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

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

SUBMITTER: Wong E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6671774 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature