Drinking patterns in liver transplant recipients.
The study's objective was to evaluate in-depth and follow comprehensively a group of patients receiving liver transplantation. The group consisted of patients with Laennec's cirrhosis and alcohol abuse or dependency. The subjects included 68 of 556 transplant patients, studied over a 7-year period. The results revealed that 13% of the study sample (9 patients) had some relapse into drinking. Only one of these was a severe relapse with an adverse outcome. Four of the most significant relapses occurred in dual diagnosis patients. The patients as a group did as well medically as a comparison group of other transplant recipients.
Tripp
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Department of Psychiatry, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75246, USA.
Clemons
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Goldstein
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McCarthy Stewart
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D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged