A shorter duration of pre-transplant abstinence predicts problem drinking after liver transplantation

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1700-1706

  Tandon, Puneeta ^a   Goodman, Karen J ^a   Ma, Mang M ^a   Wong, Winnie W ^a   Mason, Andrew L ^a   Meeberg, Glenda ^a   Bergsten, Donna ^a   Carbonneau, Michelle ^a   Bain, Vincent G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT INFECTION; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650465259     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.226     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Hoofnagle JH, Kresina T, Fuller RK et al. Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease: executive statement and recommendations. Summary of a National Institutes of Health Workshop held December 6 - 7, 1996, Bethesda, Maryland. Liver Transpl Surg 1997;3:347-50.
2. Pereira SP, Williams R. Alcohol relapse and functional outcome after liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease. Liver Transpl 2001; 7: 204-5.
3. Pageaux GP, Bismuth M, Perney P et al. Alcohol relapse after liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease: does it matter? J Hepatol 2003; 38: 629 - 34.
4. Kumar S, Stauber RE, Gavaler JS et al. Orthotopic liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease. Hepatology 1990; 11: 159-64.
5. Gish RG, Lee AH, Keefe EB et al. Liver transplantation for patients with alcoholism and end-stage liver disease. Am J Gastroenterol 1993; 88: 1337-42.
6. Bonet H, Manez R, Kramer D et al. Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease: survival of patients transplanted with alcoholic hepatitis plus cirrhosis as compared with those with cirrhosis alone. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1993; 17: 1102-6.
7. Howard L, Fahy T, Wong P et al. Psychiatric outcome in alcoholic liver transplant patients. QJM 1994;87:731-6.
8. Anand AC, Ferraz-Neto BH, Nightingale P et al. Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease: evaluation of a selection protocol. Hepatology 1997; 25: 1478-84.
9. Tang H, Boulton R, Gunson B et al. Patterns of alcohol consumption after liver transplantation. Gut 1998;43:140-5.
10. Pageaux GP Michel J, Coste V et al. Alcoholic cirrhosis is a good indication for liver transplantation, even for cases of recidivism. Gut 999;45421-6.
11. Lim JK, Keefe EB. Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease: current concepts and length of sobriety. Liver Transpl 2004; 10 (10 Suppl 2): S31-8.
12. Bjornsson E, Olsson J, Rydell A et al. Long-term follow-up of patients with alcoholic liver disease after liver transplantation in Sweden: impact of structured management on recidivism. Scand J Gastroenterol 2005; 40: 206-16.
13. Mackie J, Groves K, Hoyle A et al. Orthotopic liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease: a retrospective analysis of survival, recidivism, and risk factors predisposing to recidivism. Liver Transpl 2001;7:418-27.
14. De Gottardi A, Spahr L, Gelez P et al. A simple score for predicting alcohol relapse after liver transplantation: results from 387 patients over 15 years. Arch Intern Med 2007; 167: 1183-8.
15. Pftzmann R, Schwenzer J, Rayes N et al. Long-term survival and predictors of relapse after orthotopic liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease. Liver Transpl 2007;13:197-205.
16. Adam R, McMaster P, O'Grady JG et al. Evolution of liver transplantation in Europe: report of the European Liver Transplant Registry. Liver Transpl 2003; 9: 1231-43.
17. Cuadrado A, Fabrega E, Casafont F et al. Alcohol recidivism impairs long-term patient survival after orthotopic liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease. Liver Transpl 2005;11:420-6.
18. Dew MA, DiMartini AF, Steel J et al. Meta-analysis of risk for relapse to substance use after transplantation of the liver or other solid organs. Liver Transpl 2008;14:159-72.
19. DiMartini A, Day N, Dew MA et al. Alcohol consumption patterns and predictors of use following liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease. Liver Transpl 2006;2:813-20.
20. Yates WR, Booth BM, Reed DA et al. Descriptive and predictive validity of a high-risk alcoholism relapse model. J Stud Alcohol 1993;54:645-51.
21. DiMartini A, Magill J, Fitzgerald MG et al. Use of a high-risk alcohol relapse scale in evaluating liver transplant candidates. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2000; 24: 1198-20.
22. Becker U, Deis A, Sorensen TI et al. Prediction of risk of liver disease by alcohol intake, sex, and age: a prospective population study. Hepatology 1996; 23: 1025-9.
23. Tome S, Wells JT, Said A et al. Quality of life after liver transplantation. A systematic review. J Hepatol 2008;48:567-77.
24. Osorio RW, Ascher NL, Avery M et al. Predicting recidivism afer ortho-topic liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease. Hepatology 1994; 20 (1 Part 1): 105-10.
25. Foster PF, Fabrega F, Karademir S et al. Prediction of abstinence from ethanol in alcoholic recipients following liver transplantation. Hepatology 1997; 25: 1469-77.
26. Jauhar S, Talwalkar JA, Schneekloth T et al. Analysis of factors that predict alcohol relapse following liver transplantation. Liver Transpl 2004; 10: 408 - 11.
27. Kelly M, Chick J, Gribble R et al. Predictors of relapse to harmful alcohol after orthotopic liver transplantation. Alcohol Alcohol 2006; 41: 278-83.
28. Conjeevaram HS, Hart J, Lissoos TW et al. Rapidly progressive liver injury and fatal alcoholic hepatitis occurring after liver transplantation in alcoholic patients. Transplantation 1999; 67: 1562-8.