Zhi‐Bin Zhang, Wei Gao, Yuan Shi, Lei Liu, Ning Ma, Jing Chen, Zhi‐Jun Zhu – 31 March 2016 – The purpose of this study is to explore whether normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) preservation is superior to cold preservation during reduced‐size liver transplantation (RSLT) in pigs. Twenty‐four healthy Ba‐Ma mini pigs were used (aged >13 months; weight 25‐35 kg; regardless of sex). The animals were randomized into 2 groups.

Mireille J. Serlie, Kasper W. ter Horst, Andrew W. Brown – 31 March 2016

Zobair M. Younossi, Puneetinder Kaur Mann, Mark Wymer – 31 March 2016

A. Lonardo, C.D. Byrne, S.H. Caldwell, H. Cortez‐Pinto, G. Targher – 31 March 2016

Patrizia Burra, Giacomo Germani – 30 March 2016

Nam‐Joon Yi, Jeong‐Moo Lee, Hyeyoung Kim, YoungRok Choi, Hae‐Won Lee, Hyun‐Young Kim, Ung Sik Jin, Jae Sung Ko, Jin Soo Moon, Chul‐Woo Jung, Kwang‐Woong Lee, Kyung‐Suk Suh – 30 March 2016

Geoffrey W. McCaughan, Stephen R. Munn – 30 March 2016 – Liver transplantation (LT) in Australia and New Zealand began in 1985. Over this time until December 2014, LT took place in 3700 adults and 800 children. LT is regulated with 1 unit, supported by the government, per state or region. Currently approximately 270 transplants take place per year. Organ donation rates are moderate in Australia (17 per 1 million of population) but very low in New Zealand (11 per 1 million of population). All the units share organ donors for fulminant hepatic failure cases (status 1).

Julius M. Wilder, Omobonike O. Oloruntoba, Andrew J. Muir, Cynthia A. Moylan – 30 March 2016 – Despite major improvements in access to liver transplantation (LT), disparities remain. Little is known about how distrust in medical care, patient preferences, and the origins shaping those preferences contribute to differences surrounding access. We performed a single‐center, cross‐sectional survey of adults with end‐stage liver disease and compared responses between LT listed and nonlisted patients as well as by race.

Rohit Sawhney, Peter Holland‐Fischer, Matteo Rosselli, Rajeshwar P. Mookerjee, Banwari Agarwal, Rajiv Jalan – 30 March 2016 – Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a common feature of acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF). Although ammonia, inflammation, and cerebral oxygenation are associated with HE in acute liver failure, their roles in ACLF are unknown. The aim of this prospective, longitudinal study was to determine the role of these pathophysiological variables in ACLF patients with and without HE. We studied 101 patients with ACLF admitted to the intensive care unit.

Joris J. Blok, Olivier Detry, Hein Putter, Xavier Rogiers, Robert J. Porte, Bart van Hoek, Jacques Pirenne, Herold J. Metselaar, Jan P. Lerut, Dirk K. Ysebaert, Valerio Lucidi, Roberto I. Troisi, Undine Samuel, A. Claire den Dulk, Jan Ringers, Andries E. Braat, for the Eurotransplant Liver Intestine Advisory Committee – 30 March 2016 – Donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver transplantation (LT) may imply a risk for decreased graft survival, caused by posttransplantation complications such as primary nonfunction or ischemic‐type biliary lesions.