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Increased access to liver transplantation for patients with acute on chronic liver failure after implementation of Share 35 Rule: An analysis from the UNOS database by Laique, Sobia N., Zhang, Nan, Hewitt, Winston R., Bajaj, Jasmohan, Vargas, Hugo E.

“…Acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF), leads to high mortality. These patients are at risk of being delisted for liver transplantation (LT). Emerging data…”
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Alloantibodies after simultaneous liver‐kidney transplant: A story of primary nonfunction, retransplantation, and antibody‐mediated rejection by Ramon, Daniel S., Troop, Danielle M., Kinard, Theresa N., Jadlowiec, Caroline C., Ryan, Margaret S., Hewitt, Winston R., Olsen, Linda G., Jaramillo, Andrés, Taner, Timucin, Heilman, Raymond L.

“…Simultaneous liver‐kidney transplant (SLKT) in the presence of antihuman leukocyte antigen (HLA) donor‐specific antibodies (DSA) is a well‐accepted practice…”
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Hospital resource intensity and cirrhosis mortality in United States by Mathur, Amit K, Chakrabarti, Apurba K, Mellinger, Jessica L, Volk, Michael L, Day, Ryan, Singer, Andrew L, Hewitt, Winston R, Reddy, Kunam S, Moss, Adyr A

“…AIM To determine whether hospital characteristics predict cirrhosis mortality and how much variation in mortality is attributable to hospital…”
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Solid Organ Transplantation From SARS-CoV-2–infected Donors to Uninfected Recipients: A Single-center Experience by Jayasekera, Channa R., Vikram, Holenarasipur R., Rifat, Zeeshan, Wagler, Josiah, Okubo, Keita, Braaksma, Brandon R., Harbell, Jack W., Jadlowiec, Caroline C., Katariya, Nitin N., Mathur, Amit K., Moss, Adyr, Reddy, K. Sudhakar, Singer, Andrew, Orenstein, Robert, Saling, Christopher F., Seville, Maria T., Mour, Girish K., Vargas, Hugo E., Byrne, Thomas J., Hewitt, Winston R., Aqel, Bashar A.

“…The risk of donor-derived severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in solid organ (heart, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas, and…”
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness (Peak Oxygen Uptake): Safe and Effective Measure for Cardiovascular Screening Before Kidney Transplant by Chakkera, Harini A., Angadi, Siddhartha S., Heilman, Raymond L., Kaplan, Bruce, Scott, Robert L., Bollempalli, Harini, Cha, Stephen S., Khamash, Hasan A., Huskey, Janna L., Mour, Girish K., Sukumaran Nair, Sumi, Singer, Andrew L., Reddy, Kunam S., Mathur, Amit K., Moss, Adyr A., Hewitt, Winston R., Qaqish, Ibrahim, Behmen, Senaida, Keddis, Mira T., Unzek, Samuel, Steidley, D. Eric

“…Background Significant heterogeneity exists in practice patterns and algorithms used for cardiac screening before kidney transplant. Cardiorespiratory fitness,…”
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Long-term outcomes of donation after cardiac death liver allografts from a single center by Nguyen, Justin H., Bonatti, Hugo, Dickson, Rolland C., Hewitt, Winston R., Grewal, Hani P., Willingham, Darrin L., Harnois, Denise M., Schmitt, Timothy M., Machicao, Victor I., Ghabril, Marwan S., Keaveny, Andrew P., Aranda-Michel, Jaime, Satyanarayana, Raj, Rosser, Barry G., Hinder, Ronald A., Steers, Jeffery L., Hughes, Christopher B.

