Scripta Medica (Jan 2022)

A case of COVID-19 presenting as acute liver failure

  • Nawghare Pankaj,
  • Nair Sujit,
  • Jain Shubham,
  • Bansal Saurabh,
  • Chandnani Sanjay,
  • Rathi Surbhi,
  • Rathi Pravin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5937/scriptamed53-41392
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 53, no. 4
pp. 353 – 356

Abstract

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Although children with COVID-19 make up a small proportion of patients and have milder symptoms than adults, liver damage is a well-documented side effect of COVID-19 infection. Most liver damage caused by COVID-19 is modest. In this report, a case of a 6-year-old child who was hospitalised to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with COVID-19 manifested as acute liver failure is described.

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