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Corradi A, Meléndez GBV, Purnell TS, Ortiz SE, Butler CR, Daw J. Development and Integration of Community Advisory Boards to Inform Research on the Impact of Structural Racism on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in End-Stage Kidney Disease. Health Expect. 2025 Aug;28(4):e70406. doi: 10.1111/hex.70406. PubMed PMID: 40859787; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12381531.
Pawar AS, Scholes-Robertson N, Kennefick K, Butler CR, Luyckx V, Dale LA, Dorf-Kamienny S, Bhatnagar N, Jhanjee A, Modest AM, Viecelli AK, Damashek L, Rosas SE, Pavlakis M, Eckhoff D, DesRoches CM, Davis E Jr, Williams W, Alahdab F, Kumar V, Ladin K. Engaging patients in organ transplant listing meetings: A survey study. Am J Transplant. 2025 Jul 22;. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.07.2468. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 40706678.
Butler CR, Gaughran OA, Taylor JS, Gee PO, O'Hare AM. Experience of Older Adults and Their Family Members in the Kidney Transplant Evaluation. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Feb 1;185(2):186-194. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.6653. PubMed PMID: 39680376; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11791702.
Butler CR, Nalatwad A, Cheung KL, Hannan MF, Hladek MD, Johnston EA, Kimberly L, Liu CK, Nair D, Ozdemir S, Saeed F, Scherer JS, Segev DL, Sheshadri A, Tennankore KK, Washington TR, Wolfgram D, Ghildayal N, Hall R, McAdams-DeMarco M. Establishing Research Priorities in Geriatric Nephrology: A Delphi Study of Clinicians and Researchers. Am J Kidney Dis. 2025 Mar;85(3):293-302. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2024.09.012. Epub 2024 Nov 26. PubMed PMID: 39603330; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11846693.
Ghazi L, Parcha V, Takeuchi T, Butler CR, Baker E, Oates GR, Juarez LD, Nassel AF, Rahman AF, Siew ED, Chen X, Gutierrez OM, Neyra JA. Association of Neighborhood Social Determinants of Health with Acute Kidney Injury during Hospitalization. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024 Nov 1;19(11):1371-1381. doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000000000528. Epub 2024 Sep 11. PubMed PMID: 39259609; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11556918.
Butler CR, Webster LB, Diekema DS. Staffing crisis capacity: a different approach to healthcare resource allocation for a different type of scarce resource. J Med Ethics. 2024 Aug 21;50(9):647-649. doi: 10.1136/jme-2022-108262. PubMed PMID: 35777960; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9844994.
Butler CR, Reese PP, Cheng XS. Referral and Beyond: Restructuring the Kidney Transplant Process to Support Greater Access in the United States. Am J Kidney Dis. 2024 Nov;84(5):646-650. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2024.03.017. Epub 2024 Apr 24. PubMed PMID: 38670253; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11499052.
Johansen KL, Gilbertson DT, Li S, Li S, Liu J, Roetker NS, Ku E, Schulman IH, Greer RC, Chan K, Abbott KC, Butler CR, O'Hare AM, Powe NR, Reddy YNV, Snyder J, St Peter W, Taylor JS, Weinhandl ED, Wetmore JB. US Renal Data System 2023 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States. Am J Kidney Dis. 2024 Apr;83(4 Suppl 1):A8-A13. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2024.01.001. PubMed PMID: 38519262.
Morenz A, Ng YH, Butler CR. Learning From the Experiences of Undocumented Immigrant Kidney Transplant Recipients-From Exceptional Individuals to Equitable Systems. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Feb 5;7(2):e2354548. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.54548. PubMed PMID: 38421654.
Watnick S, Blake PG, Mehrotra R, Mendu M, Roberts G, Tummalapalli SL, Weiner DE, Butler CR. System-Level Strategies to Improve Home Dialysis: Policy Levers and Quality Initiatives. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2023 Dec 1;18(12):1616-1625. doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000000000299. Epub 2023 Sep 6. PubMed PMID: 37678234; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10723911.
Butler CR, Wightman AG, Taylor JS, Hick JL, O'Hare AM. Experiences of US Clinicians Contending With Health Care Resource Scarcity During the COVID-19 Pandemic, December 2020 to December 2021. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jun 1;6(6):e2318810. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.18810. PubMed PMID: 37326986; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10276299.
