The management of alcoholic hepatitis

Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2009 Dec;70(12):680-4. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2009.70.12.45503.

Abstract

Alcoholic hepatitis is an increasingly common reason for hospital admission which carries a high mortality. This review describes a clinical approach to the definition, assessment and management of this condition.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / adverse effects
  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use*
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Epidemiologic Methods
  • Hepatitis, Alcoholic / complications
  • Hepatitis, Alcoholic / diagnosis
  • Hepatitis, Alcoholic / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pentoxifylline / adverse effects
  • Pentoxifylline / therapeutic use*
  • Sepsis / drug therapy
  • Sepsis / etiology
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / antagonists & inhibitors

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Pentoxifylline