Терапевтический архив (Jan 2023)

Treatment of toxic hepatitis in COVID-19 patients

  • Igor V. Maev,
  • Rafik I. Shaburov,
  • Alexandr I. Pavlov,
  • Alevtina I. Molodova,
  • Aram G. Karakozov,
  • Sergey P. Kazakov,
  • Ekaterina G. Lebedeva,
  • Aleksandr F. Ivolgin,
  • Mikhail N. Eremin,
  • Olga B. Levchenko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.26442/00403660.2022.12.202021
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 94, no. 12
pp. 1413 – 1420

Abstract

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Background. The article reflects the clinical significance of the early diagnosis of toxic hepatitis in patients who have undergone a new coronavirus infection with the determination of clinical and laboratory predictors of the response to therapy. A dynamic analysis of the effectiveness of toxic hepatitis therapy in patients of three experimental groups and a control group is presented. Aim. The aim of the present study is to increase the effectiveness of the treatment of toxic hepatitis in patients who have undergone COVID-19. Materials and methods. On the basis of the newly created infection centers of the Central Clinical Hospital RZhD-Medicine and Vishnevsky 3-rd Central Military Clinical Hospital 996 patients with COVID-19, who had clinical and laboratory signs of toxic liver damage (cytolytic and/or cholestatic syndromes) against the background of COVID-19 therapy. Results. On the 14th day from the start of therapy in group 3, there was a significant decrease in the clinical manifestations of jaundice in 163 (72.8%) patients, on the 21st day of treatment, this symptom was stopped in all patients. In groups 1 and 2, the decrease in clinical manifestations of jaundice was significantly lower 122 (55.2%) and 134 (58.8%); p0.05. At the end of therapy, no manifestations of jaundice were observed in all experimental groups, while in the control group, symptom reduction was achieved only in 47 (14.5%) patients. Conclusion. The use of drugs with hepatoprotective effect in the form of monotherapy in groups 1 (UDCA) and 2 (ademethionine) showed a low therapeutic effect with positive dynamics of clinical and laboratory indicators of toxic hepatitis activity. The use of combined treatment in group 3 (UDCA and ademethionine) demonstrated the maximum therapeutic effect, pronounced positive dynamics in the form of normalization of clinical and laboratory indicators of toxic hepatitis activity.

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