2022 American Transplant Congress
Chronic Ethanol Exposure Prolongs Murine Allograft Survival
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
*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
*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
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
*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
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…2021 American Transplant Congress
Systematic Implementation of Alcohol Screening Program Using Urine Ethyl Glucuronide Can Identify Post-transplant Alcohol Use and Aid Return to Sobriety in Liver Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Rates of liver transplantation (LT) for alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) are increasing, particularly in patients with acute alcoholic hepatitis. Post-LT alcohol (ETOH) use has…2021 American Transplant Congress
“A New Lease on Life”: Patient Perceptions After Early Liver Transplantation for Alcohol-Related Liver Disease
*Purpose: At some centers, alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) patients, who are unlikely to survive six months without a liver transplant (LT), are selected to receive…2021 American Transplant Congress
Serum Phosphatidylethanol is Superior to Urine Ethyl Glucuronide for Diagnosis of Alcohol Relapse in Liver Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) for alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) is increasing. The primary issue in these patients is often recidivism, therefore screening for ETOH use…2021 American Transplant Congress
Algorithms to Identify Alcoholic Hepatitis Hospitalizations in Patients with Cirrhosis
*Purpose: With the rising proportion of patients receiving liver transplantation for alcoholic hepatitis, it is important to identify methods of ascertaining hospitalizations with alcoholic hepatitis…
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