title: Alcoholic hepatitis: Challenges in diagnosis and management.
abstract: Alcoholic hepatitis, in its severe form, is a devastating acute condition that requires early recognition and specialized tertiary medical care. This paper summarizes its epidemiology, pathophysiology, assessment, and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Mohannad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dugum
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.|Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Nizar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zein
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.|Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McCullough
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.|Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. E-mail: hanouni2@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hanouneh
mesh_terms: D019468:Disease Management; D006519:Hepatitis, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends