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		<title>Ultrasound/MRI elastography: non-invasive test for liver fibrosis and cirrhosis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 03:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While looking for papers about &#8220;small-for-size&#8221; liver syndrome, I just stumbled upon a relatively new test called FibroScan®. This is an interesting approach in determine the stiffness of the tissue as this reflects a possible fibrosis/cirrhosis of the liver.
The test is performed by Ultra Sound (US) or MRI (the term &#8220;FibroScan®&#8221; is the commercial name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hyperacute rejection in liver transplantation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivo Mitsiev</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a case report about an immediate primary non-function after liver transplantation. Possible hyperacute rejection?]]></description>
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		<title>Anemia and blood transfusions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acute anemia is a common reason for transfusion of blood products. The hemoglobin (Hb) threshold for correcting anemia has been a hot topic of discussions for a long time. Here I would like to share my experience and thoughts about this very surgical issue.
About 15 years ago I listened to a talk that was given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The process of organ procurement: Liver &#8211; the cold dissection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivo Mitsiev</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cold dissection is the part with the most surgical variants and I want to stress again the fact that the described way is the one that I use, well knowing that this is only one of many possible ways to perform an organ procurement in general and a cold dissection in particular.]]></description>
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		<title>The process of organ procurement: Liver &#8211; the warm dissection</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivo Mitsiev</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The warm dissection is almost a standardized procedure. It includes dissection of the structures in the hepato-duodenal ligament, dissection of the infrarenal and supraceliac aorta as well as the cannulation of the portal system over the IMV.]]></description>
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		<title>The process of organ procurement: prior to the surgery.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivo Mitsiev</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prior to the organ procurement a review of the situation is done: assessment of the donor, the declaration of death, the consent for organ donation, and the lab results.]]></description>
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