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Impact of the kidney allocation system on young pediatric recipients by Parker, William Fiske, Ross, Lainie Friedman, Richard Thistlethwaite, J., Gallo, Amy E.

“…The kidney allocation system (KAS) altered pediatric candidate prioritization. We determined KAS's impact on pediatric kidney recipients by examining delayed…”
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The 1966 Ciba Symposium on Transplantation Ethics: 50 Years Later by Ross, Lainie Friedman, Thistlethwaite, J Richard

“…ABSTRACTIn March 1966, the Ciba Foundation sponsored the first international, interdisciplinary symposium focused on ethical and legal issues in…”
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Racial disparities in reaching the renal transplant waitlist: is geography as important as race? by Saunders, Milda R., Lee, Haena, Alexander, G. Caleb, Tak, Hyo Jung, Thistlethwaite Jr, J. Richard, Ross, Lainie Friedman

“…Background In the United States, African Americans and whites differ in access to the deceased donor renal transplant waitlist. The extent to which racial…”
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Kidney Donor Profile Index Does Not Accurately Predict the Graft Survival of Pediatric Deceased Donor Kidneys by Parker, William F, Thistlethwaite, J Richard, Ross, Lainie Friedman

“…BACKGROUNDThe new deceased donor kidney allocation algorithm uses a Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) based on donor characteristics to predict graft survival…”
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Ethical Analysis and Policy Recommendations Regarding Domino Liver Transplantation by Schenck, David, Mazariegos, George V, Thistlethwaite, J Richard, Ross, Lainie Friedman

“…ABSTRACTDue to the widening gap between supply and demand, patients who need a liver transplant due to metabolic disease may be asked to serve as domino liver…”
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Introducing Genetic Tests With Uncertain Implications in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: ApoL1 as a Case Study by Ross, Lainie Friedman, Thistlethwaite, J. Richard

“…Genetic mutations in apolipoprotein L1 (ApoL1) are associated with kidney disease. Apolipoprotein L1 mutations are common in African Americans (∼39% and 12%…”
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Minors as Living Solid-Organ Donors by Ross, Lainie Friedman, Thistlethwaite, J. Richard, Jr, and Committee on Bioethics

“…In the past half-century, solid-organ transplantation has become standard treatment for a variety of diseases in children and adults. The major limitation for…”
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Age and equity in liver transplantation: An organ allocation model by Cucchetti, Alessandro, Ross, Lainie Friedman, Thistlethwaite, J. Richard, Vitale, Alessandro, Ravaioli, Matteo, Cescon, Matteo, Ercolani, Giorgio, Burra, Patrizia, Cillo, Umberto, Pinna, Antonio Daniele

“…A moral liver allocation policy must be fair. We considered a 2‐step, 2‐principle allocation system called “age mapping.” Its first principle, equal…”
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Risk, Prognosis, and Unintended Consequences in Kidney Allocation by Hippen, Benjamin E, Thistlethwaite, J. Richard, Ross, Lainie Friedman

“…Proposed changes to the allocation system for deceased-donor kidneys rely on unvalidated models that may unfairly reduce transplantation opportunities for some…”
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Decision making in liver transplantation—Limited application of the liver donor risk index by Mataya, Leslie, Aronsohn, Andrew, Thistlethwaite, J. Richard, Friedman Ross, Lainie

“…The liver donor risk index (LDRI), originally developed in 2006 by Feng et al. and since modified, is a method of evaluating liver grafts from deceased donors…”
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Outcomes After Kidney Donation by Ross, Lainie Friedman, Thistlethwaite, J. Richard

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Disclosing Health and Health Behavior Information between Living Donors and Their Recipients by Mataya, Leslie, Meadow, Jacqueline, Thistlethwaite, Jr, J Richard, Mandelbrot, Didier A, Rodrigue, James R, Ross, Lainie Friedman

“…Living donor guidelines-both national and international-either do not address or are vague about what information can be shared between prospective living…”
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Attitudes of Lay Stakeholders and Transplant Professionals About Disclosure to Living Kidney Donors in Exchanges and Chains by Grubbs, Allison, Meadow, Jaqueline, Thistlethwaite, J. Richard, Ross, Lainie F.

“…Background: Current policies require very limited informational disclosure between living kidney donors and recipients regardless of the relationship type. No…”
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Gender and race/ethnicity differences in living kidney donor demographics: Preference or disparity? by Ross, Lainie Friedman, Thistlethwaite, J. Richard

“…In the United States, women are over-represented and Blacks are under-represented as living kidney donors. A traditional bioethics approach would state that as…”
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Changing Attitudes Toward Influenza Vaccination in U.S. Kidney Transplant Programs Over the Past Decade by Chon, W James, Kadambi, Pradeep V, Harland, Robert C, Thistlethwaite, J Richard, West, Bradford L, Udani, Suneel, Poduval, Rajiv, Josephson, Michelle A

“…Influenza infection in transplant recipients is often associated with significant morbidity. Surveys were conducted in 1999 and 2009 to find out if the…”
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Calcium and calcitriol prophylaxis attenuates posttransplant bone loss by JOSEPHSON, Michelle A, SCHUMM, L. Philip, CHIU, May Y, MARSHALL, Cory, THISTLETHWAITE, J. Richard, SPRAGUE, Stuart M

“…We performed a prospective, randomized, double-blind study to determine whether calcium and calcitriol prevents posttransplant bone loss. Thirty-eight…”
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Outcomes of Pancreatic Islet Allotransplantation Using the Edmonton Protocol at the University of Chicago by Tekin, Zehra, Garfinkel, Marc R., Chon, W. James, Schenck, Lindsay, Golab, Karolina, Savari, Omid, Thistlethwaite, J. Richard, Philipson, Louis H., Majewski, Colleen, Pannain, Silvana, Ramachandran, Sabarinathan, Rezania, Kourosh, Hariprasad, Seenu M., Millis, J. Michael, Witkowski, Piotr

“…The aim of this study was to assess short-term and long-term results of the pancreatic islet transplantation using the Edmonton protocol at the University of…”
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Potential Inefficiency of a Proposed Efficiency Model for Kidney Allocation by Ross, Lainie Friedman, MD, PhD, Thistlethwaite, J. Richard, MD, PhD

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Age Should Not Be Considered in the Allocation of Deceased Donor Kidneys by Ross, Lainie Friedman, Thistlethwaite, J. Richard

“…In this manuscript, we examine what role age can morally play in the allocation of deceased donor kidneys for transplantation into adult candidates. Our focus…”
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Different standards are not double standards: all elective surgical patients are not alike by Ross, Lainie Friedman, Glannon, Walter, Gottlieb, Lawrence J, Thistlethwaite, Jr, J Richard

“…Testa and colleagues argue that evaluation for suitability for living donor surgery is rooted in paternalism in contrast with the evaluation for most operative…”
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