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  1. Cullaro G, Ge J, Lee BP, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI. Association between neighborhood-based material deprivation and liver transplant waitlist registrants demographics and mortality. Clin Transplant. 2023 Nov 08; e15189. View in PubMed
  2. Gutierrez SA, Pathak S, Raghu V, Shui A, Huang CY, Rhee S, McKenzie-Sampson S, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI. Neighborhood Income is Associated with Healthcare Utilization in Pediatric Short Bowel Syndrome. J Pediatr. 2023 Nov 06; 113819. View in PubMed
  3. Yalung JE, Shifman HP, Rasnick Manning E, Beck A, Bucuvalas J, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI. Ambient air pollution is associated with graft failure/death in pediatric liver transplant recipients. Am J Transplant. 2023 Oct 26. View in PubMed
  4. Wadhwani SI, Kruse G, Squires J, Ebel N, Gupta N, Campbell K, Hsu E, Zielsdorf S, Vittorio J, Desai DM, Bucuvalas JC, Gottlieb LM, Lai JC. Caregiver Perceptions of Social Risk Screening in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: From the Multicenter SOCIAL-Tx Study. Transplantation. 2023 Oct 13. View in PubMed
  5. Shifman HP, Huang CY, Beck AF, Bucuvalas J, Perito ER, Hsu EK, Ebel NH, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI. Association of State Medicaid Expansion Policies with Pediatric Liver Transplant Outcomes. Am J Transplant. 2023 Sep 28. View in PubMed
  6. Lai M, Fenton C, Ge J, Rubin J, Lai JC, Cullaro G. Nonselective beta-blockers may lead to stage 2 acute kidney injury and waitlist mortality in child class C cirrhosis. Hepatol Commun. 2023 10 01; 7(10). View in PubMed
  7. Ha NB, Fan B, Seetharaman S, Kent DS, Yao F, Shui AM, Huang CY, Wadhwani SI, Lai JC. Variation in skeletal muscle mass among patients with cirrhosis of different self-identified race/ethnicity. JGH Open. 2023 Oct; 7(10):724-727. View in PubMed
  8. Sheshadri A, Lai M, Hsu FC, Bauer SR, Chen SH, Tse W, Jotwani V, Tranah GJ, Lai JC, Hallan S, Fielding RA, Liu C, Ix JH, Coca SG, Shlipak MG. Structured Moderate Exercise and Biomarkers of Kidney Health in Sedentary Older Adults: The Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders Randomized Clinical Trial. Kidney Med. 2023 Nov; 5(11):100721. View in PubMed
  9. Ge J, Li M, Delk MB, Lai JC. A comparison of large language model versus manual chart review for extraction of data elements from the electronic health record. medRxiv. 2023 Sep 04. View in PubMed
  10. Yu RC, Lai JC, Hui EK, Mukadam N, Kapur N, Stott J, Livingston G. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Brief Cognitive Instruments to Evaluate Suspected Dementia in Chinese-Speaking Populations. J Alzheimers Dis Rep. 2023; 7(1):973-987. View in PubMed
  11. Ge J, Digitale JC, Fenton C, McCulloch CE, Lai JC, Pletcher MJ, Gennatas ED. Predicting post-liver transplant outcomes in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure using Expert-Augmented Machine Learning. Am J Transplant. 2023 Aug 30. View in PubMed
  12. Ge J, Fontil V, Ackerman S, Pletcher MJ, Lai JC. Clinical decision support and electronic interventions to improve care quality in chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis. Hepatology. 2023 Aug 23. View in PubMed
  13. Thuluvath AJ, Duarte-Rojo A, Lai JC, Peipert J, Dietch ZC, Siddiqui O, Morrissey S, Belfanti K, Zhao L, Guo K, Nizamuddin M, Polineni P, Levitsky J, Flores AM, Ladner DP. Brief PROMIS Assessment Screens for Frailty and Predicts Hospitalizations in Liver Transplant Candidates. Transplantation. 2023 Jul 27. View in PubMed
  14. Ge J, Digitale JC, Pletcher MJ, Lai JC. Reply: What is the actual role of decompensated cirrhosis in the breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection? Hepatology. 2023 10 01; 78(4):E78-E79. View in PubMed
