Alcohol Consumption by Cirrhotic Subjects: Patterns of Use and Effects on Liver Function

• Published in: The American journal of gastroenterology Vol. 103; no. 7; pp. 1698 - 1706
• Main Authors: Lucey, Michael R., Connor, Jason T., Boyer, Thomas D., Henderson, J. Michael, Rikkers, Layton F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing 01.07.2008; Wolters Kluwer Health Medical Research, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Subjects: Alcohol Drinking - mortality; Ascites - etiology; Biological and medical sciences; Esophageal and Gastric Varices - complications; Female; Follow-Up Studies; gamma-Glutamyltransferase - blood; Gastroenterology; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - complications; Hepatic Encephalopathy - etiology; Humans; Liver Cirrhosis - complications; Liver Cirrhosis - enzymology; Liver Cirrhosis - mortality; Liver Cirrhosis - physiopathology; Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic - enzymology; Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic - mortality; Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic - physiopathology; Liver Diseases, Alcoholic - physiopathology; Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Other diseases. Semiology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Consumption; Human; Cirrhosis; Liver function; Gastroenterology; Digestive diseases; Hepatic disease; Alcohol

We investigated patterns of use of alcohol and its clinical effects among cirrhotic subjects who participated in a randomized clinical trial comparing the efficacy of transjugular intravenous portosystemic shunt and distal splenorenal shunt. There were 132 cirrhotic subjects, 78 with alcoholic liver...