2022
Trends in Survival for Pediatric Transplantation.
Hickner B, Anand A, Godfrey E, Dunson J, Reul R, Cotton R, Galvan N, O'Mahony C, Goss J, Rana A. Trends in Survival for Pediatric Transplantation. Pediatrics 2022, 149 PMID: 35079811, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-049632.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreat survivalKidney transplantPosttransplant survivalHeart transplantPediatric transplantationMultivariable Cox regressionPercentage of patientsKaplan-Meier methodLog-rank testLiver transplantPosttransplant outcomesTreat analysisTransplant ratesCox regressionDonor poolPatient's perspectiveTransplantPatient careStudy periodΧ2 testLiverSurvivalTransplantationSignificant increaseChildren
2019
The decreasing predictive power of MELD in an era of changing etiology of liver disease
Godfrey EL, Malik TH, Lai JC, Mindikoglu AL, Galván NTN, Cotton RT, O'Mahony CA, Goss JA, Rana A. The decreasing predictive power of MELD in an era of changing etiology of liver disease. American Journal Of Transplantation 2019, 19: 3299-3307. PMID: 31394020, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.15559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMELD scoreLiver diseaseNon-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseHCV-positive patientsHCV-positive statusLab-MELD scoreAlcoholic liver diseaseFatty liver diseaseBest supportive therapyDe-identified dataLiver transplantLiver transplantationMELD eraFailure etiologyWaitlist deathsSupportive therapyUnited NetworkEtiology of diseaseOrgan SharingConcordance statisticDiseaseMortalityEtiologyMELDPatientsLiver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease An Update
Godfrey EL, Stribling R, Rana A. Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease An Update. Clinics In Liver Disease 2019, 23: 127-139. PMID: 30454827, DOI: 10.1016/j.cld.2018.09.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcoholic liver diseaseLiver diseaseAbstinence periodBetter long-term outcomesLiver disease burdenSevere alcoholic hepatitisOverall favorable outcomeLong-term outcomesAlcohol use treatmentUnique health concernsMinimum abstinence periodPosttransplantation riskAlcoholic hepatitisLiver transplantationMetabolic complicationsEarly transplantationDisease burdenFavorable outcomeBetter outcomesHealth concernUse treatmentTransplantationOutcomesDiseaseSelection criteria