2012
Pretransplant Fasting Glucose Predicts New-Onset Diabetes after Liver Transplantation
Carey EJ, Aqel BA, Byrne TJ, Douglas DD, Rakela J, Vargas HE, Moss AA, Mulligan DC, Reddy KS, Chakkera HA. Pretransplant Fasting Glucose Predicts New-Onset Diabetes after Liver Transplantation. Journal Of Transplantation 2012, 2012: 614781. PMID: 22461975, PMCID: PMC3306927, DOI: 10.1155/2012/614781.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLiving-donor transplantsLiver transplant recipientsIncidence of NODATLiver transplantTransplant recipientsRisk factorsNew-onset diabetesLiver transplantationMELD scoreFasting GlucoseDL increasePoor outcomeMean ageNODATOnset diabetesHCVMultivariate analysisTransplantationTransplantFPGCorticosteroidsDiabetesPatientsIncidenceTwofold increase
2004
Hepatitis C Virus Infection with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Not A Controversial Indication for Liver Transplantation
Rodriguez-Luna H, Balan V, Sharma P, Byrne T, Mulligan D, Rakela J, Vargas HE. Hepatitis C Virus Infection with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Not A Controversial Indication for Liver Transplantation. Transplantation 2004, 78: 580-583. PMID: 15446318, DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000129797.30999.69.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatitis C virus infectionC virus infectionHepatocellular carcinomaHCV/Liver transplantationVirus infectionChronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infectionSurvival rateChronic HCV infectionOrthotopic liver transplantationOutcomes of patientsOrgan Sharing dataHCC recurrence rateOverall survival rateLower survival rateHCV groupLT patientsHCV infectionHCC recurrencePatient survivalRecurrence rateUnited NetworkMean agePotential contraindicationsHCC group