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ArticleHepatology communications2019

Patients' Perspectives on Early Liver Transplantation in Alcohol-Related Liver Disease.

Eric Wong, Paul D Mullins, Jean-Philippe Wallach, Eric M Yoshida, Sigfried R Erb, Jo-Ann Ford, Charles H Scudamore, Vladimir Marquez

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Article in Hepatology communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Meeting Report: The Dallas Consensus Conference on Liver Transplantation for Alcohol Associated Hepatitis.Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Eric WongDepartment of Medicine University of British Columbia Vancouver Canada.
Paul D MullinsDivision of Gastroenterology University Hospital of Northern British Columbia Prince George Canada.
Jean-Philippe WallachNanaimo Regional Hospital Nanaimo Canada.
Eric M YoshidaDivision of Gastroenterology Vancouver General Hospital Vancouver Canada.
Sigfried R ErbDivision of Gastroenterology Vancouver General Hospital Vancouver Canada.
Jo-Ann FordBritish Columbia Hepatitis Clinic, Vancouver General Hospital Vancouver Canada.
Charles H ScudamoreDepartment of Surgery Vancouver General Hospital Vancouver Canada.
Vladimir MarquezDivision of Gastroenterology Vancouver General Hospital Vancouver Canada.
Vancouver General Hospital · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CAUniversity of Northern British Columbia · CAVancouver Island University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver transplant programs in Canada require a period of 6 months of abstinence from alcohol before considering a patient with liver disease secondary to alcohol for transplantation. Although some studies have demonstrated good outcomes following a transplant in carefully selected patients before the 6-month abstinence period has been met, there have been arguments against this, including the claim that the public has a general negative perception of those with alcohol dependence. We performed a multicenter cross-sectional survey to determine the perception of people in British Columbia, Canada, toward liver transplantation in patients with liver disease due to alcohol who have not demonstrated the capacity to remain abstinent from alcohol for 6 months. A total of 304 patient questionnaires were completed, and 83.1% agreed with a period of abstinence of 6 months. In those patients who were unlikely to survive 6 months without a transplant, 34.1% of respondents agreed with, 44.1% did not agree with, and 21.4% were neutral about, early transplantation; 42.8% would have less trust in the process of transplantation if a period of abstinence was not maintained, but relaxing the requirement for an abstinence period would not have an impact on the majority's decision to donate organs. Only 30.5% would support abandoning the abstinence criteria.

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