A Multicenter Pilot Survey to Clarify the Clinical Features of Patients with Acute ‐On‐Chronic Liver Failure in Japan

ConclusionThe APASL definition was suitable for screening Japanese patients with ACLF including those whose conditions were triggered by gastrointestinal bleeding, while the EASL‐Clif Consortium criteria were useful for predicting outcome.

Source: Hepatology Research - January 17, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Nobuaki Nakayama, Hayato Uemura, Yoshihito Uchida, Tomoaki Tomiya, Akio Ido, Kazuaki Inoue, Takuya Genda, Yasuhiro Takikawa, Isao Sakaida, Shuji Terai, Osamu Yokosuka, Masahito Shimizu, Hajime Takikawa, Satoshi Mochida Tags: Original Article Source Type: research