Adult liver transplantation: UK clinical guideline-part 2: surgery and post-operation

C Millson, A Considine, ME Cramp, A Holt… - Frontline …, 2020 - fg.bmj.com
Survival rates for patients following liver transplantation exceed 90% at 12 months and
approach 70% at 10 years. Part 1 of this guideline has dealt with all aspects of liver …

Adult liver transplantation: A UK clinical guideline-part 1: pre-operation

C Millson, A Considine, ME Cramp, A Holt… - Frontline …, 2020 - fg.bmj.com
Liver transplantation is a highly successful treatment for all types of liver failure, some non-
liver failure indications and liver cancer. Most referrals come from secondary care. This first …

[HTML][HTML] Persistent low-level variants in a subset of viral genes are highly predictive of poor outcome in immunocompromised patients with cytomegalovirus infection

C Venturini, JM Colston, O Charles… - The Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Human cytomegalovirus is the most common and serious opportunistic
infection after solid organ and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. In this study, we …

[HTML][HTML] Patient priorities in autoimmune hepatitis: the need for better treatments, more education and challenging stigma

C Lloyd, J Leighton, LL Wong, A Goulding… - Digestive Diseases and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Data show that patients with autoimmune hepatitis have significantly reduced
quality-of-life and that corticosteroids carry marked side effects. Aims This study explored …

Transplant benefit-based offering of deceased donor livers in the United Kingdom

E Allen, R Taylor, A ander Gimson, D Thorburn… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background & Aims The National Liver Offering Scheme (NLOS) was introduced in
the UK in 2018 to offer livers from deceased donors to patients on the national waiting list …

Rare but heard: using asynchronous virtual focus groups, interviews and roundtable discussions to create a personalised psychological intervention for primary …

V Ranieri, E Kennedy, M Walmsley, D Thorburn… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a rare and chronic disease
characterised by inflammation and fibrosis of the liver's bile ducts. There is no known cause …

[BOOK][B] Alcoholism Myths and Realities: Removing the Stigma of Society's Most Destructive Disease

D Thorburn - 2005 - books.google.com
More than 100 widespread myths about drug and alcohol abuse are enumerated and then
dispelled in this book about the reality of addiction. Questions such as Does proper …

Persistent low-level variants in a subset of HCMV genes are highly predictive of poor outcome in immunocompromised patients with cytomegalovirus infection

C Venturini, JM Colston, O Charles, T Best, C Atkinson… - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is the most common and most serious opportunistic
infection after solid organ (SOT) and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). There …

UK-PBC National Audit: a collaborative success in identifying critical shortfalls

L Burke, S Flack, RL Jones, RJ Aspinall… - Frontline …, 2023 - fg.bmj.com
We write to update you on further work conducted since the publication by Sivakumar et al 1
that assessed the quality of care for patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) in the UK …

[BOOK][B] Drunks, Drugs & Debits: How to Recognize Addicts and Avoid Financial Abuse

D Thorburn - 2000 - books.google.com
Experts have know that addiction causes distorted perceptions, resulting in impaired
judgment, manifesting in observably destructive behaviors. Thorburn, seemingly for the first …