Patients drinking harmful levels of alcohol, with evidence of organ damage, are known to consult their GPs twice as often as the average patient; however, only 2–5% are known to primary care as harmful drinkers. This article aims to describe the epidemiology of alcoholic liver disease and ...
Nutrition intervention has been shown to play a positive role on both an in-patient and out-patient basis. Corticosteroids are effective in selected patients with alcoholic hepatitis, and treatment with pentoxifylline appears to be a promising anti-inflammatory therapy. Recent studies have indicated ...
Liver transplantation for patients with alcoholic liver disease remains very controversial. We review recent data which suggest that, contrary to earlier reports, many alcoholic patients with end-stage liver disease are able to meet stringent selection criteria and that these selected alcoholics achieve ...
Transient elastography for non-invasive evaluation of post-transplant liver graft fibrosis in children caution because their sensitivity in predicting fibrosis can be strongly influenced by the etiology of liver disease, severity of fibrosis, and patient age... V Tiziana,B Andrea,D Ezio,... - 《...
Alcohol, smoking and the liver disease patient. Best Pract. Res. Clin. Gastroenterol. 31, 537–543 (2017). Article PubMed Google Scholar Stickel, F., Moreno, C., Hampe, J. & Morgan, M. Y. The genetics of alcohol dependence and alcohol-related liver disease. J. Hepatol. 66, 195...
The diagnosis of alcoholic liver disease depends on demonstration of alcohol abuse, the presence of hepatic disease, and evidence that the disease is due to alcohol. Documentation of hepatotoxic alcohol intake depends on a combination of history from the patient and his or her family, blood and ...
Alcohol, smoking and the liver disease patient. Best Pract. Res. Clin. Gastroenterol. 31, 537–543 (2017). Article PubMed Google Scholar Stickel, F., Moreno, C., Hampe, J. & Morgan, M. Y. The genetics of alcohol dependence and alcohol-related liver disease. J. Hepatol. 66, 195...
In particular, chronic pancreatitis should be excluded even if the patient is asymptomatic.doi:10.1136/gut.19.11.1015Morgan, M YSherlock, SScheuer, P JGutMorgan MY, Sherlock S, Scheuer PJ. Portal fibrosis in the livers of alcoholic patients. Gut. 1978 Nov; 19 (11):1015–1021....
Only those physicians who have extensive experience with this procedure should perform the tube placement, and the patient should be carefully and continuously monitored.or steatosisnecrosis of liver cells
Long-term prognosis is determined by residual damage to vital organs (that is, whether or not cirrhosis has developed) and whether or not the patient continues to drink. Current therapy of alcoholic liver disease includes abstinence and correction of nutritional deficiencies. Other therapies are ...