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Solid organ transplantation from hepatitis B virus-positive donors: Consensus guidelines for recipient management

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The American Society of Transplantation (ASTROPT) as discussed by the authors reviewed the existing literature and developed consensus recommendations for recipient management following the use of organs from HBV positive donors.
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This article is published in American Journal of Transplantation.The article was published on 2015-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 171 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Hepatitis B virus & Liver transplantation.

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EASL 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of hepatitis B virus infection.

TL;DR: This Clinical Practice Guideline presents updated recommendations for the optimal management of HBV infection, and future treatment strategies to achieve 'cure' of disease and new biomarkers are discussed.
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The Past, Present and Future of Heart Transplantation

TL;DR: Improvements in immunosuppressant, donor procurement, surgical techniques, and post-HTx care have resulted in a substantial decrease in acute allograft rejection, which had previously significantly limited survival of HTx recipients.
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Screening of donor and candidate prior to solid organ transplantation-Guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice.

TL;DR: This updated section of the guideline from the Infectious Diseases Community of Practice of the American Society of Transplantation reviews the screening of donor and candidate prior to solid organ transplantation.
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Developments in lung transplantation over the past decade.

TL;DR: This review summarises the developments in clinical lung transplantation over the past decade: indications have broadened, donor criteria expanded, allocations systems changed, and novel therapeutic interventions implemented, leading to improved long-term survival.
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Infectious Disease Transmission in Solid Organ Transplantation: Donor Evaluation, Recipient Risk, and Outcomes of Transmission

TL;DR: In 2016, the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand, with the support of the Australian Government Organ and Tissue authority, commissioned a literature review on the topic of infectious disease transmission from deceased donors to recipients of solid organ transplants as discussed by the authors.
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GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations

TL;DR: The advantages of the GRADE system are explored, which is increasingly being adopted by organisations worldwide and which is often praised for its high level of consistency.
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Chronic hepatitis B: Update 2009

TL;DR: The 2009 update of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Practice Guidelines for Management of Chronic Hepatitis B is now posted online at www.aasld.org, and the recommendation for first-line oral antiviral medications has been changed to tenofovir or entecavir, and adefovir has been moved to second-line Oral antiviral medication.

EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: Management of hepatitis C virus infection European Association for the Study of the Liver ⇑

TL;DR: The EASL CPGs on the management of HCV infection will be updated on a regular basis upon approval of additional novel therapies, and will apply to therapies that are approved at the time of their publication.
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