2017
The American Society of Transplantation Consensus Conference on the Use of Hepatitis C Viremic Donors in Solid Organ Transplantation
Levitsky J, Formica R, Bloom R, Charlton M, Curry M, Friedewald J, Friedman J, Goldberg D, Hall S, Ison M, Kaiser T, Klassen D, Klintmalm G, Kobashigawa J, Liapakis A, O’Conner K, Reese P, Stewart D, Terrault N, Theodoropoulos N, Trotter J, Verna E, Volk M. The American Society of Transplantation Consensus Conference on the Use of Hepatitis C Viremic Donors in Solid Organ Transplantation. American Journal Of Transplantation 2017, 17: 2790-2802. PMID: 28556422, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.14381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSolid organ transplantationOrgan transplantationHepatitis C viremic donorsHepatitis C virus infectionEnd-stage organ diseaseHCV-viremic organsHCV-viremic patientsProspective research protocolC virus infectionChronic HCV infectionAmerican SocietyViremic donorsViremic organsViremic recipientsHCV infectionHepatitis CTransplant waitlistMeeting of expertsOrgan diseaseVirus infectionOrgan transplantsYoung donorsAntiviral agentsConsensus conferenceTransplantation
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