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COVID-19 has rapidly become a global challenge.1 We read with interest the article by Bezzio et al 1 that reported the characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients with pre-existing IBD. Patients with pre-existing cirrhosis, who have immune dysfunction and poorer outcomes from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) than patients without cirrhosis, are also considered a high-risk population for COVID-19.2 3In previous studies, the proportion of COVID-19 patients with pre-existing liver conditions ranged from 2% to 11%.2 However, the clinical course and risk factors for mortality in these patients has not yet been reported.
This retrospective multicentre study (COVID-Cirrhosis-CHESS, ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04329559) included consecutive adult patients with laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and pre-existing cirrhosis from 16 designated hospitals in China between 31 December 2019 and 24 March 2020. Patient characteristics are summarised in table 1. Twenty-one COVID-19 patients with pre-existing cirrhosis (Child-Pugh class A, B and C in 16, 3 and 2 patients, respectively) were included in the analysis. The median age …
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XQ, YL, JW and JAF are joint first authors.
XQ, TT and DCR are joint senior authors.
Correction notice This article has been corrected since it published Online First. Dr Fallowfield's name has been amended.
Contributors Concept and design: XQ; acquisition and interpretation of data: BX, JW, XL, JS, HP, SZ, HZ, ZC, FL, YL, MM, HL, ZW, JL, HY, HX, XL, TL, M-HZ, CL, YH, DX, QH, YG, GZ, CS, DL, LZ, XL, ZJ, FW; drafting of the manuscript: YL, JW, XQ; critical revision of the manuscript: DR, JF, TT, NK; final approval: all authors.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
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Ethics approval Study approvals were granted by institutional ethics committees and written informed consent was waived.
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