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