Circulating Kidney Injury Molecule 1 Predicts Prognosis and Poor Outcome in Patients With Acetaminophen‐Induced Liver Injury

Daniel J. Antoine, Venkata S. Sabbisetti, Ben Francis, Andrea L. Jorgensen, Darren G.N. Craig, Kenneth J. Simpson, Joseph V. Bonventre, B. Kevin Park, James W. Dear – 18 April 2015 – Acute kidney injury in the context of acetaminophen (APAP; paracetamol)‐induced liver injury is an important predictor of the requirement for urgent liver transplantation (LT) to avoid death. However, the prognostic biomarker used to report kidney dysfunction (serum creatinine concentration) has suboptimal sensitivity and specificity.

Recipient factors associated with having a potential living donor for liver transplantation

Adam Doyle, Rania N. Rabie, Arastoo Mokhtari, Mark Cattral, Anand Ghanekar, David Grant, Paul Greig, Gary Levy, Leslie Lilly, Ian McGilvray, Markus Selzner, Nazia Selzner, Eberhard L. Renner – 17 April 2015 – Because of a persistent discrepancy between the demand for liver transplantation (LT) and the supply of deceased donor organs, there is an interest in increasing living donation rates at centers trained in this method of transplantation. We examined a large socioeconomically heterogeneous cohort of patients listed for LT to identify recipient factors associated with living donation.

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