Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure Defined by Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver Should Include Decompensated Cirrhosis

Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure Defined by Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver Should Include Decompensated Cirrhosis

Background and Aims: Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is an acute deterioration of chronic liver disease with high short-term mortality. The inclusion or exclusion of previously decompensated cirrhosis (DC) in the diagnostic criteria of ACLF defined by the Asian Pacific Association for the Stud...

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Main Authors: Manman Xu, Ming Kong, Pengfei Yu, Yingying Cao, Fang Liu, Bing Zhu, Yizhi Zhang, Wang Lu, Huaibin Zou, Shaoli You, Shaojie Xin, Zhongping Duan, Tao Han, Yu Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL)
acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF)
diagnostic indicator
mortality
decompensated cirrhosis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.750061/full

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