Articles tagged "Alcohol"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Heterogeneity in Center Practices in Liver Transplantation for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease in the United States
N. Lim¹, A. Kwong², S. Jafri³, M. Jesse³, M. Kriss⁴, K. Nair⁵, A. Pillai⁶, A. Shingina⁷, A. Desai⁸
¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ³Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ⁴University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁵Community Health Network, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁷Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ⁸Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is now the leading indication for liver transplantation (LT) in the United States (US), particularly since LT has emerged as…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Meld Score <31 Predicts Spontaneous Recovery in Patients Listed for Liver Transplantation for Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis: A UNOS Database Study
Y. Bekki, G. Im, T. Schiano, S. Florman
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, RMTI, New York, NY
*Purpose: Alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) is the fastest growing indication for liver transplantation (LT) in the U.S. While spontaneous recovery (SR) can occur in patients with…
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…
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
N. Lim¹, T. Leventhal¹, M. Thomson¹, M. Hassan¹, J. Thompson¹, S. Chinnakotla², V. Kirchner², T. Pruett¹, R. Kandaswamy², V. Humphreville², A. Adams², J. Lake¹
¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Division of Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*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
R. Greenberg, G. Punchhi, H. Sung, K. Gianaris, M. Krach, K. Herrick-Reynolds, P. Chen, M. Levan, J. Garonzik Wang, A. Cameron
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*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
N. Lim¹, T. Leventhal¹, M. Thomson¹, M. Hassan¹, J. Thompson¹, S. Chinnakotla², V. Kirchner², T. Pruett², R. Kandaswamy², V. Humphreville², A. Adams², J. Lake¹
¹Divison of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Divison of Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*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
S. Panchal¹, D. Kaplan², D. Goldberg³, N. Mahmud²
¹Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Gastroenterology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Gastroenterology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
*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…