Coronavirus Disease 2019-Liver Injury-Literature Review and Guidelines Based on the Recommendations of Hepatological Societies

Joanna Pawlowska; Dariusz M Lebensztejn; Irena Jankowska

doi:10.5223/pghn.2021.24.2.119

Coronavirus Disease 2019-Liver Injury-Literature Review and Guidelines Based on the Recommendations of Hepatological Societies

Pediatr Gastroenterol Hepatol Nutr. 2021 Mar;24(2):119-126. doi: 10.5223/pghn.2021.24.2.119. Epub 2021 Mar 4.

Authors

Joanna Pawlowska¹, Dariusz M Lebensztejn², Irena Jankowska¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Feeding Disorders and Pediatrics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
² Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition and Allergology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland.

Abstract

The aim of our paper was to present current knowledge, review literature and available practice guidelines of international hepatological associations regarding the effect of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 coronavirus on the liver, patients with underline liver disease, awaiting on liver transplantation (LTx) or being after LTx in the pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 area.

Keywords: Coronavirus disease 2019; European Association for the Study of the Liver-European Society of Microbiology and Infection Diseases, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases recommendation; Liver; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

Publication types

Review