Transient elastography (FibroScan) in critical care: Applications and limitations

Table 2 Potential clinical applications of transient elastography

	Clinical condition	Clinical applications
Patients without chronic liver disease	Acute liver dysfunction	Diagnosis. Prognostication
	Heart failure	Response to therapy. Prognostication. Prediction of complications like cardiac cirrhosis
	Left ventricular assist device placement	Prognostication. Therapeutic intervention. Prediction of complications like right ventricular failure
	General critically ill	Prognostication marker
	Pregnancy	Prediction of complications like preeclampsia
	Acute liver failure	Differentiate between acute and chronic liver dysfunction. Prognostication. Need for transplantation
Patients with underlying chronic liver disease	Chronic liver failure	Diagnosis of decompensation. Differentiation of aetiology. Severity assessment. Prediction of complications like portal hypertension, variceal bleeding, hepatocellular carcinoma. Response to treatment. Prognostication
	Post liver transplant	Prognostication. Acute transplant rejection