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. 2022 Jan 19;12:786174. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.786174

TABLE 4.

DILI scale. Adapted from Fontana et al. (2009) and Aithal et al. (2011).

Drug-induced liver injury network (DILIN) scale (Fontana et al., 2009) DILI scale from the consensus of the international DILI expert working group (Aithal et al., 2011)
1 Mild Elevation in ALT and/or ALP levels, but total serum bilirubin <2.5 mg/dl and INR<1.5 Elevated ALT/ALP concentration reaching criteria for DILI but bilirubin concentration <2× ULN
2 Moderate Elevation in ALT and/or ALP levels, and serum bilirubin ≥2.5 mg/dl or INR ≥ 1.5 Elevated ALT/ALP concentration reaching criteria for DILI and bilirubin concentration ≥2× ULN, or symptomatic hepatitis
3 Moderate–severe Elevation in ALT, ALP, bilirubin, and/or INR levels, and the patient is hospitalized or an ongoing hospitalization is prolonged because of DILI.
4 Severe Elevation in ALT and/or ALP levels, total serum bilirubin is 2.5 mg/dl or greater, and there is at least one of the following: Elevated ALT/ALP concentration reaching criteria for DILI, bilirubin concentration ≥2× ULN, and one of the following:
 1) Hepatic failure (INR ≥1.5, ascites, or encephalopathy);  INR ≥1.5
 2) Other organ failure believed to be due to DILI event  Ascites and/or encephalopathy, disease duration <26 weeks, and absence of underlying cirrhosis
 Other organ failure considered to be due to DILI
5 Fatal Patient dies or undergoes liver transplantation because of DILI event Death or transplantation due to DILI