“…:  Organ shortage continues to be a major challenge in transplantation. Recent experience with controlled non‐heart‐beating or donation after cardiac death…”
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Gastric lap-band infection due to Mycobacterium abscessus presenting as new-onset ascites in a cirrhotic patient by Kahn, Allon, Agrwal, Neera, Carey, Elizabeth J, Madura, 2nd, James A, Hewitt, Jr, Winston R, Lambert, Karen L, Grys, Thomas E, Vikram, Holenarasipur R

“…Nontuberculous mycobacteria are ubiquitous environmental organisms that are infrequently implicated as pathogens. Peritoneal infection with nontuberculous…”
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Anesthesia for Combined Cardiac Surgery and Liver Transplant by DeStephano, Christopher C., BS, Harrison, Barry A., MD, Mordecai, Monica, MD, Crawford, Claudia C., MD, Shine, Timothy S.J., MD, Hewitt, Winston R., MD, McBride, Lawrence R., MD, Murray, Michael J., PhD, MD

“…Objective To describe aspects of anesthesia for combined cardiac surgery and orthotopic liver transplant (OLT). Design Retrospective case series. Setting…”
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Declining Medicare reimbursement in abdominal transplantation from 2000 to 2021 by Hydrick, Thomas C., Zhang, Chi, Ruch, Brianna, Wagler, Josiah, Kumm, Kayla, Harbell, Jack W., Hewitt, Winston R., Jadlowiec, Caroline C., Katariya, Nitin N., Moss, Adyr A., Nguyen, Michelle C., Reddy, Kunam S., Singer, Andrew L., Mathur, Amit K.

“…The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is a major payer for abdominal transplant services. Reimbursement reductions could have a major impact on the…”
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Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular Disease After Liver Transplantation in the United States by Khurmi, Narjeet S., Chang, Yu‐Hui, Eric Steidley, D., Singer, Andrew L., Hewitt, Winston R., Reddy, Kunam S., Moss, Adyr A., Mathur, Amit K.

“…Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of post–liver transplant death, and variable care patterns may affect outcomes. We aimed to describe…”
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Peritonitis after liver transplantation: Incidence, risk factors, microbiology profiles, and outcome by Pungpapong, Surakit, Alvarez, Salvador, Hellinger, Walter C., Kramer, David J., Willingham, Darrin L., Mendez, Julio C., Nguyen, Justin H., Hewitt, Winston R., Aranda‐Michel, Jaime, Harnois, Denise M., Rosser, Barry G., Hughes, Christopher B., Grewal, Hani P., Satyanarayana, Raj, Dickson, Rolland C., Steers, Jeffrey L., Keaveny, Andrew P.

“…Peritonitis occurring after liver transplantation (PLT) has been poorly characterized to date. The aims of this study were to define the incidence, risk…”
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Liver transplantation using controlled donation after cardiac death donors: An analysis of a large single‐center experience by Grewal, Hani P., Willingham, Darrin L., Nguyen, Justin, Hewitt, Winston R., Taner, Bucin C., Cornell, Danielle, Rosser, Barry G., Keaveny, Andrew P., Aranda‐Michel, Jamie, Satyanarayana, Raj, Harnois, Denise, Dickson, Rolland C., Kramer, David J., Hughes, Christopher B.

“…The use of donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors may provide a valuable source of organs for liver transplantation. Concerns regarding primary nonfunction…”
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Robot Assisted Renal Allograft Nephrectomy: Initial Case Series and Description of Technique by Abdul-Muhsin, Haidar M., McAdams, Sean B., Syal, Amit, Nuñez-Nateras, Rafael, Navaratnam, Anojan, Moss, Adyr A., Hewitt, Winston R., Singer, Andrew L, Jadlowiec, Caroline C., Harbell, Jack W., Mathur, Amit K., Reddy, Kunam S., Castle, Erik P.

