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Cureus
. 2020 Aug 30;12(8):e10142.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.10142.
A Case Report of Progressive Liver Failure Inappropriate to Decompensated Heart Failure Following Infection With COVID-19
Jalil Makarem[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nikoo Naghibi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mohammad Taghi Beigmohammadi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Morteza Foroumandi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maryam Mehrpooya[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
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Abstract
This article is about a known case of heart failure presented with acute liver failure following a coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) respiratory tract infection. The patient was admitted with encephalopathy and respiratory distress with a positive COVID-19 reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test. Elevated liver enzymes, severe coagulopathy, and hypoglycemia were apparent without any clinical or laboratory findings of sepsis, acute viral hepatitis, medicine related or drug-induced, or autoimmune-related acute liver failure. Supportive and therapeutic measures related to his cardiovascular, respiratory, and liver function were executed in the ICU. Unfortunately, the patient expired because of respiratory failure.
Keywords: covid-19; heart failure; liver failure; respiratory failure.
. 2020 Aug 30;12(8):e10142.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.10142.
A Case Report of Progressive Liver Failure Inappropriate to Decompensated Heart Failure Following Infection With COVID-19
Jalil Makarem[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nikoo Naghibi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mohammad Taghi Beigmohammadi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Morteza Foroumandi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maryam Mehrpooya[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33014641
- PMCID: PMC7526756
- DOI: 10.7759/cureus.10142
Abstract
This article is about a known case of heart failure presented with acute liver failure following a coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) respiratory tract infection. The patient was admitted with encephalopathy and respiratory distress with a positive COVID-19 reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test. Elevated liver enzymes, severe coagulopathy, and hypoglycemia were apparent without any clinical or laboratory findings of sepsis, acute viral hepatitis, medicine related or drug-induced, or autoimmune-related acute liver failure. Supportive and therapeutic measures related to his cardiovascular, respiratory, and liver function were executed in the ICU. Unfortunately, the patient expired because of respiratory failure.
Keywords: covid-19; heart failure; liver failure; respiratory failure.