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Etiology and outcome for 295 patients with acute liver failure in the united states

✍ Scribed by Schiødt, Frank V. ;Atillasoy, Evren ;Shakil, A. Obaid ;Schiff, Eugene R. ;Caldwell, Cary ;Kowdley, Kris V. ;Stribling, Risë ;Crippin, Jeffrey S. ;Flamm, Steven ;Somberg, Kenneth A. ;Rosen, Hugo ;McCashland, Tim M. ;Hay, J. Eileen ;Lee, William M. ;,

Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
122 KB
Volume
5
Category
Article
ISSN
1074-3022

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✦ Synopsis

Little information is available on acute liver failure (ALF) in the United States. We gathered demographic data retrospectively for a 2-year period from July 1994 to June 1996 on all cases of ALF from 13 hospitals (12 liver transplant centers). Data on the patients included age, hepatic coma grade on admission, presumed cause, transplantation, and outcome. Among 295 patients, 74 (25%) survived spontaneously, 121 (41%) underwent transplantation, and 99 (34%) died without undergoing transplantation. Ninety-two of 121 patients (76%) survived 1 year after transplantation. Acetaminophen overdose was the most frequent cause (60 patients; 20%), followed by cryptogenic/non A non B non C (NANBNC; 15%), idiosyncratic drug reactions (12%), hepatitis B (10%), and hepatitis A (7%). Spontaneous survival rates were highest for patients with acetaminophen overdose (57%) and hepatitis A (40%) and lowest for those with Wilson's disease (no survivors of 18 patients). The transplantation rate was highest for Wilson's disease (17 of 18 patients; 94%) and lowest for autoimmune hepatitis (29%) and acetaminophen overdose (12%). Age did not differ between survivors and nonsurvivors, perhaps reflecting a selection bias for patients transferred to liver transplant centers. Coma grade on admission was not a significant determinant of outcome, but showed a trend toward affecting both survival and transplantation rate. These findings on retrospectively studied patients from the United States differ from those previously gathered in the United Kingdom and France, highlighting the need for further study of trends in each country.

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