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Transplant outcomes and economic costs associated with patient noncompliance to immunosuppression.

Pinsky BW, Takemoto SK, Lentine KL, Burroughs TE, Schnitzler MA, Salvalaggio PR.

Am J Transplant. 2009 Nov;9(11):2597-606.PMID: 19843035 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Liver transplantation cost in the model for end-stage liver disease era: looking beyond the transplant admission.

Buchanan P, Dzebisashvili N, Lentine KL, Axelrod DA, Schnitzler MA, Salvalaggio PR.

Liver Transpl. 2009 Oct;15(10):1270-7.PMID: 19790155 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Increasing incidence of new-onset diabetes after transplant among pediatric renal transplant patients.

Burroughs TE, Swindle JP, Salvalaggio PR, Lentine KL, Takemoto SK, Bunnapradist S, Brennan DC, Schnitzler MA.

Transplantation. 2009 Aug 15;88(3):367-73.PMID: 19667939 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Crossmatch testing in kidney transplantation: patterns of practice and associations with rejection and graft survival.

Salvalaggio PR, Graff RJ, Pinsky B, Schnitzler MA, Takemoto SK, Burroughs TE, Santos LS, Lentine KL.

Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2009 Jul;20(4):577-89.PMID: 19587497 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The cost and quality paradox.

Axelrod DA, Lentine KL, Salvalaggio PR, Schnitzler MA.

Am J Transplant. 2009 May;9(5):985-6. No abstract available. PMID: 19422326 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Bariatric surgery among kidney transplant candidates and recipients: analysis of the United States renal data system and literature review.

Modanlou KA, Muthyala U, Xiao H, Schnitzler MA, Salvalaggio PR, Brennan DC, Abbott KC, Graff RJ, Lentine KL.

Transplantation. 2009 Apr 27;87(8):1167-73.PMID: 19384163 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Incremental value of the pancreas allograft to the survival of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant recipients.

Salvalaggio PR, Dzebisashvili N, Pinsky B, Schnitzler MA, Burroughs TE, Graff R, Axelrod DA, Brennan DC, Lentine KL.

Diabetes Care. 2009 Apr;32(4):600-2. Epub 2009 Jan 8.PMID: 19131460 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Predictive ability of pretransplant comorbidities to predict long-term graft loss and death.

Machnicki G, Pinsky B, Takemoto S, Balshaw R, Salvalaggio PR, Buchanan PM, Irish W, Bunnapradist S, Lentine KL, Burroughs TE, Brennan DC, Schnitzler MA.

Am J Transplant. 2009 Mar;9(3):494-505. Epub 2008 Dec 15.PMID: 19120083 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association of lower costs of pulsatile machine perfusion in renal transplantation from expanded criteria donors.

Buchanan PM, Lentine KL, Burroughs TE, Schnitzler MA, Salvalaggio PR.

Am J Transplant. 2008 Nov;8(11):2391-401.PMID: 18925906 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Obesity and cardiac risk after kidney transplantation: experience at one center and comprehensive literature review.

Lentine KL, Rocca-Rey LA, Bacchi G, Wasi N, Schmitz L, Salvalaggio PR, Abbott KC, Schnitzler MA, Neri L, Brennan DC.

Transplantation. 2008 Jul 27;86(2):303-12.PMID: 18645495 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cardiac evaluation before kidney transplantation: a practice patterns analysis in Medicare-insured dialysis patients.

Lentine KL, Schnitzler MA, Brennan DC, Snyder JJ, Hauptman PJ, Abbott KC, Axelrod D, Salvalaggio PR, Kasiske B.

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Jul;3(4):1115-24. Epub 2008 Apr 16.PMID: 18417743 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Increased risk of graft failure in kidney transplant recipients after a diagnosis of dyspepsia or gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Neri L, Rocca Rey LA, Pinsky BW, Lentine KL, Salvalaggio PR, Machnicki G, Willoughby L, Burroughs TE, Takemoto SK, Schnitzler MA.

Transplantation. 2008 Feb 15;85(3):344-52.PMID: 18301330 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Flow cytometry crossmatch before kidney transplantation in contemporary practice: target cell utilization, results patterns, and associated long-term graft survival.

Lentine KL, Graff RJ, Xiao H, Modanlou KA, Salvalaggio PR, Brennan DC, Pinsky BW, Burroughs TE, Schnitzler MA.

