Alcoholic Hepatitis: A Review

Invited Review the Treatment of Alcoholic Hepatitis

Alcoholic hepatitis is a precirrhotic lesion; it develops in only a minority of chronic alcohol abusers even after decades of abuse The clinical spectrum of disease varies from asymptomatic hepatomegaly to florid hepatocellular failure with gastrointestinal bleeding and hepatic encephalopathy. Corresponding variation is observed both in morbidity and mortality. The majority of individuals with ...

Alcoholic hepatitis

Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is a clinical syndrome characterized by jaundice and liver failure that generally occurs after decades of harmful alcohol consumption. Less severe forms of acute AH (AAH) frequently respond to alcoholic abstinence; whereas severe AAHs are characterized by a poor prognosis: up to 40-60% of these patients die within six months. Glucocorticoids currently remain the mainsta...

Alcoholic Hepatitis, Alcoholic Cirrhosis & Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

Management of alcoholic hepatitis.

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Update on Alcoholic Hepatitis

Alcoholic liver disease is one of the most prevalent liver diseases worldwide, and a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Alcoholic hepatitis is a severe form of liver injury in patients with alcohol abuse, can present as an acute on chronic liver failure associated with a rapid decline in liver synthetic function, and consequent increase in mortality. Despite therapy, about 30%-50% of patie...