An Update on Alcoholic Steatohepatitis

non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: an update in pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapy

Update on the management of alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Among heavy drinkers with liver disease, the development of severe alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is a serious complication. Prognosis is grave and associated with a high mortality due to liver failure, hepatorenal syndrome or intractable sepsis. Clinically, AH presents as a syndrome of progressive inflammatory liver injury in patients with recent or ongoing heavy alcohol consumption. Although approx...

Clinical update on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and steatohepatitis.

Fatty liver or hepatic steatosis is a common and often occasional finding for the general practitioner. 1 After exclusion of less common causes of fatty liver such as Hepatitis B or C infection, drugs and autoimmune disorders, fatty liver is classified as non-alcoholic (NAFLD) or alcoholic fatty liver disease (AFLD) on the basis of daily eth-anol intake. The agreed threshold of ethanol intake u...

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

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...