Year 2017 / Volume 109 / Number 6
Editorial
Acute-on-chronic liver failure: a time to step forward

397-398

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2017.5054/2017

Javier Ampuero,

Abstract
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is defined as a syndrome characterized by acute deterioration of liver function on a chronic liver disease, associated with extrahepatic organ failure and high short-term mortality (≥ 15%). This concept represents a disruption in the traditional spectrum of liver diseases, particularly in liver cirrhosis. ACLF may appear during liver disease ranging from compensated to long-standing cirrhosis. Despite the heterogeneity of definitions, it is clear that ACLF results from different types of precipitants in patients with underlying chronic liver disease, mimicking the prognosis of acute liver failure. In this scenario, some new prognostic scores have been proposed instead of MELD or Child-Pugh scores. In the current issue, a retrospective Portuguese study (N = 177) carried out by Barosa et al. explored the usefulness of CLIF scores identifying high mortality rates among cirrhotic patients suffering from ACLF5.
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Received: 13/05/2017

Accepted: 16/05/2017

Online First: 24/05/2017

Published: 01/06/2017

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