2021
Inactive status is an independent predictor of liver transplant waitlist mortality and is associated with a transplant centers median meld at transplant
Merola J, Gan G, Stewart D, Noreen S, Mulligan D, Batra R, Haakinson D, Deng Y, Kulkarni S. Inactive status is an independent predictor of liver transplant waitlist mortality and is associated with a transplant centers median meld at transplant. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0260000. PMID: 34793524, PMCID: PMC8601542, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDonor service areasWaitlist mortalityTransplant centersMedian MELDHigh mortalityStatus changesLiver transplant waitlist mortalityDeceased donor transplantsInactive statusTransplant probabilityInactive patientsMELD scoreDonor transplantsHazard ratioIndependent predictorsTransplant ratesCare coordinationMortalityPatientsTransplantLevel cohortsTertileSignificant differencesCohortMELD
2019
Association of Racial Disparities With Access to Kidney Transplant After the Implementation of the New Kidney Allocation System
Kulkarni S, Ladin K, Haakinson D, Greene E, Li L, Deng Y. Association of Racial Disparities With Access to Kidney Transplant After the Implementation of the New Kidney Allocation System. JAMA Surgery 2019, 154: 618-625. PMID: 30942882, PMCID: PMC6583835, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.0512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeceased donor transplantsKidney allocation systemDonor transplantsKidney transplantTransplant probabilityDeath/Race/ethnicityHispanic individualsWhite individualsOrgan procurementBlack individualsNew kidney allocation systemRetrospective cohort studyWait-listed patientsKidney transplant databaseStatus changesAntibody categoriesLevel of sensitizationInactive statusInactive patientsTransplant databaseTransplant outcomesCohort studyMedian ageAntibody group
2017
Transition probabilities between changing sensitization levels, waitlist activity status and competing-risk kidney transplant outcomes using multi-state modeling
Kulkarni S, Hall I, Formica R, Thiessen C, Stewart D, Gan G, Greene E, Deng Y. Transition probabilities between changing sensitization levels, waitlist activity status and competing-risk kidney transplant outcomes using multi-state modeling. PLOS ONE 2017, 12: e0190277. PMID: 29287087, PMCID: PMC5747475, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190277.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransplant probabilityTransplant outcomesActivity statusKidney transplant outcomesKAS implementationPost-KASWaitlist mortalityPatient characteristicsOPTN databaseMulti-state modelingStatistical differenceSensitization levelOutcomesTransplantCohortImpact outcomesCPRAStatus combinationsStatusMortalityWhitesSensitization