Assess the Results of Covid-19 in Patients with Liver Disease Cirrhosis
Muddasar Pervaiz, Mahvesh Mahmud, Samreen Jan, Ashfaq Ahmad, Karishama Ali
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ABSTRACT
Objective: The purpose of this research is to see how coronavirus
affects people with cirrhosis, a type of chronic liver disease.
Study Design: Retrospective/observational
Place and Duration: Conducted at Khyber
Teaching Hospital Peshawar, during from April 2021 to Oct 2021.
Methodology: This study included 100 covid-19 individuals
of both genders with or without chronic liver disease. There were two groups of
patients. Group I (50 patients with cirrhosis) and Group II (without
cirrhosis 50 patients). The mortality outcomes of the two groups were compared.
SPSS 25.0 was used to analyze all of the data.
Results: There were 31 (62%) males and 19 (38%) were
females with mean age 43.31±=7.61 years in group I while in group II 32 (64%)
and 18 (36%) patients were males and females with mean age 46.01±5.23 years. Patients
with cirrhosis died at a higher rate than those without it, with a p-value of
0.0001 (34 percent vs. 10%).
Conclusion: Patients with cirrhosis who also had
coronavirus illness had a higher incidence of poor outcomes.
Keywords:
Mortality, Corvid-19, Chronic Liver Disease