Determinants of long-term outcome in severe alcoholic hepatitis

2013125 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Jonathan R. Potts · Brighton and Sussex Medical School

Sumita Verma · Brighton and Sussex Medical School

Abstract

Estimated 5-year survival after index hospitalisation with SAH is 31.8% with alcohol relapse occurring in two-thirds of patients. Abstinence remains the only independent predictor of long-term survival. Novel strategies to improve abstinence after admission with SAH are urgently needed.

Topics & Keywords

Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Liver Disease and Transplantation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Volume 38, Issue 6, pp. 584-595

DOI: 10.1111/apt.12427

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