Description
In this issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, guest editor Dr. Robert S. Brown, Jr. brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease. Challenges encountered with ALD include delayed diagnosis, nutritional deficiencies, management of complications, mental health and stigma, and compliance issues. Research is ongoing to improve the health of these patients, including pharmacologic advances and microbiota transplantation. This issue provides the latest research with the goal of improving outcomes.- Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including alcohol use disorder: pharmacotherapy and counseling; ALD: spectrum of disease, natural history, outcomes; disease-modulating agents in ALD and cirrhosis; health care disparities in management of ALD; how to maximize post-transplant outcomes in ALD; and more- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on alcohol-associated liver disease, offering actionable insights for clinical practice- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews
Table of Contents
Alcohol Use Disorder: Natural History, Definitions, and StigmaManaging Alcohol Use Disorder in Alcohol-Related Liver DiseaseAlcohol-Related Liver Disease: Spectrum of Disease, Natural History, and OutcomesAlcohol-Related Liver Disease: Novel Insights into MechanismMedical Treatments and Outcomes in Acute Alcohol-Related HepatitisAcute Alcoholic Hepatitis: New and Experimental MedicationsLiver Failure from Alcohol Takes on Several Forms: Decompensated Cirrhosis, Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure, and Alcohol-Related HepatitisDisease Modulating Agents in CirrhosisNonhepatic Manifestations of Alcohol Use Disorder and Alcohol-Related Liver DiseaseImpact of Alcohol Use on Nonalcohol-Related Liver DiseasesMetabolic and Alcohol-Associated: Diagnosis and ManagementDisparities in Alcohol-Related Liver DiseaseTransplant Selection: Disease Severity and Psychosocial EvaluationPost Liver Transplant Management and Outcomes in Alcohol-Related Liver Disease
