Incidence and implications of abstinence-induced recompensation in alcohol-related cirrhosis
Medical University of Vienna · University of Padua · +25 more institutions
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Alcohol abstinence enables hepatic recompensation in patients with decompensated alcohol-related cirrhosis. This study investigated the incidence, predictors, and impact of abstinence-induced recompensation. METHODS: This multicentre study included patients with decompensated alcohol-related cirrhosis recruited at the time of abstinence up to December 2022. Recompensation was defined by Baveno VII criteria: (i) sustained abstinence (≥3 months), (ii) resolution of ascites and hepatic encephalopathy off therapy, (iii) absence of variceal bleeding for 1 year, and (iv) restored liver function (Child-Pugh A or MELD
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 111.52
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 27
Authors
48- BHBenedikt HoferCorresponding
Medical University of Vienna
- MTM. Tonon
University of Padua
- LBLaura Buttler
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
- JCJoana Camões Neves
Hospital Braga
- QHQueralt Herms
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas, Consorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer
Topics & keywords
- Cirrhosis
- Abstinence
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Incidence (geometry)
- Etiology
- Alcoholic liver disease
- Good health and well-being