European Association for the Study of the Liver
EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on acute-on-chronic liver failure
Clinical guideline · Tier 2, Specialist societies · EU · 2023
Current — checked with the publisher on 2026-09-01
https://www.journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S0168-8278(23)00244-1/fulltext
What this platform has drawn from it — 2 claims
- The EASL guideline on acute-on-chronic liver failure states that the routine use of artificial or bioartificial extracorporeal liver support, or of plasma exchange, is not recommended in acute-on-chronic liver failure outside investigative trials.
Summary of recommendations table, journal page 485
read on Extracorporeal liver support - The EASL guideline on acute-on-chronic liver failure states that although albumin dialysis can improve the severity of hepatic encephalopathy, there is no evidence that it improves the survival of patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure.
Summary of recommendations table, journal page 485
read on Extracorporeal liver support
How this record was checked, and what is doubtful about it
An erratum was published in August 2024 and must be retrieved alongside the guideline in Phase 3.
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