Successful ABO-Incompatible Living Donor Liver Transplantation in a Patient with an Anaphylactic Reaction to Fresh Frozen Plasma During Therapeutic Plasma Exchange: A Case Report.

Background: ABO-incompatible living donor liver transplantation (ABOi LDLT) is a complex procedure involving the reduction of anti-A and anti-B antibodies by therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) to prevent acute antibody-mediated rejection. Fresh frozen plasma (FFP) is often used as replacement fluid during TPE.

Case Description: We report an ABOi LDLT case in which the patient experienced an anaphylactic reaction to FFP during TPE.

IL-4/IL-4 Ab complex enhances the accumulation of both antigen-specific and bystander CD8 T cells in mouse lungs infected with influenza A virus.

Background: Unlike conventional T cells, innate and virtual-memory CD8 T cells in naïve mice acquire their memory phenotypes and functions in the absence of antigenic encounters in a cytokine-dependent manner. The relevant cytokines include interleukin-4 (IL-4), type I interferon, and interleukin-15 (IL-15). Moreover, exogenous IL-4 can also induce de novo generation and/or expansion of the virtual-memory CD8 T cell population.

Prevention of severe lung immunopathology associated with influenza infection through adeno-associated virus vector administration.

Background: Influenza A viruses (IAVs) have long posed a threat to humans, occasionally causing significant morbidity and mortality. The initial immune response is triggered by infected epithelial cells, alveolar macrophages and dendritic cells. However, an exaggerated innate immune response can result in severe lung injury and even host mortality.

Comparison of propofol vs. remimazolam on emergence profiles after general anesthesia: A randomized clinical trial.

Study Objective: The emergence profiles in patients undergoing total intravenous anesthesia with either propofol or remimazolam with flumazenil reversal were compared.

Design: A prospective, double-blind, randomized trial.

Setting: An operating room and a post-anesthesia care unit (PACU).

Forced-air prewarming prevents hypothermia during living donor liver transplantation: a randomized controlled trial.

Despite various intraoperative thermal strategies, core heat loss is considerable during liver transplantation and hypothermia is common. We tested whether forced-air prewarming prevents hypothermia during liver transplantation. Adult patients undergoing living donor liver transplantation were randomly assigned to non-prewarming group (n = 20) or prewarming group (n = 20).

Evaluation of pre-induction dynamic arterial elastance as an adjustable predictor of post-induction hypotension: A prospective observational study.

Study Objective: Dynamic arterial elastance (Eadyn) has been suggested as a functional measure of arterial load. We aimed to evaluate whether pre-induction Eadyn can predict post-induction hypotension.

Design: Prospective observational study.

Intraoperative Factors Modifying the Risk of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications After Living Donor Liver Transplantation.

Background: The relationship between intraoperative anesthetic management and postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) after liver transplantation is not fully understood. We aimed to determine the intraoperative contributors to PPC.

Methods: The retrospectively collected cohort included 605 patients who underwent living donor liver transplantation.

The impact of driving pressure on postoperative pulmonary complication in patients with different respiratory spirometry.

Risk factors for postoperative pulmonary complication (PPC) have not been determined according to preoperative respiratory spirometry. Thus, we aimed to find contributors for PPC in patients with restrictive or normal spirometric pattern. We analyzed 654 patients (379 with normal and 275 with restrictive spirometric pattern).

Simultaneous determination of plant growth regulator and pesticides in bean sprouts by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

A simple and sensitive analytical method based on QuEChERS approach using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry was developed and validated for the determination of 6-benzylaminopurine, carbendazim and thiabendazole in bean sprouts. Sodium chloride and sodium acetate were used for salting-out step and magnesium sulfate for clean-up. The validation of optimized method was satisfactory with recoveries, between 89.

Pesticide residues in leafy vegetables, stalk and stem vegetables from South Korea: a long-term study on safety and health risk assessment.

South Korea has a unique food culture. South Koreans enjoy wrapping meat and eating or making kimchi (traditionally fermented Korean food) and eating using raw leafy vegetables, stalk and stem vegetables. Therefore, there is a high chance of being exposed to pesticide residues of vegetables.

Immunohistochemical and quantitative competitive PCR analyses of midkine and pleiotrophin expression in cervical cancer.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine midkine (MK) and pleiotrophin (PTN) expression in cervical cancer.

Methods: Prospective study in tertiary teaching hospital. Normal and cancerous cervical tissues were obtained from healthy women (n = 19) and from patients with cervical cancer (n = 42).