Management of adult patients with ascites due to cirrhosis: An update
Bruce A. Runyon – 28 May 2009
Use of a donor aortic interposition allograft to treat stenosis of the suprahepatic inferior vena cava after liver transplantation
Kourosh Saeb‐Parsy, Asif Jah, Andrew J. Butler, Stephen Large, Gavin J. Pettigrew, Raaj K. Praseedom, Christopher J. Watson, Neville V. Jamieson – 28 May 2009
Living donor liver transplantation using a graft from a donor with situs inversus totalis
Jae Min Chun, Gum O. Jung, Gyu Seong Choi, Jae Berm Park, Choon Hyuck David Kwon, Sung‐Joo Kim, Jae‐Won Joh, Suk‐Koo Lee – 28 May 2009
Side chain structure determines unique physiologic and therapeutic properties of norursodeoxycholic acid in Mdr2−/− mice
Emina Halilbasic, Romina Fiorotto, Peter Fickert, Hanns‐Ulrich Marschall, Tarek Moustafa, Carlo Spirli, Andrea Fuchsbichler, Judith Gumhold, Dagmar Silbert, Kurt Zatloukal, Cord Langner, Uday Maitra, Helmut Denk, Alan F. Hofmann, Mario Strazzabosco, Michael Trauner – 28 May 2009 – 24‐norursodeoxycholic acid (norUDCA), a side chain–modified ursodeoxycholic acid derivative, has dramatic therapeutic effects in experimental cholestasis and may be a promising agent for the treatment of cholestatic liver diseases.
Intramitochondrial crystalline inclusions in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Stephen H. Caldwell, Luiz Antonio R. de Freitas, Sang H. Park, Maria Lucia V. Moreno, Jan A. Redick, Christine A. Davis, Barbee J. Sisson, James T. Patrie, Helma Cotrim, Curtis K. Argo, Abdullah Al‐Osaimi – 28 May 2009 – Mitochondrial dysfunction is an important element in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Intramitochondrial crystals (IMCs) are a well‐documented morphological abnormality seen on transmission electron microscopy in this disease.
Orlistat for overweight subjects with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Teoman Dogru, Cemal Nuri Ercin, Ilker Tasci, Serkan Tapan, Zeki Yesilova, Ahmet Uygun – 28 May 2009
Role of cyanoacrylate in the management of bleeding gastric varices
Akio Matsumoto, Hisashi Matsumoto, Hideto Inokuchi – 21 May 2009
Cost‐effectiveness of hepatitis A vaccination in patients with chronic hepatitis C
Robert P. Myers, James C. Gregor, Paul J. Marotta – 21 May 2009
Brain edema in liver failure: Basic physiologic principles and management
Fin Stolze Larsen, Julia Wendon – 6 May 2009 – In patients with severe liver failure, brain edema is a frequent and serious complication that may result in high intracranial pressure and brain damage. This short article focuses on basic physiologic principles that determine water flux across the blood‐brain barrier. Using the Starling equation, it is evident that both the osmotic and hydrostatic pressure gradients are imbalanced across the blood‐brain barrier in patients with acute liver failure. This combination will tend to favor cerebral capillary water influx to the brain.