Management of alcohol use disorder in patients with cirrhosis in the setting of liver transplantation

• Published in: Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 45 - 59
• Main Authors: Arab, Juan Pablo, Izzy, Manhal, Leggio, Lorenzo, Bataller, Ramon, Shah, Vijay H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.01.2022; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/4020/4021/1607/1604; 692/4020/4021/1607/1608; Alcohol use; Alcoholism - complications; Alcoholism - diagnosis; Alcoholism - therapy; Allografts; Behavior modification; Biomedicine; Cirrhosis; Clinical trials; Drug therapy; Gastroenterology; Hepatology; Humans; Liver cirrhosis; Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic - etiology; Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic - psychology; Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic - surgery; Liver diseases; Liver Transplantation; Liver transplants; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Patients; Review; Review Article; Transplants & implants

The prevalence of alcohol use disorder (AUD) has been steadily increasing over the past decade. In parallel, alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) has been increasing at an alarming rate, especially among young patients. Data suggest that most patients with ALD do not receive AUD therapy. Although...