2018
Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation: Impact on Liver Transplant Patients and the Kidney Transplant Waiting List
Miles CD, Westphal S, Liapakis A, Formica R. Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation: Impact on Liver Transplant Patients and the Kidney Transplant Waiting List. Current Transplantation Reports 2018, 5: 1-6. PMID: 29564203, PMCID: PMC5843696, DOI: 10.1007/s40472-018-0175-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSimultaneous liver-kidney transplantKidney waitlistEnd-stage liver diseaseKidney transplant waiting listHigh MELD candidatesLiver-kidney transplantPersistent renal failureLiver transplant patientsLiver transplant candidatesNon-alcoholic steatohepatitisTransplant waiting listConcurrent renal insufficiencyLiver recipientsLiver transplantRenal insufficiencyTransplant patientsRenal failureTransplant candidatesLiver diseaseKidney failureLiver patientsWaiting listEligibility criteriaOrgan procurementTransplantation Network
2010
Accepting a donor kidney: an evaluation of patients’ and transplant surgeons’ priorities
Solomon DA, Rabidou N, Kulkarni S, Formica R, Fraenkel L. Accepting a donor kidney: an evaluation of patients’ and transplant surgeons’ priorities. Clinical Transplantation 2010, 25: 786-793. PMID: 20964716, PMCID: PMC4846340, DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2010.01342.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKidney qualityDonor kidneysTransplant surgeonsEvaluation of patientsMann-Whitney U testTransplant outcomesPatient characteristicsSpearman correlation coefficientPatient prioritiesWaiting listPatientsAvailable kidneysClinical practiceSurgeon rankingsKidneyU testSurgeonsCategorical variablesPatient autonomyComputer surveyCorrelation coefficientTransplantationFactorsGreat value