Clin Transpl. 2008:253-66.PMID: 19708460 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Invest now to save later: the need for a national quality improvement initiative to reduce the costs of liver transplantation in children.

Salvalaggio PR, Axelrod DA, Schnitzler MA.

Pediatr Transplant. 2008 Mar;12(2):123-4. Epub 2007 Dec 16. No abstract available. PMID: 18086250 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Novel methods for tracking long-term maintenance immunosuppression regimens.

Buchanan PM, Schnitzler MA, Brennan DC, Dzebisashvili N, Willoughby LM, Axelrod D, Salvalaggio PR, Abbott KC, Burroughs TE, Lentine KL.

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Jan;3(1):117-24. Epub 2007 Dec 12.PMID: 18077785 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Hepatic artery thrombosis after adult living donor liver transplantation: the effect of center volume.

Salvalaggio PR, Modanlou KA, Edwards EB, Harper AM, Abecassis MM.

Transplantation. 2007 Oct 15;84(7):926-8.PMID: 17984847 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Patient and graft survival implications of simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation from old donors.

Salvalaggio PR, Schnitzler MA, Abbott KC, Brennan DC, Irish W, Takemoto SK, Axelrod D, Santos LS, Kocak B, Willoughby L, Lentine KL.

Am J Transplant. 2007 Jun;7(6):1561-71. Erratum in: Am J Transplant. 2007 Sep;7(9):2216. PMID: 17511681 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The impact of human leukocyte antigen matching on transplant complications and immunosuppression dosage.

Aydingoz SE, Takemoto SK, Pinsky BW, Salvalaggio PR, Lentine KL, Willoughby L, Hoover B, Burroughs TA, Schnitzler MA, Graff R.

Hum Immunol. 2007 Jun;68(6):491-9. Epub 2007 Mar 15.PMID: 17509448 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The economic impact of the utilization of liver allografts with high donor risk index.

Axelrod DA, Schnitzler M, Salvalaggio PR, Swindle J, Abecassis MM.

Am J Transplant. 2007 Apr;7(4):990-7.PMID: 17391139 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Lack of interventional studies in renal transplant candidates with elevated cardiovascular risk.

Schnitzler MA, Salvalaggio PR, Axelrod DA, Lentine KL, Takemoto SK.

Am J Transplant. 2007 Mar;7(3):493-4. Epub 2007 Jan 22. No abstract available. PMID: 17250551 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cat scratch disease causing hepatic masses after liver transplant.

Thudi KR, Kreikemeier JT, Phillips NJ, Salvalaggio PR, Kennedy DJ, Hayashi PH.

Liver Int. 2007 Feb;27(1):145-8.PMID: 17241393 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Proposed classification of complications after live donor nephrectomy.

Kocak B, Koffron AJ, Baker TB, Salvalaggio PR, Kaufman DB, Fryer JP, Abecassis MM, Stuart FP, Leventhal JR.

Urology. 2006 May;67(5):927-31.PMID: 16698353 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Outcomes and risk factors for failure of radiologic treatment of biliary strictures in pediatric liver transplantation recipients.

Sunku B, Salvalaggio PR, Donaldson JS, Rigsby CK, Neighbors K, Superina RA, Alonso EM.

Liver Transpl. 2006 May;12(5):821-6.PMID: 16628680 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Outcomes of pancreas transplantation in the United States using cardiac-death donors.

Salvalaggio PR, Davies DB, Fernandez LA, Kaufman DB.

Am J Transplant. 2006 May;6(5 Pt 1):1059-65.PMID: 16611344 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Antigen exposure during enhanced CTLA-4 expression promotes allograft tolerance in vivo.

Salvalaggio PR, Camirand G, Ariyan CE, Deng S, Rogozinski L, Basadonna GP, Rothstein DM.

J Immunol. 2006 Feb 15;176(4):2292-8.PMID: 16455985 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Liver graft volume estimation in 100 living donors: measure twice, cut once.

Salvalaggio PR, Baker TB, Koffron AJ, Fryer JP, Clark L, Superina RA, Blei AT, Nemcek A, Abecassis MM.

Transplantation. 2005 Nov 15;80(9):1181-5.PMID: 16314783 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Regional variation and use of exception letters for cadaveric liver allocation in children with chronic liver disease.

