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Review
. 2022 Nov;54(11):1459-1468.
doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2022.07.007. Epub 2022 Aug 4.

Covid-19 and alcohol associated liver disease

Sasha Deutsch-Link  1 , Brenda Curtis  2 , Ashwani K Singal  3
Affiliations
Review

Covid-19 and alcohol associated liver disease

Sasha Deutsch-Link et al. Dig Liver Dis. 2022 Nov.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is having substantial impacts on the health status of individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD). AUD and ALD have both been impacted throughout the pandemic, with increases in alcohol use during the early stages of the pandemic, reduced access to treatment during the mid-pandemic, and challenges in managing the downstream effects in the post-COVID era. This review will focus on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted AUD and ALD epidemiology and access to treatment, and will discuss to address this rising AUD and ALD disease burden.

Keywords: Alcohol-associated cirrhosis; Alcohol-associated hepatitis; Alcohol-associated liver disease; COVID-19.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest SDL is supported in part by NIH grant T32 DK007634. AKS reports outside the submitted work personal fees from Gilead, Medscape Gastroenterology, Chronic Liver Disease Foundation, Up-to-Date, and ACG; non-financial support from AASLD and American Porphyria Foundation; and grants from NIAAA and NIDDK outside the submitted work.

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