[HTML][HTML] Living donor versus deceased donor pediatric liver transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Barbetta, C Butler, S Barhouma, R Hogen… - Transplantation …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background. Reduced-size deceased donors and living donor liver transplantation (LDLT)
can address the organ shortage for pediatric liver transplant candidates, but concerns …

Pediatric acute-on-chronic liver failure

S Alam, BB Lal - Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2024 - Springer
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is characterized by an acute hepatic insult happening
in a patient with underlying cirrhosis with compromised hepatic reserve leading to …

Tailoring allocation policies and improving access to paediatric liver transplantation over a 16-year period

M Spada, R Angelico, S Trapani, L Masiero, F Puoti… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Mortality on the paediatric liver transplantation (pLT) waiting list (WL) is
still an issue. We analysed the Italian pLT WL to evaluate the intention-to-treat (ITT) success …

[HTML][HTML] Acute-on-chronic liver failure in children

A Islek, G Tumgor - World Journal of Hepatology, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although various complex definitions of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) have been
suggested in relation to adult patients, there is currently no universal definition of the …

Kasai procedure in patients older than 90 days: worth a cut

M Uecker, JF Kuebler, N Schukfeh… - European Journal of …, 2022 - thieme-connect.com
Introduction Age at Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE) has been identified as a predictive factor
for native-liver survival in patients with biliary atresia (BA). Outcomes of pediatric liver …

Status 1B designation does not adequately prioritize children with acute‐on‐chronic liver failure for liver transplantation

L Mataya, T Bittermann, WO Quarshie… - Liver …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF) is an acute decompensation of chronic liver disease
leading to multiorgan failure and mortality. The objective of this study was to evaluate …

Acute‐on‐chronic liver failure: A 20‐year retrospective review of a tertiary paediatric liver centre

H Singh, C Kelgeri, C Passingham… - Acta …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF) is an acute deterioration of pre‐existing chronic
liver disease related to a precipitating event. We characterised paediatric ACLF at …

Acute-on-chronic liver failure before liver transplantation does not impact post-transplant survival in children with biliary atresia

AM Banc-Husu, M Hall, C Thurm… - Liver …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) occurs in children with biliary atresia (BA) awaiting liver
transplantation (LT). However, data on transplant outcomes in ACLF are limited. Our aim …

Continuous renal replacement therapy and therapeutic plasma exchange in pediatric liver failure

C Jackson, K Carlin, N Blondet, I Jordan… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Patients with acute liver failure (ALF) and acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF) have
significant morbidity and mortality. They require extracorporeal blood purification modalities …

Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Outcomes of Severe Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatric Acute Liver Failure: Single-Center Retrospective Study, 2003–2017

EC Alexander, R Saxena, R Singla… - Pediatric Critical Care …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Our aim was to determine the prevalence and explanatory factors associated
with outcomes in children with acute liver failure (ALF) admitted to the PICU, who also …