2020 American Transplant Congress
Acute Liver Failure Requiring Liver Transplantation Due to Acute Hepatitis A Infection: A Case Series
*Purpose: On August 1, Philadelphia declared a public health emergency regarding rapid increases in new acute hepatitis A virus (HAV) cases, with 355 locally-acquired cases…2020 American Transplant Congress
Small RNA Extracellular Vesicles Isolated from Liver Perfusate Provides Assessment of Organ Quality and Post Transplantation Graft Function
*Purpose: Donor quality plays a critical role during IRI and early graft outcomes. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) provide a novel source of valuable biomarkers that may…2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation as a Salvage and Uncommon Procedure for a Patient with Colorectal Liver Metastsis with Promising Results, Case Presentation and Literature Review
Transplant Surgery, King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide. About 50% of patients with CRC will develop metastases during the course of the…2020 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with High Mortality in Acute on Chronic Liver Failure Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, Single Center Experience
*Purpose: ACLF is a newly defined syndrome in the background of a chronic liver disease characterized by acute decompensation, organ failure and high mortality at…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Quality Improvement Project to Reduce the Risk of Alcohol Relapse after Liver Transplantation by Implementing a High-Risk Alcoholism Relapse Scale
*Purpose: Alcoholism is the leading cause of liver-related mortality worldwide. Liver transplantation is considered the only curative treatment for end-stage liver disease. Transplantation will reverse…2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure: A 16 Year Experience with 214 Patients in the Post-MELD Era
Department of Surgery, The Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) remains the gold standard treatment for acute liver failure (ALF). Our center has previously reported outcomes in the pre-Model for End…2019 American Transplant Congress
Patterns Of Anti-retroviral Use Among U.s. Liver Transplant Candidates With Hiv
*Purpose: There is a high burden of liver disease among HIV-infected (HIV+) individuals, and the class of antiretroviral therapy (ART) used for their treatment may…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Experience of Somatostatin to Prevent Small-for-Size Syndrome in Patients with Small Graft in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The small-for-size syndrome has to be overcome especially in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) considering the graft and patient survival and morbidities. We introduce…2019 American Transplant Congress
Higher Incidence of Coagulation Complications in Live Liver Donation
Surgery, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
*Purpose: Live donor liver and kidney donations are very effective procedures to increase the available organ pool and shorten waiting list for the patients listed…2019 American Transplant Congress
Hyperglycemia Aggravates Acute Liver Injury by Promoting Macrophage NLRP3 Activation via AMPK/mTOR-Dependent Autophagy Inhibition
The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
*Purpose: The detrimental effects of diabetes mellitus/hyperglycemia include an increase in the oxidative stress response and an enhanced inflammatory response. Despite an increased understanding of…
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