Acute Disease ; Fatty Liver/diagnosis* ; Female ; Humans ; Liver ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Complications/diagnosis*

The expert panel of American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases published Practice guidance on acute-on-chronic liver failure and the management of critically ill patients with cirrhosis on November 9， 2023 in Hepatology. This practice guidance elaborates on the definition of acute-on-chronic liver failure， prediction models， and the management of liver cirrhosis comorbid with acute-on-chronic liver failure and organ failure in critically ill patients， and this article gives an excerpt of the key points in the practice guidance.