prognosis

Last reviewed 01/2018

Overall 1 year survival:

• children 80% (approx)
• adults 60% (approx)

Note that the cause of the liver failure was the most important variable in predicting survival:

• liver failure in patients with paracetamol poisoning and fulminant hepatitis A is the best with figures over 50%
• poorest prognosis was in patients with non-A,non-B hepatitis and those with idiosyncratic drug reactions (20-30%)