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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles research study uncovers socioeconomic factors that can impact outcomes of patients with pediatric acute liver failure (PALF).

Receiving a liver transplant means also living with the possibility of rejection. Transplant rejection occurs when the body’s immune system attacks the new organ. This risk is highest in the first

CHLA-led study shows reducing disparities in assigning livers for transplant improved outcomes for patients with pediatric acute liver failure.

Study finds that T-cells expressing PD-1 may help predict recovery in children with acute liver failure.

CHLA researchers use imaging mass cytometry analysis of biopsies to find potential biomarkers that can predict transplant rejection.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles researchers seek better strategies to mesh ventilator rhythm with patient breathing in the pediatric intensive care unit.

A surgeon and Research Director for the Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Dr. Emamaullee is taking a high-tech approach to challenge that status quo.

CHLA researchers and PECARN collaborators develop algorithm that identifies children with cervical spinal injuries to dramatically lower unnecessary CT scans in the emergency department.

The ambitions of pediatric researchers are global in scale: Beyond patients at their own hospital, they look to shape national and international standards for pediatric care.