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Outcomes of Simultaneous Liver‐Kidney Transplantation Using Kidneys of Deceased Donors With Acute Kidney Injury
Batra RK, Ariyamuthu VK, MacConmara MP, Gupta G, Gungor AB, Tanriover B. Outcomes of Simultaneous Liver‐Kidney Transplantation Using Kidneys of Deceased Donors With Acute Kidney Injury. Liver Transplantation 2022, 28: 983-997. PMID: 35006615, DOI: 10.1002/lt.26406.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Kidney InjuryGraft SurvivalHumansKidneyKidney TransplantationLiverLiver TransplantationRetrospective StudiesTissue DonorsConceptsSimultaneous liver-kidney transplantationDeath-censored graft failureAcute kidney injuryLiver-kidney transplantationDeceased donorsKidney injuryGraft failureSCr levelsMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsTerminal serum creatinine levelTransplantation Network registry dataCox proportional hazards modelShorter cold ischemia timeCause graft failureGood organ qualitySerum creatinine levelsCold ischemia timeInternational consensus guidelinesProportional hazards modelLiver transplantCreatinine levelsPrimary outcomeStudy cohortIschemia timeKidney diseaseThe use of nondirected donor organs in living donor liver transplantation: Perspectives and guidance
Fox AN, Liapakis A, Batra R, Bittermann T, Emamaullee J, Emre S, Genyk Y, Han H, Jackson W, Pomfret E, Raza M, Rodriguez‐Davalos M, Gold S, Samstein B, Shenoy A, Taner T, Roberts JP, Group T. The use of nondirected donor organs in living donor liver transplantation: Perspectives and guidance. Hepatology 2022, 75: 1579-1589. PMID: 34859474, DOI: 10.1002/hep.32260.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHumansKidneyKidney TransplantationLiver TransplantationLiving DonorsTissue and Organ ProcurementUnited StatesClinical and Ethical Framework for Liver Retransplantation Using Living Donor Grafts: A Western Perspective
Batra RK, Mulligan DC. Clinical and Ethical Framework for Liver Retransplantation Using Living Donor Grafts: A Western Perspective. Liver Transplantation 2022, 28: 760-762. PMID: 34931433, DOI: 10.1002/lt.26395.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInactive status is an independent predictor of liver transplant waitlist mortality and is associated with a transplant centers median meld at transplant
Merola J, Gan G, Stewart D, Noreen S, Mulligan D, Batra R, Haakinson D, Deng Y, Kulkarni S. Inactive status is an independent predictor of liver transplant waitlist mortality and is associated with a transplant centers median meld at transplant. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0260000. PMID: 34793524, PMCID: PMC8601542, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEligibility DeterminationForecastingHumansLiverLiver TransplantationModels, TheoreticalPrognosisTissue DonorsTransplantsWaiting ListsConceptsDonor service areasWaitlist mortalityTransplant centersMedian MELDHigh mortalityStatus changesLiver transplant waitlist mortalityDeceased donor transplantsInactive statusTransplant probabilityInactive patientsMELD scoreDonor transplantsHazard ratioIndependent predictorsTransplant ratesCare coordinationMortalityPatientsTransplantLevel cohortsTertileSignificant differencesCohortMELDCurrent status: meeting the regulatory goals of your liver transplant program.
Batra RK, Mulligan DC. Current status: meeting the regulatory goals of your liver transplant program. Current Opinion In Organ Transplantation 2021, 26: 146-151. PMID: 33650996, DOI: 10.1097/mot.0000000000000869.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Liver Transplant Costs and Activity After United Network for Organ Sharing Allocation Policy Changes
Ahmed O, Doyle M, Abouljoud M, Alonso D, Batra R, Brayman K, Brockmeier D, Cannon R, Chavin K, Delman A, DuBay D, Finn J, Fridell J, Friedman B, Fritze D, Ginos D, Goldberg D, Halff G, Karp S, Kohli V, Kumer S, Langnas A, Locke J, Maluf D, Meier R, Mejia A, Merani S, Mulligan D, Nibuhanupudy B, Patel M, Pelletier S, Shah S, Vagefi P, Vianna R, Zibari G, Shafer T, Orloff S. Liver Transplant Costs and Activity After United Network for Organ Sharing Allocation Policy Changes. JAMA Surgery 2024, 159: 939-947. PMID: 38809546, PMCID: PMC11137658, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.1208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth PolicyHumansLiver TransplantationMaleTissue and Organ ProcurementUnited StatesWaiting Lists