1998/11/01 by Arthur J. McCullough, B J O'Connor · 7 citations
Medicine · Psychology · #Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects #Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment #Liver Disease and Transplantation #Syllabus #Medicine #Randomized controlled trial #Alcoholic liver disease #Alcoholic hepatitis #MEDLINE #Liver disease #Epidemiology #Internal medicine #Family medicine #Gastroenterology #Psychology #Cirrhosis
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00587.x
openalex publication_date 1998/11/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this work was to develop practice guidelines for the management of alcoholic liver disease. METHOD: A computerized search using the Medline Data Base from 1966-July 1997 was performed with the search headings; alcohol, alcoholic hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, liver transplant, diagnosis, epidemiology, human, and English only. All randomized controlled trials, case-control studies, and meta-analyses were read in depth. A manual search was also done using references from each retrieved report, review articles, editorials, postgraduate course syllabi, and textbooks. In the subsequent review, evidence was evaluated using a hierarchical scale with randomized, controlled trials given the most importance. Abstracts presented at national meetings were included only when unique data were obtained from those studies.