The Development and Outcome of Acute‐on‐Chronic Liver Failure After Surgical Interventions

Leah Maria Klein, Johannes Chang, Wenyi Gu, Steffen Manekeller, Christian Jansen, Philipp Lingohr, Michael Praktiknjo, Jörg C. Kalf, Martin Schulz, Ulrich Spengler, Christian Strassburg, Andrés Cárdenas, Vicente Arroyo, Jonel Trebicka – 6 November 2019 – Acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a syndrome with high short‐term mortality. Precipitating events, including hemorrhage and infections, contribute to ACLF development, but the role of surgery remains unknown. We investigated the development of ACLF in patients with cirrhosis undergoing surgery.

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