Prediction of Alcohol Relapse Among Liver Transplant Candidates With Less Than 6 Months of Abstinence Using the High‐Risk Alcoholism Relapse Score

Julissa Lombardo‐Quezada, Jordi Colmenero, Hugo López‐Pelayo, Carolina Gavotti, Ana Lopez, Gonzalo Crespo, Eva Lopez, Antoni Gual, Anna Lligoña, Miquel Navasa – 28 March 2019 – The selection of liver transplantation (LT) candidates with alcohol‐use disorder (AUD) is influenced by the risk of alcohol relapse (AR) after LT. We aimed to investigate the risk factors of AR after LT and its impact on graft and recipient outcomes.

Retrieval Practice or Overall Donor and Recipient Risk: What Impacts on Outcomes After Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation in the United Kingdom?

Amanda P. C. S. Boteon, Andrea Schlegel, Marit Kalisvaart, Yuri L. Boteon, Manuel Abradelo, Hynek Mergental, J. Keith Roberts, Darius F. Mirza, M. Thamara P. R. Perera, John R. Isaac, Paolo Muiesan – 28 March 2019 – Parameters of retrieval surgery are meticulously documented in the United Kingdom, where up to 40% of livers are donation after circulatory death (DCD) donations. This retrospective analysis focuses on outcomes after transplantation of DCD livers, retrieved by different UK centers between 2011 and 2016.

Hepatology Highlights

Kavitha M. Nair, Ravi S. Vora, Omar Y Mousa, Harmeet Malhi, Robert E. Schwartz, Joseph F. Pisa, Robert S. Brown, Hirsh D. Trivedi, Daryl T.Y. Lau, Nicole Shen, Akhil Shenoy, Jessica L. Maiers, Enis Kostallari, Petra Hirsova, Nicholas Russo, Tasha B. Kulai – 28 March 2019

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