Durect Corporation, Cupertino, CA 95014, United States.
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States.
World J Gastroenterol. 2023 Mar 14;29(10):1648-1650. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v29.i10.1648.
The letter is to respond to the recent publication "Trends in hospitalization for alcoholic hepatitis from 2011 to 2017: A USA nationwide study" ( 2022; 28: 5036-5046). We noticed a significant difference in the total numbers of reported hospitalized alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) patients between this publication and our publication on (2022; 46: 1472-1481). We believe the number of "AH-related hospitalizations" inflated by the inclusion of patients with non-AH forms of alcohol-associated liver disease.
该信函是对最近发表的“2011 年至 2017 年酒精性肝炎住院治疗趋势:美国全国性研究”一文的回应(2022 年;28 期:5036-5046)。我们注意到,该出版物与我们发表的一篇文章(2022 年;46 期:1472-1481)中报告的住院酒精性肝炎(AH)患者总数存在显著差异。我们认为,由于纳入了非 AH 型酒精性肝病患者,导致“与 AH 相关的住院治疗”数量膨胀。