Unrecognized alcoholic hepatitis linked to higher mortality, hospitalization

SAN DIEGO — A significant proportion of alcoholic hepatitis cases remain unrecognized and correlate with higher 30-day mortality, hospital length of stay and ICU admission, according to results presented at Digestive Disease Week 2022.“Whether this increased mortality is from being left untreated vs. decreased tendency in that group to seek medical care (presence of other comorbidities) remains to be determined,” Julton Tomanguillo Chumbe, MD, of the division of gastroenterology at Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia, and colleagues wrote.Aiming to compare andRead More

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