Prevalence and short-term mortality in a national US cohort with acute-on-chronic liver failure

Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a recently recognised condition characterised by multiorgan failure in patients with decompensated cirrhosis and associated with high short-term mortality.1 –3

Source: Journal of Hepatology - December 24, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Ruben Hernaez, Jennifer R. Kramer, Yan Liu, Aylin Tansel, Yamini Natarajan, Khozema B. Hussain, Pere Gin ès, Elsa Solà, Richard Moreau, Alexander Gerbes, Hashem B. El-Serag, Fasiha Kanwal Source Type: research