2008
Rescue of a Living Donor with Liver Transplantation
Ringe B, Xiao G, Sass D, Karam J, Shang S, Maroney T, Trebelev A, Levison S, Fuchs A, Petrucci R, Ko A, Gonzalez M, Reynolds J, Meyers W. Rescue of a Living Donor with Liver Transplantation. American Journal Of Transplantation 2008, 8: 1557-1561. PMID: 18510644, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02261.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiver failureOnly life-saving treatmentDonor liver resectionPostoperative liver failureMultiple organ failureLiving liver donorsLife-saving treatmentLiver transplantLiver transplantationPostoperative complicationsRight hemihepatectomyLiver resectionRare complicationOrgan failureCase reportLiver donorsHealthy donorsTimely transplantationOwn patientsPatientsComplicationsTransplantationOnly survivorFailureDonors
2002
Population-based case-control investigation of risk factors for leptospirosis during an urban epidemic.
Sarkar U, Nascimento S, Barbosa R, Martins R, Nuevo H, Kalofonos I, Kalafanos I, Grunstein I, Flannery B, Dias J, Riley L, Reis M, Ko A. Population-based case-control investigation of risk factors for leptospirosis during an urban epidemic. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2002, 66: 605-10. PMID: 12201599, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.66.605.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factorsUrban epidemicPopulation-based case-control studyPopulation-based case-control investigationIndependent risk factorLaboratory-confirmed casesHealthy neighbourhood controlsCase-control investigationCase-control studyCases of leptospirosisSevere leptospirosisWeil's syndromeWorkplace exposuresNeighborhood controlsHigh endemicityLeptospirosisFocused interventionsMore ratsSyndromeRatsEpidemicEnvironmental sourcesComplicationsFactorsMortality