13). Compared to patients without CLD (n = 620), propensity-score-matched analysis revealed significant increases in mortality in those with Child-Pugh B (+20.0% [8.8%–31.3%]) and C (+38.1% [27.1%–49.2%]) cirrhosis. Acute hepatic decompensation occurred in 46% of patients with cirrhosis, of whom 21% had no respiratory symptoms. Half of those with hepatic decompensation had acute-on-chronic liver failure.
Conclusions
In the largest such cohort to date, we demonstrate that baseline liver disease stage and alcohol-related liver disease are independent risk factors for death from COVID-19. These data have important implications for the risk stratification of patients with CLD across the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lay summary
This international registry study demonstrates that patients with cirrhosis are at increased risk of death from COVID-19. Mortality from COVID-19 was particularly high among patients with more advanced cirrhosis and those with alcohol-related liver disease. |
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