When Should Patients With Less Than 6 Months Sobriety Be Transplanted?
Prog Transplant
; : 15269248241268684, 2024 Aug 06.
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ABSTRACT
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and alcohol-induced deaths have increased dramatically over the last 2 decades. Patients are often referred to liver transplant programs critically ill with a life expectancy of less than 6 months. Historically, less than 6 months sobriety has been an absolute contraindication for transplant listing as ALD is stigmatized as a choice, as patients are responsible for their condition because they did not stop drinking. It has been recommended that 6 months of sobriety should not be considered the determining factor for access to transplantation. However, changing years of clinical practice involves developing new protocols, finding available resources, reworking systems, transforming team, and institutional culture. Steps taken by a large, urban, academic liver transplant program to develop a program for patients with end stage ALD with less than 6 months of sobriety are outlined.
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Prog Transplant
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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TRANSPLANTE
Año:
2024
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Article
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Estados Unidos
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Estados Unidos