Impact of COVID-19 on liver transplant recipients: A nationwide cohort study evaluating hospitalization, transplant rejection, and inpatient mortality.

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a major public health concern worldwide. Patients with comorbid conditions are at risk of adverse outcomes following COVID-19. Solid organ transplant recipients with concurrent immunosuppression and comorbidities are more susceptible to a severe COVID-19 infection.

Comparison of the management of gastric variceal bleeding techniques.

Background And Aim: Managing gastric variceal (GV) hemorrhage is more complicated than managing esophageal variceal (EV) bleeding, resulting in significantly higher morbidity and mortality. We aim to compare the outcomes of endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL), transhepatic intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), and balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) in the management of GV bleeding.

Methods: We utilized the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database from January 2016 to December 2019 to include adult patients with GV hemorrhage.

Increasing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease-related mortality rates in the United States from 1999 to 2022.

Background: We examined trends in NAFLD-related mortality in the United States from 1999 to 2022, focusing on sex, racial differences, and specific age groups.

Methods: We analyzed age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) for NAFLD-related deaths using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research database and assessed differences between sex and racial groups.

Results: Between 1999 and 2022, NAFLD-related mortality rose from an age-adjusted mortality rate (AAMR) of 0.

Rising alcohol-associated liver disease-related mortality rates in the United States from 1999 to 2022.

We examined trends in alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD)-related mortality in the United States from 1999 to 2022, focusing on sex, racial differences, and specific age groups. We analyzed age-adjusted mortality rates for ALD-related deaths using the CDC WONDER database and assessed differences between sex and racial groups. ALD-related mortality rates increased significantly between 1999 and 2022, with a more pronounced increase in females.

Racial and gender-based disparities and trends in common psychiatric conditions in liver cirrhosis hospitalizations: A ten-year United States study.

Background: Chronic liver disease is associated with various neuropsychiatric conditions. There are currently no large studies assessing and comparing the prevalence of psychiatric illnesses based on patient profiles and the etiology of cirrhosis.

Aim: To examine the trends of hospitalizations among psychiatric conditions in cirrhosis.

Community Socioeconomic Deprivation Predicts Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.

In order to determine the relationship between socioeconomic deprivation and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), we retrospectively reviewed the electronic medical records of 1,430 patients in a large tertiary health care network in New York. These patients underwent liver biopsy over a 10-year period and were included in our study if they had evidence of NAFLD/NASH on liver biopsy. Zip codes were used to obtain data necessary to derive the social deprivation index (SDI) from the US Bureau of the Census.

Association of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and COVID-19: A literature review of current evidence.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has swept through nations, crippled economies and caused millions of deaths worldwide. Many people diagnosed with COVID-19 infections are often found to develop liver injury, which, in a small portion of patients, progresses to severe liver disease. Liver injury in the form of elevated transaminases, hyperbilirubinemia and alterations in serum albumin has been observed to be higher in patients with severe forms of the disease.

Current Trends in Management of Marjolin's Ulcer: A Systematic Review.

Marjolin's ulcer (MU) is a rare, aggressive entity with frequent delay in diagnosis for a variety of regions. Although well described and classically taught in medical school, aspects of its treatment remain ill-defined and controversial. A systematic review was performed according to PRISMA guidelines to identify studies discussing patients who underwent surgical treatment of MU.

Are there variations in timing to tracheostomy in a tertiary academic medical center?

Background: It is unclear what drives variation in timing to tracheostomy among different patients.

Methods: Age, ethnicity, admission service, and income were retrospectively collected for patients undergoing tracheostomy in a Level 1 trauma center from 2007 to 2017. The primary outcome was time to tracheostomy with early tracheostomy (ET) or late tracheotomy (LT) defined as 3-7 or ≥ 10 days post-intubation, respectively.

Ethnic differences in platysmal perforators and its relevance for the platysma myocutaneous flap.

Background: Variable flap loss rates for the platysma myocutaneous flap have been reported for the Caucasian and the Asian population, which are 10.1% and 1.6%, respectively.

Vertical Plate for Flail Chest Repair.

Operative treatment of rib fractures in the context of flail chest and respiratory failure is a well-established approach. In-line rib osteosynthesis with plates is the standard treatment sufficient to eliminate flail, achieve sufficient stability, and create chest rigidity to improve the respiratory cycle and maintain reduction. However, bridging large skeletal defects with missing portion of ribs is very challenging, particularly in the absence of suitable anchoring rib fragments.