Clinical Trajectory and Predictors of Intensive Care Unit Mortality Among Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Patients: A Retrospective Case–Control Study

• Published in: Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 218 - 224
• Main Authors: Janini, Eiad, Fteiha, Bashar, Ramlawi, Imran, Mahamid, Mahmud
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Elsevier B.V 01.03.2023; Elsevier
• Subjects: FIB-4; ICU; mortality; NAFLD; NFS; Original; NAFLD; mortality; ICU; FIB-4; NFS; APACHE II score; SOFA score; ICU, intensive care unit; NFS, NAFLD fibrosis score; APACHE II score, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score; SOFA score, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score; NAFLD, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; FIB-4, fibrosis-4 index

Despite being the most common liver disease worldwide, the clinical trajectory and inpatient crude mortality rate of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) have not been thoroughly studied. We conducted a single-center retrospective case–control s...