hepatic and biliary disorders
Acute Liver Failure
Prognosis for Acute Liver Failure
Prediction of prognosis can be difficult. Important predictive variables include Degree of encephalopathy: Worse when encephalopathy is severe Patient age: Worse when age is<10 or>40 years PT: Worse when INR is prolonged Cause of acute liver failure: Better with Acetaminophen Poisoning , Various scores (for example, King's College criteria or Acute Physiologic Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation II [APACHE II] score) can predict prognosis in populations of patients but are not highly accurate for individual patients. 