Tamara Alempijevic
Universisty of Belgrade,
Serbia
Title: Acute or chronic liver failure: Can we predict the outcome?
Biography
Biography: Tamara Alempijevic
Abstract
Acute liver failure (ALF) and acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) usually mandate management within an intensive care unit (ICU).Some current ICU prognostic models [Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE), Organ System Failure (OSF) and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA)] were used to stratify cirrhotics into risk categories, but few cirrhotics were included in the original model development. Liver-specific scores [Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) and model for end-stage liver disease (MELD)] could be useful in this setting. Th e aim of this presentation will be evaluation whether ICU prognostic models perform better compared with liver-disease specifi c ones in cirrhotics admitted to ICU, and it is possible to outline the best prognostic tool