title: [To re-evaluate the clinical classification criteria of liver failure].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the clinical feature and more reasonable diagnostic typing criteria for patients with liver failure.
  
  
  METHODS
  13/21 cases of ALF, SALF with no past liver disease, 49/72 cases of with chronic hepatitis, and 23/73 cases ALF, SALF with liver cirrhosis, were analyzed respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  1 ALF patients (1). There exist significant statistic differences in ALB, ALT, CHE in three ALF groups.(2). It had statistic differences in those patients with hepatic encephalopathy.(3). The prognosis of the patients with chronic hepatitis group (42.85 percent) was best than that of chronic cirrhosis (26.09 percent) and no past liver disease (15.38 percent). (2) In SALF patients (1). There exist significant statistic differences in ALB, GLO, ALT, AST, BDIL, GLU and CHE in three SALF groups.(2). It had statistic differences in those patients with hepatic encephalopathy in three SALF groups.(3). The prognosis of the patients with chronic hepatitis group (51.39 percent) was best than that of chronic cirrhosis (36.85 percent) and no past liver disease (33.33 percent).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are different clinic feature and prognosis in three ALF or SALF groups, so we suggest that it were clinic practicability and science in classify of liver failure at present.
authors.affiliation: The 302 Hospital of PLA, Beijing, 100039 China.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.forename: Yu-kun
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Geng
authors.forename: Xiu-juan
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Ju-mei
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000145:classification*; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000145:classification; D011379:Prognosis