Trends in aetiology‐based hospitalisation for cirrhosis before and during the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 pandemic in the United States

Abstract

In-hospital mortality in cirrhosis was higher in the COVID-19 era than in the pre-COVID-19 era. ALD is the leading aetiology-specific cause of in-hospital mortality in cirrhosis with an independent detrimental impact of the COVID-19 infection.