Validation of the prognostic models in acute-on-chronic liver failure precipitated by hepatic and extrahepatic insults.

Kotchakon MaipangPichanun PotranunSiwaporn ChainuvatiSupot NimanongWatcharasak ChotiyaputtaTawesak TanwandeePhunchai Charatcharoenwitthaya

Published in: PloS one (2019)

The CLIF-SOFA and simpler CLIF-C OF are reliable measures of mortality risk in ACLF patients precipitated by either hepatic or extrahepatic insults. Both validated models could be used to stratify the risk of death and improve management of ACLF.

Keyphrases

liver failure
hepatitis b virus
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes