title: Liver: Acute-on-chronic liver failure--no longer an entity without definition.
abstract: Although clinicians instinctively recognise acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), heretofore we have had no way of accurately studying the syndrome, as no definition of this entity existed. A consortium of European centres has finally offered a definition of ACLF and proposed a prognostic index based upon easily obtained features of patients with decompensated cirrhosis.
authors.affiliation: Hume-Lee Transplant Center of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
authors.forename: R Todd
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Stravitz
mesh_terms: D058625:End Stage Liver Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male