Publications by authors named "A M Pita"
Liver transplant (LT) for colorectal cancer liver metastases (CRLM) is increasingly popular, yet the ideal selection criteria remain unknown. Pretransplant positron emission tomography (PET) metabolic tumor volume (MTV) has been described as predicting recurrence, with a proposed cutoff of MTV ≥70 cm 3 . This approach has not been validated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Open offers (OOs) in liver transplantation (LT) result from bypassing the traditional allocation system. Little is known about the trends of OOs or the differences in donor/recipient characteristics compared to traditionally placed organs. We aim to quantify modern practices regarding OOs and understand NMP's impact, focusing on social determinants of health (SDH), cost, and graft-associated risk.
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- This study investigated the impact of Flavin Mononucleotide (FMN) levels in the flush solution used during liver cold storage on transplant outcomes, involving 62 liver transplant recipients.
- The results showed that higher FMN levels were linked to worse graft survival rates, with the low-FMN group having a 100% one-year survival compared to 77% for the high-FMN group.
- The study concluded FMN level is a reliable biomarker for predicting post-transplant success, suggesting that strategies like machine perfusion could improve outcomes for livers with high FMN levels.
Freshwater samples (n = 199) were obtained from 41 sites with contrasting land-uses (avian, low impact, dairy, urban, sheep and beef, and mixed sheep, beef and dairy) and the E. coli phylotype of 3980 isolates (20 per water sample enrichment) was determined. Eight phylotypes were identified with B1 (48.
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