Low transferrin and high ferritin concentrations are associated with worse outcome in acute liver failure.

Olympia E AnastasiouJulia KälschMahdi HakmouniOzlem KucukogluDominik HeiderJohannes KorthPaul MankaJan-Peter SowaLars BechmannFuat H SanerAndreas PaulGuido GerkenHideo A BabaPeter Lemmer

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2017)

High ferritin and low transferrin levels are associated with worse outcome in patients with acute liver failure. A model incorporating age, MELD score and transferrin outperformed MELD score for 90-day overall survival of non-transplanted patients.

Keyphrases

liver failure
hepatitis b virus
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
acute respiratory distress syndrome
drug induced
respiratory failure