Acute Liver Failure Etiology Is an Independent Predictor of Waitlist Outcome but Not Posttransplantation Survival in a National Cohort

Natalie Z. Wong, K. Rajender Reddy, Therese Bittermann – 2 June 2021 – The impact of acute liver failure (ALF) etiology on waitlist (WL) and posttransplantation outcomes, independent of severity of illness, is incompletely characterized. All adults (n = 1691) listed for primary liver transplantation (LT) between 2002 and 2019 with ALF due to acetaminophen toxicity (APAP), drug‐induced liver injury (DILI), autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), and hepatitis B virus (HBV) were identified in the United Network for Organ Sharing database.

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