Search results for "Liver transplants"
Hospitalizations, liver transplants linked to alcohol on the rise across age, gender groups
Between 2005 and 2021, liver transplants associated with alcohol-induced liver disease saw a relative increase of more than 2,000% among women younger than 40 years of age in the U.S., and their liver disease hospitalization rate more than doubled, according to data from the National Inpatient Sample.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/22/7.htm
22 Nov 2024
More liver transplants occurring in patients with alcohol-associated liver disease
The increase from 2002 to 2016 can partly be explained by reductions in hepatitis C-related transplants but may also indicate changing perspectives on abstinence requirements, study authors said.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/25/4.htm
25 Jan 2019
Spotlight on alcoholic hepatitis during the pandemic
Recent studies found increases in patients registering for liver transplants and receiving them, as well as more hospitalizations for alcoholic hepatitis during the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/19/5.htm
19 Nov 2021
Spotlight on early transplants for alcoholic liver disease
Two studies showed that providing liver transplants to patients who hadn't abstained from alcohol for six months didn't reduce survival rates, while another found that relatively few patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis experience spontaneous remission.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/08/27/5.htm
27 Aug 2021
Spotlight on direct-acting antivirals
Studies of contemporary populations with hepatitis C virus infection demonstrated that treatment with direct-acting antiviral therapies was linked to improvement in several long-term clinical outcomes.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/22/5.htm
22 Feb 2019