{"id":4925,"date":"2022-07-13T07:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=4925"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:09:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:09:02","slug":"liver-transplant-patients-with-prior-drinking-problems-can-do-well-after-transplantation-usc-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2022\/07\/13\/liver-transplant-patients-with-prior-drinking-problems-can-do-well-after-transplantation-usc-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Liver transplant patients with prior drinking problems can do well after transplantation, USC study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"4925\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p><em>Researchers at Keck Medicine of USC say the established waiting list inclusion\/exclusion criteria warrant a closer look.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anew USC study shows that liver transplant patients with established alcohol abuse issues prior to transplantation can do as well as, or better than, others who receive new livers \u2014 a finding that challenges longstanding selection criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe assumption has been that liver failure patients who continue to use alcohol are poor transplant candidates because they aren\u2019t motivated to take care of the donor organ,\u201d said senior author\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.sc-ctsi.org\/peilimbrian.lee\">Brian Lee<\/a>, a liver transplant hepatologist at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.keckmedicine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Keck Medicine of USC<\/a>. \u201cHowever, that view is not supported by the data.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usc.edu\/200953\/liver-transplant-patients-with-prior-drinking-problems-can-do-well-after-transplantation-usc-study-finds\/\">Read more from USC News.<\/a><\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"4925\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading Researchers at Keck Medicine of USC say the established waiting list inclusion\/exclusion criteria warrant a closer look. 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