Sarcopenia is associated with longer hospital stay and multiorgan dysfunction in alcoholic hepatitis
| Autor: | Deepika Devuni, George J. Watts, David Radcliffe, Betty Albo, Yasir Al-Azzawi, Jennifer Coukos, Aimee R. Kroll-Desrosiers, Gyongyi Szabo, Ryan Tai, Matthew Fasullo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Sarcopenia medicine.medical_specialty Multiple Organ Failure Alcoholic hepatitis Severity of Illness Index Article Sepsis 03 medical and health sciences Liver disease 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Internal medicine Humans Medicine Hepatic encephalopathy Retrospective Studies Hepatology Hepatitis Alcoholic business.industry Gastroenterology Length of Stay Middle Aged musculoskeletal system medicine.disease body regions Pneumonia 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Tomography X-Ray Computed Complication business human activities Hospital stay |
| Zdroj: | Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol |
| ISSN: | 0954-691X |
| DOI: | 10.1097/meg.0000000000001583 |
| Popis: | Introduction Excessive alcohol consumption has steadily risen to become the third leading cause of preventable death in the USA. One consequence of heavy alcohol use recently under considerable investigation is alcoholic hepatitis. Although many risk factors for developing alcoholic hepatitis have been documented, our aim in this study was to examine the potential association between sarcopenia and severity, mortality, 30 days readmission rate, complication, infections and length of hospital stay in alcoholic hepatitis patients. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed at a large, academic hospital in 194 alcoholic hepatitis patients aged 18-60 who had cross-sectional computed tomography imaging and met our clinical definition of alcoholic hepatitis. The fifth percentile of the psoas muscle index was used as a cutoff for sarcopenia. Results One hundred ninety-four patients met the criteria for alcoholic hepatitis and had cross-sectional imaging. Higher Model for End-Stage Liver disease score was found in the sarcopenia group when compared to the non-sarcopenia group (mean Model for End-Stage Liver disease 21.5 and 24.2, respectively, P = 0.03). Sarcopenia also correlated with significantly longer hospital stay; the average length of stay in the sarcopenia group was 17.2 days while the non-sarcopenia patients had an average of 12.4 days. We found higher risk of developing pneumonia, sepsis and hepatic encephalopathy in sarcopenic patients. Conclusion Alcoholic hepatitis patients with sarcopenia have significantly worse outcomes when compared with the patients without sarcopenia, including a severe form of alcoholic hepatitis, longer hospital stays, higher risk of developing pneumonia, sepsis and hepatic encephalopathy. |
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