Acute on Chronic Liver Failure: Causative Factors and Comparison of Prognostic Scores
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Background: Acute-on-chronic Liver failure (ACLF) is a distinct entity, different from patients with cirrhosis and de compensation. However, despite being a devastating syndrome with inordinately high mortality, the precipitating factors or prognostic scoring systems remain ill defined. We studied the precipitating factors, role of various factors on outcome and compared prognostic scores in predicting short term (30 days) outcome.
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