Risk of different precipitating events for progressing to acute‐on‐chronic liver failure in <scp>HBV</scp>‐related cirrhotic patients

Abstract

PEs of bacterial infection, HBV reactivation, active alcoholism and superimposed hepatitis virus infection, but not GI hemorrhage or portal vein thrombosis, were risk factors for ACLF. There may be two types of patients with ACLF based on the differences in the clinical manifestation of the disease.