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ArticleAnnals of medicine2025

Prognostic indicators and outcome in patients with acute liver failure, sepsis and with and without shock: a retrospective cohort study.

Dan Wang, Xin Wang, Jinsong Mu, Zhidan Kuang, Junchang Zhang, Xianghong Lu, Xuemei Wang, Fang Lin

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Article in Annals of medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Dan WangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xin WangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jinsong MuDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Zhidan KuangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Junchang ZhangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xianghong LuDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xuemei WangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Fang LinDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4549-8757

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Abstract

backgroundSepsis or septic shock is associated with severe morbidity and mortality in patients with acute liver failure (ALF). This study aimed to explore the potential prognostic value of common clinical indicators in patients with ALF, sepsis and with and without shock. PATIENTS AND

methodsThe clinical, laboratory, and microbiological data of patients with ALF and sepsis or septic shock who were admitted to the intensive care unit from January 2014 to December 2019 were collected retrospectively. Clinical indicators, outcomes and the associations among them were analyzed and defined.

resultsOf 150 patients, 64 (42.7%) and 86 (57.3%) were divided into the shock and non-shock groups, respectively. Plasma procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP), and creatinine (Cre) levels, aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase (AST/ALT) ratio, and prothrombin time (PT) in the shock group and plasma PCT and Cre levels in the non-shock group were positively correlated with 30-day, 60-day, and 90-day mortality. Furthermore, plasma ALT levels were positively correlated with 60-day and 90-day mortality, and PTA showed negative correlations with 30-day, 60-day, and 90-day mortality in both groups. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the combination of plasma PCT and CRP levels, the combination of plasma PCT and ALT levels, and the combination of plasma ALT levels and PTA were found to be associated with 90-day mortality.

conclusionsClinical indicators, especially plasma PCT, CRP, and ALT levels, PTA, and their combinations were associated with poor outcomes in patients with ALF, sepsis and with and without shock.

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C-Reactive ProteinLiver Failure, AcuteProcalcitoninSepsisShock, SepticAdultAgedAlanine TransaminaseAspartate AminotransferasesBiomarkersCreatinineFemaleHumansIntensive Care UnitsMaleMiddle AgedAlanine TransaminaseAspartate AminotransferasesBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinCreatinineProcalcitoninAcute liver failurebiochemical parameterscoagulation parametersinflammatory parametersmortalitysepsis

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PMCPMC11636143

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