“…To evaluate the outcomes and perioperative complication rates following robot- assisted transplant nephrectomy ((RATN). All patients who underwent RATN at our…”
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Outcomes After Liver Transplant in Patients Aged 70 Years or Older Compared With Those Younger Than 60 Years by ADUEN, Javier F, SUJAY, Bangarulingam, DICKSON, Rolland C, HECKMAN, Michael G, HEWITT, Winston R, STAPELFELDT, Wolf H, STEERS, Jeffrey L, HARNOIS, Denise M, KRAMER, David J

“…To compare mortality, graft loss, and postoperative complications after liver transplant in older patients (> or =70 years) with those in younger patients (<60…”
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Spontaneous middle lobe torsion: An institutional case series by Donato, Britton B., Sewell, Marisa, Al Harakeh, Hasan, Sen, Ayan, Patel, Bhavesh M., Morgan, Paige, Mathur, Amit K., Moss, Adyr A., Hewitt, Winston R., Campany, Megan E., Dulohery Scrondin, Megan M., Cassivi, Stephen D., Gajic, Ognjen, D'Cunha, Jonathan

“…Lobar torsion is a rare occurrence in which a portion of the lung is twisted on its bronchovascular pedicle. The vast majority are observed in the acute…”
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Outcomes After Liver Transplant in Patients Aged 70 Years or Older Compared With Those Younger Than 60 Years by Aduen, Javier F., MD, Sujay, Bangarulingam, MD, Dickson, Rolland C., MD, Heckman, Michael G., MS, Hewitt, Winston R., MD, Stapelfeldt, Wolf H., MD, Steers, Jeffrey L., MD, Harnois, Denise M., DO, Kramer, David J., MD

“…OBJECTIVE To compare mortality, graft loss, and postoperative complications after liver transplant in older patients (≥70 years) with those in younger patients…”
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Surgical Site Infection After Liver Transplantation: Risk Factors and Association With Graft Loss or Death by HELLINGER, Walter C, CROOK, Julia E, HUGHES, Christopher B, HECKMAN, Michael G, DIEHL, Nancy N, SHALEV, Jefree A, ZUBAIR, Abba C, WILLINGHAM, Darrin L, HEWITT, Winston R, GREWAL, Hani P, NGUYEN, Justin H

“…Risk factors for surgical site infection (SSI) after liver transplantation and outcomes associated with these infections have not been assessed using consensus…”
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Donor age affects fibrosis progression and graft survival after liver transplantation for hepatitis C by MACHICAO, Victor I, BONATTI, Hugo, HARNOIS, Denise M, CROOK, Julia E, STEERS, Jeffery L, DICKSON, Rolland C, KRISHNA, Murli, AQEL, Bashar A, LUKENS, Frank J, NGUYEN, Justin H, ROSSER, Barry G, SATYANARAYANA, Raj, GREWAL, Hani P, HEWITT, Winston R

“…The use of liver allografts from an older donor (OD) (age>50 years) is a widespread strategy to manage the disparity between supply and demand of organs for…”
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Glucose homeostasis after simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation: a comparison of subjects with C-peptide-positive non-type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 1 diabetes mellitus by Chakkera, Harini A., Kudva, Yogish C., Chang, Yu-Hui H., Heilman, Raymond L., Singer, Andrew L., Mathur, Amit K., Hewitt, Winston R., Khamash, Hasan A., Huskey, Janna L., Katariya, Nitin N., Moss, Adyr A., Behmen, Senaida, Reddy, Kunam S.

“…Background While simultaneous pancreas kidney transplant (SPKTx) is a therapeutic option for patients with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) and renal failure, few…”
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Excellent Renal Allograft Survival in Donor-Specific Antibody Positive Transplant Patients : Role of Intravenous Immunoglobulin and Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin by MAI, Martin L, AHSAN, Nasimul, HUGHES, Christopher B, GONWA, Thomas A, WADEI, Hani M, GENCO, Petrina V, GEIGER, Xochiquetzal J, WILLINGHAM, Darrin L, BURCIN TANER, C, HEWITT, Winston R, GREWAL, Hani P, NGUYEN, Justin H. H

“…Timely transplantation of sensitized kidney recipients remains a challenge. Patients with a complement-dependent cytotoxicity negative and flow cytometry (FC)…”
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