2017 American Transplant Congress
Substance Abuse in Acute Liver Failure: Time to Talk About Opiates.
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit
Purpose: Prescription opiate utilization is on the rise. Research on acute liver failure (ALF) has focused on acetaminophen (APAP) overdose or other medical etiologies but…2017 American Transplant Congress
Liver Retransplantation: The Largest Post MELD Single Center Experience.
Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
OBJECTIVE: Analyze post MELD liver retransplantation (Re-OLT) and identify recipient and donor preoperative risk factors associated with poor patient outcomes.BACKGROUND: Re-OLT is a high risk…2017 American Transplant Congress
Enhanced Liver Regeneration After Partial Hepatectomy in Mice Treated with a Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor.
Purpose: Resection of more than 70% of liver mass increases incidence of post-operative hepatic failure due to an inability of the liver remnant to adequately…2017 American Transplant Congress
Liver Regeneration in Porcine Hepatectomy Model.
Department of Transplantation Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background: Acute Liver Failure (ALF) is a serious condition. A substantial number of donor livers (10%) are used to save ALF patients. Supportive therapies such…2016 American Transplant Congress
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Admissions Cost 3 Times More Than Non-ACLF Related Admissions.
Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Background: Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is associated with significant resource utilization. However, the relative charges associated with ACLF are not established.Methods: We examined cirrhotics admitted…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Following Inguinal Hernia Repair in Patients with End Stage Liver Disease.
Transplant Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.
Increased abdominal pressure and girth from ascites puts patients with end stage liver disease (ESLD) at high risk for inguinal hernia as well as challenges…2016 American Transplant Congress
Cytokine Storm in Acute Post-Hepatectmy Phase Associates with Liver Injury and Impaired Liver Regeneration.
Background Posthepatectomy liver failure and its transplant counterpart, small-for-size syndrome, remain poorly understood. Large increases in IL-6 are associated with poor allograft function and IL-6…2016 American Transplant Congress
High Efficacy of Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir with Ribavirin in HCV Genotype-1 Infected Patients with Decompensated Liver Disease: Analysis by MELD Score from the SOLAR-1 and SOLAR-2 Trials.
Introduction: HCV infected patients with decompensated liver disease have significant morbidity & mortality. The efficacy & safety of LDV/SOF + RBV was evaluated in a…2015 American Transplant Congress
Financial Impact of an Advanced Liver Disease Service on a Tertiary Health System
Regional disparities in liver transplantation motivated revision of national organ-sharing policies towards critically ill patients. Liver transplantation of high MELD patients incorporates significant institutional commitment…2015 American Transplant Congress
MiR-26a Regulates Mouse Hepatocyte Proliferation By Directly Targeting Their 3′ Untranslated Region of CCNE2/CCND2
Objectives: The deficiency of liver regeneration needs to be addressed in the fields of liver surgery, split liver transplantation and living donor liver transplantation. Researches…
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