2020
Models 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
2019
Risk prediction scores for acute on chronic liver failure development and mortality
Mahmud N, Hubbard RA, Kaplan DE, Taddei TH, Goldberg DS. Risk prediction scores for acute on chronic liver failure development and mortality. Liver International 2019, 40: 1159-1167. PMID: 31840390, PMCID: PMC7371261, DOI: 10.1111/liv.14328.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort-term mortalityRisk prediction scoreACLF mortalityACLF scoreLiver diseaseChronic Liver Failure Consortium ACLF scoreChronic liver failure developmentCLIF-C ACLF scoreStable chronic liver diseaseVeterans Health Administration databaseEnd-stage liver diseaseHigh short-term mortalityEarly transplant referralChronic liver failureRetrospective cohort studyEscalation of careChronic liver diseaseUnited States cohortMultivariable logistic regressionNovel risk prediction scorePrediction scoreHealth Administration databaseGood discriminationACLF criteriaIncident cirrhosis