Acute-On-Chronic liver failure (ACLF) is an emerging entity. The present study was undertaken to analyze the clinical profile and natural course of ACLF patients.ACLF was defined as per Asia Pacific Association for the Study of Liver consensus criteria 2009. Patients fulfilling these criteria with some deviations were included and prospectively evaluated for clinical profile, etiologies of acute decompensation (AD) and underlying chronic liver disease, and short-term natural course [3 months].Out of 123 patients with ACLF (mean age: 45.83 ± 12.05 years; male:female 109:14), 45.53
作者:Girish Kumar, Pati;Ayaskanta, Singh;Bijay, Misra;Debasis, Misra;Haribhakti Seba, Das;Chittaranjan, Panda;Shivaram Prasad, Singh
来源:Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology 2016 年 6卷 1期