2021
Inactive 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
INACTIVE STATUS CHANGE IS AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF WAITLIST MORTALITY AND DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS PATIENTS IN DONOR SERVICE AREAS WITH A HIGHER MEDIAN MELD AT TRANSPLANT
Batra R, Noreen S, Stewart D, Haakinson D, Gan G, Deng Y, Mulligan D, Kulkarni S. INACTIVE STATUS CHANGE IS AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF WAITLIST MORTALITY AND DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS PATIENTS IN DONOR SERVICE AREAS WITH A HIGHER MEDIAN MELD AT TRANSPLANT. Transplantation 2020, 104: s213-s213. DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000699484.39814.91.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
Early Graft Function After Laparoscopically Procured Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
Tyson M, Castle E, Andrews P, Heilman R, Mekeel K, Moss A, Mulligan D, Reddy K. Early Graft Function After Laparoscopically Procured Living Donor Kidney Transplantation. Journal Of Urology 2010, 184: 1434-1439. PMID: 20727548, DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoor early graft functionEarly graft functionLiving-donor kidney transplantationGraft functionDonor kidney transplantationAcute rejectionKidney transplantationMultivariate logistic regression modelGraft function groupDelayed graft functionDonor kidney transplantsInstitutional review boardLogistic regression modelsAllograft survivalGraft nephrectomyVascular complicationsKidney transplantPerioperative parametersIndependent predictorsTransplantation databaseClinical outcomesPatient survivalBlack ethnicityMale genderDonor age