  15. Klepper A, Kung A, Vazquez SE, Mitchell A, Mann S, Zorn K, Avila-Vargas I, Kari S, Tekeste M, Castro J, Lee B, Duarte M, Khalili M, Yang M, Wolters P, Price J, Perito E, Feng S, Maher JJ, Lai J, Weiler-Normann C, Lohse AW, DeRisi J, Tana M. Novel autoantibody targets identified in patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) by PhIP-Seq reveals pathogenic insights. medRxiv. 2023 Jun 27. View in PubMed
  16. Tapper EB, Lai JC. Time to embrace PROMIS-29 as the standard health-related quality of life instrument for patients with cirrhosis. Hepatology. 2023 Jun 07. View in PubMed
  17. Wang M, Ge J, Ha N, Shui AM, Huang CY, Cullaro G, Lai JC. Clinical Characteristics Associated With Posttransplant Survival Among Adults 70 Years Old or Older Undergoing Liver Transplantation. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2023 Jun 07. View in PubMed
  18. Li M, Wong D, Sack JS, Vogel AS, Hodi FS, Fong L, Lai JC, Grover S, Zucker SD. Early Liver Specialist Consultation is Associated With Faster Biochemical Resolution of Severe Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Hepatitis. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2023 06; 21(6):617-626.e3. View in PubMed
  19. Patel AA, Tapper EB, Kanwal F, Woodrell CD, Hansen L, Lai JC, Rogal S, McDermott C, Rakoski M, Ufere NN. Targets and study design for symptom-focused trials aimed at patients with cirrhosis: An expert consensus. Hepatol Commun. 2023 06 01; 7(6). View in PubMed
  20. Wong RJ, Ge J, Boike J, German M, Morelli G, Spengler E, Said A, Desai A, Couri T, Paul S, Frenette C, Verna EC, Goel A, Fallon M, Thornburg B, VanWagner L, Lai JC, Kolli KP. Change in Platelet Count after Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation: An Advancing Liver Therapeutic Approaches (ALTA) Group Study. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2023 08; 34(8):1364-1371. View in PubMed
  21. Jones PD, Lai JC, Bajaj JS, Kanwal F. Actionable Solutions to Achieve Health Equity in Chronic Liver Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Jul; 21(8):1992-2000. View in PubMed
  22. Wang M, Shui AM, Barry F, Verna E, Kent D, Yao F, Seetharaman S, Berry K, Grubbs RK, George G, Huang CY, Duarte-Rojo A, Lai JC. The tele-liver frailty index (TeLeFI): development of a novel frailty tool in patients with cirrhosis via telemedicine. Am J Transplant. 2023 07; 23(7):966-975. View in PubMed
  23. Ge J, Lai JC. Artificial intelligence-based text generators in hepatology: ChatGPT is just the beginning. Hepatol Commun. 2023 04 01; 7(4). View in PubMed
  24. Ha NB, Seetharaman S, Kent DS, Yao F, Shui AM, Huang CY, Walston J, Lai JC. Serum and plasma protein biomarkers associated with frailty in patients with cirrhosis. Liver Transpl. 2023 10 01; 29(10):1089-1099. View in PubMed
  25. Ge J, Digitale JC, Pletcher MJ, Lai JC, N3C Consortium. Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection outcomes in vaccinated patients with chronic liver disease and cirrhosis: A National COVID Cohort Collaborative study. Hepatology. 2023 03 01; 77(3):834-850. View in PubMed
  26. Wang M, Huang CY, Cullaro G, Covinsky K, Lai JC. Women with cirrhosis have lower self-rated health than men. Hepatol Commun. 2023 03 01; 7(3):e0065. View in PubMed
  27. Ufere NN, El-Jawahri A, Ritchie C, Lai JC, Schwarze ML. Promoting Prognostic Understanding and Health Equity for Patients With Advanced Liver Disease: Using "Best Case/Worst Case". Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 02; 21(2):250-255. View in PubMed
  28. Ufere NN, El-Jawahri A, Ritchie C, Lai JC, Schwarze ML. Promoting Prognostic Understanding and Health Equity for Patients With Advanced Liver Disease: Using "Best Case/Worst Case". Gastroenterology. 2023 02; 164(2):171-176. View in PubMed
  29. Bommena S, Mahmud N, Boike JR, Thornburg BG, Kolli KP, Lai JC, German M, Morelli G, Spengler E, Said A, Desai AP, Junna S, Paul S, Frenette C, Verna EC, Goel A, Gregory D, Padilla C, VanWagner LB, Fallon MB, Advancing Liver Therapeutic Approaches (ALTA) Study Group. The impact of right atrial pressure on outcomes in patients undergoing TIPS, an ALTA group study. Hepatology. 2023 06 01; 77(6):2041-2051. View in PubMed
