AIM: To study the prevalence, characteristics, risk factors and mortality at 28 d of @entity879 ( @entity879 ). METHODS: A total of 100 cirrhotic @entity1 admitted to our hospital for more than one day were included during the period between June 2013 and December 2015. We used the European Association for the Study of the @entity1578 -Consortium diagnostic criteria for @entity879 , considering it as the acute decompensation of @entity82 associated with the presence of one or more organ failure. For the diagnosis of organic failure the @entity1578 -Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score was used. Our population was divided into @entity1 with and without @entity879 . Clinical characteristics, presence of precipitating events, potential risk factors for developing @entity879 and causes of mortality were analyzed. Mortality at 28 d was evaluated. RESULTS: Twenty-nine @entity1 (29%) developed @entity879 criteria. @entity988 , detected in 58 @entity1 (58%), was the major etiological agent of @entity82 . @entity2348 were recognized as a precipitating event in 41.3% of cases and @entity360 in 27.5%. No precipitating event was identifiable in 27.5% of @entity1 with @entity879 . Comparing @entity1 with and without @entity879 , statistically significant risk factors were: @entity1 Pugh score 10.2    2.1 vs 8.4    1.6 (P    0.0001), MELD score 20.7    8.5 vs 12.3    4 (P    0.0001), presence of ascites 27 (93%) vs 43 (60.5%) (P = 0.001), leukocytosis 15300    8033 per cubic millimeter vs 10770    5601 per cubic millimeter (P    0.0001), and high plasma levels of @entity1851 values 50.9          46.4 mg/L vs 28.6    23.4 mg/L (P    0.0019). Mortality rate was 62% (18 @entity1 ) vs 5.6% (4 @entity1 ), respectively (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: We observed that the @entity879 is a frequent entity in this group of @entity1 and has a significantly higher mortality rate.

Prevalence and risk factors of XXXX in a single center from Argentina.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Child', 'patients'] @entity82 :: ('MESH:D005355', 'Disease') :: ['cirrhosis'] @entity879 :: ('MESH:D017114', 'Disease') :: ['acute-on-chronic liver failure', 'ACLF'] @entity988 :: ('MESH:D000437', 'Disease') :: ['Alcoholism'] @entity2348 :: ('MESH:D001424', 'Disease') :: ['Bacterial infections'] @entity1578 :: ('MESH:D017093', 'Disease') :: ['Chronic Liver Failure', 'Liver-Chronic Liver Failure'] @entity360 :: ('MESH:D006471', 'Disease') :: ['gastrointestinal bleeding'] @entity1851 :: ('1401', 'Gene') :: ['C reactive protein']
@entity879 :: (MESH:D017114,Disease) :: ['acute-on-chronic liver failure']
