Hepatology Highlights

Muhammad Amir, Ravi S. Vora, Zaid H. Tafesh, Arun Jesudian, Vikas Gupta, Robert E. Schwartz, Nick Russo, Christopher J. Danford, Daryl T.Y. Lau, Robert S. Brown, Nidhi Jalan‐Sakrikar, Jessica L. Maiers, Rajani Sharma, Brett E. Fortune, Moira Hilscher, Sayed Obaidullah Aseem – 29 October 2019

Hepatitis C Virus NAT‐Positive Solid Organ Allografts Transplanted Into Hepatitis C Virus–Negative Recipients: A Real‐World Experience

Nikhil Kapila, K.V. Narayanan Menon, Kawtar Al‐Khalloufi, Jason M. Vanatta, Carla Murgas, Diego Reino, Samer Ebaid, Joshua J. Shaw, Neerja Agrawal, Salwa Rhazouani, Viviana Navas, Cedric Sheffield, Asad Ur Rahman, Michael Castillo, Christina C. Lindenmeyer, Charles Miller, Cristiano Quintini, Xaralambos B. Zervos – 28 October 2019

Frailty Is Associated With Increased Rates of Acute Cellular Rejection Within 3 Months After Liver Transplantation

Laila Fozouni, Yara Mohamad, Adrienne Lebsack, Chris Freise, Peter Stock, Jennifer C. Lai – 26 October 2019 – Frailty, a state of decreased physiological reserve, has been associated with dysregulation of the immune system. We hypothesized that frailty is associated with differential rates of acute cellular rejection (ACR) in liver transplantation (LT) recipients. Our study included LT recipients from 2014 to 2016 who had a pre‐LT frailty assessment using the liver frailty index (LFI). Frailty was defined as an LFI ≥4.5.

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