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Characteristics Associated with Liver Graft Failure: The Concept of a Donor Risk Index by Feng, S., Goodrich, N.P., Bragg‐Gresham, J.L., Dykstra, D.M., Punch, J.D., DebRoy, M.A., Greenstein, S.M., Merion, R.M.

“…Transplant physicians and candidates have become increasingly aware that donor characteristics significantly impact liver transplantation outcomes. Although…”
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Complications of Living Donor Hepatic Lobectomy—A Comprehensive Report by Abecassis, M. M., Fisher, R. A., Olthoff, K. M., Freise, C. E., Rodrigo, D. R., Samstein, B., Kam, I., Merion, R. M.

“…A wider application of living donor liver transplantation is limited by donor morbidity concerns. An observational cohort of 760 living donors accepted for…”
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Donation after Cardiac Death Liver Transplantation: Predictors of Outcome by Mathur, A. K., Heimbach, J., Steffick, D. E., Sonnenday, C. J., Goodrich, N. P., Merion, R. M.

“…We aimed to identify recipient, donor and transplant risk factors associated with graft failure and patient mortality following donation after cardiac death…”
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Impact of MELD‐Based Allocation on End‐Stage Renal Disease After Liver Transplantation by Sharma, P., Schaubel, D. E., Guidinger, M. K., Goodrich, N. P., Ojo, A. O., Merion, R. M.

“…The proportion of patients undergoing liver transplantation (LT), with concomitant renal dysfunction, markedly increased after allocation by the model for…”
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The Survival Benefit of Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation as a Function of Candidate Disease Severity and Donor Quality by Schaubel, D. E., Sima, C. S., Goodrich, N. P., Feng, S., Merion, R. M.

“…The survival benefit of liver transplantation depends on candidate disease severity, as measured by MELD score. However, donor liver quality may also affect…”
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Demographic, Metabolic, and Blood Pressure Characteristics of Living Kidney Donors Spanning Five Decades by Taler, S. J., Messersmith, E. E., Leichtman, A. B., Gillespie, B. W., Kew, C. E., Stegall, M. D., Merion, R. M., Matas, A. J., Ibrahim, H. N.

“…While cautious criteria for selection of living kidney donors are credited for favorable outcomes, recent practice changes may include acceptance of less than…”
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ASTS Recommended Practice Guidelines for Controlled Donation after Cardiac Death Organ Procurement and Transplantation by Reich, D. J., Mulligan, D. C., Abt, P. L., Pruett, T. L., Abecassis, M. M. I., D’Alessandro, A., Pomfret, E. A., Freeman, R. B., Markmann, J. F., Hanto, D. W., Matas, A. J., Roberts, J. P., Merion, R. M., Klintmalm, G. B. G.

“…The American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) champions efforts to increase organ donation. Controlled donation after cardiac death (DCD) offers the…”
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Health‐Related Quality of Life in Kidney Donors From the Last Five Decades: Results From the RELIVE Study by Gross, C. R., Messersmith, E. E., Hong, B. A., Jowsey, S. G., Jacobs, C., Gillespie, B. W., Taler, S. J., Matas, A. J., Leichtman, A., Merion, R. M., Ibrahim, H. N.

“…Live donation benefits recipients, but the long‐term consequences for donors remain uncertain. Renal and Lung Living Donors Evaluation Study surveyed kidney…”
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Sex‐Based Disparities in Liver Transplant Rates in the United States by Mathur, A. K., Schaubel, D. E., Gong, Qi, Guidinger, M. K., Merion, R. M.

“…We sought to characterize sex‐based differences in access to deceased donor liver transplantation. Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients data were used…”
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Complications and Their Resolution in Recipients of Deceased and Living Donor Liver Transplants: Findings From the A2ALL Cohort Study by Samstein, B., Smith, A.R., Freise, C.E., Zimmerman, M.A., Baker, T., Olthoff, K.M., Fisher, R.A., Merion, R.M.

