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Clinics in Liver Disease, 2006
Alcoholic hepatitis is a form of hepatic injury that carries a significant morbidity and mortality. The clinical presentation is that of fatigue, malaise, and jaundice in individuals who have abused excessive quantities of alcohol. Severity at presentation, traditionally calculated using the Maddrey Discriminant Function, determines outcome; the short ...
David A, Sass, Obaid S, Shaikh
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Alcoholic hepatitis is a form of hepatic injury that carries a significant morbidity and mortality. The clinical presentation is that of fatigue, malaise, and jaundice in individuals who have abused excessive quantities of alcohol. Severity at presentation, traditionally calculated using the Maddrey Discriminant Function, determines outcome; the short ...
David A, Sass, Obaid S, Shaikh
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Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 2002
Alcoholic hepatitis is a common clinical problem confronting gastroenterologists and hepatologists alike. The fundamental issue regarding treatment of this disease is its recognition on the part of the physician. Chronic alcohol abuse, fever, leukocytosis, jaundice, and encephalopathy are key symptoms and signs that should prompt consideration of this ...
Kester I., Crosse, Frank A., Anania
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Alcoholic hepatitis is a common clinical problem confronting gastroenterologists and hepatologists alike. The fundamental issue regarding treatment of this disease is its recognition on the part of the physician. Chronic alcohol abuse, fever, leukocytosis, jaundice, and encephalopathy are key symptoms and signs that should prompt consideration of this ...
Kester I., Crosse, Frank A., Anania
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“Alcoholic hepatitis” in a hepatic adenoma
Human Pathology, 1987A unique hepatic adenoma developed in a 26-year-old woman who had used oral contraceptives for 10 years and Tolinase (tolazamide sulfonylurea) for adult-onset diabetes mellitus for five years. Clinically, radiographically, and grossly, the neoplasm showed the usual features of a hepatic adenoma, but microscopically it strongly resembled alcoholic ...
S, Heffelfinger +2 more
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Hepatic Angiography in “Alcoholic Hepatitis”
Radiology, 1968Hepatic malignant tumor is suspect in an alcoholic who shows progressive physical deterioration and poor response to medical therapy. Cirrhosis serves as a substrate for approximately 75 per cent of hepatocellular carcinoma (1). There are no reliable signs or symptoms or liver function studies, however, which differentiate cirrhosis with acute ...
J A, Rourke, M A, Bosniak, E J, Ferris
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Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2006
Acute alcoholic hepatitis (AAH) is a frequent inflammatory liver disease with high short-term mortality rate. In this review, relationships between alcohol abuse and the epidemiology and the outcomes of AAH are discussed, as well as AAH pathogenesis.
CECCANTI, Mauro +8 more
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Acute alcoholic hepatitis (AAH) is a frequent inflammatory liver disease with high short-term mortality rate. In this review, relationships between alcohol abuse and the epidemiology and the outcomes of AAH are discussed, as well as AAH pathogenesis.
CECCANTI, Mauro +8 more
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Alcohol and Alcoholism, 1990
Alcoholic hepatitis is a serious consequence of alcohol misuse and the usual precursor of cirrhosis. Risk factors, histology, pathogenesis, clinical features, prognosis and treatment are discussed in this review.
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Alcoholic hepatitis is a serious consequence of alcohol misuse and the usual precursor of cirrhosis. Risk factors, histology, pathogenesis, clinical features, prognosis and treatment are discussed in this review.
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Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 2001
Alcoholic hepatitis is a multisystem disease seen in individuals who chronically abuse alcohol. When severe, it is associated with a very high mortality rate, with nearly 50% of severely affected persons dying within 1 month of hospitalization. Primary therapy is complete alcohol abstinence and supportive care.
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Alcoholic hepatitis is a multisystem disease seen in individuals who chronically abuse alcohol. When severe, it is associated with a very high mortality rate, with nearly 50% of severely affected persons dying within 1 month of hospitalization. Primary therapy is complete alcohol abstinence and supportive care.
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Hepatic siderosis in alcoholics
Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 1979In a population of 157 (120 males, 37 females) predominantly British alcoholics with liver disease, the incidence of some degree of hepatic siderosis, as estimated by stainable parenchymal iron, was 57.3%. The incidence of significant siderosis (grades III and IV) was 7%, and was similar for both sexes.
A W, Jakobovits +2 more
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Medical Journal of Australia, 2007
Although early studies of hepatitis C indicated this is a serious disease, more recent evidence shows it can be relatively benign. A major determinant of hepatitis C prognosis is alcohol consumption. Promotion of alcohol abstinence among people with hepatitis C could result in substantial reductions in morbidity, mortality and treatment costs.
John M, Duggan, Anne E, Duggan
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Although early studies of hepatitis C indicated this is a serious disease, more recent evidence shows it can be relatively benign. A major determinant of hepatitis C prognosis is alcohol consumption. Promotion of alcohol abstinence among people with hepatitis C could result in substantial reductions in morbidity, mortality and treatment costs.
John M, Duggan, Anne E, Duggan
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Digestive Diseases, 2005
<i>Background/Aims:</i> Alcohol use and hepatitis C are prominent risk factors for liver injury and this review offers the current understanding of each factor’s effects on liver disease. <i>Methods:</i> A Medline database search was preformed for English articles with a focus on alcohol, hepatitis C and liver disease.
M Mazen, Jamal +2 more
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<i>Background/Aims:</i> Alcohol use and hepatitis C are prominent risk factors for liver injury and this review offers the current understanding of each factor’s effects on liver disease. <i>Methods:</i> A Medline database search was preformed for English articles with a focus on alcohol, hepatitis C and liver disease.
M Mazen, Jamal +2 more
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