Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease among Canadian Transplant Centres: A National Study

Natasha Chandok; Mohammed Aljawad; Angela White; Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro; Paul Marotta; Eric M Yoshida

doi:10.1155/2013/897467

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2013)

Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease among Canadian Transplant Centres: A National Study

Natasha Chandok,
Mohammed Aljawad,
Angela White,
Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro,
Paul Marotta,
Eric M Yoshida

Affiliations

Natasha Chandok: Departments of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Mohammed Aljawad: Departments of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Angela White: Philosophy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro: General Surgery, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Paul Marotta: Departments of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Eric M Yoshida: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/897467
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 27, no. 11
pp. 643 – 646

Abstract

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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a controversial yet established indication for liver transplantation (LT), and there is emerging evidence supporting a survival benefit in selected patients with severe acute alcoholic hepatitis. The aim of the present survey was to describe policies among Canadian transplant centres for patients with ALD.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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