Ramon Bataller, MD, PhD, discusses alcohol-related liver disease (ALD), and what the impact of relapse is on liver transplantation for ALD patients. Dr. Bataller also reviews predictors of relapse in ALD patients and how to detect active alcohol intake.
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Analyze the impact of alcohol relapse on the outcome of patients with ALD
- Identify risk of relapse in patients transplanted due to ALD
- Recognize the current biomarkers to detect alcohol use in patients withALD
Disclosures
Dr. Bataller has reported no relevant relationships with entities producing health care goods or services.
All presenters' disclosureS of relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients is listed above. No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers, and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Accreditation Statement
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Other health care professionals are awarded 0.075 continuing education units (CEU), which is equivalent to 0.75 contact hours.
For your credit transcript, please access our website four weeks postcompletion at http://ccehs.upmc.com and follow the link to the Credit Transcript page. If you do not provide the last five digits of your SSN on the next page you will not be able to access a CME credit transcript. Providing your SSN is voluntary.
Release Date: 9/10/2019 | Last Modified On: 9/10/2019 | Expires: 9/10/2020
