ACG Clinical Guideline: Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease

• Published in: The American journal of gastroenterology Vol. 119; no. 1; pp. 30 - 54
• Main Authors: Jophlin, Loretta L., Singal, Ashwani K., Bataller, Ramon, Wong, Robert J., Sauer, Bryan G., Terrault, Norah A., Shah, Vijay H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA Wolters Kluwer 01.01.2024; Wolters Kluwer Health Medical Research, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Subjects: Abstinence; Alcohol use; Alcoholism - complications; Clinical practice guidelines; COVID-19; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis, Alcoholic - diagnosis; Hepatitis, Alcoholic - etiology; Hepatitis, Alcoholic - therapy; Hospitalization; Humans; Liver cancer; Liver cirrhosis; Liver Cirrhosis - complications; Liver diseases; Liver Diseases, Alcoholic - complications; Liver Diseases, Alcoholic - diagnosis; Liver Diseases, Alcoholic - therapy; Liver transplants; Metabolism; Mortality; Pandemics; Patients; Risk Factors; Womens health; United States > US; mortality; ALD; cirrhosis; AH; transplantation

ABSTRACTAlcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is the most common cause of advanced hepatic disease and frequent indication for liver transplantation worldwide. With harmful alcohol use as the primary risk factor, increasing alcohol use over the past decade has resulted in rapid growth of the ALD-re...