2023
Physician Preferences when Selecting Candidates for Lower-Quality Kidney Offers
Sepulveda J, Mehrotra S, Yang J, Schantz K, Becker Y, Formica R, Ladner D, Kaufman D, Friedewald J. Physician Preferences when Selecting Candidates for Lower-Quality Kidney Offers. Clinical Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2023, 18: 1599-1609. PMID: 37729938, PMCID: PMC10723918, DOI: 10.2215/cjn.0000000000000302.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCold ischemia timePanel reactive antibodyIschemia timeMarginal kidneysEjection fractionReactive antibodiesRecipient characteristicsPost-transplant survival scoreSignificant associationKidney Donor Profile IndexKarnofsky performance scoreSerum creatinine levelsHistory of diabetesLow-quality kidneysHLA mismatchesPerformance statusRecipient ageCreatinine levelsDiabetes statusHLA matchCirculatory deathKidney qualityYounger recipientsDonor ageDiscrete choice experiment
2020
A call to action: Feasible strategies to reduce the discard of transplantable kidneys in the United States
Stewart ZA, Shah SA, Formica RN, Kandaswamy R, Paramesh AS, Friedman J, Squires R, Cooper M, Axelrod DA. A call to action: Feasible strategies to reduce the discard of transplantable kidneys in the United States. Clinical Transplantation 2020, 34: e13990. PMID: 32621660, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.13990.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrgan utilizationHigh-kidney donor profile index kidneysAcceptable post-transplant outcomesLow-risk organPost-transplant outcomesCold ischemic timeCold ischemia timeDeceased donor kidneysKidney allocation systemHigher transplant ratesNew allocation policyOrgan acceptanceIschemic timeDonor kidneysIschemia timeTransplant ratesOrgan discardRisk organsPractice patternsTransplantable kidneysClinical practicePathological interpretationGeographic sharingKidneyFinancial barriers
2015
Association Between Organ Procurement Organization Social Network Centrality and Kidney Discard and Transplant Outcomes
Butala NM, King MD, Reitsma W, Formica RN, Abt PL, Reese PP, Parikh CR. Association Between Organ Procurement Organization Social Network Centrality and Kidney Discard and Transplant Outcomes. Transplantation 2015, 99: 2617-2624. PMID: 26102610, PMCID: PMC4668206, DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000000773.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKidney volumeKidney Donor Risk IndexLower kidney volumesDelayed graft functionDonor risk indexKidney transplant waitlistCold ischemia timeDeceased donor kidneysHigher kidney volumeGraft functionGraft lossTransplant recipientsOrgan acceptanceTransplant outcomesDonor kidneysPrimary outcomeWaitlist timeRecipient outcomesScientific RegistryPrimary exposureTransplant waitlistKidney discardMultivariable regressionTransplant NetworkKidney