ALLMedicine™ Alcoholic Hepatitis Center

Mar 26th, 2021 - We specifically evaluate the effect of malnutrition on the infection risks of patients admitted with alcoholic hepatitis using a national registry of hospitalized patients in the United States. Malnutrition is a common manifestation of alcoholic h...

Mar 26th, 2021 - The current article aims to review the latest literature on updates in therapeutics for alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD), integration of treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD) into the management of ALD, and the role of liver transplantatio...

Mar 25th, 2021 - Alcohol use disorder is the predominant cause of chronic liver disease globally. The standard of care for the treatment of alcoholic hepatitis, corticosteroids, has been shown to provide a therapeutic response in ∼60% of carefully selected patient...

Mar 25th, 2021 - Alcohol-associated liver disease represents a spectrum of histopathological changes from steatosis to advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis. The major goals of this retrospective study were to characterize the histologic features in patients with excess...

Mar 5th, 2021 - Severe alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is a highly lethal condition and it is still a challenge to predict the outcome. We previously identified and validated a composite score of hepatic 123-gene prognostic signature and the model for end-stage liver di...

Jun 30th, 2018 - The harmful use of alcohol has been estimated to cause approximately 3. 3?million deaths every year, corresponding to nearly 6% of all deaths globally.

Jan 17th, 2018 - Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) comprises a clinical-histologic spectrum including fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis (AH), and cirrhosis with its complications. Most patients are diagnosed at advanced stages and data on the prevalence and profile of ...

Apr 16th, 2017 - The purpose of this clinical practice update is to review diagnostic criteria for severe acute alcoholic hepatitis and to determine the current best practices for this life-threatening condition. The best practices in this review are based on clin...

Feb 27th, 2016 - Standard Definitions and Common Data Elements for Clinical Trials in Patients With Alcoholic Hepatitis: Recommendation From the NIAAA Alcoholic Hepatitis Consortia.|2016|Crabb DW,Bataller R,Chalasani NP,Kamath PS,Lucey M,|classification,standards,...

Oct 30th, 2014 - Alcoholic liver disease encompasses a broad spectrum of diseases ranging from steatosis steatohepatitis, fibrosis, and cirrhosis to hepatocellular carcinoma. Forty-four per cent of all deaths from cirrhosis are attributed to alcohol. Alcoholic liv...

Mar 26th, 2021 - We specifically evaluate the effect of malnutrition on the infection risks of patients admitted with alcoholic hepatitis using a national registry of hospitalized patients in the United States. Malnutrition is a common manifestation of alcoholic h...

Mar 26th, 2021 - The current article aims to review the latest literature on updates in therapeutics for alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD), integration of treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD) into the management of ALD, and the role of liver transplantatio...

Mar 25th, 2021 - Alcohol use disorder is the predominant cause of chronic liver disease globally. The standard of care for the treatment of alcoholic hepatitis, corticosteroids, has been shown to provide a therapeutic response in ∼60% of carefully selected patient...

Mar 25th, 2021 - Alcohol-associated liver disease represents a spectrum of histopathological changes from steatosis to advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis. The major goals of this retrospective study were to characterize the histologic features in patients with excess...

Mar 5th, 2021 - Severe alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is a highly lethal condition and it is still a challenge to predict the outcome. We previously identified and validated a composite score of hepatic 123-gene prognostic signature and the model for end-stage liver di...

Jan 29th, 2020 - Serum keratin 18, an epithelial protein released from dying hepatocytes, identifies patients with severe acute alcoholic hepatitis (AAH) at high risk for death, according to an investigation of 173 subjects. Standard biomarker scores – Model for E.

Nov 8th, 2019 - BOSTON – Treatment with novel agent DUR-928 may be able to reduce mortality rates among patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis, investigators predicted. In an open-label, phase IIa trial, 89% of patients with alcoholic hepatitis responded to tre.

Jan 22nd, 2019 - In recent years, the proportion of patients undergoing liver transplantation for alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) has doubled, suggesting a major shift in attitudes related to transplant indication, according to an analysis of registry data.

Oct 1st, 2018 - In the article by Agganis B, Lee D, Sepe T ( Liver enzymes: No trivial elevations, even if asymptomatic. Cleve Clin J Med 2018; 85(8):612–617, doi:10.

Jul 15th, 2018 - Alcoholism: A Global Disorder Consumption of alcohol-containing (ethanol) beverages is a worldwide cause of preventable alcoholic liver disease[1] and can add to the progression of other liver diseases, such as hepatitis C virus infection.[2] Alco...