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