Personalizing Diabetes Management in Liver Transplant Recipients: The New Era for Optimizing Risk Management

Brooks Richardson, Mohammad Qasim Khan, Sara A Brown, Kymberly D Watt, Manhal Izzy – 16 December 2021 – Post‐transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) is a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality in liver transplant recipients (LTRs). With concurrent comorbidities and use of various immunosuppression medications, identifying a safe and personalized regimen for management of PTDM is needed. There are many comorbidities associated with the post‐transplant course including chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, allograft steatosis, obesity, and de novo malignancy.

Hepatitis B in Senegal: A Successful Infant Vaccination Program but Urgent Need to Scale Up Screening and Treatment (ANRS 12356 AmBASS survey)

Lauren Périères, Aldiouma Diallo, Fabienne Marcellin, Marie Libérée Nishimwe, El Hadji Ba, Marion Coste, Gora Lo, Philippe Halfon, Coumba Touré Kane, Gwenaëlle Maradan, Patrizia Carrieri, Assane Diouf, Yusuke Shimakawa, Cheikh Sokhna, Sylvie Boyer, ANRS 12356 AmBASS Survey Study Group – 16 December 2021 – Senegal introduced the infant hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination in 2004 and recently committed to eliminating hepatitis B by 2030. Updated epidemiological data are needed to provide information on the progress being made and to develop new interventions.

Sirolimus or Everolimus Improves Survival After Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Xiangyu Yan, Songhan Huang, Yang Yang, Ziwen Lu, Feiyu Li, Liyong Jiang, Yong Jiang, Jun Liu – 15 December 2021 – The effects of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors (sirolimus [SRL] and everolimus [EVL]) on survival in liver transplantation (LT) recipients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remain the subject of intense research. Therefore, we performed this systematic review and meta‐analysis to investigate the potential survival benefits of mTOR inhibitors (mTORis).

Prediction of biochemical nonresolution in patients with chronic drug‐induced liver injury: A large multicenter study

Chun‐Yan Wang, Ya Deng, Ping Li, Sujun Zheng, Guofeng Chen, Guangde Zhou, Jing Xu, Yan‐Ping Chen, Zheng Wang, Xueyuan Jin, Jin‐Mo Tang, Kun‐Peng Hu, Jing‐Feng Bi, Ping Zhang, Chun‐Xia Li, Ang Huang, Gui‐Ji Lv, Xiao‐He Xiao, Zhengsheng Zou, Dong Ji – 15 December 2021

Subscribe to