Liver Damage in COVID-19

Abstract

In the current era, COVID-19 emerges as a pandemic which is caused by a coronavirus. Every corner of this world has now witnessed “COVID-19” cases and the positive cases have crossed almost 50 mn till now. Patients who are suffering from novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had experienced lots of abnormalities in multiple internal organs such as abnormal pulmonary function, liver injury, kidney damage. Liver dysfunction requires dedicated works-up and surveillance should be done in a continuous manner. It depends upon multiple factors and is heterogeneous in nature. In the theme of COVID-19, physicians now have to decide that, the damages in the liver is relatable to any previous liver disorder or medications used to treat COVID-19 or maybe the virology effect. Further studies suggest various hypothesis on the potential mechanisms of liver damage in such kind of patients. The literature summarizes recent theory based on the evidence in relation to the liver complications in novel coronavirus disease 2019, allocates a gross scenario of the available case series and proposes recommendations for clinicians.