Lesley De Pietri, Marcello Bianchini, Roberto Montalti, Nicola De Maria, Tommaso Di Maira, Bruno Begliomini, Giorgio Enrico Gerunda, Fabrizio di Benedetto, Guadalupe Garcia‐Tsao, Erica Villa – 4 September 2015 – Bleeding is a feared complication of invasive procedures in patients with cirrhosis and significant coagulopathy (as defined by routine coagulation tests) and is used to justify preprocedure use of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) and/or platelets (PLT).

Andrea Ribeiro de Souza, Vincenzo La Mura, Annalisa Berzigotti, Juan Carlos García‐Pagán, Juan G. Abraldes, Jaime Bosch – 4 September 2015 – Nonselective beta‐blockers (NSBB) are widely used because they have been proved effective in the prophylaxis of acute variceal bleeding (AVB). However, a significant proportion of patients still experience AVB while on treatment with NSBB, and its impact on prognosis of AVB is unknown.

José M. Mato, Shelly C. Lu – 3 September 2015

Elizabeth A. Pomfret, James J. Pomposelli – 3 September 2015

Daniel J. Firl, Koji Hashimoto, Colin O'Rourke, Teresa Diago‐Uso, Masato Fujiki, Federico N. Aucejo, Cristiano Quintini, Dympna M. Kelly, Charles M. Miller, John J. Fung, Bijan Eghtesad – 3 September 2015 – The use of liver grafts from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors remains controversial, particularly with donors of advanced age. This retrospective study investigated the impact of donor age in DCD liver transplantation.

Xian‐Sheng Zhu, Sha‐Sha Wang, Qi Cheng, Chuang‐Wen Ye, Feng Huo, Peng Li – 3 September 2015 – Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been used to support brain‐dead donors for liver procurement. This study investigated the potential role of ultrasonographic monitoring of hepatic perfusion as an aid to improve the viability of liver transplants obtained from brain‐dead donors who are supported on ECMO. A total of 40 brain‐dead patients maintained on ECMO served as the study population.

Shoko Kimura, Kikumi S. Ozaki, Shinya Ueki, Matthew Zhang, Shinichiro Yokota, Donna B. Stolz, David A.

Göran B. Klintmalm – 3 September 2015

Yinzhe Xu, Hao Chen, Heidi Yeh, Hongguang Wang, Jianjun Leng, Jiahong Dong – 3 September 2015 – In living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), insufficient graft volume could result in small‐for‐size syndrome in recipients, whereas major liver donation predisposes the donor to a high risk of posthepatectomy liver failure. Dual graft LDLT is therefore introduced to obtain combined graft sufficiency. To date, 367 patients have been reported worldwide. We reviewed all the relevant literature, with a special focus on 43 case reports containing enough data to extract and analyze.

Basem Alraddadi, Natalie E. Nierenberg, Lori Lyn Price, Jennifer K. L. Chow, Debra D. Poutsiaka, Richard J. Rohrer, Jeffrey T. Cooper, Richard B. Freeman, David R. Snydman – 3 September 2015 – Neutropenia after orthotopic liver transplantation (LT) is relatively common, but the factors associated with its development remain elusive.