Liver Diseases, Alcoholic - Surgery
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Effect of alcoholic liver disease and hepatitis C infection on waiting list and posttransplant mortality and transplant survival benefit.

30 Jul 2009 Disease-specific analysis of liver transplant survival benefit, which encompasses both pre- and posttransplant events, has not been reported. Therefore, we evaluated the effect of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection ... Read more...

Quality of life following liver transplantation: a comparative study between Familial Amyloid Neuropathy and liver disease patients.

13 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: It has been demonstrated in many studies that quality of life can be improved after liver transplantation in patients with liver disease. Nevertheless, quality of life improvement in specific groups of transplanted patients such as those ... Read more...

A shorter duration of pre-transplant abstinence predicts problem drinking after liver transplantation.

24 May 2009 OBJECTIVES: Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease (ALD) can be complicated by abusive or "problem" drinking (PD) after transplant. There are limited data for evaluating the effect of pre-transplant abstinence on post-transplant PD. Few ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Liver Diseases, Alcoholic - Surgery'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Acute cellular rejection and its sequelae developing in a 42-year-old man after liver transplantation. 30 Jul 2009
• Survival benefit of liver transplantation: one size fits all or fits none? 30 Jul 2009
• Effect of alcoholic liver disease and hepatitis C infection on waiting list and posttransplant mortality and transplant survival benefit. 30 Jul 2009
• Quality of life following liver transplantation: a comparative study between Familial Amyloid Neuropathy and liver disease patients. 13 Jul 2009
• A shorter duration of pre-transplant abstinence predicts problem drinking after liver transplantation. 24 May 2009
• Management of alcoholic liver disease. 29 Apr 2009
• Patient with hepatitis B and alcoholic liver disease before and after liver transplantation. 20 Apr 2009
• Alcohol and substance abuse. 21 Feb 2009
• From the editors. 30 Dec 2008
• The transplantation candidate with alcohol misuse: the selection minefield. 30 Oct 2008
• Failure to fully disclose during pretransplant psychological evaluation in alcoholic liver disease: a driving under the influence corroboration study. 30 Oct 2008
• Predictors of relapse to alcohol and illicit drugs after liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease. 25 Oct 2008
• Illicit drug use and liver transplantation: is there a problem and what is the solution? 22 Jul 2008
• Psychiatric differences between liver transplant candidates with familial amyloid polyneuropathy and those with alcoholic liver disease. 30 May 2008
• Time please, gentlemen! 29 Apr 2008
• When good organs go to bad people. 30 Jan 2008
• Treatment of alcoholic liver disease. 30 Dec 2007
• Tacrolimus and cyclosporin doses and blood levels in hepatitis C and alcoholic liver disease patients after liver transplantation. 30 Dec 2007
• A critical review of candidacy for orthotopic liver transplantation in alcoholic liver disease. 12 Dec 2007
• [Indication, management and problems of alcoholic liver diseases for liver transplantation: current status in Japan, US and Europe] 29 Nov 2007

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Technical information about 'Liver Diseases, Alcoholic'

Definition: Liver diseases associated with ALCOHOLISM. It usually refers to the coexistence of two or more subentities, i.e., ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS; and ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS.

Descriptor UI: D008108

Alternative terms: Liver Diseases, Alcoholic; Alcoholic Liver Diseases; Alcoholic Liver Disease; Liver Disease, Alcoholic;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C06.552.645; C21.739.100.087.645;

History Note: 79