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- Title
Nationwide survey for patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure occurring between 2017 and 2019 and diagnosed according to proposed Japanese criteria.
- Authors
Nakayama, Nobuaki; Uemura, Hayato; Uchida, Yoshihito; Imai, Yukinori; Tomiya, Tomoaki; Terai, Shuji; Yoshiji, Hitoshi; Genda, Takuya; Ido, Akio; Inoue, Kazuaki; Kato, Naoya; Sakaida, Isao; Shimizu, Masahito; Takikawa, Yasuhiro; Abe, Masanori; Abe, Ryuzo; Chayama, Kazuaki; Hasegawa, Kiyoshi; Inui, Ayano; Kasahara, Mureo
- Abstract
Background: The significance of the 2018 Japanese diagnostic criteria for acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) has not yet been evaluated. Methods: A nationwide survey was performed for patients with ACLF occurring between 2017 and 2019. Cirrhotic patients with a Child–Pugh score of 5–9 were diagnosed as having ACLF when liver failure (serum bilirubin level of ≥ 5.0 mg/dL and a prothrombin time international normalization rate [INR] of ≥ 1.5) occurred within 28 days after an acute insult. Patients who fulfilled either criterion (total serum bilirubin or INR) and/or those with indeterminate Child–Pugh scores at baseline were also enrolled. Results: Among the 501 enrolled patients, 183 patients (37%) were diagnosed as having ACLF. The etiologies of the cirrhosis and acute insults were alcohol intake/abuse in 114 (62%) and 75 (41%) patients, respectively. Sixty-eight patients (37%) were also diagnosed as having severe alcoholic hepatitis. The survival rate without liver transplantation was 48% among the ACLF patients and 71% in the remaining patients (P < 0.01). A multivariate analysis revealed that the disease condition was significantly associated with mortality, with an odds ratio of 2.025 in ACLF patients relative to the remaining patients (P < 0.01), and patient age and the number of organs with functional failure were also associated with mortality among the ACLF patients. Conclusion: The proposed diagnostic criteria for ACLF were useful for identifying cirrhotic patients with an unfavorable outcome following acute insults. A therapeutic strategy for patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis should be established, since such patients accounted for the majority of ACLF patients.
- Subjects
LIVER failure; PATIENT surveys; SURVIVAL rate; DIAGNOSIS; LIVER transplantation
- Publication
Journal of Gastroenterology, 2021, Vol 56, Issue 12, p1092
- ISSN
0944-1174
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00535-021-01834-8