“…The purpose of this study was to explore long-term complications in recipients of deceased donor liver transplant (DDLT) and living donor liver transplant…”
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Incidence and Severity of Acute Cellular Rejection in Recipients Undergoing Adult Living Donor or Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation by Shaked, A., Ghobrial, R. M., Merion, R. M., Shearon, T. H., Emond, J. C., Fair, J. H., Fisher, R. A., Kulik, L. M., Pruett, T. L., Terrault, N. A.

“…Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) may have better immunological outcomes compared to deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT). The aim of this study…”
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American Society of Transplant Surgeons Transplant Center Outcomes Requirements—A Threat to Innovation by Abecassis, M. M., Burke, R., Klintmalm, G. B., Matas, A. J., Merion, R. M., Millman, D., Olthoff, K., Roberts, J. P.

“…The transplant center regulations recently published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) mandate that observed program‐specific survival outcomes to…”
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The Riskiest Job in Medicine: Transplant Surgeons and Organ Procurement Travel by Englesbe, M. J., Merion, R. M.

“…Transplant surgeons are exposed to workplace risk due to the urgent nature of travel related to organ procurement. A retrospective cohort study was completed…”
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Utilization of Kidneys With Similar Kidney Donor Risk Index Values From Standard Versus Expanded Criteria Donors by Woodside, K. J., Merion, R. M., Leichtman, A. B., Santos, R. de los, Arrington, C. J., Rao, P. S., Sung, R. S.

“…With the shortage of standard criteria donor (SCD) kidneys, efficient expanded criteria donor (ECD) kidney utilization has become more vital. We investigated…”
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Race and Ethnicity in Access to and Outcomes of Liver Transplantation: A Critical Literature Review by Mathur, A. K., Sonnenday, C. J., Merion, R. M.

“…Racial/ethnic disparities in access to and outcomes of liver transplantation are an important topic given the increasing diversity in the United States. Most…”
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Recovery and Utilization of Deceased Donor Kidneys from Small Pediatric Donors by Pelletier, S. J., Guidinger, M. K., Merion, R. M., Englesbe, M. J., Wolfe, R. A., Magee, J. C., Sollinger, H. W.

“…The optimal use of kidneys from small pediatric deceased donors remains undetermined. Using data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, 2886…”
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Morbidity and Mortality of Live Lung Donation: Results From the RELIVE Study by Yusen, R. D., Hong, B. A., Messersmith, E. E., Gillespie, B. W., Lopez, B. M., Brown, K. L., Odim, J., Merion, R. M., Barr, M. L.

“…The Renal and Lung Living Donors Evaluation Study assesses outcomes of live lung (lobectomy) donors. This is a retrospective cohort study at University of…”
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Invasive Fungal Infections in Low‐Risk Liver Transplant Recipients: A Multi‐Center Prospective Observational Study by Pappas, P. G., Andes, D., Schuster, M., Hadley, S., Rabkin, J., Merion, R. M., Kauffman, C. A., Huckabee, C., Cloud, G. A., Dismukes, W. E., Karchmer, A. W.

“…Prevention of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) in orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) recipients utilizing postoperative systemic antifungal prophylaxis,…”
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Attitudes of the American Public toward Organ Donation after Uncontrolled (Sudden) Cardiac Death by Volk, M. L., Warren, G. J. W., Anspach, R. R., Couper, M. P., Merion, R. M., Ubel, P. A.

“…Concerns about public support for organ donation after cardiac death have hindered expansion of this practice, particularly rapid organ recovery in the context…”
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The Economic Implications of Broader Sharing of Liver Allografts by Axelrod, D. A., Gheorghian, A., Schnitzler, M. A., Dzebisashvili, N., Salvalaggio, P. R., Tuttle‐Newhall, J., Segev, D. L., Gentry, S., Hohmann, S., Merion, R. M., Lentine, K. L.

“…Liver transplantation has evolved over the past four decades into the most effective method to treat end‐stage liver failure and one of the most expensive…”
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