Fumes-tu encore? Quitting among French and American smokers: 2000-2010.

Purpose: This article examines sociodemographic correlates of initiation and quitting among French and American smokers.

Methods: National surveys in France and the United States in 2000, 2005, and 2010 were analyzed of ever smokers, 20-75 years old. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted on age of initiation and quitting.

Perioperative thrombotic complications associated with pediatric liver transplantation: a UNOS database evaluation.

Background: This retrospective UNOS database evaluation analyzes the prevalence of preoperative portal vein thromboses (PVT), and postoperative thromboses leading to graft failure in pediatric patients undergoing liver transplantation (LT).

Methods: The evaluation was performed in three age groups: I (0-5), II (6-11), III (12-18) years old. Factors predictive of pre- and postoperative thromboses were analyzed.

African Americans have a lower prevalence of portal vein thrombosis at the time of liver transplantation.

Background: Perioperative vascular thrombotic events in patients undergoing liver transplantation (LT) are associated with significant morbidity and mortality.

Methods: In this retrospective UNOS database analysis, we evaluated the prevalence of portal vein thrombosis (PVT) and factors contributing to PVT development in different ethnic groups.

Results: Of the 47 953 LT performed between 2002 and 2015, we identified 3642 cases of PVT.