title: Alcoholic Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation.
abstract: Excessive alcohol use is a common health care problem worldwide and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Alcoholic liver disease represents the second most frequent indication for liver transplantation in North America and Europe. The pretransplant evaluation of patients with alcoholic liver disease should aim at identifying those at high risk for posttransplant relapse of alcohol use disorder, as return to excessive drinking can be deleterious to graft and patient survival. Carefully selected patients with alcoholic liver disease, including those with severe alcoholic hepatitis, will have similar short-term and long-term outcomes when compared with other indications for liver transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 North 1900 East, SOM 4R118, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.
authors.forename: Juan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Gallegos-Orozco
authors.affiliation: Intermountain Transplant Center, Intermountain Medical Center, 5169 South Cottonwood Street, Suite 320, Murray, UT 84107, USA. Electronic address: michael.charlton@imail.org.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Charlton
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology; D006519:Hepatitis, Alcoholic / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D018579:Patient Selection; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Alcohol use disorder; Alcoholic liver disease; Liver transplant; Recidivism