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cord-262249-9jutus1c	Eshraghian, Ahad	Reduced rate of hospital admissions for liver-related morbidities during the initial COVID-19 outbreak	2020-06-29		.txt	text/plain	761	39	45	We analysed hospital admissions for liver-related morbidities between Feb 19, 2020 (the date of the first confirmed patient with COVID-19 in the country), and April 30, 2020. The Model For End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score for patients with cirrhosis admitted during the COVID-19 outbreak was 17·07 (SD 4·05) versus 15·18 (3·45) during the control time period (p<0·001). The mean admission rates for gastrointestinal bleeding (IRR 2·50, 95% CI 1·34-4·64), spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (1·78, 1·02-3·13), hepatic encephalopathy (1·94, 1·12-3·38) and hepatorenal syndrome (1·95, 1·18-3·23) were significantly lower during the COVID-19 outbreak than in the corresponding control period in the previous year (appendix p 2). Our results showed a significant decrease in the number of hospital admissions for liver-related disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the control period in the previous year at a large hepatobiliary referral centre. Additionally, our results suggest that MELD scores for patients with liver cirrhosis admitted to hospital and the mean duration of hospital stay were higher during the COVID-19 outbreak than the control period.	./cache/cord-262249-9jutus1c.txt	./txt/cord-262249-9jutus1c.txt