Impact of liver fibrosis on COVID-19 in-hospital mortality in Southern Italy.
Raffaele GalieroGiuseppe LoffredoVittorio SimeonAlfredo CaturanoErica VetranoGiulia MedicamentoMaria AlfanoDomenico BecciaChiara BrinSara ColantuoniJessica Di SalvoRaffaella EpifaniRiccardo NevolaRaffaele MarfellaCelestino SarduCarmine CoppolaFerdinando ScaranoPaolo MaggiCecilia CalabresePellegrino De Lucia SpositoCarolina RescignoCostanza SbregliaFiorentino FraganzaRoberto ParrellaAnnamaria RomanoGiosuele CalabriaBenedetto PolverinoAntonio PaganoFabio NumisCarolina BolognaMariagrazia NunziataVincenzo EspositoNicola CoppolaNicola MaturoRodolfo NastiPierpaolo Di MiccoAlessandro PerrellaLuigi Elio AdinolfiPaolo ChiodiniMarina Di DomenicoLuca RinaldiFerdinando Carlo Sassonull nullPublished in: PloS one (2024)
FIB-4 value is significantly associated with intrahospital mortality of COVID-19 patients. During hospitalization, particularly in patients with worse outcomes, COVID-19 seems to increase the risk of acute progression of liver damage.