Publication: The incidence, etiologies, outcomes, and predictors of mortality of acute liver failure in Thailand: A population-base study
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2019-01-28
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1471230X
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BMC Gastroenterology. Vol.19, No.1 (2019)
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Kessarin Thanapirom, Sombat Treeprasertsuk, Ngamphol Soonthornworasiri, Kittiyod Poovorawan, Roongruedee Chaiteerakij, Piyawat Komolmit, Kamthorn Phaosawasdi, Massimo Pinzani The incidence, etiologies, outcomes, and predictors of mortality of acute liver failure in Thailand: A population-base study. BMC Gastroenterology. Vol.19, No.1 (2019). doi:10.1186/s12876-019-0935-y Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/51952
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The incidence, etiologies, outcomes, and predictors of mortality of acute liver failure in Thailand: A population-base study
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© 2019 The Author(s). Background: Acute liver failure (ALF) is uncommon but progresses rapidly with high mortality. We investigated the incidence, etiologies, outcomes, and predictive factors for 30-day mortality in patients with ALF. Methods: We conducted a population-based study of ALF patients hospitalized between 2009 and 2013 from the Thai Nationwide Hospital Admission database, which comprises 76% of all admissions from 858 hospitals across 77 provinces in Thailand. ALF was diagnosed using ICD-10 codes K72.0 and K71.11. Patients with liver cirrhosis were excluded. Results: There were 20,589 patients diagnosed with ALF during the study period with 12,277 (59.6%) males and mean age of 46.6 ± 20.7 years. The incidence of ALF was 62.9 per million population per year. The most frequent causes of ALF were indeterminate (69.4%), non-acetaminophen drug-induced (26.1%), and viral hepatitis (2.5%). Acetaminophen was the presumptive cause in 1.7% of patients. There were 5502 patients (26.7%) who died within 30 days after admission. One patient (0.005%) underwent liver transplantation. The average hospital stay was 8.7 ± 13.9 days, and the total cost of management was 1075.2 ± 2718.9 USD per admission. The most prevalent complications were acute renal failure (ARF)(24.2%), septicemia (18.2%), and pneumonia (12.3%). The most influential predictive factors for 30-day mortality were ARF (HR = 3.64, 95% CI: 3.43-3.87, p < 0.001), malignant infiltration of the liver (HR = 3.37, 95% CI: 2.94-3.85, p < 0.001), and septicemia (HR = 1.96, 95%CI: 1.84-2.08, p < 0.001). Conclusions: ALF patients have poor outcomes with 30-day mortality of 26.7% and high economic burden. Indeterminate etiology is the most frequent cause. ARF, malignant infiltration of the liver, and septicemia are main predictors of 30-day mortality.