Liver injury from herbal and dietary supplements

Victor J. Navarro, Ikhlas Khan, Einar Björnsson, Leonard B. Seeff, Jose Serrano, Jay H. Hoofnagle – 27 September 2016 – Herbal and dietary supplements (HDS) are used increasingly both in the United States and worldwide, and HDS‐induced liver injury in the United States has increased proportionally. Current challenges in the diagnosis and management of HDS‐induced liver injury were the focus of a 2‐day research symposium sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease and the National Institutes of Health.

Liver transplantation after share 35: Impact on pretransplant and posttransplant costs and mortality

Clara T. Nicolas, Scott L. Nyberg, Julie K. Heimbach, Kymberly Watt, Harvey S. Chen, Matthew A. Hathcock, Walter K. Kremers – 22 September 2016 – Share 35 was implemented in 2013 to direct livers to the most urgent candidates by prioritizing Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) ≥ 35 patients. We aim to evaluate this policy's impact on costs and mortality. Our study includes 834 wait‐listed patients and 338 patients who received deceased donor, solitary liver transplants at Mayo Clinic between January 2010 and December 2014.

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