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Fatty liver on computed tomography scan on admission is a risk factor for severe coronavirus disease.
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Journal of Infection & Chemotherapy (Elsevier Inc.) . Feb2022, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p217-223. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- To alleviate the overflow of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in hospitals, less invasive and simple criteria are required to triage the patients. We evaluated the relationship between COVID-19 severity and fatty liver on plain computed tomography (CT) scan performed on admission. In this retrospective cohort study, we considered all COVID-19 patients at a large tertiary care hospital between January 31 and August 31, 2020. COVID-19 severity was categorized into severe (moderate and severe) and non-severe (asymptomatic and mild) groups, based on the Japanese National COVID-19 guidelines. Fatty liver was detected on plain CT scan. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate factors associated with severe COVID-19. Of 222 patients (median age: 52 years), 3.2%, 58.1%, 20.7%, and 18.0% presented with asymptomatic, mild, moderate, and severe COVID-19, respectively. Although 59.9% had no fatty liver on plain CT, mild, moderate, and severe fatty liver occurred in 13.1%, 18.9%, and 8.1%, respectively. Age and presence of fatty liver were significantly associated with severe COVID-19. Our study showed that fatty liver on plain CT scan on admission can become a risk factor for severe COVID-19. This finding may help clinicians to easily triage COVID-19 patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1341321X
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Infection & Chemotherapy (Elsevier Inc.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154660192
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiac.2021.10.013