By Kennedy Ferruggia, Assistant Editor
Children with a score of higher than 30 on the CHALF Score scale will need an emergency transplant.
In a new study conducted by Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), researchers have developed a Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Acute Liver Failure (CHALF) Score that will help clinicians predict whether a child in acute liver failure will need a transplant or if they could recover.
Acute liver failure is defined as a rare condition in which the liver begins to lose ability to function. Read the full article in Pharmacy Times.