ALLMedicine™ Liver Transplants Center

Nov 27th, 2020 - Split liver transplantation allows for the simultaneous transplantation of two patients, typically a child and an adult, with a single organ. We report our experience with "internal splits" in which 10 pediatric patients from our institution were ...

Nov 22nd, 2020 - Liver transplantation is conducted with strict oversight oforganizational structure and clinical practice. However, specific regulations pertaining to the delivery of anesthetic services are lacking andconsideration of departmental structure and m...

Nov 14th, 2020 - Liver grafts from pediatric donors represent a small fraction of grafts transplanted into adult recipients, and their use in adults requires special consideration of donor size to prevent perioperative complications. In the past, graft weight or v...

Nov 10th, 2020 - Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) enjoys widespread use in Asia, but remains limited to a handful of centers in North America and comprises only 5% of liver transplants performed in the United States. In contrast, living donor kidney trans...

Nov 5th, 2020 - In this study, possible risk factors of gastrointestinal perforations (GIP) that increase mortality after liver transplantation in children were investigated. One hundred and thirty-one pediatric patients who underwent 139 liver transplants betwee...

Dec 31st, 2012 - Liver disease is the twelfth commonest cause of mortality in adults in the United States, resulting in 34,000 deaths annually from cirrhosis. 7 In addition, the rising incidence of HCC in the United States is reflected in an increasing number of de.

Nov 27th, 2020 - Split liver transplantation allows for the simultaneous transplantation of two patients, typically a child and an adult, with a single organ. We report our experience with "internal splits" in which 10 pediatric patients from our institution were ...

Nov 26th, 2020 - Tacrolimus capsules are a calcineurin-inhibitor immunosuppressant indicated for the prophylaxis of organ rejection in adult patients receiving allogeneic liver, kidney or heart transplants, and pediatric patients receiving allogeneic liver transpl...

Nov 26th, 2020 - Tacrolimus capsules are a calcineurin-inhibitor immunosuppressant indicated for the prophylaxis of organ rejection in adult patients receiving allogeneic liver, kidney or heart transplants, and pediatric patients receiving allogeneic liver transpl...

Nov 22nd, 2020 - Liver transplantation is conducted with strict oversight oforganizational structure and clinical practice. However, specific regulations pertaining to the delivery of anesthetic services are lacking andconsideration of departmental structure and m...

Nov 22nd, 2020 - Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)] is indicated for the prophylaxis of organ rejection, in recipients of allogeneic kidney [see Clinical Studies (14.1)], heart [see Clinical Studies (14.2)] or liver transplants [see Clinical Studies (14.3)], in combinat...

Aug 19th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most patients will develop liver fibrosis after their Fontan procedure, and many will require heart-liver transplants, according to a new review. "Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD) is underdiagnosed," Dr. Juliet Em...

May 11th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a sharp drop in organ transplantation in the United States and France, a new report in The Lancet shows. From late February to early April, deceased donor transplantations fell by 51.1% ...

Apr 1st, 2020 - In liver transplant recipients or patients with autoimmune hepatitis on immunosuppressive therapy, acute cellular rejection or disease flare should not be presumed in the face of active coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to the America.

Dec 16th, 2019 - (Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc said on Monday all combinations of its three drugs to treat NASH were unsuccessful in a mid-stage study, the latest failure in a string of trials seeking to develop the first approved treatment for the fatty liver d...

Nov 6th, 2019 - Liver transplant for the three predominant autoimmune liver diseases – primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and autoimmune hepatitis – has been known to have favorable outcomes overall, but little evidence comparing cholang.