https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30888628 Wilson disease
Hepatol Int. 2019 Mar 19. doi: 10.1007/s12072-019-09938-3. [Epub ahead of print]
AARC-ACLF score: best predictor of outcome in children and adolescents with decompensated Wilson disease.

Alam S1, Lal BB2, Sood V2, Khanna R2, Kumar G3.

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND AIMS:
Doubts have been raised about efficacy of New Wilson's index (NWI) in predicting LiverTransplant (LT) or mortality in decompensated Wilson Disease (WD) patients. APASL ACLF Research Consortium (AARC) has introduced a new score (AARC-ACLF) which has not been studied in children.

METHODS:
Data of all pediatric WD cases were prospectively collected and analyzed. Cox regression and Area Under Receiver Operative Curve (AUROC) analyses were used to identify best predictive score for mortality at 90 days.

RESULTS:
Sixty-six confirmed cases of decompensated WD, 39 (59%) improved on medical management and 27 (41%) either died (20) or were transplanted (7). Among those with NWI ≥ 11 (42/66 cases) 19 survived versus those with NWI < 11 (24/66), 4 died. NWI (HR 1.23, 95% CI 1.07-1.42, p = 0.005), AARC-ACLF (HR 1.66, 95% CI 1.34-2.05, p = 0.000) and Chronic Liver Failure-Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score also known as CLIF-SOFA (HR 1.31, 95% CI 1.13-1.50, p = 0.000) were all significantly associated with death on univariate Cox regression analysis. On comparative evaluation of the predictive scores in the present cohort, the highest positive (6.02) and lowest negative (0.09) likelihood ratios as well as highest accuracy (87.88%) revealed AARC-ACLF as the best predictor of mortality. AARC-ACLF had the best predictability with AUROC of 0.939 and the minimum standard error of 0.027. For every unit increase in AARC-ACLF score, there is likelihood of 66% increase in 90 day mortality. The optimal cutoff for the AARC-ACLF score to predict mortality was 11 or more.

CONCLUSION:
AARC-ACLF is the best score for the prediction of mortality at 90 days in decompensated WD cases.

Published on: 
Mar-2019

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