Reply to: "Mortality of acute-on-chronic liver failure: What is the role of obesity?"

Affiliations

¹ Section of Gastroenterology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, TX Center, Houston, TX, USA; Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt), Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA; Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: ruben.hernaez@bcm.edu.
² Section of Gastroenterology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, TX Center, Houston, TX, USA; Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt), Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA; Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

Comment

Ruben Hernaez et al. J Hepatol. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun;70(6):1301-1302.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.02.005. Epub 2019 Mar 5.

¹ Section of Gastroenterology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, TX Center, Houston, TX, USA; Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt), Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA; Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: ruben.hernaez@bcm.edu.
² Section of Gastroenterology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, TX Center, Houston, TX, USA; Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt), Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA; Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

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Prevalence and short-term mortality of acute-on-chronic liver failure: A national cohort study from the USA.
Hernaez R, Kramer JR, Liu Y, Tansel A, Natarajan Y, Hussain KB, Ginès P, Solà E, Moreau R, Gerbes A, El-Serag HB, Kanwal F. Hernaez R, et al. J Hepatol. 2019 Apr;70(4):639-647. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.12.018. Epub 2018 Dec 25. J Hepatol. 2019. PMID: 30590100
Mortality of acute-on-chronic liver failure: What is the role of obesity?
Sundaram V. Sundaram V. J Hepatol. 2019 Jun;70(6):1301. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.01.018. Epub 2019 Mar 8. J Hepatol. 2019. PMID: 30857781 No abstract available.