Lyra AC, de Almeida LMC, Mise YF, Cavalcante LN. Epidemiological profile of alcoholic liver disease hospital admissions in a Latin American country over a 10-year period. World J Hepatol 2020; 12(5): 230-238 [PMID: 32547690 DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v12.i5.230]
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Andre Castro Lyra, Associate Professor, Medicine-Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Gastro-Hepatology Service, University Hospital, Federal University of Bahia and Gastro-Hepatology Service, Hospital São Rafael, CPPHO, R. Dr. Augusto Viana, s/n - Canela, Salvador, Bahia 40301-155, Brazil. aclyra@live.com
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Lyra AC, de Almeida LMC, Mise YF, Cavalcante LN. Epidemiological profile of alcoholic liver disease hospital admissions in a Latin American country over a 10-year period. World J Hepatol 2020; 12(5): 230-238 [PMID: 32547690 DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v12.i5.230]
World J Hepatol. May 27, 2020; 12(5): 230-238 Published online May 27, 2020. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v12.i5.230
Epidemiological profile of alcoholic liver disease hospital admissions in a Latin American country over a 10-year period
Andre Castro Lyra, Lorena Mascarenhas Carneiro de Almeida, Yukari Figueroa Mise, Lourianne Nascimento Cavalcante
Andre Castro Lyra, Lorena Mascarenhas Carneiro de Almeida, Lourianne Nascimento Cavalcante, Gastro-Hepatology Service, Hospital São Rafael, Salvador, Bahia 41253-190, Brazil
Andre Castro Lyra, Lourianne Nascimento Cavalcante, Gastro-Hepatology Service, Hospital Universitario Prof. Edgard Santos, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia 40301-155, Brazil
Yukari Figueroa Mise, Instituto de Saúde Coletiva-Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia 40110-040, Brazil
Author contributions: Lyra AC developed the idea, mentored and reviewed the study; de Almeida LMC and Mise YF were responsible for collecting, analyzing the data and writing the manuscript; Cavalcante LN analyzed the data and reviewed the study.
Institutional review board statement: This study was performed according to Resolution 466/2012 of the National Health Council. Since this study was conducted using a secondary database in the public domain, which is available on the internet, it was not necessary to use a written consent form or to obtain approval from the Ethics and Research Committee.
Informed consent statement: This study was performed according to Resolution 466/2012 of the National Health Council. Since this study was conducted using a secondary database in the public domain, which is available on the internet, it was not necessary to use a written consent form or to obtain approval from the Ethics and Research Committee. None of the authors have conflicts of interest.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There is no conflict of interest associated with any of the senior author or other coauthors contributed their efforts in this manuscript.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
Corresponding author: Andre Castro Lyra, Associate Professor, Medicine-Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Gastro-Hepatology Service, University Hospital, Federal University of Bahia and Gastro-Hepatology Service, Hospital São Rafael, CPPHO, R. Dr. Augusto Viana, s/n - Canela, Salvador, Bahia 40301-155, Brazil. aclyra@live.com
Received: December 6, 2019 Peer-review started: December 6, 2019 First decision: December 26, 2019 Revised: February 29, 2020 Accepted: April 4, 2020 Article in press: April 4, 2020 Published online: May 27, 2020 Processing time: 173 Days and 9.2 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is one of the main causes of chronic liver disease worldwide. Many patients with ALD present for medical care after they have developed advanced liver disease and its complications. It is important to know the epidemiology of ALD within a specific region/country to better understand which resources might be necessary to improve management. This study provides a landscape of the epidemiological profile of hospital admissions due to ALD in different regions of Brazil from 2006 to 2015, including the mortality rates and admissions according to age range. We detected a 34.07% increase in the total number of hospital admissions for ALD and a 24.72% increase in the total number of ALD deaths over these 10 years. Therefore, this study signals the need to be alert to this liver illness and to possibly revisit policies related to alcohol marketing, sales, and consumption.