  30. Peters MG, Lai JC. Introducing Norah Terrault, MD, MPH, Our 2023 AASLD President. Hepatology. 2023 05 01; 77(5):1482-1485. View in PubMed
  31. Sawinski D, Lai JC, Pinney S, Gray AL, Jackson AM, Stewart D, Levine DJ, Locke JE, Pomposelli JJ, Hartwig MG, Hall SA, Dadhania DM, Cogswell R, Perez RV, Schold JD, Turgeon NA, Kobashigawa J, Kukreja J, Magee JC, Friedewald J, Gill JS, Loor G, Heimbach JK, Verna EC, Walsh MN, Terrault N, Testa G, Diamond JM, Reese PP, Brown K, Orloff S, Farr MA, Olthoff KM, Siegler M, Ascher N, Feng S, Kaplan B, Pomfret E. Addressing sex-based disparities in solid organ transplantation in the United States - a conference report. Am J Transplant. 2023 03; 23(3):316-325. View in PubMed
  32. Ha NB, Fan B, Shui AM, Huang CY, Brandman D, Lai JC. CT-quantified sarcopenic visceral obesity is associated with poor transplant waitlist mortality in patients with cirrhosis. Liver Transpl. 2023 05 01; 29(5):476-484. View in PubMed
  33. Deng LX, Sharma A, Gedallovich SM, Tandon P, Hansen L, Lai JC. Caregiver Burden in Adult Solid Organ Transplantation. Transplantation. 2023 07 01; 107(7):1482-1491. View in PubMed
  34. Lai JC, Shui AM, Duarte-Rojo A, Rahimi RS, Ganger DR, Verna EC, Volk ML, Kappus M, Ladner DP, Boyarsky B, Segev DL, Gao Y, Huang CY, Singer JP. Association of Frailty With Health-Related Quality of Life in Liver Transplant Recipients. JAMA Surg. 2023 02 01; 158(2):130-138. View in PubMed
  35. Ge J, Kim WR, Lai JC, Kwong AJ. Response to: "Towards optimally replacing the current version of MELD". J Hepatol. 2023 03; 78(3):e100-e101. View in PubMed
  36. Barman PM, Patel YA, Xie J, Zhang M, Jo J, Sinha J, Answine A, Schluger A, Walter K, Biggins SW, Cullaro G, Wong R, Lai JC, VanWagner LB, Magee J, Verna EC, Sharma P. Predictors of Length of Stay and Mortality During Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant Index Admission: Results From the US-Multicenter SLKT Consortium. Transplant Direct. 2022 Dec; 8(12):e1408. View in PubMed
  37. Bajaj JS, Lai JC, Tandon P, O'Leary JG, Wong F, Garcia-Tsao G, Vargas HE, Kamath PS, Biggins SW, Limon-Miro A, Shaw J, Mbachi C, Chew M, Golob Deeb J, Thacker LR, Reddy KR. Role of Oral Health, Frailty, and Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy in the Risk of Hospitalization: A Prospective Multi-Center Cohort of Outpatients With Cirrhosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Jul; 21(7):1864-1872.e2. View in PubMed
  38. Jo J, Crespo G, Gregory D, Sinha J, Xie J, Zhang M, Magee J, Barman P, Patel YA, Schluger A, Walters K, Biggins S, Filipek N, Cullaro G, Wong R, Lai JC, Perreault GJ, Verna EC, Sharma P, VanWagner LB. Factors associated with cardiovascular events after simultaneous liver-kidney transplant from the US Multicenter Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant Consortium. Hepatol Commun. 2023 01 01; 7(1):e2108. View in PubMed
  39. Thuluvath AJ, Lai JC. Understanding Current Limitations to Exercise Interventions After Liver Transplantation. Transplantation. 2023 01 01; 107(1):e1-e2. View in PubMed
  40. Thuluvath AJ, Siddiqui O, Lai JC, Peipert J, Levitsky J, Daud A, Mazumder NR, Flores AM, Borja-Cacho D, Caicedo JC, Loftus C, Wong R, Mroczek D, Ladner DP. Personality Traits in Patients With Cirrhosis Are Different From Those of the General Population and Impact Likelihood of Liver Transplantation. Transplantation. 2023 02 01; 107(2):420-428. View in PubMed
  41. Wang M, Auerbach A, Oreper SM, Hohmann SF, Lai JC, Rubin JB. Leveraging a New ICD-10 Diagnosis Code to Characterize Hospitalized Patients With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 09; 21(10):2692-2694. View in PubMed
  42. Ge J, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI. Liver Transpl. 2022 Aug 26; 241-243. View in PubMed
  43. Bajaj JS, Reddy KR, