2018
Report of National Kidney Foundation Consensus Conference to Decrease Kidney Discards
Cooper M, Formica R, Friedewald J, Hirose R, O’Connor K, Mohan S, Schold J, Axelrod D, Pastan S. Report of National Kidney Foundation Consensus Conference to Decrease Kidney Discards. Clinical Transplantation 2018, 33: e13419. PMID: 30345720, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.13419.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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