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Liver transplantation for alcoholic cirrhosis: Long term follow-up and impact of disease recurrence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Background. Alcoholic liver disease has emerged as a leading indication for hepatic transplantation, although it is a controversial use of resources. We aimed to examine all aspects of liver transplantation associated with alcohol abuse.
Andrea M. DiMartini   +71 more
core   +2 more sources

How I treat… alcohol-related liver disease [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Medicine, 2019
Age-standardised mortality from liver disease in the United Kingdom has risen by 400% since 1970, with three-quarters of deaths from alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD). The 2013 National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death report found that only 47% of the patients dying in hospital from liver disease experienced 'good' care.
Luke D, Tyson, Heather, Lewis
openaire   +2 more sources

Diagnosis of alcohol misuse and alcoholic liver disease among patients in the medical emergency admission service of a large urban hospital in Subsaharan Africa ; a cross sectional study

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2013
INTRODUCTION: Uganda is among the top ten consumers of alcohol worldwide though there is little data on alcohol related liver disease. We describe alcohol use, alcohol misuse, and alcoholic liver disease among adults at the emergency admission service of
Christopher Kenneth Opio   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimated projection of incidence and mortality of alcohol-related liver disease in China from 2022 to 2040: a modeling study

open access: yesBMC Medicine, 2023
Background China has one of the highest numbers of liver disease cases in the world, including 6.4 million cirrhosis associated with alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) cases. However, there is still a lack of urgent awareness about the growth of alcohol
Meiyu Wu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intestinal fungi contribute to development of alcoholic liver disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This study was supported in part by NIH grants R01 AA020703, U01 AA021856 and by Award Number I01BX002213 from the Biomedical Laboratory Research & Development Service of the VA Office of Research and Development (to B.S.). K.H.
Ali Keshavarzian   +37 more
core   +3 more sources

Oxidative stress in alcohol-related liver disease

open access: yesWorld Journal of Hepatology, 2020
Alcohol consumption is one of the leading causes of the global burden of disease and results in high healthcare and economic costs. Heavy alcohol misuse leads to alcohol-related liver disease, which is responsible for a significant proportion of alcohol-attributable deaths globally.
Tan, Huey K.   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Identifying patients at high risk of decompensated liver disease through unscheduled care attendance data: a retrospective cohort study

open access: yesBMC Gastroenterology
Background Liver cirrhosis is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in those of working age. Mortality from liver disease in the UK has continued to rise over the past decade.
R. Swann   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality of Life in Chronic Pancreatitis is Determined by Constant Pain, Disability/Unemployment, Current Smoking, and Associated Co-Morbidities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
OBJECTIVES: Chronic pancreatitis (CP) has a profound independent effect on quality of life (QOL). Our aim was to identify factors that impact the QOL in CP patients.
Abberbock, Judah   +23 more
core   +2 more sources

Patients' Perspectives on Early Liver Transplantation in Alcohol‐Related Liver Disease

open access: yesHepatology Communications, 2019
Liver transplant programs in Canada require a period of 6 months of abstinence from alcohol before considering a patient with liver disease secondary to alcohol for transplantation.
Eric Wong   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alcohol-related liver disease: Time for action [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Hepatology, 2019
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Bataller, Ramon   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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