Prognosis
Historically mortality has been unacceptably high, being in excess of 80%. In recent years the advent of liver transplantation and multidisciplinary intensive care support have improved survival significantly. At present overall short term survival with transplant is more than 65%.
Several prognostic scoring systems have been devised to predict mortality and to identify who will require early liver transplant. These include King's College Hospital criteria, MELD score, APACHE II, and Clichy criteria.
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