Salvalaggio PR, Neighbors K, Kelly S, Emerick KM, Iyer K, Superina RA, Whitington PF, Alonso EM.

Am J Transplant. 2005 Aug;5(8):1868-74.PMID: 15996233 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Presence of multiple bile ducts in the liver graft increases the incidence of biliary complications in pediatric liver transplantation.

Salvalaggio PR, Whitington PF, Alonso EM, Superina RA.

Liver Transpl. 2005 Feb;11(2):161-6.PMID: 15666393 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Liver transplantation with simultaneous removal of an intracardiac transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and a vena cava filter without the utilization of cardiopulmonary bypass.

Salvalaggio PR, Koffron AJ, Fryer JP, Abecassis MM.

Liver Transpl. 2005 Feb;11(2):229-32.PMID: 15666375 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cavitary Legionella pneumonia in a liver transplant recipient.

Fraser TG, Zembower TR, Lynch P, Fryer J, Salvalaggio PR, Yeldandi AV, Stosor V.

Transpl Infect Dis. 2004 Jun;6(2):77-80. Review.PMID: 15522109 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy 1997 to 2003: lessons learned with 500 cases at a single institution.

Leventhal JR, Kocak B, Salvalaggio PR, Koffron AJ, Baker TB, Kaufman DB, Fryer JP, Abecassis MM, Stuart FP.

Surgery. 2004 Oct;136(4):881-90.PMID: 15467675 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Simultaneous surgical and interventional radiological approach to treat complicated biliary strictures after pediatric liver transplantation.

Salvalaggio PR, Bambini DA, Donaldson J, Saker M, Whitington PF, Alonso EM, Superina RA.

Pediatr Transplant. 2004 Oct;8(5):513-6.PMID: 15367290 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparative analysis of live liver donation risk using a comprehensive grading system for severity.

Salvalaggio PR, Baker TB, Koffron AJ, Fryer JP, Clark L, Superina RA, Blei AT, Abecassis MM.

Transplantation. 2004 Jun 15;77(11):1765-7.PMID: 15201680 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Incidence, timing and site of infections among pancreas transplant recipients.

Bassetti M, Salvalaggio PR, Topal J, Lorber MI, Friedman AL, Andriole VT, Basadonna GP.

J Hosp Infect. 2004 Mar;56(3):184-90.PMID: 15003665 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Aspergillus vertebral osteomyelitis after simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation.

Salvalaggio PR, Bassetti M, Lorber MI, Micheletto GC, Friedman AL, Andriole VT, Basadonna GP.

Transpl Infect Dis. 2003 Dec;5(4):187-90. Review.PMID: 14987203 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Islet filtration: a simple and rapid new purification procedure that avoids ficoll and improves islet mass and function.

Salvalaggio PR, Deng S, Ariyan CE, Millet I, Zawalich WS, Basadonna GP, Rothstein DM.

Transplantation. 2002 Sep 27;74(6):877-9.PMID: 12364870 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Bacterial translocation and glutamine.

Salvalaggio PR, Campos AC.

Nutrition. 2002 May;18(5):435-7. No abstract available. PMID: 11985955 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Oral glutamine does not prevent bacterial translocation in rats subjected to intestinal obstruction and Escherichia coli challenge but reduces systemic bacteria spread.

Salvalaggio PR, Neto CZ, Tolazzi AR, Gasparetto EL, Coelho JC, Campos AC.

Nutrition. 2002 Apr;18(4):334-7.PMID: 11934547 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy to treat patients with asymptomatic gallstones.

Coelho JC, Vizzoto AO, Salvalaggio PR, Tolazzi AR.

Dig Surg. 2000;17(4):344-7.PMID: 11053940 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevalence of gallstones in a Brazilian population.

Coelho JC, Bonilha R, Pitaki SA, Cordeiro RM, Salvalaggio PR, Bonin EA, Hahn CG, Soares RV, Milcheski DA.

Int Surg. 1999 Jan-Mar;84(1):25-8.PMID: 10421013 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Laparoscopic treatment of duodenal diverticulum.

Coelho JC, Sousa GS, Salvalaggio PR.

Surg Laparosc Endosc. 1999 Jan;9(1):74-7.PMID: 9950136 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles