Exploring the Viability of Matching Marginal Donors With Low Renal Function Recipients in Liver Transplantation.

Background: Renal function varies among liver transplantation (LT) candidates with the same Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD)3.0 score. The impact of marginal grafts on post-LT renal function and prognosis varies based on the pre-LT renal function.

Navigating new frontiers: onsite machine perfusion in US liver transplantation.

Background: The increasing demand for liver transplantation (LT) necessitates optimal utilization of marginal donors including donation after cardiac death (DCD), older, and steatotic donors. Onsite machine perfusion (OMP) might make previously non-utilized organs useable. Comprehensive studies on OMP's safety in LT, using the US national database, are lacking.

Effect of sarcopenia on the survival of patients undergoing liver transplantation: a meta-analysis.

Purpose: The relationship between sarcopenia and post-liver transplant (LT) mortality is still not well understood. This study aims to provide an updated and comprehensive meta-analysis evaluating the impact of sarcopenia on the survival of LT patients.

Methods: We conducted searches in PubMed, Web of Science, and EMBASE up until May 2, 2024, without language restrictions.

An Innovative Clinic-Based Intervention to Improve Adolescent Access to Sexual and Mental Health Services: The Total Teen Program.

Objective: Adolescents encounter numerous healthcare access barriers, leading to poor health outcomes. Researchers developed the Total Teen (TT) program to improve access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and mental health (MH) services in settings providing adolescents and young adults (12-25) health services. This pilot study assessed the TT's impact on care across three settings: school-based health clinics, a federally qualified health center, and an adolescent health clinic for 12 weeks.

Weight Loss and Regain After Bariatric Surgery: Importance of the Psychological Therapy in Postoperative Outcomes.

Background: Obesity is a chronic disease constituting a public health issue, and its prevalence is alarmingly on the rise worldwide. This disease represents a chronic and multifactorial condition, one of the factors being related to the psychological aspect of the patients. Bariatric is an effective tool for obesity control, with weight regain observed more frequently between the third and sixth postoperative years.