Psychosocial assessment in liver transplantation (LT): an analysis of short-term outcomes.
Lindsay A MatthewsJessica A MustoNimrod Deiss-YehielyKimberly E DanielChristina LightbournMaureen GarveyFauzia OsmanDavid P FoleyJohn R RiceMichael R LuceyPublished in: Hepatology communications (2023)
Patients with ALD had higher psychosocial risk compared with patients without a diagnosis of ALD who were placed on the waitlist, but had similar short-term outcomes including mortality, transplantation, and rejection. Although a high SIPAT score was predictive of alcohol use, in the short-term, alcohol use after transplant listing was not associated with mortality.