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Table 2 Clinical outcomes, requirement of therapeutic procedures and medical expense in hospitalized patients with ALF during 2009–2013

From: The incidence, etiologies, outcomes, and predictors of mortality of acute liver failure in Thailand: a population-base study

 

Survived ≥ 30 days (n = 15,087)

Died within 30 days (n = 5502)

p-value

Length of stay (days)

9.7 ± 15.6

6.1 ± 6.5

< 0.001

Complication

 Acute renal failure, n (%)

2062 (13.7%)

2923 (53.1%)

< 0.001

 Septicemia, n (%)

1703 (11.3%)

2041 (37.1%)

< 0.001

 Pneumonia, n (%)

1370 (9.1%)

1156 (21.0%)

< 0.001

 Urinary tract infection, n (%)

585 (3.9%)

290 (5.3%)

< 0.001

Procedure during admission

 Liver transplantation, n (%)

1 (0.00007%)

0

0.55

 Renal dialysis, n (%)

188 (1.2%)

309 (5.6%)

< 0.001

 Ventilator, n (%)

1125 (7.5%)

2895 (52.6%)

< 0.001

Antibiotic usage, n (%)

381(2.53%)

156(2.84%)

0.22

Blood transfusion, n (%)

2470(16.4%)

2068(37.6%)

< 0.001

Plasma exchange, n (%)

3(0.02%)

8 (0.14%)

0.001

Costs per admission (USD)

959.4 ± 2884.1

1392.8 ± 2172.3

< 0.001

  1. USD United States dollars