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eMediNexus 31 January 2022
Patients hospitalized for alcoholic hepatitis (AH) have a high risk of readmission and death. In the present study, researchers sought to identify the factors associated with readmission, alcohol relapse, and mortality.
A retrospective analysis of 135 consecutive patients admitted with AH to a tertiary care hospital between 1999 and 2016 was carried out (test cohort). The findings were confirmed in a prospective analysis of 159 patients in a multi-center AH research consortium from 2013 through 2017 (validation cohort). Alcohol relapse referred to any amount of alcohol consumption within 30 days of hospital discharge. Early alcohol rehabilitation was described as residential or outpatient addiction treatment or mutual support group participation within 30 days of hospital discharge.
This evaluation of two cohorts of patients admitted with AH revealed that early alcohol rehabilitation had the potential to decrease the risk of hospital readmission, alcohol relapse, and death.
Source: Peeraphatdit T(B), Kamath PS, KarpyakVM, et al. Alcohol Rehabilitation Within 30 Days of Hospital Discharge Is Associated With Reduced Readmission, Relapse, and Death in Patients With Alcoholic Hepatitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020;18(2):477-85.e5.
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