Impact of phosphatidylethanol in the surveillance for alcohol use in post-liver transplant population: A retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) is the leading indication for liver transplantation in the United States. The aim of this study was to describe the impact of phosphatidylethanol (PEth) in the surveillance for alcohol use after liver transplantation.

Methods

We conducted a single-center retrospective study to assess the impact of phosphatidylethanol (PEth) for the surveillance of alcohol use and its correlation to health outcomes. We compared orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) recipients for ALD transplanted between 2016 and 2018, before the introduction of PEth, to those transplanted between 2019 and 2022, after the introduction of PEth. Alcohol relapse versus nonrelapse cohorts were also compared. Follow-up time for all cohorts was limited to 3 years post-OLT.

SUBMITTER: De La Torre SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11629445 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature