Development of an organ failure score in acute liver failure for transplant selection and identification of patients at high risk of futility.

Development of an organ failure score in acute liver failure for transplant selection and identification of patients at high risk of futility.

King's College Hospital criteria are currently used to select liver transplant candidates in acetaminophen-related acute liver failure (ALF). Although widely accepted, they show a poor sensitivity in predicting pre-transplant mortality and cannot predict the outcome after surgery. In this study...

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Main Authors: Francesco Figorilli, Antonella Putignano, Olivier Roux, Pauline Houssel-Debry, Claire Francoz, Catherine Paugam-Burtz, Olivier Soubrane, Banwari Agarwal, François Durand, Rajiv Jalan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5716582?pdf=render

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