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Safety of live virus vaccination following pediatric liver transplantation

Live virus vaccination following pediatric liver transplantation: Outcomes from two academic children's hospitals - Newman - 2022 - American Journal of Transplantation - Wiley Online Library

Khalid Al-Kharraz

August 6, 2023

Evidence Corner

Early Liver Transplantation for Severe Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis and a History of Prior Liver Decompensation

Can we really do early liver transplantation for patients that have had more than one decompensating event?

Muyi Li

August 28, 2023

Evidence Corner

Effect of hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion on symptomatic nonanastomotic biliary strictures in DCD livers

Can machine perfusion of liver grafts improve outcomes compared to static cold storage?

Ashley Sweet

August 31, 2023

Clinical Pearls

HCC in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease

A 48 year-old female with history of obesity (BMI 40), hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and type 2 diabetes mellitus is found to have mildly elevated liver enzymes with an AST 41 and ALT 60. Platelet...

Amanda Su

August 31, 2023

Clinical Pearls

Food Security in the Adult with Liver Disease

A 56 year-old man with cirrhosis 2/2 MAFLD complicated by ascites and who presents with a 20 pound weight-loss over 3 months. He reports he is having difficulty doing some of his activities of daily...

Sarah Uttal

September 10, 2023

Evidence Corner

A Stiff Competition: Comparing the MEFIB Index and FAST Score for the Detection of Fibrosis in MASLD

If I want to diagnose advanced fibrosis in my patient, how much better is MRI with FIB-4 compared to Fibroscan with AST?

Chiara Maruggi

September 22, 2023

Clinical Pearls

Pediatric Liver Transplant Prioritization

Why is pediatric prioritization important? Ethical considerations Before discussing how pediatric patients are being prioritized on liver transplant waitlists, it is important to discuss the ethical...