Jaana Helenius‐Hietala, Hellevi Ruokonen, Lisa Grönroos, Harri Rissanen, Miira M. Vehkalahti, Liisa Suominen, Helena Isoniemi, Jukka H. Meurman – 18 October 2013 – Immunosuppressive drugs and other medications may predispose patients to oral diseases. Data on oral mucosal health in recipients of liver transplantation (LT) are limited. We, therefore, recruited 84 LT recipients (64 with chronic liver disease and 20 with acute liver failure) for clinical oral examinations in a cross‐sectional, case‐control study. Their oral health had been clinically examined before transplantation.

Rekha V. Thammana, Stuart J. Knechtle, Rene Romero, Thomas G. Heffron, Caroline T. Daniels, Rachel E. Patzer – 17 October 2013 – Racial and socioeconomic disparities exist in liver transplantation (LT) outcomes among adults, but little research exists for pediatric LT populations. We examined racial differences in graft survival and mortality within a retrospective cohort of pediatric and young adult LT recipients at a large children's transplant center in the Southeast between 1998 and 2011.

Alexander Knisely – 17 October 2013

Stephanie G. Yi, Sherilyn Gordon Burroughs, Matthias Loebe, Scott Scheinin, Harish Seethamraju, Soma Jyothula, Howard Monsour, Robert McFadden, Hemangshu Podder, Ashish Saharia, Emad H. Asham, Maha Boktour, A. Osama Gaber, R. Mark Ghobrial – 17 October 2013 – Patients with end‐stage lung disease complicated by cirrhosis are not expected to survive lung transplantation alone. Such patients are potential candidates for combined lung‐liver transplantation (CLLT), however few reports document the indications and outcomes after CLLT. This is a review of a large single‐center CLLT series.

William Bernal, Rosa Martin‐Mateos, Miklós Lipcsey, Caroline Tallis, Kyne Woodsford, Mark J. Mcphail, Christopher Willars, Georg Auzinger, Elizabeth Sizer, Michael Heneghan, Simon Cottam, Nigel Heaton, Julia Wendon – 17 October 2013 – Chronic liver disease (CLD) is associated with muscle wasting, reduced exercise tolerance and aerobic capacity (AC). Measures of AC determined with cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) may predict survival after liver transplantation (LT), but the relationship with nontransplant outcomes is uncertain.

Iestyn M. Shapey, Paolo Muiesan – 17 October 2013 – Organs from donors after circulatory death (DCDs) are particularly susceptible to the effects of warm ischemia injury. Regional perfusion (RP) by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is increasingly being advocated as a useful remedy to the effects of ischemia/reperfusion injury, and it has been reported to enable the transplantation of organs from donors previously deemed unsuitable. The MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane databases were searched, and articles published between 1997 and 2013 were obtained.

Emily R. Perito, Sue Rhee, John Paul Roberts, Philip Rosenthal – 17 October 2013 – Decision making concerning liver transplantation is unique for children with urea cycle disorders (UCDs) and organic acidemias (OAs) because of their immediate high priority on the waiting list, which is not related to the severity of their disease. There are limited national outcome data on which recommendations about liver transplantation for UCDs or OAs can be based.

Gabriel C. Oniscu, Geraldine Diaz, Josh Levitsky – 17 October 2013 – The International Liver Transplantation Society held its annual meeting from June 12 to 15 in Sydney, Australia. More than 800 registrants attended the congress, which opened with a conference celebrating 50 years of liver transplantation (LT). The program included series of featured symposia, focused topic sessions, and oral and poster presentations. This report is by no means all‐inclusive and focuses on specific abstracts on key topics in LT.

Rafael Claudino Botero – 16 October 2013

Stevan A. Gonzalez, Gary L. Davis – 16 October 2013