(08-07-09) Alcoholic Hepatitis

Michael R. Lucey, M.D., Philippe Mathurin, M.D., Ph.D., and Timothy R. Morgan, M.D.

Excessive alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States.1,2 Alcohol-associated mortality is disproportionately high among young people, and approximately 30 years of life are lost per alcohol-associated death ? or, in the aggregate, 2.3 million years of potential life lost in 2001 in the United States.1 Excess consumption of alcohol is associated with both short-term and long-term liver damage, several types of cancer, unintentional injuries both in the workplace and on the road, domestic and social violence, broken marriages, and damaged social and family relationships.3

Source: NEJM

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