Revista médica de Chile
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Revista médica de Chile · Nov 1995
[Vital prognosis in severe acute hepatic failure. Value of the quantitative indexes of evaluation].
The aim of this study was to assess the predictive value for mortality of admission and daily APACHE II score, mortality due to multiple organ failure and the Organ Failure Score in patients with acute hepatic failure. We retrospectively studied 15 such patients admitted to an intensive care unit. ⋯ The predictive accuracies of multiple organ failure and multiple organ failure score were 80% and significantly better than the accuracy of admission APACHE II score (53%). We conclude that these prognostic scores can be useful in the assessment of patients with acute hepatic failure.