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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2021; 27(42): 7350-7361
Published online Nov 14, 2021. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i42.7350
Published online Nov 14, 2021. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i42.7350
Presentation, patterns and predictive value of baseline liver tests on outcomes in COVID-19 patients without chronic liver disease
David Bernstein, Nitzan Roth, Sanjaya K Satapathy, Department of Medicine/Hepatology, Northwell Health, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Manhasset, NY 11030, United States
Angela Kim, Marcia Epstein, David Hirschwerk, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Northwell Health, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Manhasset, NY 11030, United States
Charlotte L Kvasnovsky, Cohen Children's Medical Center, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New Hyde Park, NY 11042, United States
Author contributions: Bernstein D, Roth N, and Satapathy SK developed the concept for the manuscript; Bernstein D wrote the manuscript; Kvasnovsky CL performed the statistical analysis; Kim A, Epstein M, and Hirschwerk D reviewed the literature; Bernstein D, Satapathy S, Roth N, Kim A, Epstein M, Hirschwerk D, and Kvasnovsky CL reviewed and edited the manuscript.
Supported by National Institute on Aging of the National Institute of Health , No. R24AG06419 ; National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health , No. R01LM012836 .
Institutional review board statement: This study protocol was approved by the Northwell Health Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: Informed consent statement was waived.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest related to the content of the manuscript.
Data sharing statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from COVID19@northwell.edu . The data are not publicly available due to restrictions as it could compromise the privacy of research participants.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: David Bernstein, FAASLD, MACG, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine/Hepatology, Northwell Health, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, 400 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030, United States. dbernste@northwell.edu
Received: January 30, 2021
Peer-review started: January 30, 2021
First decision: June 4, 2021
Revised: July 12, 2021
Accepted: October 24, 2021
Article in press: October 24, 2021
Published online: November 14, 2021
Peer-review started: January 30, 2021
First decision: June 4, 2021
Revised: July 12, 2021
Accepted: October 24, 2021
Article in press: October 24, 2021
Published online: November 14, 2021
Core Tip
Core Tip: We believe that our paper is an important contribution to the literature for the following reasons: (1) The cohort size is the largest to date; (2) We show the importance of initial liver tests in predicting outcomes; (3) In this large cohort, the finding of initial cholestatic pattern of injury being most predictive of poor outcome has not yet been described; and (4) This is a cohort from a large urban health system in the United States (New York) whose subject demographics reflect more the population seen in the United States. The other publications listed below are more uniform populations not representative of what our practitioners see in daily practice