The role of the host immune state in recurrent Hepatitis C
N L Ascher – 30 December 2003
Alcoholic liver disease: Natural history
A M Diehl – 30 December 2003
Liver transplantation for end‐stage alcoholic liver disease: An assessment of outcomes
R H Wiesner, M Lombardero, J R Lake, J Everhart, K M Detre – 30 December 2003
Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease: Executive statement and recommendations
J H Hoofnagle, T Kresina, R K Fuller, J R Lake, M R Lucey, M F Sorrell, T P Beresford – 30 December 2003
Acute pancreatitis after orthotopic liver transplantation in children
P Tissieres, P Durand, C Chardot, B Dousset, D Debray, F Gauthier, D Devictor – 30 December 2003
Infection control issues and intraoperative care
W T Merritt – 30 December 2003
Hepatic steatosis: A specific sign of hepatitis C reinfection after liver transplantation
Leonardo Baiocchi, Giuseppe Tisone, Gianpiero Palmieri, Maria Rapicetta, Franco Pisani, Giuseppe Orlando, Carlo Umberto Casciani, Mario Angelico – 30 December 2003 – Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is one of the major causes leading to orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) worldwide. Although viral infection persists in almost all patients, the pathology of recurrent HCV infection after OLT is not well characterized.
Disseminated Bartonella infection with granulomatous hepatitis in a liver transplant recipient
Atul Humar, Irving Salit – 30 December 2003 – Disseminated infection with Bartonella spp with granulomatous hepatitis was diagnosed in a liver transplant recipient presenting with fever of unknown origin. Pathological findings on liver biopsy were atypical, with scant granulomas seen only after a second biopsy. The patient responded promptly to antibiotic therapy. Infections caused by Bartonella spp should be considered in transplant recipients with fever of unknown origin.
Use of older donor livers is associated with more extensive ischemic damage on intraoperative biopsies during liver transplantation
Marc Deschênes, Clark Forbes, Jean Tchervenkov, Jeffrey Barkun, Peter Metrakos, Joe Tector, Elliott Alpert – 30 December 2003 – Initial poor graft function is associated with increased morbidity and graft loss after liver transplantation. Donor age is a risk factor for the development of initial poor function. The severity of ischemic damage on intraoperative postreperfusion (0Post) allograft biopsy specimens is predictive of subsequent initial poor function.