Reply to: "Prevalence and short-term mortality in a national US cohort with acute-on-chronic liver failure"

Ruben Hernaez¹, Jennifer R Kramer¹, Yan Liu¹+1

• ¹Section of Gastroenterology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX Center, Houston, TX, USA; Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt), Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA; Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.