03 November 2020>: Original Paper
Comorbidity Burden May Be Associated with Increased Mortality in Patients with Severe Acute Liver Injury Referred for Liver Transplantation
Lindsey Steiner-Temnykh 1ABCDEF , Lara Dakhoul 2ABCDEF , James Slaven 3ACDE , Lauren Nephew 2BCDEF , Kavish R. Patidar 2BCDEF , Eric Orman 2BCDEF , Archita P. Desai 2BCDEF , Eduardo Vilar-Gomez 2BCDEF , Chandrashekhar Kubal 4BCDEF , Burcin Ekser 4BCDEF , Naga Chalasani 2ABCDEF , Marwan Ghabril 2ABCDEF*DOI: 10.12659/AOT.926453
Ann Transplant 2020; 25:e926453
Table 2 Underlying liver disease in patients surviving hospitalization vs. dying or undergoing liver transplantation within 30 days of hospitalization for acute liver injury. Data are shown as number (percentage).
All patientsN=18 | Hospitalization or 30-day survivorn=7 | Died or transplant within 30 daysn=11 | P-value | |
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Alcohol | 6 (33) | 5 (71) | 1 (9) | 0.04 |
Viral | 7 (39) | 2 (29) | 5 (45) | |
Autoimmune | 3 (17) | None | 3 (27) | |
Fatty liver | None | None | None | |
Other | 2 (11) | None | 2 (18) |