Flow chart of study selection. (IMAGE) First Hospital of Jilin University Caption ACLF, acute-on-chronic liver failure; APASL, Asian-Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver; INR, international normalised ratio; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; TBiL, total bilirubin; WBC, white blood cell count. Credit By Xia Yu, Ruoqi Zhou, Wenting Tan, et al. Usage Restrictions Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted. License CC BY-NC Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.