Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Mortality Increased From 2017 to 2020 and Accelerated During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Alcohol consumption has risen substantially in the United States in the past 2 decades.(1,2) Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) represents a greater inpatient financial burden than all other etiologies of cirrhosis combined(3) and is now the leading indication for liver transplantation.(4) A rec...

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Autores principales: Deutsch-Link, Sasha, Jiang, Yue, Peery, Anne F., Barritt, Alfred S., Bataller, Ramon, Moon, Andrew M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: by the AGA Institute 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8933289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35314353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2022.03.017
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Sumario:Alcohol consumption has risen substantially in the United States in the past 2 decades.(1,2) Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) represents a greater inpatient financial burden than all other etiologies of cirrhosis combined(3) and is now the leading indication for liver transplantation.(4) A recent study reported that ALD mortality increased between 2006 and 2017.(5) Since 2017, alcohol consumption has continued to rise, and more significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic.(2) The aim of this research letter is to provide the most updated trends in ALD-related mortality in the United States and to quantify the rate of change of ALD-related mortality over time.

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