Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) precipitated by severe alcoholic hepatitis: another collateral damage of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Gut. 2022 May;71(5):1036-1038. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2021-325278. Epub 2021 Jun 17.
No abstract available

Keywords: alcohol-induced injury; alcoholic liver disease; chronic liver disease; liver cirrhosis.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure* / etiology
  • COVID-19* / complications
  • Hepatitis, Alcoholic* / complications
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis / epidemiology
  • Pandemics
  • Prognosis