Gordon Jiang: Nothing to Disclose, Yury Popov: Nothing to Disclose 1522 SEX DIFFERENCES IN CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOMES OF VETERANS WITH ALCOHOL-ASSOCIATED HEPATITIS Anahita Rabiee 1 Eric DeRycke 2 Rachel Thompson 3 Ronald Hauser 1 Kathleen Akgn 1 Tamar Taddei 4 , 1 VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Patients should be educated about red flag symptoms requiring immediate medical attention, including severe persistent abdominal pain (especially if radiating to the back, suggesting possible pancreatitis), right upper quadrant pain with fever or jaundice (potential gallbladder disease), inability to keep fluids down for more than 24 hours, syncope, chest pain, or difficulty breathing
If future research confirms these findings, treatment algorithms could eventually shift toward risk-based rather than weight-based prescribing
Some require a multiple-month commitment, while some are available on a month-to-month basis