Wong SPY, Prince DK, Kurella Tamura M, Hall YN, Butler CR, Engelberg RA, Vig EK, Curtis JR, O'Hare AM. Value Placed on Comfort vs Life Prolongation Among Patients Treated With Maintenance Dialysis. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 May 1;183(5):462-469. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.0265. PubMed PMID: 36972031; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10043804.
Butler CR, Wightman AG. Beyond Autonomy: Ethics of Decision Making About Treatments for Kidney Failure at the Extremes of Age. Am J Kidney Dis. 2023 Sep;82(3):360-367. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2023.01.451. Epub 2023 Apr 6. PubMed PMID: 37028637; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10524142.
Kattah AG, Butler CR. The Nephrologist's Role in Supporting People with CKD and Unplanned Pregnancy Post-Dobbs. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2023 Apr 1;34(4):530-532. doi: 10.1681/ASN.0000000000000081. Epub 2023 Jan 17. PubMed PMID: 36749205; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10103197.
O'Hare AM, Vig EK, Iwashyna TJ, Fox A, Taylor JS, Viglianti EM, Butler CR, Vranas KC, Helfand M, Tuepker A, Nugent SM, Winchell KA, Laundry RJ, Bowling CB, Hynes DM, Maciejewski ML, Bohnert ASB, Locke ER, Boyko EJ, Ioannou GN. Complexity and Challenges of the Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Long COVID. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Nov 1;5(11):e2240332. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.40332. PubMed PMID: 36326761; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9634500.
Butler CR. Understanding Public Perspectives on Opt-Out Deceased Donor Transplant Policy: Ethically Obligatory and Practically Necessary. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Nov;17(11):1577-1579. doi: 10.2215/CJN.11230922. Epub 2022 Oct 26. PubMed PMID: 36288932; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9718040.
Butler CR, Wachterman MW, O'Hare AM. Concurrent Hospice and Dialysis: Proof of Concept. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Oct;33(10):1808-1810. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2022080919. Epub 2022 Sep 12. PubMed PMID: 36096635; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9528330.
Butler CR, Sharma RK, Eneanya ND, Bernacki GM, Ghuman JK, Curtis JR, O'Hare AM. Differences Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups in the Unmet Existential and Supportive Care Needs of People Receiving Dialysis. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Sep 1;182(9):992-995. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.1677. PubMed PMID: 35816354; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9274444.
Struthers SA, Kribs Z, Butler CR. Policy and Kidney Community Engagement to Advance toward Greener Kidney Care. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Oct;33(10):1811-1813. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2022070741. Epub 2022 Aug 18. PubMed PMID: 35981765; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9528340.
Watnick S, Butler CR. Difelikefalin: A Novel Therapy for Dialysis Patient Care. Kidney Med. 2022 Aug;4(8):100519. doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2022.100519. eCollection 2022 Aug. PubMed PMID: 35991692; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9386091.
O'Hare AM, Butler CR, Laundry RJ, Showalter W, Todd-Stenberg J, Green P, Hebert PL, Wang V, Taylor JS, Van Eijk M, Matthews KL, Crowley ST, Carey E. Implications of Cross-System Use Among US Veterans With Advanced Kidney Disease in the Era of the MISSION Act: A Qualitative Study of Health Care Records. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Jul 1;182(7):710-719. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.1379. PubMed PMID: 35576068; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9112136.
Butler CR, O'Hare AM, Wong SPY. Supporting scholarship in palliative care across the medical specialties. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 Jun;63(6):e665-e666. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.02.007. PubMed PMID: 35595386.
Butler CR, Watnick S. The Role of Dialysis Organizations in Promoting and Facilitating Access to Nondialytic Treatment Options. Kidney Med. 2022 Jun;4(6):100480. doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2022.100480. eCollection 2022 Jun. PubMed PMID: 35637926; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9142681.
Butler CR, Webster LB, Diekema DS, Gray MM, Sakata VL, Tonelli MR, Vranas KC. Perspectives of Triage Team Members Participating in Statewide Triage Simulations for Scarce Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Washington State. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Apr 1;5(4):e227639. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.7639. PubMed PMID: 35435971; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9016492.
