Life Expectancy After Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Cirrhosis
| Autor: | Jordan C. Brooks, Robert M. Shavelle, Bilal Hameed, Rachel C. Saur, Ji Hun Kwak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Liver Cirrhosis
Transplantation medicine.medical_specialty Alcoholic liver disease Pediatrics Past medical history Tissue and Organ Procurement business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Liver transplantation medicine.disease United States Liver Transplantation Liver disease Life Expectancy Liver Cirrhosis Alcoholic Epidemiology Life expectancy Medicine Humans business Hepatic encephalopathy Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.). 31(4) |
| ISSN: | 2164-6708 2002-2018 |
| Popis: | Background Alcohol-associated liver disease is the leading cause of liver transplantation in the western world. For these patients we calculated life expectancies both at time of transplant and several years later, stratified by key risk factors, and determined if survival has improved in recent years. Methods Data on 14 962 patients with alcohol-associated liver disease who underwent liver transplantation in the MELD era (2002-2018) from the United States Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network database were analyzed using the Cox proportional hazards regression model and life table methods. Results Demographic and past medical history factors related to survival were patient age, presence of diabetes or severe hepatic encephalopathy, and length of hospital stay. Survival improved over the study period, at roughly 3% per calendar year during the first 5 years posttransplant and 1% per year thereafter. Conclusions Life expectancy in transplanted patients with alcohol-associated liver disease was much reduced from normal, and varied according to age, medical risk factors, and functional status. Survival improved modestly over the study period. Information on patient longevity can be helpful in making treatment decisions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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