Acute-on-chronic liver failure syndrome - clinical results from an intensive care unit in a liver transplant center
Conclusion: Acute-on-chronic liver failure patients presented with high clinical severity and mortality rates. The number of organ failures at intensive care unit admission and the lactate and international normalized ratio on day 3 were independent risk factors for 28-day mortality. We consider intensive care essential for acute-on-chronic liver failure patients and timely liver transplant was vital for selected patients.
Source: Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva - Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
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