[PDF][PDF] Liver transplantation for acute‐on‐chronic liver failure: science or fiction?

J Trebicka, V Sundaram, R Moreau, R Jalan… - Liver …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Acute clinical deterioration of a patient with chronic liver disease remains a decisive time
point both in terms of medical management and prognosis. This condition, also known as …

Liver transplantation in acute-on-chronic liver failure

CJ Karvellas, C Francoz, E Weiss - Transplantation, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Liver transplantation (LT) has revolutionized outcomes for cirrhotic patients. Current liver
allocation policies dictate patients with highest short-term mortality receive the highest …

EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on acute-on-chronic liver failure

R Moreau, M Tonon, A Krag, P Angeli, M Berenguer… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), which was described relatively recently (2013), is a
severe form of acutely decompensated cirrhosis characterised by the existence of organ …

[PDF][PDF] Patients with acute on chronic liver failure grade 3 have greater 14‐day waitlist mortality than status‐1a patients

V Sundaram, P Shah, RJ Wong, CJ Karvellas… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Patients listed for liver transplantation (LT) as status 1a currently receive the highest priority
on the waiting list. The presence of acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF) with three or more …

AASLD Practice guidance on Acute-on-chronic liver failure and the management of critically Ill patients with cirrhosis

CJ Karvellas, JS Bajaj, PS Kamath, L Napolitano… - Hepatology, 2024 - journals.lww.com
The clinical stages of cirrhosis have traditionally been divided into a compensated phase
with no complications and a decompensated phase that manifests with complications of …

[PDF][PDF] Longterm outcomes of patients undergoing liver transplantation for acute‐on‐chronic liver failure

V Sundaram, N Mahmud, G Perricone… - Liver …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent data have demonstrated> 80% 1‐year survival probability after liver transplantation
(LT) for patients with severe acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF). However, longterm …

Systematic review with meta‐analysis: liver transplant provides survival benefit in patients with acute on chronic liver failure

MA Abdallah, M Waleed, MG Bell… - Alimentary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Data on liver transplantation (LT) in acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF) are
scanty. Aim To perform meta‐analysis on outcomes after LT for ACLF compared with ACLF …

Management of the acute on chronic liver failure in the intensive care unit

CJ Karvellas, T Gustot, J Fernandez - Liver International, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF) reflects the development of organ failure (s) in a patient
with cirrhosis and is associated with high short‐term mortality. Given that ACLF has many …

Healthcare utilization and outcomes of living donor liver transplantation for patients with APASL-defined acute-on-chronic liver failure

AV Kulkarni, R Reddy, M Sharma, S Iyengar… - Hepatology …, 2023 - Springer
Background Liver transplantation (LT) is associated with excellent survival in patients with
acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF). There is a lack of data assessing the healthcare …

Liver transplant outcomes in India

NS Choudhary, P Bhangui, AS Soin - Clinical liver disease, 2022 - journals.lww.com
It was only in 1998 that the first successful deceased donor liver transplant (DDLT) and a
living donor LT (LDLT) were performed in India. 1 Currently, more than 1800 liver …