Abstract
Purpose: This review will provide an overview of alcohol use and alcohol associated liver disease (ALD) prior to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the impact of the pandemic on alcohol use and ALD. Furthermore, this review will explore strategies to mitigate the growing disease burden of AUD and ALD. Methods: A search using PubMed was performed for articles on topics related to alcohol use, ALD, and COVID-19. The literature was reviewed and pertinent sources were used for this narrative review. Findings: In the United States (US), excessive alcohol use is the third leading cause of preventable death. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the increasing prevalence of alcohol use disorder (AUD) and ALD in the US had already constituted a public health crisis given the association between alcohol misuse, AUD, and ALD with significant medical, economic, and societal burdens. The COVID-19 pandemic led to increased alcohol consumption and downstream consequences, including increased prevalence of AUD, ALD, ALD-related hospitalization and death, and liver transplantation for ALD. Implications: There is a critical need for additional, multi-pronged interventions to mitigate the mortality and morbidity linked to ALD.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1164-1170 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Clinical Therapeutics |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2023 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
- Alcohol use disorder
- Alcohol-associated cirrhosis
- Alcohol-associated hepatitis
- Alcohol-associated liver disease
- COVID-19
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article
- Review