Butler CR, Johansen KL. Beyond exercise: supporting a range of physical activity for people receiving dialysis. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2022 Feb 25;37(3):405-406. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfab288. PubMed PMID: 34610134; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8875466.
Gray MM, Butler CR, Webster LB, Tonelli MR, Sakata VL, Diekema DS. Patient Information Items Needed to Guide the Allocation of Scarce Life-Sustaining Resources: A Delphi Study of Multidisciplinary Experts. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2022 Feb 10;17:e81. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2021.351. PubMed PMID: 35139979.
Butler CR. A Critical Role for Shared Decision-Making about Referral and Evaluation for Kidney Transplant. Kidney360. 2022 Jan 27;3(1):14-16. doi: 10.34067/KID.0007642021. eCollection 2022 Jan 27. PubMed PMID: 35368579; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8967623.
Butler CR, Webster LB, Sakata VL, Tonelli MR, Diekema DS, Gray MM. Functionality of Scarce Healthcare Resource Triage Teams During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multi-Institutional Simulation Study. Crit Care Explor. 2022 Jan;4(1):e0627. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000627. eCollection 2022 Jan. PubMed PMID: 35083438; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8785932.
Butler CR, Appelbaum PS, Ascani H, Aulisio M, Campbell CE, de Boer IH, Dighe AL, Hall DE, Himmelfarb J, Knight R, Mehl K, Murugan R, Rosas SE, Sedor JR, O'Toole JF, Tuttle KR, Waikar SS, Freeman M. A Participant-Centered Approach to Understanding Risks and Benefits of Participation in Research Informed by the Kidney Precision Medicine Project. Am J Kidney Dis. 2022 Jul;80(1):132-138. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.10.006. Epub 2021 Dec 4. PubMed PMID: 34871700; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9166631.
Butler CR, Wightman AG. Scarce Health Care Resources and Equity during COVID-19: Lessons from the History of Kidney Failure Treatment. Kidney360. 2021 Dec 30;2(12):2024-2026. doi: 10.34067/KID.0005292021. eCollection 2021 Dec 30. PubMed PMID: 35419528; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8986052.
Saeed F, Butler CR, Clark C, O'Loughlin K, Engelberg RA, Hebert PL, Lavallee DC, Vig EK, Kurella Tamura M, Curtis JR, O'Hare AM. Family Members' Understanding of the End-of-Life Wishes of People Undergoing Maintenance Dialysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Nov;16(11):1630-1638. doi: 10.2215/CJN.04860421. Epub 2021 Sep 10. PubMed PMID: 34507967; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8729422.
Butler CR, Tonelli MR. Supporting Real-Time Ethical Deliberation in Contingency Capacity During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Am J Bioeth. 2021 Aug;21(8):25-27. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2021.1940359. PubMed PMID: 34313565.
Gill JS, Butler CR, Powe NR. Primacy in Kidney Allocation: Does It Alleviate the Barriers to Transplantation?. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Jul;32(7):1544-1545. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2021040474. Epub 2021 Jun 17. PubMed PMID: 34140397; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8425663.
Butler CR, O'Hare AM, Kestenbaum BR, Sayre GG, Wong SPY. An Introduction to Qualitative Inquiry. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Jun 1;32(6):1275-1278. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2021040473. Epub 2021 May 26. PubMed PMID: 34039668; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8259646.
Butler CR, Wong SPY, Vig EK, Neely CS, O'Hare AM. Professional roles and relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study among US clinicians. BMJ Open. 2021 Mar 25;11(3):e047782. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047782. PubMed PMID: 33766845; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7995668.
Butler CR, Wightman A, Richards CA, Laundry RS, Taylor JS, Hebert PL, Liu CF, O'Hare AM. Thematic Analysis of the Health Records of a National Sample of US Veterans With Advanced Kidney Disease Evaluated for Transplant. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Feb 1;181(2):212-219. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6388. PubMed PMID: 33226419; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7684522.
Ortiz-Soriano V, Butler CR, Levy M, Huen SC, Castaneda JL, Sakhuja A, Basu RK, Liu KD, Cerda J, Neyra JA. Survey of Current Practices of Outpatient Hemodialysis for AKI Patients. Kidney Int Rep. 2021 Apr;6(4):1156-1160. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2021.01.002. eCollection 2021 Apr. PubMed PMID: 33912764; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8071612.
Butler CR, Wong SPY, Wightman AG, O'Hare AM. US Clinicians' Experiences and Perspectives on Resource Limitation and Patient Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Nov 2;3(11):e2027315. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.27315. PubMed PMID: 33156349; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7648254.
Butler CR, Reese PP, Perkins JD, Hall YN, Curtis JR, Kurella Tamura M, O'Hare AM. End-of-Life Care among US Adults with ESKD Who Were Waitlisted or Received a Kidney Transplant, 2005-2014. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Oct;31(10):2424-2433. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020030342. Epub 2020 Sep 9. PubMed PMID: 32908000; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7608994.
O'Hare AM, Butler CR, Taylor JS, Wong SPY, Vig EK, Laundry RS, Wachterman MW, Hebert PL, Liu CF, Rios-Burrows N, Richards CA. Thematic Analysis of Hospice Mentions in the Health Records of Veterans with Advanced Kidney Disease. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Nov;31(11):2667-2677. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020040473. Epub 2020 Aug 6. PubMed PMID: 32764141; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7608965.
Butler CR, Taylor JS, Reese PP, O'Hare AM. Thematic analysis of the medical records of patients evaluated for kidney transplant who did not receive a kidney. BMC Nephrol. 2020 Jul 25;21(1):300. doi: 10.1186/s12882-020-01951-1. PubMed PMID: 32711468; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7382039.
Butler CR, Perkins JD, Johnson CK, Blosser CD, De Castro I, Leca N, Sibulesky L. Contemporary patterns in kidney graft survival from donors after circulatory death in the United States. PLoS One. 2020;15(5):e0233610. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233610. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 32469937; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7259576.
Butler CR, Vig EK, O'Hare AM, Liu CF, Hebert PL, Wong SPY. Ethical Concerns in the Care of Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease: a National Retrospective Study, 2000-2011. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Apr;35(4):1035-1043. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05466-w. Epub 2019 Oct 25. PubMed PMID: 31654358; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7174459.
O'Hare AM, Murphy E, Butler CR, Richards CA. Achieving a person-centered approach to dialysis discontinuation: An historical perspective. Semin Dial. 2019 Sep;32(5):396-401. doi: 10.1111/sdi.12808. Epub 2019 Apr 10. PubMed PMID: 30968459; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8045141.
Butler CR, O'Hare AM. Complex Decision Making about Dialysis in Critically Ill Older Adults with AKI. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019 Apr 5;14(4):485-487. doi: 10.2215/CJN.01870219. Epub 2019 Mar 21. PubMed PMID: 30898871; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6450338.
Butler CR, Schwarze ML, Katz R, Hailpern SM, Kreuter W, Hall YN, Montez Rath ME, O'Hare AM. Lower Extremity Amputation and Health Care Utilization in the Last Year of Life among Medicare Beneficiaries with ESRD. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019 Mar;30(3):481-491. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2018101002. Epub 2019 Feb 19. PubMed PMID: 30782596; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6405144.
Butler CR, Perkins JD, Johnson CK, Blosser CD, Bakthavatsalam R, Leca N, Sibulesky L. Burden of excess mortality after implementation of the new kidney allocation system may be borne disproportionately by middle-aged recipients. PLoS One. 2019;14(1):e0210589. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210589. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 30677058; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6345464.
Current opinions in organ allocation. Am J Transplant. 2018 Nov;18(11):2625-2634. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15094. Epub 2018 Oct 10. PubMed PMID: 30303603.
Butler CR, Mehrotra R, Tonelli MR, Lam DY. The Evolving Ethics of Dialysis in the United States: A Principlist Bioethics Approach. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Apr 7;11(4):704-9. doi: 10.2215/CJN.04780515. Epub 2016 Feb 11. PubMed PMID: 26912540; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4822659.
Butler CR, O'Hare AM. Considerations in Applying the Results of Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials to the Care of Older Adults With Kidney Disease in the Clinical Setting: The SHARP Trial. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2016 Jan;23(1):29-35. doi: 10.1053/j.ackd.2015.11.004. PubMed PMID: 26709060.
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