Predictors of Relapse to Significant Alcohol Drinking after Liver Transplantation

Zamil Karim; Pongphob Intaraprasong; Charles H Scudamore; Siegfried R Erb; John G Soos; Elsie Cheung; Polly Cooper; Andrzej K Buzckowski; Stephen W Chung; Urs P Steinbrecher; Eric M Yoshida

doi:10.1155/2010/596246

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2010)

Predictors of Relapse to Significant Alcohol Drinking after Liver Transplantation

Zamil Karim,
Pongphob Intaraprasong,
Charles H Scudamore,
Siegfried R Erb,
John G Soos,
Elsie Cheung,
Polly Cooper,
Andrzej K Buzckowski,
Stephen W Chung,
Urs P Steinbrecher,
Eric M Yoshida

Affiliations

Zamil Karim: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada
Pongphob Intaraprasong: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada
Charles H Scudamore: Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Canada
Siegfried R Erb: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada
John G Soos: Department of Psychology, Vancouver General Hospital and the BC Transplant Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Elsie Cheung: Department of Psychology, Vancouver General Hospital and the BC Transplant Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Polly Cooper: Department of Social Work, Vancouver General Hospital and the BC Transplant Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Andrzej K Buzckowski: Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Canada
Stephen W Chung: Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Canada
Urs P Steinbrecher: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada
Eric M Yoshida: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/596246
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 24, no. 4
pp. 245 – 250

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: End-stage alcoholic liver disease is common, with many of these patients referred for liver transplantation (LT). Alcohol relapse after LT can have detrimental outcomes such as graft loss and can contribute to a negative public perception of LT.

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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