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Pediatric Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure.
Alam, Seema; Lal, Bikrant Bihari.
Afiliação
  • Alam S; Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, 110070, India. seema_alam@hotmail.com.
  • Lal BB; Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, 110070, India.
Indian J Pediatr ; 91(4): 374-382, 2024 Apr.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37347440
ABSTRACT
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is characterized by an acute hepatic insult happening in a patient with underlying cirrhosis with compromised hepatic reserve leading to development of systemic inflammation, sepsis, and organ failure resulting in poor outcome in majority. While Asia Pacific Association for Study of Liver Diseases (APASL) emphasizes on early diagnosis before development of organ failure, European Association for Study of Liver Diseases (EASL) mandates the presence of organ failures to define ACLF. There is a lack of consensus definition of pediatric ACLF although recent APASL guidelines have tried to address the issue. While Wilson disease (WD) and autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) are the most common cause of underlying cirrhosis in children, acute viral hepatitis and flares of WD and AIH are the commonest acute precipitating events. Poor outcomes [death and liver transplantation (LT)] ranging from 19 to 59% have been reported. Prognosis in pediatric ACLF is usually better than that in adults due to greater proportion of treatable etiologies, lesser organ failures, comorbidities and better hepatic reserves. APASL ACLF Research Consortium (AARC) score more than or equal to 11 is predictive of poor 28-90 d mortality. Treatment of pediatric ACLF relies mainly on prompt diagnosis and medical management of a potentially treatable etiology of underlying cirrhosis. Bridging therapies, especially high volume plasma exchange can be initiated early as a bridge to LT or native liver recovery. Those with no improvement in 4-7 d should undergo LT before development of sepsis or multi-organ failure.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transplante de Fígado / Sepse / Insuficiência Hepática Crônica Agudizada Tipo de estudo: Guideline / Prognostic_studies / Screening_studies Limite: Adult / Child / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Indian J Pediatr Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Índia

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transplante de Fígado / Sepse / Insuficiência Hepática Crônica Agudizada Tipo de estudo: Guideline / Prognostic_studies / Screening_studies Limite: Adult / Child / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Indian J Pediatr Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Índia
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