Epidemiological profile of alcoholic liver disease hospital admissions in a Latin American country over a 10-year period
Andre Castro Lyra, Lorena Mascarenhas Carneiro de Almeida, Yukari Figueroa Mise, Lourianne Nascimento Cavalcante
Andre Castro Lyra, Lorena Mascarenhas Carneiro de Almeida, Lourianne Nascimento Cavalcante, Gastro-Hepatology Service, Hospital São Rafael, Salvador, Bahia 41253-190, Brazil
Andre Castro Lyra, Lourianne Nascimento Cavalcante, Gastro-Hepatology Service, Hospital Universitario Prof. Edgard Santos, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia 40301-155, Brazil
Yukari Figueroa Mise, Instituto de Saúde Coletiva-Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia 40110-040, Brazil
Author contributions: Lyra AC developed the idea, mentored and reviewed the study; de Almeida LMC and Mise YF were responsible for collecting, analyzing the data and writing the manuscript; Cavalcante LN analyzed the data and reviewed the study.
Institutional review board statement: This study was performed according to Resolution 466/2012 of the National Health Council. Since this study was conducted using a secondary database in the public domain, which is available on the internet, it was not necessary to use a written consent form or to obtain approval from the Ethics and Research Committee.
Informed consent statement: This study was performed according to Resolution 466/2012 of the National Health Council. Since this study was conducted using a secondary database in the public domain, which is available on the internet, it was not necessary to use a written consent form or to obtain approval from the Ethics and Research Committee. None of the authors have conflicts of interest.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There is no conflict of interest associated with any of the senior author or other coauthors contributed their efforts in this manuscript.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: Andre Castro Lyra, Associate Professor, Medicine-Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Gastro-Hepatology Service, University Hospital, Federal University of Bahia and Gastro-Hepatology Service, Hospital São Rafael, CPPHO, R. Dr. Augusto Viana, s/n - Canela, Salvador, Bahia 40301-155, Brazil. aclyra@live.com
Received: December 6, 2019
Peer-review started: December 6, 2019
First decision: December 26, 2019
Revised: February 29, 2020
Accepted: April 4, 2020
Article in press: April 4, 2020
Published online: May 27, 2020
