Current Status and Future Challenges of Liver Transplantation Programs in Chile

Carlos Benítez, Rodrigo Wolff – 8 September 2018 – Liver transplantation (LT) was performed for the first time in Chile in 1969, but only since the 1990s has it been systematically performed. Our health system is strongly centralized, which is a severe limitation for the patients who need to be evaluated and subsequently listed.

A Model to Predict 1‐Month Risk of Transplant or Death in Hepatitis A–Related Acute Liver Failure

Jin Dong Kim, Eun Ju Cho, Choonghyun Ahn, Sue K. Park, Jong Young Choi, Han Chu Lee, Do Young Kim, Moon Seok Choi, Hee Jung Wang, In Hee Kim, Jong Eun Yeon, Yeon Seok Seo, Won Young Tak, Moon Young Kim, Heon Ju Lee, Yun Soo Kim, Dae Won Jun, Joo Hyun Sohn, So Young Kwon, Sang Hoon Park, Jeong Heo, Sook‐Hyang Jeong, Jeong‐Hoon Lee, Nobuaki Nakayama, Satoshi Mochida, Akio Ido, Hirohito Tsubouchi, Hazime Takikawa, Shalimar, Subrat Kumar Acharya, William Bernal, John O’Grady, Yoon Jun Kim – 8 September 2018 – Acute liver failure (ALF) caused by hepatitis A is a rare but fatal disease.

LiverLearning®: 2018 Webinar: Implications of the Hepatitis C Epidemic on Women & Children

Chronic hepatitis C infection remains a major public health burden with substantial morbidity and mortality. In this program, expert hepatologists will provide a state-of-the-art update on the evolving epidemiology, natural history, and evidence-based management of hepatitis C infection in women of child-bearing age, pregnancy, and children.Dawn S. Harrison (Moderator) Dawn S. Harrison is a Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at The University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Aortic Versus Dual Perfusion for Retrieval of the Liver After Brain Death: A National Registry Analysis

Ahmer M. Hameed, Tony Pang, Peter Yoon, Glenda Balderson, Ronald De Roo, Lawrence Yuen, Vincent Lam, Jerome Laurence, Michael Crawford, Richard D. M. Allen, Wayne J. Hawthorne, Henry C. Pleass – 7 September 2018 – There is lack of consensus in the literature regarding the comparative efficacy of in situ aortic‐only compared with dual (aortic and portal venous) perfusion for retrieval and transplantation of the liver.

Great Expectations: Principal Investigator and Trainee Perspectives on Hiring, Supervision, and Mentoring

Leonard Kaps, Jonathan G. Stine, Jessica Mellinger, Silvia Vilarinho – 7 September 2018 – A functioning mentor–trainee relationship is of high importance in academia. Discrepancies in expectations between principal investigators (PIs) and trainees are a source of misunderstandings and conflicts, endangering scientific progress and career advancement.

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