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Acute‐on‐Chronic Liver Failure defined by NACSELD: The Impact on Prognosis and Futility of Care

O'Leary J.G. et al. should be congratulated for their manuscript on the validation of the NACLSELD Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) score for the prognostication of 30-day survival in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis [1]. The definitions of extrahepatic organ failures proposed in this score are different from its European counterpart, the CLIF-SOFA score, especially in regards to respiratory failure (RF) [2]. While O'Leary J.G. et al. defined RF as the need for bilevel positive airway pressure or mechanical ventilation, Moreau R. et al. used a definition more in accordance with the intensive care literature - a ratio of arterial pressure of oxygen / inspired fraction of oxygen (PaO2 /FiO2 ) ≤200mmHg. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.