TABLE 4

Prognostic scores of acute liver failure

Factor	King’s College criteria^37,66,67	Clichy criteria^66,69	MELD score⁶⁸	APACHE score
Age	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Cause of acute liver failure	Yes	No	No	No
Presence of encephalopathy	Yes	Yes	No	No
Presence of coagulopathy	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Serum bilirubin level	Yes	No	Yes	No
Serum creatinine level	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Sensitivity to predict poor outcome without liver transplant
Acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure	69%	75%	60%	68%
Acute liver failure from other causes	68%	69%	87%
Specificity to predict poor outcome without liver transplant
Acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure	82%	56%	69%	87%
Acute liver failure from other causes	92%	50%	65%

APACHE II = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; MELD = Model for End-State Liver Disease