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Impact of a Prohibitive Versus Restrictive Tobacco Policy on Liver Transplant Candidate Outcomes
Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/150602/1/lt25497_am.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/150602/2/lt25497.pd
Quality standards for the management of alcohol-related liver disease: Consensus recommendations from the British Association for the Study of the Liver and British Society of Gastroenterology ARLD special interest group
Quality standards for the management of alcohol-related liver disease: consensus recommendations from the British Association for the Study of the Liver and British Society of Gastroenterology ARLD special interest group
Objective Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) is the most
common cause of liver-related ill health and liver-related
deaths in the UK, and deaths from ALD have doubled
in the last decade. The management of ALD requires
treatment of both liver disease and alcohol use; this
necessitates effective and constructive multidisciplinary
working. To support this, we have developed quality
standard recommendations for the management of ALD,
based on evidence and consensus expert opinion, with the
aim of improving patient care.
Design A multidisciplinary group of experts from the
British Association for the Study of the Liver and British
Society of Gastroenterology ALD Special Interest Group
developed the quality standards, with input from the
British Liver Trust and patient representatives.
Results The standards cover three broad themes: the
recognition and diagnosis of people with ALD in primary
care and the liver outpatient clinic; the management of
acutely decompensated ALD including acute alcoholrelated hepatitis and the posthospital care of people
with advanced liver disease due to ALD. Draft quality
standards were initially developed by smaller working
groups and then an anonymous modified Delphi voting
process was conducted by the entire group to assess
the level of agreement with each statement. Statements
were included when agreement was 85% or greater.
Twenty-four quality standards were produced from this
process which support best practice. From the final
list of statements, a smaller number of auditable key
performance indicators were selected to allow services to
benchmark their practice and an audit tool provided.
Conclusion It is hoped that services will review their
practice against these recommendations and key
performance indicators and institute service development
where needed to improve the care of patients with ALD
P1106 : Alcohol-related liver disease patients’ beliefs about their illness and factors that influence their self-management - A patient survey:Abstracts of The International Liver Congress™ 2015 – 50th Annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver
P1106 : Alcohol-related liver disease patients’ beliefs about their illness and factors that influence their self-management - A patient survey
The UK experience of liver transplantation in patients receiving opiate replacement therapy
Impact of a Prohibitive Versus Restrictive Tobacco Policy on Liver Transplant Candidate Outcomes
Quality standards for the management of alcohol-related liver disease: consensus recommendations from the British Association for the Study of the Liver and British Society of Gastroenterology ARLD special interest group
ObjectiveAlcohol-related liver disease (ALD) is the most common cause of liver-related ill health and liver-related deaths in the UK, and deaths from ALD have doubled in the last decade. The management of ALD requires treatment of both liver disease and alcohol use; this necessitates effective and constructive multidisciplinary working. To support this, we have developed quality standard recommendations for the management of ALD, based on evidence and consensus expert opinion, with the aim of improving patient care.DesignA multidisciplinary group of experts from the British Association for the Study of the Liver and British Society of Gastroenterology ALD Special Interest Group developed the quality standards, with input from the British Liver Trust and patient representatives.ResultsThe standards cover three broad themes: the recognition and diagnosis of people with ALD in primary care and the liver outpatient clinic; the management of acutely decompensated ALD including acute alcohol-related hepatitis and the posthospital care of people with advanced liver disease due to ALD. Draft quality standards were initially developed by smaller working groups and then an anonymous modified Delphi voting process was conducted by the entire group to assess the level of agreement with each statement. Statements were included when agreement was 85% or greater. Twenty-four quality standards were produced from this process which support best practice. From the final list of statements, a smaller number of auditable key performance indicators were selected to allow services to benchmark their practice and an audit tool provided.ConclusionIt is hoped that services will review their practice against these recommendations and key performance indicators and institute service development where needed to improve the care of patients with ALD.</jats:sec