Selection Criteria for Liver Transplantation for Acute Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis.
Clin Liver Dis
; 25(3): 635-644, 2021 08.
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| ID: mdl-34229845
ABSTRACT
Severe acute alcohol-associated hepatitis that is nonresponsive to medical therapy has an extremely high mortality. Liver transplantation is a feasible treatment option and available at certain transplant centers globally. Selection criteria for liver transplantation are not, uniform but there are important key criteria shared across protocols. Of equal importance to the management of liver disease is the treatment of alcohol use disorder. A thorough assessment of candidates involves input from an addiction specialist and psychiatrist. With careful selection practices, graft and patient survival among transplant recipients with severe alcohol-associated hepatitis is similar to other etiologies of chronic liver disease.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transplante de Fígado
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Alcoolismo
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Hepatite Alcoólica
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Hepatopatias
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Liver Dis
Assunto da revista:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article