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作者: Kim, Dong Joon ; Kim, Jung Hee ; Kim, In Hee ; Kim, Ji Hoon ; Park, Jung Gil ; Seo, Yeon Seok ; Lee, Han Ah ; Chae, Hee Bok ; Nam, Seung Woo ; Kim, Hyoungsu ; Jung, Young-Kul ; Jin, Young-Joo ; Kim, Byung Seok ; Jeong, Soung Won ; Yang, Jin Mo ; Yoo, Jeong Ju ; Kim, Won ; Chung, Woo Jin ; Jang, Jae-Young ; Cho, Ju Yeon ; Sinn, Dong Hyun ; Kim, Tae Hyung ; Suk, Ki Tae ; Yim, Hyung Joon ; Yoon, Eileen L. ; Kim, Sang Gyune ; Cho, Hyun Chin ; Kang, Seong Hee ; Park, Ji Won ; Kim, Moon Young ; Kim, Yoon Jun ; Kim, Hwi Young ; Kim, Sung-Eun ; Song, Do Seon ; Kwon, Jung Hyun ; Kim, Hee Yeon ; Sohn, Joo Hyun ; Cheon, Gab Jin ; Lee, Sung Won
BACKGROUND/AIMSAcute decompensation (AD) is defined as the development of complications related to portal hypertension and liver dysfunction that affect the progression of chronic liver disease (CLD) or liver cirrhosis (LC). Variations exist in patient demographics and prognostic outcomes of AD based on the aetiology of CLD, encompassing LC. However, limited research has been conducted to analyse these discrepancies across aetiologies.METHODSThe prospective Korean Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (KACLiF) cohort consisted of 1,501 patients who were hospitalized with AD of CLD from July 2015 to August 2018. In this study, we assess the clinical attributes and prognostic implications of AD with CLD/LC stratified by the aetiology.RESULTSAmong 1,501 patients, the mean age was 54.7 years old and 1,118 patients (74.5%) were men. The common events of AD were GI bleeding (35.3%) and jaundice (35.0%). There was a median follow-up of 8.0 months (1.0-16.0 months). The most common aetiology of CLD was alcohol (n = 1021), followed by viral hepatitis (n = 206), viral hepatitis with alcohol-related (n = 129), cryptogenic (n = 108) and autoimmune (n = 37). Viral hepatitis with alcohol-related CLD showed a poor liver function profile and a high frequency of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) [22.1% vs. 19.6% (alcohol CLD), 8.1% (viral CLD), 5.6% (autoimmune related CLD and 16.0% (cryptogenic CLD)] with worse adverse outcomes (mortality or liver transplantation) than other aetiologies. The difference in aetiology was a significant factor for 28-day adverse outcomes in multivariate analysis even in a high MELD score (≥15), which indicated poor baseline liver function and prognosis (p < 0.001).CONCLUSIONThe aetiology of CLD constitutes a pivotal determinant influencing both short- and long-term adverse outcomes of AD in CLD, even among individuals presenting with elevated MELD scores. Notably, patients afflicted with viral hepatitis should exercise caution even in the consumption of modest quantities of alcohol that induced the exacerbations in the adverse outcomes associated with AD.