New-onset and relapsed liver diseases following COVID-19 vaccination: a systematic review

Alhumaid, Saad and Al Mutair, Abbas and Rabaan, Ali A and AlShakhs, Fatemah M and Choudhary, Om Prakash and Yong, Shin Jie * and Nainu, Firzan and Khan, Amjad and Muhammad, Javed and Alhelal, Fadil and Al Khamees, Mohammed Hussain and Alsouaib, Hussian Ahmed and Al Majhad, Ahmed Salman and Al-Tarfi, Hassan Redha and ALyasin, Ali Hussain and Alatiyyah, Yaqoub Yousef and Alsultan, Ali Ahmed and Alessa, Mohammed Essa and Alessa, Mustafa Essa and Alissa, Mohammed Ahmed and Alsayegh, Emad Hassan and Alshakhs, Hassan N and Al Samaeel, Haidar Abdullah and AlShayeb, Rugayah Ahmed and Alnami, Dalal Ahmed and Alhassan, Hussain Ali and Alabdullah, Abdulaziz Abdullah and Alhmed, Ayat Hussain and AlDera, Faisal Hussain and Hajissa, Khalid and Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A and Al-Omari, Awad (2022) New-onset and relapsed liver diseases following COVID-19 vaccination: a systematic review. BMC Gastroenterology, 22. ISSN 1471-230X

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-022-02507-3

Abstract

Background: Liver diseases post-COVID-19 vaccination is extremely rare but can occur. A growing body of evidence has indicated that portal vein thrombosis, autoimmune hepatitis, raised liver enzymes and liver injuries, etc., may be potential consequence of COVID-19 vaccines. Objectives: To describe the results of a systematic review for new-onset and relapsed liver disease following COVID-19 vaccination. Methods: For this systematic review, we searched Proquest, Medline, Embase, PubMed, CINAHL, Wiley online library, Scopus and Nature through the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses PRISMA guideline for studies on the incidence of new onset or relapsed liver diseases post-COVID-19 vaccination, published from December 1, 2020 to July 31, 2022, with English language restriction. Results: Two hundred seventy-five cases from one hundred and eighteen articles were included in the qualitative synthesis of this systematic review. Autoimmune hepatitis (138 cases) was the most frequent pathology observed post-COVID-19 vaccination, followed by portal vein thrombosis (52 cases), raised liver enzymes (26 cases) and liver injury (21 cases). Other cases include splanchnic vein thrombosis, acute cellular rejection of the liver, jaundice, hepatomegaly, acute hepatic failure and hepatic porphyria. Mortality was reported in any of the included cases for acute hepatic failure (n = 4, 50%), portal vein thrombosis (n = 25, 48.1%), splanchnic vein thrombosis (n = 6, 42.8%), jaundice (n = 1, 12.5%), raised liver enzymes (n = 2, 7.7%), and autoimmune hepatitis (n = 3, 2.2%). Most patients were easily treated without any serious complications, recovered and did not require long-term hepatic therapy. Conclusion: Reported evidence of liver diseases post-COIVD-19 vaccination should not discourage vaccination against this worldwide pandemic. The number of reported cases is relatively very small in relation to the hundreds of millions of vaccinations that have occurred and the protective benefits offered by COVID-19 vaccination far outweigh the risks.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: COVID-19; disease; hepatic; liver; pathology; SARS-CoV-2; safety; side effect; systematic review; vaccination; vaccine.
Subjects: Q Science > QP Physiology
Q Science > QR Microbiology
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Divisions: Others > Non Sunway Academics
Sunway University > School of Medical and Life Sciences [formerly School of Healthcare and Medical Sciences until 2020] > Dept. of Medical Education [formerly Dept. of Allied Healthcare until 2023]
Depositing User: Ms Yong Yee Chan
Date Deposited: 12 Aug 2024 00:27
Last Modified: 12 Aug 2024 00:27
URI: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/id/eprint/3056

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