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Observational studyLiver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver2015

Two-year outcomes in initial survivors with acute liver failure: results from a prospective, multicentre study.

Robert J Fontana, Caitlyn Ellerbe, Valerie E Durkalski, Amol Rangnekar, Rajender K Reddy, Todd Stravitz, Brendan McGuire, Timothy Davern, Adrian Reuben, Iris Liou and 9 more

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In one paragraph

Observational study in Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00518440 (A Multi-Center Trial to Study Acute Liver Failure in Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 27 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
8.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT00518440 completednot on this map

A Multi-Center Trial to Study Acute Liver Failure in Adults

TypeobservationalSponsorWilliam LeeRan1998 to 2019Enrolled3,488ConditionsAcute Liver Failure, Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Acute Liver Injury
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. [Acute Liver Failure: Current Updates and Management].The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi · 2023
    Review
  3. Drug-induced liver injury: a comprehensive review.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2023
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Clinical and Neurologic Outcomes in Acetaminophen-Induced Acute Liver Failure: A 21-Year Multicenter Cohort Study.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2021
    Article
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  12. Review
  13. Acute liver failure.Lancet (London, England) · 2019
    Review
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  15. Liver xenotransplantation.Current opinion in organ transplantation · 2017
    Review
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  19. HBV-Associated Acute Liver Failure After Immunosuppression and Risk of Death.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2017
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 14 institutions in 2 countries.

Robert J FontanaDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-0362, USA.
Caitlyn Ellerbe
Valerie E Durkalski
Amol Rangnekar
Rajender K Reddy
Todd Stravitz
Brendan McGuire
Timothy Davern
Adrian Reuben
Iris Liou
Oren Fix
Daniel R Ganger
Raymond T Chung
Mike Schilsky
Steven Han
Linda S Hynan
Corron Sanders
William M Lee
US Acute Liver Failure Study Group
Medical University of South Carolina · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USAnn Arbor VA Medical Center · USCalifornia Pacific Medical Center · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USNorthwestern University · PHUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USUniversity of Washington · USVirginia Commonwealth University · USYale University · US

Funding

A Multi-Center Study of Acute Liver Failure in AdultsU01DK058369 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI DURKALSKI, VALERIE L, FONTANA, ROBERT J · 2005 to 2019
$27.4M
Training Program in Gastrointestinal EpidemiologyT32DK062708 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Peter D.R. Higgins, Elliot Tapper · 2003 to 2026
$3.9M
NIDDK NIH HHS DK62708-01NIDDK NIH HHS DK U-01-58369NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK062708NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK058369
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND &

aimsThe long-term clinical outcomes in initial survivors with acute liver failure (ALF) are not well known. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of the 2-year clinical outcomes among initial survivors and liver transplant (LT) recipients that were alive 3 weeks after enrolment in the Acute Liver Failure Study Group (ALFSG).

methodsOutcomes in adult ALFSG patients that were enrolled between 1998 and 2010 were reviewed.

resultsTwo-year patient survival was significantly higher in the 262 LT recipients (92.4%) compared to the 306 acetaminophen (APAP) spontaneous survivors (SS) (89.5%) and 200 non-APAP SS (75.5%) (P < 0.0001). The causes of death were similar in the three groups but the time to death was significantly longer in the LT recipients (P < 0.0001). Independent predictors of 2-year mortality in the APAP group were a high serum phosphate level and patient age (c-statistic = 0.65 (0.54, 0.76)), patient age and days from jaundice to ALF onset in the non-APAP group (c-statistic = 0.69 (0.60, 0.78)), and patient age, days from jaundice, and higher coma grade in the LT recipients (c-statistic = 0.74 (0.61, 0.87)). The LT recipients were significantly more likely to be employed and have a higher educational level (P < 0.05).

conclusionsTwo-year outcomes in initial survivors of ALF are generally good but non-APAP patients have a significantly lower survival which may relate to pre-existing medical comorbidities. Spontaneous survivors with APAP overdose experience substantial morbidity during follow-up from ongoing psychiatric and substance abuse issues.

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AcetaminophenAdultFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLiver Failure, AcuteLiver TransplantationMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesStatistics, NonparametricSurvivorsTransplant RecipientsTreatment OutcomeAcetaminophenagecerebral oedemaliver transplantationprognosisregeneration

Identifiers

PMID25039930
PMCPMC4291312
OpenAlexW2018690209

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