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15 February 2023

BSG/BASL AUD Webinar Series 2 – Through the life-course: Episode 3 Alcohol-related hepatitis

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This webinar was recorded on the 8th February 2023 and is part of our BSG/BASL AUD Webinar Series, focused on Alcohol-related hepatitis.

Please see below the learning objectives and programme from the webinar, and the recording.

Key learning objectives

  • Consider the best prognostic scores to use in severe alcohol-related hepatitis
  • Explore which pharmacological treatment we should we be using in AH, in 2022
  • Understand the impact of sepsis and nutrition and how aggressive should we be in intervening in both, in AH
  • Consider how return to drinking impacts on long-term outcomes in AH and how this might be prevented
  • Explore whether there is a role for liver transplantation in severe AH

Programme

18:00 Welcome and introduction
Dr Ashwin Dhanda, Consultant Hepatologist, University of Plymouth

18:05 Keynote talk on Alcohol-related hepatitis
Dr Nikhil Vergis, Consultant Hepatologist, Imperial College London and Mr Satish Domah,
Hepatology Alcohol CNS and NMP (Independent Nurse prescriber), Imperial College London

18:45 Q&A Panel discussion
Chairs: Dr Steven Masson, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Dr Ashwin Dhanda, Plymouth and Dr Ahmed Elsharkawy, Birmingham
Speakers: Dr Nikhil Vergis, Imperial College London and Mr Satish Domah, Imperial College London

19:00 Thank you and closing remarks
Dr Ashwin Dhanda, Consultant Hepatologist, University of Plymouth