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

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.

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

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.

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