Body composition and short-term mortality in patients critically ill with acute-on-chronic liver failure

Body composition and short-term mortality in patients critically ill with acute-on-chronic liver failure

Background & Aims: Body composition is sex dependent and associated with an increased mortality risk in patients with cirrhosis. We evaluated whether it was also associated with short-term mortality in patients critically ill with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF). Patients and methods:...

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Main Authors: Thomas Mangana del Rio, Sophie-Caroline Sacleux, Julien Vionnet, Philippe Ichaï, Alban Denys, Antoine Schneider, Audrey Coilly, Montserrat Fraga, Alexandre Wetzel, Joachim Koerfer, Jean-Daniel Chiche, Faouzi Saliba, Darius Moradpour, Fabio Becce, Florent Artru
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-08-01
Series:JHEP Reports
Subjects:
Acute-on-chronic liver failure
Body composition
Cirrhosis
Intensive care medicine
Sarcopenia
Computed tomography
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589555923000897

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