2023
Living donor liver transplant candidate and donor selection and engagement: Meeting report from the living donor liver transplant consensus conference
Jesse M, Jackson W, Liapakis A, Ganesh S, Humar A, Goldaracena N, Levitsky J, Mulligan D, Pomfret E, Ladner D, Roberts J, Mavis A, Thiessen C, Trotter J, Winder G, Griesemer A, Pillai A, Kumar V, Verna E, Rudow D, Han H, Group T. Living donor liver transplant candidate and donor selection and engagement: Meeting report from the living donor liver transplant consensus conference. Clinical Transplantation 2023, 37: e14954. PMID: 36892182, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14954.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDonor selectionConsensus conferenceDeceased donor organ shortageDonor liver transplantationLiver transplant candidatesDonor organ shortageLiver transplantationTransplant candidatesWaitlist mortalityExcellent outcomesLDLT candidatesOrgan shortageDonation outcomesLack of standardizationAmerican SocietyTransplantationDelphi approachBroad implementationMeeting reportOutcomesCandidate indicationsReportLDLTPatientsBroad uptake
2022
Epidemiology and outcomes of surgical site infections among pediatric liver transplant recipients
Banach DB, Lopez‐Verdugo F, Sanchez‐Garcia J, Tran A, Gomez‐Llerena A, Munoz‐Abraham A, Bertacco A, Valentino PL, Yoo P, Dembry L, Mulligan DC, Ekong UD, Emre SH, Rodriguez‐Davalos M. Epidemiology and outcomes of surgical site infections among pediatric liver transplant recipients. Transplant Infectious Disease 2022, 24: e13941. PMID: 35989545, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13941.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical site infectionLiver transplant recipientsLiver transplantationBiliary complicationsGraft recipientsTransplant recipientsSite infectionRisk factorsOutcomes of SSIPediatric liver transplant recipientsLong-term graftPediatric liver transplantationRetrospective descriptive analysisPrimary endpointHospital daysPatient agePediatric populationPatient survivalSignificant causeComplicationsPatientsRecipientsOutcomesInfectionIncidence
2016
Partners in Crime: Kidney Transplantation and Seizure Disorder
Li N, Jean R, Tooley JE, Mulligan DC, Yoo PS. Partners in Crime: Kidney Transplantation and Seizure Disorder. Transplantation Proceedings 2016, 48: 2700-2708. PMID: 27788804, DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2016.06.041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKidney transplantationSeizure disorderClinical outcomesCommon neurologic complicationNational Inpatient SampleDisease-specific riskCost of careNeurologic complicationsClinical entityClinical complicationsInpatient SampleTransplantationHospitalization statisticsDisordersComplicationsRiskCareComplex management challengesFuture studiesOutcomesMortalityPredicting Outcomes on the Liver Transplant Waiting List in the United States
Hart A, Schladt DP, Zeglin J, Pyke J, Kim WR, Lake JR, Roberts JP, Hirose R, Mulligan DC, Kasiske BL, Snyder JJ, Israni AK. Predicting Outcomes on the Liver Transplant Waiting List in the United States. Transplantation 2016, 100: 2153-2159. PMID: 27490411, PMCID: PMC5369025, DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000001384.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDonation service areaLiver transplantWaiting listEnd-stage liver disease (MELD) scoreLiver transplant waiting listTransplant Recipients databaseLiver Disease scoreMELD exception pointsTransplant waiting listAvailability of organsTransplant probabilityRecipients databasePatient characteristicsScientific RegistryTransplant programsUS adultsDisease scorePredicting OutcomeException pointsTransplantBlood typeOutcomesOngoing disparitiesCorresponding percentilesOnline calculator
2010
What Hepatologists Should Know about Liver Transplant Surgery
Mekeel K, Mulligan D. What Hepatologists Should Know about Liver Transplant Surgery. 2010, 305-316. DOI: 10.1002/9781444325249.ch30.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLiver transplantationExcellent long-term patient outcomesLong-term patient outcomesDonor liver transplantationLiver transplant surgeryBiliary complicationsDonor allograftsMultidisciplinary careSurgical outcomesTransplant surgeryDonor poolPatient outcomesTransplant operationHepatic anatomyPhysiologic eventsHepatologistsComplicationsPatientsTransplantationOutcomesAllograftsSurgeryHepatectomyDiagnosisCare