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A Comprehensive Risk Quantification Score for Deceased Donor Kidneys: The Kidney Donor Risk Index by RAO, Panduranga S, SCHAUBEL, Douglas E, GUIDINGER, Mary K, ANDREONI, Kenneth A, WOLFE, Robert A, MERION, Robert M, PORT, Friedrich K, SUNG, Randall S

“…We propose a continuous kidney donor risk index (KDRI) for deceased donor kidneys, combining donor and transplant variables to quantify graft failure risk. By…”
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Biliary complications following liver transplantation in the model for end‐stage liver disease era: Effect of donor, recipient, and technical factors by Welling, Theodore H., Heidt, David G., Englesbe, Michael J., Magee, John C., Sung, Randall S., Campbell, Darrell A., Punch, Jeffrey D., Pelletier, Shawn J.

“…Biliary complications remain a significant problem following liver transplantation in the Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) era. We hypothesized that…”
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Use of Complement Binding Assays to Assess the Efficacy of Antibody Mediated Rejection Therapy and Prediction of Graft Survival in Kidney Transplantation by Ramon, Daniel S, Huang, Yihung, Zhao, Lili, Rendulic, TrisAnn, Park, Jeong M, Sung, Randall S, Samaniego, Milagros

“…Abstract Background The Luminex® single antigen bead assay (SAB) is the method of choice for monitoring the treatment for antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). A…”
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Clinical Utility in Adopting Race-free Kidney Donor Risk Index by Doshi, Mona D., Schaubel, Douglas E., Xu, Yuwen, Rao, Panduranga S., Sung, Randall S.

“…Background. Recent events of racial injustice prompted us to study potential impact of removing race from kidney donor risk index (KDRI) calculator. Methods…”
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Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients With Posttransplant Genitourinary Infectious Complications: A Single Center Study by Srinivasan, Dushyanth, Stoffel, John T., Bradley, Kori, Sung, Randall S.

“…Objectives: Long-term outcomes of kidney transplant recipients with postoperative genitourinary tract infections are not well characterized. In this single…”
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CC Chemokine Receptor 5 Deficiency Does Not Prevent Local Immune Responses to Adenovirus Vector in Islet Transplant Recipients by Cheng, Jun, M.D., Ph.D, Sung, Randall S., M.D

“…Background CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) plays an important role in mediating inflammation. We examined the effect of CCR5 on the immune response to…”
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Acute Kidney Injury after Liver Transplantation by Durand, François, Francoz, Claire, Asrani, Sumeet K, Khemichian, Saro, Pham, Thomas A, Sung, Randall S, Genyk, Yuri S, Nadim, Mitra K

“…ABSTRACTSince the implementation of the MELD score-based allocation system, the number of transplant candidates with impaired renal function has increased. The…”
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Propensity score‐based survival benefit of simultaneous liver‐kidney transplant over liver transplant alone for recipients with pretransplant renal dysfunction by Sharma, Pratima, Shu, Xu, Schaubel, Douglas E., Sung, Randall S., Magee, John C.

“…The survival benefit of simultaneous liver‐kidney transplantation (SLKT) over liver transplantation alone (LTA) is unclear from the current literature…”
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Reevaluation of the Kidney Donor Risk Index by Zhong, Yingchao, Schaubel, Douglas E, Kalbfleisch, John D, Ashby, Valarie B, Rao, Panduranga S, Sung, Randall S

“…BACKGROUND.The Kidney Donor Risk Index (KDRI) is a score applicable to deceased kidney donors which reflects relative graft failure risk associated with…”
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Impact of delayed listing after initiating kidney transplant evaluation on transplant outcomes by Ly, Lisa, Zhu, Danting, Schaubel, Douglas E., Woodside, Kenneth J., Sung, Randall S.

“…Objective Longer end‐stage renal disease time has been associated with inferior kidney transplant outcomes. However, the contribution of transplant evaluation…”
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Transplant Center Volume: Is Bigger Better? by Montgomery, John R., Sung, Randall S., Woodside, Kenneth J.

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A Reassessment of the Survival Advantage of Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Versus Kidney-Alone Transplantation by Sung, Randall S, Zhang, Min, Schaubel, Douglas E, Shu, Xu, Magee, John C

“…Simultaneous kidney and pancreas (SPK) transplantation is an attractive option for end-stage renal disease patients with type 1 diabetes. Although SPK…”
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Inequity in organ allocation for patients awaiting liver transplantation: Rationale for uncapping the model for end-stage liver disease by Nadim, Mitra K, DiNorcia, Joseph, Ji, Lingyun, Groshen, Susan, Levitsky, Josh, Sung, Randall S, Kim, W. Ray, Andreoni, Kenneth, Mulligan, David, Genyk, Yuri S

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Building the Case for Enhanced Recovery Protocols in Living Kidney Donors by Waits, Seth A, Hilliard, Paul, Sheetz, Kyle H, Sung, Randall S, Englesbe, Michael J

“…BACKGROUNDEnhanced recovery protocols align with the current advantages of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy and may continue to decrease disincentives to…”
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CT-measured Cortical Volume Ratio Is an Accurate Alternative to Nuclear Medicine Split Scan Ratio Among Living Kidney Donors by Montgomery, John R., Brown, Craig S., Zondlak, Allyse N., Walsh, Kevin W., Kozlowski, Julia E., Pinsky, Alexa M., Herriman, Emily A., Sussman, Jeremy, Lu, Yee, Stein, Erica B., Shankar, Prasad R., Sung, Randall S., Woodside, Kenneth J.

“…The 125I-iothalamate clearance and 99mTc diethylenetriamine-pentaacetic acid (99mTc-DTPA) split scan nuclear medicine studies are used among living kidney…”
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Single-center study of technical graft loss in 714 consecutive renal transplants by ENGLESBE, Michael J, PUNCH, Jeffery D, ARMSTRONG, Douglas R, ARENAS, Juan D, SUNG, Randall S, MAGEE, John C

“…No series has specifically focused on rates of technical failure in the kidney transplantation operation. We retrospectively examined the incidence of…”
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Efficacy of plasmapheresis on donor-specific antibody reduction by HLA specificity in post-kidney transplant recipients by Yamada, Chisa, Ramon, Daniel S., Cascalho, Marilia, Sung, Randall S., Leichtman, Alan B., Samaniego, Milagros, Davenport, Robertson D.

“…Background Donor‐specific antibodies (DSAs) to HLA antigens can cause acute antibody‐mediated rejection (AMR) after kidney transplantation (Txp). Therapeutic…”
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Integrating Outreach for Different Aspects of Chronic Kidney Disease Care: A TTS Transplantation Leadership Development Series Project by Woodside, Kenneth, McGuire, Matthew D, Yevzlin, Alexander S, Punch, Jeffrey D, Sung, Randall S

“…At transplant centers, nephrologists and transplant surgeons work together to provide kidney transplant care to patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)…”
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Impact of screening for metabolic syndrome on the evaluation of obese living kidney donors by Marcusa, Daniel P., Schaubel, Douglas E., Woodside, Kenneth J., Sung, Randall S.

“…We report our experience with metabolic syndrome screening for obese living kidney donor candidates to mitigate the long-term risk of CKD. We retrospectively…”
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Variable Benefits of Antibody Induction by Kidney Allograft Type by Williams, Aaron M., Barrett, Meredith, Smith, Abigail R., Kathawate, Ranganath G., Woodside, Kenneth J., Sung, Randall S.

“…Kidneys from acute renal failure (ARF), expanded criteria donors (ECD), and donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors are often discarded due to concerns for…”
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