Global epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Meta‐analytic assessment of prevalence, incidence, and outcomes
A. Lonardo, C.D. Byrne, S.H. Caldwell, H. Cortez‐Pinto, G. Targher – 31 March 2016
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Zobair M. Younossi, Puneetinder Kaur Mann, Mark Wymer – 31 March 2016
Addendum: hypercaloric diets with high meal frequency, but not increased meal size, increase intrahepatic triglycerides: A randomized controlled trial
Mireille J. Serlie, Kasper W. ter Horst, Andrew W. Brown – 31 March 2016
Protective role of normothermic machine perfusion during reduced‐size liver transplantation in pigs
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.
Errors in meta‐analysis on prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Michael Roerecke, Jürgen Rehm, Manuela Neuman – 31 March 2016
Development of a normothermic extracorporeal liver perfusion system toward improving viability and function of human extended criteria donor livers
Babak Banan, Rao Watson, Min Xu, Yiing Lin, William Chapman – 30 March 2016 – Donor organ shortages have led to an increased interest in finding new approaches to recover organs from extended criteria donors (ECD). Normothermic extracorporeal liver perfusion (NELP) has been proposed as a superior preservation method to reduce ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI), precondition suboptimal grafts, and treat ECD livers so that they can be successfully used for transplantation. The aim of this study was to investigate the beneficial effects of a modified NELP circuit on discarded human livers.
Ligating coronary vein varices: An effective treatment of “coronary vein steal” to increase portal flow in liver transplantation
Amar Gupta, Goran B. Klintmalm, Peter T. W. Kim – 30 March 2016
Liver transplant using octogenarian donors
Fabio Ferla, Riccardo De Carlis, Anna Mariani, Luciano De Carlis – 30 March 2016
Longterm results of liver transplantation from donation after circulatory death
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.
Role of ammonia, inflammation, and cerebral oxygenation in brain dysfunction of acute‐on‐chronic liver failure patients
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.