TY - JOUR T1 - Liver injury, hypoalbuminaemia and severe SARS-CoV-2 infection JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 225 LP - 226 DO - 10.1136/gutjnl-2021-324570 VL - 71 IS - 1 AU - Clare Elizabeth Foley AU - Christopher Mulvey AU - Maria Boylan AU - Niamh Reidy AU - Paul Reidy AU - David Moynan AU - Amy Worrall AU - Ger Curley AU - Karen Boland AU - Eoghan de Barra AU - John D Ryan Y1 - 2022/01/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/71/1/225.abstract N2 - We have read with interest the recent study published in Gut by Weber et al 1 outlining liver abnormalities in 217 patients admitted with COVID-19 infection in Germany. Along with respiratory failure, deranged liver blood tests have been demonstrated in many cohort studies of patients admitted with SARS-CoV-2 infection, the clinical relevance of which has been unclear to date.2 3 The authors of this study demonstrated that deranged liver blood tests on admission were associated with more severe morbidity and mortality. Notably, hypoalbuminaemia on admission in this cohort was associated with a severe COVID-19 disease course.A review of 310 patients admitted with COVID-19 to our institution in Dublin revealed abnormal liver blood tests … ER -