Severity of alcoholic hepatitis is defined by Maddrey's discriminant function, value of 32 or higher indicates severe alcoholic hepatitis that carries an adverse prognosis with one month mortality of 30%-50%. Prednisolone (40 mg/day) given orally should be considered to improve 28-day mortality in patients with severe AH. Abstinence is key to long-term survival. According to current protocol, we discontinue the treatment after 28 days but only 15 % patient is achieving the DF \< 32 after 28 days of treatment. The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of extended low dose prednisolone (10mg) in achieving remission by day-90 in steroid responsive severe alcoholic hepatitis.
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To assess the proportion of steroid responsive SAH patients achieving remission by extended low dose Prednisolone (10mg/day) till day 90 in comparison to SMT
Timeframe: 90 days