Early liver transplant for alcohol-associated liver disease: Current state and future directions

Table 1 Definition of alcohol-associated hepatitis recommended by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

	Items
1	Onset of jaundice in the previous 8 weeks
2	Continuous alcohol consumption of > 40 (female) or > 60 (male) g/day for at least 6 months, with less than 60 days of abstinence before the onset of jaundice
3	Aspartate aminotransferase > 50, aspartate aminotransferase/alanine aminotransferase > 1.5, and both values less than 400 IU/L
4	Serum bilirubin (total) > 3.0 mg/dL
5	Liver biopsy confirmation in patients (macrovesicular steatosis, hepatocyte ballooning, and predominantly neutrophilic infiltration and Mallory-Denk bodies)
	Exclusion of other liver disease (i.e., viral hepatitis, autoimmune liver diseases, Wilson disease, drug-induced liver injury, hepatocellular carcinoma)