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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hepatology. 2017 Jan 19;65(3):938–949. doi: 10.1002/hep.28945

Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Parameters in 198 APAP-ALF patients stratified by Day 21 outcome.

APAP Alive Day 21 (n=99) APAP Dead Day 21 (n=99)
N Number (%) or median (IQR) N Number (%) or median (IQR) P value
Age 99 35 (28–43) 99 40 (30–48) 0.084
Sex (female) 99 75 (76%) 99 72 (73%) 0.63
Race 0.23
 White 99 83 (84%) 99 79 (80%)
 African-American 99 8 (8%) 99 15 (15%)
 Other 99 8 (8%) 99 5 (5%)
Organ support (days 1–7)
 Mechanical ventilation 99 64 (65%) 99 93 (93%) <0.0001
 Vasopressors 99 12 (12%) 99 69 (70%) <0.0001
 Renal Replacement therapy 99 27 (27%) 99 45 (45%) 0.0078
KCC 87 7 (7%) 87 16 (16%) 0.13
Coma Grade 3/4 (Worst days 1–7) 99 61 (62%) 98 91 (93%) <0.0001
ICP directed therapies (days 1–7)
 ICP Monitor 99 12 (12%) 99 21 (21%) 0.086
 Mannitol 99 22 (22%) 99 46 (46%) 0.0003
 Hypertonic saline 99 11 (11%) 99 14 (14%) 0.52
 Barbiturates 99 9 (9%) 99 20 (20%) 0.043
 Hypothermia 99 17 (17%) 99 14 (14%) 0.56
 Sedatives 99 70 (71%) 99 88 (89%) 0.0014
Blood products (days 1–7)
 Red Blood Cells 99 34 (34%) 99 50 (51%) 0.021
 Fresh Frozen Plasma 99 50 (51%) 99 76 (77%) 0.0001
 Recombinant VIIA 99 3 (3%) 99 5 (5%) 0.72
 Platelets 99 17 (17%) 99 36 (36%) 0.0023
ICU Complications (days 1–7)
 Seizures 99 3 (3%) 99 21 (21%) <0.0001
 Arrhythmias 99 25 (25%) 99 38 (38%) 0.047
 GI bleeding 99 8 (8%) 99 19 (19%) 0.037
 Abnormal CT 15 10 (67%) 12 8 (67%) 1.00
 Abnormal CXR 99 88 (89%) 99 83 (84%) 0.30
 Bacteremia/Blood stream infection 99 7 (7%) 99 10 (10%) 0.61
Cause of death
 Multiorgan failure 99 51 (52%)
 Cerebral edema 99 38 (39%)
 Unknown 99 9 (9%)
Listed for transplant 99 15 (15%) 99 23 (23%) 0.15

N: frequency. IQR: interquartile range.

ARDS: acute respiratory syndrome. CT: computed tomography. CXR; chest x-ray.