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Identifying the Aetiology of Acute Liver Failure Is Crucial to Impact Positively on Outcome.
Children 2023 April 17
Management of children with acute liver failure is challenging. In this retrospective study, paediatric patients diagnosed with ALF at our centre, in the last 26 years, were divided into two groups (G1 = diagnosed from 1997 to 2009; G2 = from 2010 to 2022) and compared to see whether they differed with regard to aetiologies, need for liver transplantation (LT), and outcome. A total of 90 children (median age 4.6 years, range 1.2-10.4; M/F = 43/47) were diagnosed with ALF, by autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) in 16 (18%), paracetamol overdose in 10 (11%), Wilson disease in 8 (9%), and other causes in 19 (21%); 37 (41%) had indeterminate ALF (ID-ALF). Comparing the two periods, the clinical features, aetiologies, and median peak values of INR [3.8 (2.9-4.8) in G1 vs. 3.2 (2.4-4.8) in G2] were similar ( p > 0.05). The percentage of ID-ALF tended to be higher in G1 compared to G2 (50% vs. 32% in G2, p = 0.09). The overall percentage of patients diagnosed with Wilson disease, inborn errors of metabolism, neonatal hemochromatosis or viral infection was higher in G2 (34% vs. 13% in G1, p = 0.02). A total of 21/90 patients (23%; 5 with indeterminate ALF) were treated with steroids; 12 (14%) required extracorporeal liver support treatment. The need for LT was significantly higher in G1 compared to G2 (56% vs. 34%; p = 0.032). Among 37 children with ID-ALF, 6 (16%) developed aplastic anaemia (all in G2, p < 0.001). The survival rate at last follow up was of 94%. On a KM curve, the transplant-free survival was lower in G1 compared to G2. In conclusion, we report a lower need for LT in children diagnosed with PALF during the most recent period compared to the first era. This suggests improvements over time in the diagnosis and management of children with PALF.
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