2021
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Is Associated With Reduced Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection and Death in Liver Transplant Recipients
John BV, Deng Y, Khakoo NS, Taddei TH, Kaplan DE, Dahman B. Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Is Associated With Reduced Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection and Death in Liver Transplant Recipients. Gastroenterology 2021, 162: 645-647.e2. PMID: 34758352, PMCID: PMC8572555, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2021.11.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectionSyndrome coronavirus 2 infectionCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccinationCoronavirus 2 infectionLiver transplant recipientsTransplant recipientsVaccinationInfectionRecipients
2019
Pre‐transplant alpha‐fetoprotein is associated with post‐transplant hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence mortality
Mahmud N, John B, Taddei T, Goldberg DS. Pre‐transplant alpha‐fetoprotein is associated with post‐transplant hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence mortality. Clinical Transplantation 2019, 33: e13634. PMID: 31177570, PMCID: PMC6635076, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.13634.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHCC recurrenceLiver transplantationAlpha-fetoproteinHepatocellular carcinomaLiver diseaseHepatitis C liver diseaseEnd-stage liver diseaseC liver diseasePre-transplant modelRetrospective cohort studyOrgan Sharing databaseAdult transplant recipientsCox regression analysisTransplant recipientsCohort studySharing databaseMedian timeAFP levelsCox regressionPatient survivalUnited NetworkPoor survivalHigh riskRecurrencePatients