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Estimates of Early Death, Acute Liver Failure, and Long-term Mortality Among Live Liver Donors
The risk of early death among live liver donors in the United States is 1.7 per 1000 donors. Mortality of live liver donors does not differ from that of healthy, matched individuals over a mean of 7.6 years
Clinical—Liver: Gastroenterology
February 2012 Volume 142, Issue 2
From Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Factors Related to Fatigue in Patients With Cirrhosis Before and After Liver Transplantation
Fatigue is common among patients with cirrhosis and associated with impaired quality of life. Psychological distress, severity of cirrhosis, and low levels of cortisol determine general fatigue, whereas anemia and impaired renal function also contribute to physical fatigue. Physical fatigue remains of concern for patients who have received liver transplants for cirrhosis.
Original Articles—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
February 2012 Volume 10, Issue 2

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Achalasia, Pneumatic Dilation, Risks, and Repairs

Pneumatic dilation as a treatment for achalasia is more likely to cause esophageal perforations in the elderly, but these tears can be successfully treated medically, rather than surgically, according an article in the February issue of CGH.

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A Ghost Pancreas Abdominal computed tomography confirming that the normal pancreatic parenchyma has totally disappeared and has been infiltrated by gas.

Maintenance of Remission Among Patients With Crohn's Disease on Antimetabolite Therapy Following Infliximab Therapy - January 2012