2013
Hepatitis E virus infection in a liver transplant recipient: delayed diagnosis due to variable performance of serologic assays
Yoo N, Bernstein J, Caldwell C, Dong C, Drobeniuc J, Kamili S, Landry ML. Hepatitis E virus infection in a liver transplant recipient: delayed diagnosis due to variable performance of serologic assays. Transplant Infectious Disease 2013, 15: e166-e168. PMID: 23701647, DOI: 10.1111/tid.12096.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Successful Treatment of Fibrosing Cholestatic Hepatitis After Liver Transplantation
Cimsit B, Assis D, Caldwell C, Arvelakis A, Taddei T, Kulkarni S, Schilsky M, Emre S. Successful Treatment of Fibrosing Cholestatic Hepatitis After Liver Transplantation. Transplantation Proceedings 2011, 43: 905-908. PMID: 21486625, DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.02.034.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsLiver allograft rejectionHepatitis C virusRenal graft rejectionAllograft rejectionHCV recurrenceCholestatic hepatitisGraft rejectionHCV RNAPatient survivalEnd-stage liver disease (MELD) scoreOne-year patient survivalIFN/RBV therapyFIBROSING CHOLESTATIC HEPATITISHistologic HCV recurrenceIFN/ribavirinOne-year graftSuccessful salvage strategiesTime of OLTHCV RNA levelsLiver Disease scoreAnti-HCV therapyCohort of patientsEarly graft failureFCH groupOLT recipients
2010
Use of model for end‐stage liver disease exception points for early liver transplantation and successful reversal of hepatic myelopathy with a review of the literature
Caldwell C, Werdiger N, Jakab S, Schilsky M, Arvelakis A, Kulkarni S, Emre S. Use of model for end‐stage liver disease exception points for early liver transplantation and successful reversal of hepatic myelopathy with a review of the literature. Liver Transplantation 2010, 16: 818-826. PMID: 20583082, DOI: 10.1002/lt.22077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly liver transplantationHepatic myelopathyLiver transplantationSpastic paraparesisEnd-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) exception pointsEnd-Stage Liver Disease exceptionCases of LTException pointsCorticospinal tract functionFurther hepatic decompensationSetting of cirrhosisSignificant neurological improvementProgressive spastic paraparesisMELD exception pointsHepatic decompensationMELD scoreNeurological improvementFull ambulationNeurological benefitsPortosystemic shuntingHM patientsClinical stageUnited NetworkWheelchair dependencyEarly transplantation
2007
Incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma among individuals with hepatitis B virus infection identified using an automated data algorithm
Yood M, Quesenberry CP, Guo D, Wells K, Shan J, Sanders L, Skovron ML, Iloeje U, Caldwell C, Manos MM. Incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma among individuals with hepatitis B virus infection identified using an automated data algorithm. Journal Of Viral Hepatitis 2007, 15: 28-36. PMID: 18088242, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2007.00893.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic HBV infectionHepatitis B virusIncidence of HCCHBV infectionHepatocellular carcinomaComparison patientsPositive hepatitis B surface antigen testEvidence of HBVHepatitis B surface antigen testChronic hepatitis B virusGeneral population comparison cohortHepatitis B virus infectionChronic HBV patientsPopulation comparison cohortB virus infectionUS health systemHBV patientsComparison cohortAntigen testB virusHCC riskVirus infectionStringent criteriaHBV diagnosisPatientsIncidence of non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma among individuals with chronic hepatitis B virus infection
Yood M, Quesenberry CP, Guo D, Caldwell C, Wells K, Shan J, Sanders L, Skovron ML, Iloeje U, Manos MM. Incidence of non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma among individuals with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Hepatology 2007, 46: 107-112. PMID: 17526021, DOI: 10.1002/hep.21642.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic HBV infectionChronic hepatitis B virus infectionHepatitis B virus infectionPopulation-based tumor registryB virus infectionHuman immunodeficiency virusIncidence of NHLHBV infectionVirus infectionChronic HBVComparison patientsHodgkin's lymphomaHepatitis C virus infectionCox proportional hazards modelHistory of NHLC virus infectionCharlson Comorbidity IndexCases of NHLProportional hazards modelUnited States health systemState health systemInfection cohortComorbidity indexHCV infectionComparison cohort