Reply to JHEPAT-D-21-00702 and JHEPAT-D-21-00793

Firstly, the authors would like to thank Dr. Sundaram1 and Dr. Fischer et al2 for their interest in our paper.3 We also want to thank Dr. Fischer for providing some local data on a subgroup of patients with cirrhosis who were admitted into intensive care unit (ICU). Comparing their patients to the entire group of the patients in the global study, Dr. Fischer ’s patients were a lot sicker, by virtue of the fact that they required ICU care. Many of them had multiple complications of cirrhosis, multiple infection sites, many more of nosocomial infections which are usually associated with a worse outcome,4 had a higher qSOFA score or sepsis.
Source: Journal of Hepatology - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research