ArticleCanadian liver journal2018
Revisiting the '6-month' liver transplant rule for alcohol-associated liver disease: It is time for a change but not without a sound policy first.
Article in Canadian liver journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Canadian Society of Transplantation White Paper: Ethical and Legal Considerations for Alcohol and Cannabis Use in Solid Organ Listing and Allocation.Transplantation · 2021Guideline
- Heart transplant outcomes in patients with substance use disorder history: a nationwide cohort study using high-dimensional propensity score matching.European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes · 2026Article
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Abstract
There is historical reluctance in the medical community to offer liver transplantation to patients with alcoholic liver disease. Transplant programs broadly follow a policy that requires abstention from alcohol for a minimum of 6 months. This policy, however, is at odds with data that supports improved survival in patients with severe acute alcoholic hepatitis (SAAH). Ethicists, the public, and the transplant community must make a concerted effort to forge an updated transplant policy for SAAH that better reflects current scientific evidence for earlier transplant in well-selected recipients without unfair advantage to those of high socioeconomic status.
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