Bilirubin alone as a biomarker for short-term mortality in acute-on-chronic liver failure: an important prognostic indicator

Background and Aims. Acute-on-chronic liver failure has been recognized as a sudden deterioration of cirrhosis, with a high short-term mortality. Prognostic scores are used to assess liver dysfunction. However, there is not enough information on a score to predict short term mortality in those patie...

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Main Authors: Jorge A. López-Velázquez, Norberto C. Chávez-Tapia, Guadalupe Ponciano-Rodríguez, Vicente Sánchez-Valle, Stephen H. Caldwell, Misael Uribe, Nahum Méndez-Sánchez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S166526811930910X