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Infections in Alcoholic Hepatitis. [PDF]

J Clin Transl Hepatol, 2022
Severe alcoholic hepatitis (sAH) is defined by a modified discriminant function ≥32 or model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) >20. Patients with sAH are in an immunocompromised state attributed to cirrhosis-related immunoparesis and corticosteroid use.
Kaur B, Rosenblatt R, Sundaram V.
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Update on Alcoholic Hepatitis [PDF]

Biomolecules, 2015
Alcoholic liver disease is one of the most prevalent liver diseases worldwide, and a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Alcoholic hepatitis is a severe form of liver injury in patients with alcohol abuse, can present as an acute on chronic liver ...
Natalie J. Torok
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Exploration and Validation of Key Genes and Immune Infiltration in Alcoholic Hepatitis [PDF]

Journal of Inflammation Research
Yingna Mei,1 Yitao Zheng,2 Xingfen Zhang,1 Ting Hu,1 Xiaoqing Zheng,1 Cui Zhang,3 Qinzhi Deng1 1Department of Liver Disease, Ningbo No.2 Hospital, Ningbo, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pancreatic and Gastrointestinal Surgery Division, Ningbo
Mei Y, Zheng Y, Zhang X, Hu T, Zheng X, Zhang C, Deng Q   +6 more
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Veillonella Bacteremia in Alcoholic Hepatitis [PDF]

Case Reports in Hepatology, 2021
Veillonella species are commensal bacteria of the human oral, gut, and vaginal microbiota that are rarely identified as clinically relevant pathogens.
Patrick Lee, Brandon K. K. Fields, Tom Liang, Michael P. Dubé, Seth Politano   +4 more
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Diagnostic performance of procalcitonin for bacterial infection in severe alcoholic hepatitis compared with C-reactive protein [PDF]

BMC Gastroenterology
Background Severe alcoholic hepatitis is a catastrophic disease with a mortality rate of up to 35–50% at 30 days. Bacterial infection is an important prognostic factor in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis, but it is difficult to detect the ...
Min Kyu Kang, Yu Rim Lee, Soo Young Park, Kwang Il Seo, Sang Soo Lee, Byung Seok Kim, Jeong Eun Song, Jun Sik Yoon, Young Mi Hong, Ki Tae Yoon, Woo Jin Chung, Seung Ha Park, Eunju Kim, Kyung Ran Jun, Jung Gil Park, Yang-Hyun Baek, Nae-Yun Heo   +16 more
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Moderate Alcoholic Hepatitis. [PDF]

Clin Liver Dis, 2021
The natural history of moderate alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is not well known. It is a frequent disease with a probable underestimated incidence compared with its severe form. Among the different prognostic scores predicting short-term mortality in AH, MELD seems to be the most accurate. The mortality of moderate AH is 3% to 7% in the short to medium term
Clemente-Sánchez A, Oliveira-Mello A, Bataller R.   +2 more
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Alcoholic Hepatitis: A Review [PDF]

Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2019
AbstractAlcoholic liver disease (ALD) represents a spectrum of injury, ranging from simple steatosis to alcoholic hepatitis to cirrhosis. Regular alcohol use results in fatty changes in the liver which can develop into inflammation, fibrosis and ultimately cirrhosis with continued, excessive drinking.
, SZABÓ Gyongyi
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Treatment of alcoholic hepatitis [PDF]

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia), 2002
Abstract  Alcoholic hepatitis is a common disease with an overall 1‐year mortality of 20%. Although the classical treatment for alcoholic hepatitis is abstinence, in some individuals abstinence alone is inadequate to promote survival and recovery. This is particularly true of patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis, who are identified by jaundice ...
Jacquelyn J Maher
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Alcoholic Hepatitis. [PDF]

Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken), 2021
Gougol A, Clemente-Sanchez A, Argemi J, Bataller R.   +3 more
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A Comparative Observational Study on the Effect of Leptin in Regulating Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha (TNF-α) in Patients with Alcoholic Hepatitis in a Tertiary Healthcare Setting

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
Background: Alcoholic hepatitis is a chronic liver disease characterized by jaundice and hepatomegaly, influenced by excessive alcohol consumption, elevated pro-inflammatory cytokines, and decreased leptin levels.
C. Sneha Shankari, Jawahar Ramasamy, V. Vigneswara Moorthi, Siva Kaliyamoorthy, Ravikumar Sambandam, P. M. Karthik   +5 more
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