objectives the main aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of applying extracorporeal liver support techniques to treat this group of patients. patients and methods the data from 23 hospital admissions of 21 patients with ald who were admitted to the department of anesthesiology and intensive therapy (a⁢) at the dr wł. biegański regional specialist hospital in łódź between march 20...

BACKGROUND The mortality rate in patients with severe liver dysfunction secondary to alcoholic liver disease (ALD) who do not respond to the standard treatment is exceptionally high. OBJECTIVES The main aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of applying extracorporeal liver support techniques to treat this group of patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS The data from 23 hospital admission...

At this transplant center 1340 patients were entered on the liver transplant waiting list during the first 25 months (October 1987 to November 1989) after the initiation of the UNOS allocation system for liver grafts. Of these 972 (72.5%) of the patients received a graft, 120 (9.0%) died waiting for a graft, 109 (8.1%) remained on the active list as of the study endpoint of December 15, 1989, 1...

Although the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) scoring system has improved the ability to measure medical urgency for transplantation, geographic disparities in the probability of being delisted as a result of complications of end-stage liver disease or death and in the probability of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) remain. The purpose of the current study was to identify factors ...

background liver transplantation (lt) is the only treatment option for patients with advanced liver disease. currently, liver donation to these patients, considering priorities, is based on the model for end-stage liver disease (meld). meld score is a tool for predicting the risk of mortality in patients with advanced liver disease. however, few studies have so far been conducted in iran on the...

One thousand one hundred and twenty-eight candidates for liver transplantation were stratified into five urgency-of-need categories by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) criteria. Most patients of low-risk UNOS 1 status remained alive after 1 yr without transplantation; the mortality while waiting was 3% after a median of 229.5 days. In contrast, only 3% of those entered at the highest...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: ALT: Alanine Amino Transferases; AST: Aspartate Amino Transferases; AUROC: Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve; BMI: Body Mass Index; CIT: Cold Ischemia Time; CT: Computed Tomography; D-MELD: Donor Age Multiplied with the Recipient Model for End-Stage Liver Disease; ECD: Extended Criteria Donor; EGD: Early Graft Dys...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is emerging as a major health problem worldwide. NAFLD is a continuum of disease ranging from mild liver steatosis to severe steatohepatitis, which will ultimately lead to end-stage liver disease with high morbidity and mortality rates. This disorder is considered as a silent liver disease. The metabolic syndrome and its components are accounted as the ...

AASLD American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases AFP Alpha-fetoprotein AJCC American Joint Committee on Cancer BCLC Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer CCA Cholangiocarcinoma CLIP Cancer of the Liver Italian Program CT Computerized tomography CTP Child-Turcotte-Pugh DDLT Deceased donor liver transplantation ERCP Endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatography EUS Endoscopic ultrasound FISH ...

The liver organ allocation policy of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is based on the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD). The policy provides additional priority for candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who are awaiting deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT). However, this priority was reduced on February 27, 2003 to a MELD of 20 for stage T1 and of 24 for stage ...