Lung and liver changes during covid-19 infection in the presence of liver cirrhosis


DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/epidem.2020.10.4.63-5

Vorobyeva O.V., Lastochkin A.V., Gimaldinova N.E., Romanova L.P., Yusov A.A.

1) I.N. Ulyanov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia; 2) Republican Bureau of Forensic Medicine, Cheboksary, Russia
Patients with severe fibrosis and cirrhosis of the liver are a vulnerable group that is at an increased risk for infection with COVID-19 and hads its severe course due to the development of a systemic immunodeficiency state. The paper describes a case of severe COVID-19 infection associated with liver cirrhosis (Child-Pugh class B) in a 52-year-old female patient with a fatal outcome. The main causes of death were respiratory complications, as well as sudden deterioration in liver function, which led to end-stage disease.
Keywords: COVID-19, pneumonia, liver cirrhosis
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About the Autors

Olga V. Vorobyeva, Cand. Med. Sci., Associate Professor, Department of General and Clinical Morphology and Forensic Medicine, I.N. Ulyanov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia; e-mail: olavorobeva@ mail.ru; ORCID: https://orcid. org/0000-0003-3259-3691
Aleksey V. Lastochkin, Senior Lecturer, Department of General and Clinical Morphology and Forensic Medicine, I.N. Ulyanov Chuvash State University; Highest-Category Pathologist, Republican Forensic Medical Examination Office, Ministry of Health of Chuvashia, Cheboksary, Russia; e-mail: alllex.08@mail.ru; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5681-0246
Natalia E. Gimaldinova, Cand. Med. Sci., Associate Professor, Department of General and Clinical Morphology and Forensic Medicine, I.N. Ulyanov Chuvash State Medical University, Cheboksary, Russia; e-mail: rufer06@rambler.ru; ORCID: https://orcid.org/ 0000-0003-2475-3392
Lyubov P. Romanova, Associate Professor, Department of Dermatovenereology with Course of Hygiene, I.N. Ulyanov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia; e-mail: samung2008@ yandex.ru; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2475-0987
Aleksandr A. Yusov, Associate Professor, Department of Normal and Pathological Physiology, I.N. Ulyanov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia; e-mail: Yusov1961@ yandexl.ru; ORCID: https://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-6079-1535


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