Survival in infection-related acute-on-chronic liver failure is defined by extrahepatic organ failures.

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Published in Hepatology on May 29, 2014

Authors

Jasmohan S Bajaj1, Jacqueline G O'Leary, K Rajender Reddy, Florence Wong, Scott W Biggins, Heather Patton, Michael B Fallon, Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, Benedict Maliakkal, Raza Malik, Ram M Subramanian, Leroy R Thacker, Patrick S Kamath, North American Consortium For The Study Of End-Stage Liver Disease Nacseld, North American Consortium For The Study Of End-Stage Liver Disease (NACSELD)

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University and McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA.

Associated clinical trials:

A Validation Cohort for ACLF Diagnosis and Prognosis (Ch-CANONIC-Val) | NCT03641872

Usefulness of the Variation of the CLIF-C ACLF Score in Patients With Acute on Chronic Liver Failure (ARIHAC) | NCT04186572

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