ALB and acute liver failure: However, as in our earlier report [1], we again found that lower levels of serum albumin (< 2.8 g/dL, the critical value that defines Child-Turcotte-Pugh class C chronic liver disease) and RANTES (< median value of all samples run in the batch assay) at baseline were significantly predictive of those who were less likely to survive for at least 6 months (in subjects with acute DILI without acute liver failure).