Liver Elastography in Acute Liver Failure: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to assess the feasibility and reliability of sequential ultrasonographic and elastographic monitoring in acute liver failure (ALF).

Design

Observational study.

Setting

ALF is a rare, life-threatening disease that requires intensive care admission and often liver transplant, where the accurate selection of patients is crucial. Liver elastography is a noninvasive tool that can measure hepatic stiffness, but previous results have been inconclusive in ALF.

Patients

Patients admitted between October 2021 and March 2023 to the Liver Intensive Therapy Unit at King's College Hospital with ALF were recruited, with healthy control (HC) individuals and acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) used as controls.

Intervention

None.

Measurements

SUBMITTER: Trovato FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10857654 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature