Early determination of prognosis is very important in patients with HBV-ACLF, as it can be used to guide clinical management and to decrease the high short-term mortality rate.
The MELD and the MELD-Na scores have been widely used to predict the outcome of end- stage liver disease.
Recently, 2 large prospective multicentre cohorts of ACLF, the CANONIC study and the COSSH study, indicated that ACLF has regional phenotypic specificities due to the disease aetiology and precipitants.
The aim of this study was to develop a new simplified prognostic score to accurately predict outcomes in patients with HBV-ACLF (and replace CLIF-C, ACLF (CLIFC ACLF) and the COSSH-ACLF scores.