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Bajaj 2021

Cirrhosis is associated with high mortality and readmissions over 90 days regardless of COVID-19: a multi-center cohort

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  2. Observational
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  2. Diagnostic/Prognostic
  3. Epidemiology
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Cirrhosis is associated with high mortality and readmissions over 90 days regardless of COVID-19: a multi-center cohort

Bajaj JS, Garcia-Tsao G, Wong F, Biggins SW, Kamath PS, McGeorge S, Chew M, Pearson M, Shaw J, Kalluri A, Fagan A, Olofson A, Moini M, De La Rodriguez R, Reddy KR
First Published Liver Transplantation (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33427401)
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The short-term prognosis of COVID-19 is impacted by underlying cirrhosis and other comorbidities(1). However, as shown in our multicenter study, inpatient mortality was similar in patients with cirrhosis+COVID-19 and cirrhosis without COVID-19, but was higher than a contemporaneous cohort of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 without cirrhosis(2). We herein describe the 90-day post-discharge outcomes in that age and gender-matched cohort of patients admitted with cirrhosis+COVID-19, cirrhosis alone, and COVID-19 alone