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Abstract
PURPOSE: To investigate the etiological characteristics of patients with liver failure in the past 10 years. METHODS: Clinical and investigational data in hospitalized patients with liver failure admitted from 2002 to 2011 were retrospectively analyzed. Standard definitions and criteria were used to assess disease etiology. RESULTS: Of these 3,916 patients, 3,429 (87.6 %) had acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), 114 (2.9 %) acute liver failure (ALF), and 373 (9.5 %) subacute liver failure. Viral infection was the most common cause of liver failure in the 3,295 patients (84.1 %). Hepatitis of unknown etiology was deemed responsible for 371 cases of liver failure (9.5 %). Drug-induced liver injury, alcoholic hepatitis, and autoimmune hepatitis led to 120 cases (3.1 %), 109 cases (2.8 %), and 19 cases (0.5 %), respectively. The most common cause of ACLF was HBV infection (87.3 %), while the main causes of acute and subacute liver failure were hepatitis of unknown etiology (39.4 %), viral infection (36.6 %), and drug-induced liver injury (19.3 %). Our data showed that the incidence of liver failure caused by HBV gradually decreased from 86.5 % in 2002 to 69.2 % in 2011. However, the incidence of hepatitis of unknown etiology, drug-induced liver injury, and alcoholic hepatitis was increased. CONCLUSIONS: HBV infection is the main cause of liver failure in China. However, the incidence of HBV-related liver failure has gradually decreased in the past 10 years. Hepatitis of unknown etiology has replaced HBV infection as the most common apparent cause of acute liver failure.
PURPOSE: To investigate the etiological characteristics of patients with liver failure in the past 10 years. METHODS: Clinical and investigational data in hospitalized patients with liver failure admitted from 2002 to 2011 were retrospectively analyzed. Standard definitions and criteria were used to assess disease etiology. RESULTS: Of these 3,916 patients, 3,429 (87.6 %) had acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), 114 (2.9 %) acute liver failure (ALF), and 373 (9.5 %) subacute liver failure. Viral infection was the most common cause of liver failure in the 3,295 patients (84.1 %). Hepatitis of unknown etiology was deemed responsible for 371 cases of liver failure (9.5 %). Drug-induced liver injury, alcoholic hepatitis, and autoimmune hepatitis led to 120 cases (3.1 %), 109 cases (2.8 %), and 19 cases (0.5 %), respectively. The most common cause of ACLF was HBV infection (87.3 %), while the main causes of acute and subacute liver failure were hepatitis of unknown etiology (39.4 %), viral infection (36.6 %), and drug-induced liver injury (19.3 %). Our data showed that the incidence of liver failure caused by HBV gradually decreased from 86.5 % in 2002 to 69.2 % in 2011. However, the incidence of hepatitis of unknown etiology, drug-induced liver injury, and alcoholic hepatitis was increased. CONCLUSIONS:HBV infection is the main cause of liver failure in China. However, the incidence of HBV-related liver failure has gradually decreased in the past 10 years. Hepatitis of unknown etiology has replaced HBV infection as the most common apparent cause of acute liver failure.
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