1. Discuss the etiology, symptomotology and treatment of biliary atresia 2. Discuss the etiology of portal hypertension and manifestations of liver failure that lead to indications for liver transplantation. 3. Formulate a differential diagnosis for acute renal failure in patients with liver failure and understand treatment options 4. Describe the intraoperative stages of liver transplantation ...

BACKGROUND There is a worldwide problem of acute liver failure and mortality associated with remaining on the waiting for a liver transplant. In this study, we highlight results published in recent years by leading transplant centers in evaluating imatinib-induced acute liver failure in chronic myeloid leukemia and follow-up in liver transplantation. CASE PRESENTATION A 36-year-old brown-skin...

Congestive heart failure as a cause of acute liver failure is rarely documented with only a few cases. Although the pathophysiology is poorly understood, there is rising evidence, that low cardiac output with consecutive reduction in hepatic blood flow is a main causing factor, rather than hypotension. In the setting of acute liver failure due to congestive heart failure, clinical signs of the ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the outcome of liver transplantation for acute-on-chronic liver failure. PATIENTS AND METHODS From November 1991 to December 2007, 517 patients underwent liver transplantation at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. Among them, 149 had acute-on-chronic liver failure as defined in the recent Asian Pacific Association for the Study of Liver Consensus Meeting. Their clinical data ...

UNLABELLED A major part of morbidity and mortality after liver resections is caused by inadequate remnant liver function leading to liver failure. It is therefore important to develop accurate diagnostic tools that can predict the risk of liver resection-related morbidity and mortality. In this study, preoperative hepatobiliary scintigraphy of the future remnant liver and CT volumetric measurem...

BACKGROUND The incidence of pulmonary failure in trauma patients is considered to be influenced by several factors such as liver injury. We intended to assess the association of various potential predictors of pulmonary failure following thoracic trauma and liver injury. METHODS Records of 12,585 trauma patients documented in the TraumaRegister DGU® of the German Trauma Society were analyzed ...

Background &Aim: The prognostic factors determining the outcome of patients with cirrhosis and multi-organ failure are currently under evaluation. Reversal organ pattern in response to Liver Transplant has not been studied much. It is an understood phenomenon that different organs failed as consequence ACLF will ultimately recover from injury upon liver transplantation. aim study was determ...

Liver stiffness measurement using FibroScan is a novel rapid and non-invasive technique that evaluates liver fibrosis. In some cases, however, no elasticity measurement is obtained. The aim of this prospective study was to assess the prevalence and factors associated with failure (no value obtained after 10 measurements) of liver stiffness measurement in patients with chronic liver disease. Two...

BACKGROUND After portal vein embolization (PVE), the future liver remnant (FLR) hypertrophies for several weeks. An early marker that predicts a low risk of post-hepatectomy liver failure can reduce the delay to surgery. STUDY DESIGN Liver volumes of 153 patients who underwent a major hepatectomy (>3 segments) after PVE for primary or secondary liver malignancy between September 1999 and Nove...