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The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 1 Types of organ failure on admission in the studied groups

From: Clinical profile and outcome among patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure admitted in the intensive care unit

 

Ward group

ICU group

P-value

N

%

N

%

Cerebral F.

8

26.7

23

76.7

0.0003

Renal F.

25

83.3

18

60.0

0.086

Circulatory F.

1

3.3

10

33.3

0.0076

Hepatic F.

9

30.0

4

13.3

0.21

Respiratory F.

8

26.7

14

46.7

0.18

Coagulation F.

13

43.3

5

16.7

0.049

  1. Table 1 revealed that cerebral, coagulation, and circulatory failure showed a significant difference between the ward and ICU groups. Cerebral and circulatory failures are more common in ICU patients while coagulopathy is more common in ward patients. Renal failure is the most common organ failure in ACLF in both groups
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