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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 ResearchConceptsSimultaneous 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 diseaseClinical 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 ResearchConceptsDonor service areasWaitlist mortalityTransplant centersMedian MELDHigh mortalityStatus changesLiver transplant waitlist mortalityDeceased donor transplantsInactive statusTransplant probabilityInactive patientsMELD scoreDonor transplantsHazard ratioIndependent predictorsTransplant ratesCare coordinationMortalityPatientsTransplantLevel cohortsTertileSignificant differencesCohortMELD
2020
Fibronodular hepatocellular carcinoma—a new variant of liver cancer: clinical, pathological and radiological correlation
Tefera J, Revzin M, Chapiro J, Savic L, Mulligan D, Batra R, Taddei T, Jain D, Zhang X. Fibronodular hepatocellular carcinoma—a new variant of liver cancer: clinical, pathological and radiological correlation. Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2020, 74: 31-35. PMID: 32430483, PMCID: PMC7674234, DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2020-206574.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvanced Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stageBarcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stageScirrhous HCCMultiple rounded nodulesNon-peripheral washoutLiver Cancer stageRadiological featuresClinical featuresRadiological correlationCarcinoma variantsCancer stageHCC casesHepatocellular carcinomaLiver cancerFibrotic liverConventional HCCHCCLower ratesHigh rateRounded nodulesProgressionDistinct patternsCarcinomaSpecific variantsLesions