Lactate-albumin ratio as a predictor of mortality in patients with acute on chronic liver failure in a third-level care hospital in Mexico

Autor: Guadalupe Zafra-Hernández, Karla E. Pérez-Reséndiz, Rosalba Moreno-Alcantar, Ricardo Sandoval-Salas
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Annals of Hepatology, Vol 29, Iss , Pp 101442- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1665-2681
DOI: 10.1016/j.aohep.2024.101442
Popis: Introduction and Objectives: Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is an abrupt worsening of clinical conditions in patients with chronic liver disease. It has a higher mortality rate with respect to patients who do not develop this entity (33.9% vs. 4.7%). The lactate/albumin ratio is a statistically significant predictor (p
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