Creation of an Inpatient Alcohol Liver Service Improves Early Liver Disease Detection in Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Apr 8:S1542-3565(22)00382-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2022.03.042. Online ahead of print.

ABSTRACT

One of the most common and devastating complications of alcohol use disorder (AUD) is the development of alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD).¹ Unfortunately, outcomes of patients with ALD are poor, in large part because patients with ALD are diagnosed at a much later stage of disease compared with patients with other causes of liver disease.² Accordingly, earlier detection is critical in combating the high mortality associated with ALD. In this work, we sought to assess the feasibility and impact of evaluating high-risk patients with no prior documented liver disease for the presence of advanced ALD while admitted to the hospital.

PMID:35398568 | DOI:10.1016/j.cgh.2022.03.042