Impact of chronic liver disease upon admission on COVID-19 in-hospital mortality: Findings from COVOCA study.
Raffaele GalieroPia Clara PafundiVittorio SimeonLuca RinaldiAlessandro PerrellaErica VetranoAlfredo CaturanoMaria AlfanoDomenico BecciaRiccardo NevolaRaffaele MarfellaCelestino SarduCarmine CoppolaFerdinando ScaranoPaolo MaggiPellegrino De Lucia SpositoLaura VoccianteCarolina RescignoCostanza SbregliaFiorentino FraganzaRoberto ParrellaAnnamaria RomanoGiosuele CalabriaBenedetto PolverinoAntonio PaganoCarolina BolognaMaria AmitranoVincenzo EspositoNicola CoppolaNicola MaturoLuigi Elio AdinolfiPaolo ChiodiniFerdinando Carlo Sassonull nullPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Mortality of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 appears strongly affected by both clinical conditions on admission and comorbidities. Originally, we observed a very poor outcome in subjects with a chronic liver disease, alongside with an increase of hepatic damage.