Severe alcoholic hepatitis: current concepts and treatment perspectives

Abstract

The article outlines the current ideas about the most catastrophic form of alcoholic liver disease – severe alcoholic hepatitis. The criteria for clinical and histological diagnosis of alcoholic hepatitis, traditional and new scales for assessing the severity of alcoholic hepatitis are described. Modern innovative methods of treatment aimed at the main pathophysiological mechanisms of development of severe alcoholic hepatitis are presented.Key words: bronchial asthma, asthma school, nurse, basic therapy, prevention, care.