2020
Serum Levels of Metabolites Produced by Intestinal Microbes and Lipid Moieties Independently Associated With Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure and Death in Patients With Cirrhosis
Bajaj JS, Reddy KR, O'Leary JG, Vargas HE, Lai JC, Kamath PS, Tandon P, Wong F, Subramanian RM, Thuluvath P, Fagan A, White MB, Gavis EA, Sehrawat T, de la Rosa Rodriguez R, Thacker LR, Sikaroodi M, Garcia-Tsao G, Gillevet PM. Serum Levels of Metabolites Produced by Intestinal Microbes and Lipid Moieties Independently Associated With Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure and Death in Patients With Cirrhosis. Gastroenterology 2020, 159: 1715-1730.e12. PMID: 32687928, PMCID: PMC7680282, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.07.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute-On-Chronic Liver FailureAdultAgedBacteriaBiomarkersDatabases, FactualFecesFemaleGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHospital MortalityHumansLipidomicsLipidsLiver CirrhosisMaleMetabolomicsMiddle AgedNorth AmericaPatient AdmissionPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisProspective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTime FactorsConceptsDevelopment of ACLFSerum levelsClinical parametersStool samplesSerum metabolitesEnd-stage liver diseaseWhite blood cell countSerum samplesFecal microbiomeTertiary hepatology centersChronic liver failureDay of admissionMultiple centersTime of admissionBlood cell countNorth American ConsortiumLevels of phospholipidsMetabolomic analysisHepatology centersHospital admissionLiver failureClinical featuresLiver diseaseACLFEstrogen metabolitesModels for acute on chronic liver failure development and mortality in a veterans affairs cohort
Xiao KY, Hubbard RA, Kaplan DE, Taddei TH, Goldberg DS, Mahmud N. Models for acute on chronic liver failure development and mortality in a veterans affairs cohort. Hepatology International 2020, 14: 587-596. PMID: 32519219, PMCID: PMC7656856, DOI: 10.1007/s12072-020-10060-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsACLF mortalityCompensated cirrhosisChronic liver failure developmentEnd-stage liver diseaseHigh short-term mortalityLarge North American cohortDevelopment of ACLFVeterans Affairs cohortAsian Pacific AssociationChronic liver failureEscalation of careNovel risk prediction modelShort-term mortalityMultivariable logistic regressionNorth American cohortRisk prediction modelGood discriminationACLF developmentACLF patientsACLF scoreLiver (APASL) definitionsMELD-sodiumTransplant evaluationRisk patientsCirrhosis patients
2014
Survival in infection‐related acute‐on‐chronic liver failure is defined by extrahepatic organ failures
Bajaj JS, O'Leary JG, Reddy KR, Wong F, Biggins SW, Patton H, Fallon MB, Garcia‐Tsao G, Maliakkal B, Malik R, Subramanian RM, Thacker LR, Kamath PS, Disease T. Survival in infection‐related acute‐on‐chronic liver failure is defined by extrahepatic organ failures. Hepatology 2014, 60: 250-256. PMID: 24677131, PMCID: PMC4077926, DOI: 10.1002/hep.27077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMean arterial pressureLower mean arterial pressureExtrahepatic organ failureChronic liver failureSpontaneous bacterial peritonitisUrinary tract infectionOrgan failureCirrhosis patientsHepatic encephalopathyIndependent predictorsLiver failureSecond infectionEndstage Liver Disease (MELD) scoreHigher white blood countBaseline independent predictorsDevelopment of ACLFNon-SBP infectionsLiver Disease scoreMore organ failuresWhite blood countNorth American ConsortiumDeterminants of survivalRenal replacementTract infectionsArterial pressure
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