Acute-on-chronic liver failure in children with biliary atresia awaiting liver transplantation.

Rashmi Sarah D'SouzaTassos GrammatikopoulosAkhilesh PradhanHarry SuttonAbdel DouiriMark DavenportAnita VermaAnil Dhawan

Published in: Pediatric transplantation (2018)

ACLF in children with BA awaiting deceased donor LT carries increased mortality and morbidity. This warrants stratification of patients for earlier wait-listing and prioritization for LT.

Keyphrases

liver failure
hepatitis b virus
end stage renal disease
young adults
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
intensive care unit
risk factors
drug induced
kidney transplantation
patient reported