RT Journal Article
T1 Case Report: Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: Making the Diagnosis between Infection and Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis.
A1 Sendra, Carmen
A1 Ampuero, Javier
A1 Giraldez-Gallego, Alvaro
A1 Sousa, Jose Manuel
A1 Serrano-Jimenez, Maria
A1 Romero-Gomez, Manuel
AB Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) represents a reversible syndrome associated with high short-term mortality, characterized by acute decompensation in patients with chronic liver disease and extrahepatic organ failure. Diagnosis and prognosis assessment is based on a newly developed diagnostic score, the Chronic Liver Failure Consortium Organ Failure score. Susceptibility to infections and systemic inflammation are typical triggers. The authors report a case in which a patient with alcohol-related cirrhosis was admitted to the hospital with acute decompensation and developed ACLF during hospitalization. This case led to an evaluation of the underlying process causing ACLF: infection versus acute alcoholic hepatitis.
PB Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
YR 2016
FD 2016-05-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/10076
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/10076
LA en
NO Sendra C, Ampuero J, Gallego ÁG, Sousa JM, Jiménez MS, Romero-Gómez M. Case Report: Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: Making the Diagnosis between Infection and Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis. Semin Liver Dis. 2016 May;36(2):181-6.
DS RISalud
RD Apr 12, 2025