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Patient Frailty Is Independently Associated With the Risk of Hospitalization for Acute‐on‐Chronic Liver Failure

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Shivani Shah, David S. Goldberg, David E. Kaplan, Vinay Sundaram, Tamar H. Taddei, Nadim Mahmud – 18 September 2020 – There is significant interest in identifying risk factors associated with acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF). In transplant candidates, frailty predicts wait‐list mortality and posttransplant outcomes. However, the impact of frailty on ACLF development and mortality is unknown. This was a retrospective study of US veterans with cirrhosis identified between 2008 and 2016. First hospitalizations were characterized as ACLF or non‐ACLF admissions.

Reproductive Health and Liver Disease: Practice Guidance by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

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Monika Sarkar, Carla W. Brady, Jaquelyn Fleckenstein, Kimberly A. Forde, Vandana Khungar, Jean P. Molleston, Yalda Afshar, Norah A. Terrault – 18 September 2020

Reproductive Health and Liver Disease: Practice Guidance by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

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Monika Sarkar, Carla W. Brady, Jaquelyn Fleckenstein, Kimberly A. Forde, Vandana Khungar, Jean P. Molleston, Yalda Afshar, Norah A. Terrault – 18 September 2020

Sequential Use of Normothermic Regional and Ex Situ Machine Perfusion in Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplant

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Davide Ghinolfi, Daniele Dondossola, Erion Rreka, Caterina Lonati, Daniele Pezzati, Andrea Cacciatoinsilla, Alessia Kersik, Chiara Lazzeri, Alberto Zanella, Adriano Peris, Marco Maggioni, Giandomenico Biancofiore, Paolo Reggiani, Riccardo Morganti, Paolo De Simone, Giorgio Rossi – 18 September 2020 – In Italy, 20 minutes of a continuous flat line on an electrocardiogram are required for declaration of death.