Researchers Create App to Predict Whether Child in Acute Liver Failure Will Need Transplant

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76350login-checkResearchers Create App to Predict Whether Child in Acute Liver Failure Will Need Transplant

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.

763500login-checkResearchers Create App to Predict Whether Child in Acute Liver Failure Will Need Transplant
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