Donor hypernatremia before procurement and early outcomes following pediatric liver transplantation

Neema Kaseje, Valerie McLin, Christian Toso, Antoine Poncet, Barbara E. Wildhaber – 23 April 2015 – The demand for transplantable organs far outweighs the supply. Recently, efforts have been made to increase the donor pool by adopting extended criteria for livers, including those from hypernatremic donors. Currently, there is no clear evidence that the use of organs from hypernatremic donors has detrimental effects on pediatric liver transplantation (LT) recipients.

Presentation, diagnosis, and management of early hepatic venous outflow complications in whole cadaveric liver transplant

Shirin Elizabeth Khorsandi, Anuja Athale, Hector Vilca‐Melendez, Wayel Jassem, Andreas Prachalias, Parthi Srinivasan, Mohamed Rela, Nigel Heaton – 23 April 2015 – Early hepatic venous outflow obstruction (HVOO) can be a devastating complication leading to graft loss after liver transplantation (LT).

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Christine E. McLaren, Mary J. Emond, V. Nathan Subramaniam, Pradyumna D. Phatak, James C. Barton, Paul C. Adams, Lawrie W. Powell, Lyle C. Gurrin, Grant A. Ramm, Gregory J. Anderson, Gordon D. McLaren – 23 April 2015

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Mathieu Sertorio, Rodrigo F. Carmo, Sandrine Cabantous, Luydson Vasconcelos, Leila Beltrao Pereira, Patricia Moura, Alain Dessein – 23 April 2015

The impact of pretransplant hepatic encephalopathy on survival following liver transplantation

Robert J. Wong, Maria Aguilar, Robert G. Gish, Ramsey Cheung, Aijaz Ahmed – 22 April 2015 – Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a surrogate marker of liver disease severity, and more severe HE is associated with higher mortality among patients with chronic liver disease. However, whether severity of HE at the time of liver transplantation (LT) directly impacts post‐LT survival or whether this suspected mortality linkage is due to more severe liver disease and subsequently higher rates of post‐LT infection is not well defined.

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