Liver transplantation: survival and indexes of donor-recipient matching.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prospective capacity and impact of donor risk index, preallocation survival outcomes following liver transplant, donor model for end-stage liver disease, and balance of risk on patients' 30-day survival after liver transplantation.

Methods: We prospectively analyzed patient survival in a multicentric observational cohort of adult liver transplantation through the year of 2019 at the state of Paraná, Brazil. The receiver operating characteristic curve, the area under the curve, and the best cutoff point (i.

[Analysis of liver waiting list mortality in Paraná, Brazi: what shall we do to face organ shortage?].

Background: Orthotopic liver transplantation is the best therapeutic modality for patients with end stage of liver disease. Minimization of death, while waiting for the procedure, involves accurate priorization according to clinical status and appropriate allocation of donor livers.

Aim: The mortality analysis in the liver waiting list in Paraná state, PR, Brazil.

[The first dual left lobe adult-to-adult liver transplantation in Brazil].

Living donor liver transplantation expanded the therapeutic possibilities for liver failure patients. The necessary correct match between the liver mass donated and received sometimes limits its use. A case that was used two left liver grafts from adult living donors is reported.

[Effect of watery extract of Orbignya phalerata (babassu) in the gastric healing in rats: morphological and tensiometric study].

Introduction: The large use of plants in the prevention and treatment of different diseases is a milenar practice. In Brazil due to it's rich flora there is a huge material for research and use in popular medicine. The babassu (Orbignya phalerata) is a native tree from North of the Brazil and has a high concentration at the State of Maranhão.