Acute liver failure caused by hepatitis E virus genotype 3 and 4: A systematic review and pooled analysis.

Samir Haffar . ShalimarRavinder J KaurZhen WangLarry J ProkopMohammad H MuradBazerbachi Fateh

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2018)

Acute liver failure caused by hepatitis E virus genotype 3 and 4 is rare, similar between genotypes, occurs commonly in middle-aged/elderly patients and has a very high mortality. Age is predictive of poor prognosis in multivariate analysis.

Keyphrases

liver failure
poor prognosis
hepatitis b virus
long non coding rna
middle aged
risk factors
cardiovascular disease
coronary artery disease
data analysis
intensive care unit
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation