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