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Review
. 2022 May 20;19(5):203-206.
doi: 10.1002/cld.1194. eCollection 2022 May.

PRO: Patients With Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Should Receive Priority on the Liver Transplant Waiting List

Rachel H Westbrook  1 , Elaine L Burrell  1 , Rajiv Jalan  1   2
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Review

PRO: Patients With Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Should Receive Priority on the Liver Transplant Waiting List

Rachel H Westbrook et al. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). .

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FIG 1
FIG 1
(A) Kaplan‐Meier’s 180‐day transplant‐free survival curves of patients based on their ACLF grade at days 3 to 7 (d3‐7 ACLF). (B) Probability of (180‐day) survival in patients with d3‐7 ACLF‐2 or ACLF‐3 without LT and in patients undergoing early (28‐day) LT. Reprinted with permission from Hepatology.5 Copyright 2015, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
FIG 2
FIG 2
One‐year survival of patients with LT according to ACLF grade. Reprinted with permission from Journal of Hepatology.4 Copyright 2017, Elsevier.
FIG 3
FIG 3
Death or removal from wait list within 90 days according to ACLF and MELD‐Na score. Reprinted with permission from Gastroenterology.3 Copyright 2019, American Gastroenterological Association Institute.
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