Background: Acute liver injury (ALI), a complication often seen in COVID-19 patients, can lead to severe liver damage, multi-organ failure, acute vascular events, and can potentially escalate to patient mortality. Given this, we initiated a meta-analysis to investigate the correlation between ALI and adverse outcomes in COVID-19 patients.
Methods: We conducted an exhaustive search of databases, including Medline, Embase, PubMed Central, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, and the Cochrane Library, from the November 2019 until January 2022. The quality of the included studies was evaluated using the Newcastle Ottawa (NO) scale. Our meta-analysis was carried out using a random-effects model and results were presented as pooled odds ratios (ORs) with their corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
Results: Our analysis incorporated 20 studies involving a total of 13,850 participants, predominantly from China and the United States. According to the NO scale, the majority of these studies were categorized as low-quality. Patients with ALI faced approximately 7 times higher odds of severe COVID-19 symptoms (pooled OR = 7.09; 95%CI: 4.97 to 10.12) and over 5 times higher odds of mortality (pooled OR = 5.50; 95%CI: 3.37 to 8.99) when compared to those without ALI.
Conclusion: Our findings affirm that ALI is a potent predictor of adverse outcomes, including severity and mortality, among COVID-19 patients. Recognizing and promptly addressing ALI in COVID-19 patients could be pivotal in improving prognosis and tailoring individualized patient management strategies. This underscores the need for clinicians to be vigilant about liver complications in the COVID-19 patients and integrate appropriate interventions in the treatment paradigm.
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