Cognitive Impairment in Liver Tranplant Recipients: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Objectives: The proportion of older transplant recipients has increased. Cognitive impairment is not rare after kidney transplant, but data on this issue in liver transplant recipients are scarse.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated all liver transplant recipients from a single center in Brazil from July 2018 to June 2020 in terms of cognitive performance to determine the prevalence of neurocognitive disorder.

Oral candidiasis in liver transplant patients: species identification and antifungal susceptibility profile.

Objective: This study aimed to verify oral candidiasis, identify the causative species, and investigate the antifungal susceptibility of yeasts isolated from liver transplant patients.

Methods: A descriptive analysis of 97 patients who underwent liver transplantation was conducted at a hospital. Two clinical examinations (Collections A and B) of the oral cavity were performed.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and associated risk factors in health care professionals in a community hospital in Brazil.

Introduction: Health care professionals are vulnerable to several health problems, including overweight, stress and anxiety. As such, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a likely diagnosis in this population.

Objectives: To investigate the association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and levels of stress and anxiety in a sample of health care workers in a community hospital in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Analysis of the survival of cirrhotic patients enlisted for liver transplantation in the pre- and post-MELD era in southern Brazil.

Context: Transplantation is the only cure for decompensated cirrhosis. Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) is used in liver allocation.

Objectives: Comparing survival of enlisted populations in pre- and post-MELD eras and estimating their long-term survival.