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Articles tagged "Alcohol"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Social Determinants of Health and Biochemical Alcohol Relapse in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease

    K. Torosian1, F. Delebecque2, A. Liu2, D. Arellano2, S. Dave3, G. Schnickel4, V. Ajmera3

    1Internal Medicine, University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, CA, 2University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, 3Transplant Hepatology, University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, CA, 4Transplant Surgery, University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, CA

    *Purpose: Alcohol use after liver transplant is associated with higher rates of graft loss and increased mortality; however, there is limited data regarding the factors…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Pre-Transplant Self-Report of Length of Sobriety is Not Significantly Related to Early Return to Alcohol Use Post Transplant

    J. Esswein1, A. Powell1, H. Bruschwein2, S. Weinland1

    1Psychiatry, VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

    *Purpose: Many transplant centers in the United States require six months of abstinence from alcohol prior to liver transplant. Recently, there has been an increased…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Chronic Ethanol Exposure Prolongs Murine Allograft Survival

    D. Swift, M. Ford, W. Kitchens

    Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

    *Purpose: Alcoholic liver disease is the leading indication for liver transplantation in the United States, and patients are increasingly transplanted without the traditional six month…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    National Attitudes Towards Early Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease

    J. Mitchell1, K. Nijhar1, K. Herrick-Reynolds2, H. Sung1, P. Chen1, D. L. Segev1, E. King1, A. Cameron1

    1Department Of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2Department Of Surgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD

    *Purpose: Pre-transplant abstinence requirements, notably the 6-month sobriety guideline, limit access to liver transplant for patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis (SAH). This study examines the…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Survival of the Fittest: The Rise in Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Related Disease

    K. Lau1, A. M. Fagenson1, L. Szeto2, S. Gingipally2, K. Forde2

    1Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: The number of Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (OLT) performed for hepatitis C infection have decreased recently due to direct acting antiviral therapy. However, the number…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Surgical Outcomes of Limited Sobriety versus Standard Sobriety Liver Transplantation for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease

    S. Fu*, J. H. Pan*, A. Goel, A. J. Kwong, M. L. Melcher

    Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA

    *Purpose: Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is now the leading indication for liver transplantation. While 6 months of abstinence has been conventionally required before transplant, this…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Preferred Language And Disease Severity Predict Evaluation For Liver Transplantation Among Patients Admitted With Alcoholic Hepatitis

    D. J. Cloonan1, J. Broekhuis2, T. Coe1, S. Criss3, S. Li3, E. Bethea1, H. Yeh1, L. Dageforde1

    1Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 3Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    *Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) for alcoholic hepatitis (AH) without a sobriety period is a relatively new practice. While AH patients are no longer categorically excluded…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Renal Failure is Reversible in the Majority of Patients Transplanted for Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis: A Review of the UNOS Database

    Y. Bekki, G. Im, T. Schiano, S. Florman

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, RMTI, New York, NY

    *Purpose: The simultaneous liver-kidney (SLK) allocation policy in 2017 created Safety Net kidney allocation priority for liver transplant (LT) recipients with renal failure. Renal failure…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Public Acceptance of Living Donor Liver Transplant for Colorectal Liver Metastases: A National Survey

    E. Pope-Collins, M. Nickels, K. Dokus, J. Martens, E. Keller, R. Hernandez-Alejandro, B. Al-Judaibi

    University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

    *Purpose: Recent advancements in cancer treatment and post-transplant management have allowed for a wider population of living donor transplant candidates. We employed a national survey…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Alcohol Renal Syndrome: Alcohol Related Liver Disease for Liver Transplant is Associated with Renal Dysfunction

    J. Lee, K. Okumura, R. Misawa, H. Sogawa, G. Veillette, D. John, B. Partiula, R. Bodin, D. C. Wolf, T. Diflo, S. Nishida

    Westchester Medical Center / New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

    *Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) due to alcohol related liver disease (ALD) has been increasing in the US. Alcohol has been known to increase the risk…
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