Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis (AAH) is a syndrome of progressive inflammatory liver injury associated with long-term heavy intake of ethanol. Mild to moderate forms of AAH frequently respond to alcoholic abstinence, whereas severe AAH is characterized by a poor prognosis. Up to 40% of these patients ...
Severe alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is an acute form of alcohol induced liver disease with a poor prognosis that is seen in the patients who consume large quantities of alcohol. The diagnosis of AH is based on the appropriate alcohol intake history and is supported with clinical and histological fea...
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Thus, enhanced macrophage activity, measured by serum levels of TNF-alpha and neopterin seems to be related to a worse prognosis in alcoholic hepatitis. Related ReferencesGonzález-Reimers, E.; Sánchez-Pérez, M.J.; Santolaria-Fernández, F.; Abreu-González, P.; De la Vega-Prieto, M.J....
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The acute illness may be more severe in the setting of other coinfections, such as simultaneous acquisition of hepatitis D, or with underlying liver disease such as alcoholic liver disease. The symptoms and jaundice generally disappear after 1 to 3 months, but some patients have prolonged fatigue...
It was also suggested that liver failure due to viral hepatitis might have a poorer prognosis. However, in type A and B ACLF in our study, the prognosis of HBV-ACLF was not significantly worse than that of ACLF with alcoholic liver disease. The prognostic impact of different etiologies, ...
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Liver inflammation is an important determinant of portal pressure and prognosis in cirrhosis. Patients with ACLF that occurs on the background of alcoholic hepatitis have increased plasma TNF-α level and also the highest portal pressures [81]. Indeed anti-TNF-α therapy has been shown to reduce...
sufficient. Furthermore,new indications for liver transplantation, such as acutealcoholic hepatitis[11], chronic steatohepatitis-relatedcirrhosis[12], or liver cancers[13], are either emerging or increasing. Hence, the shortage of organs is even more pronounced. Therefore, there is an...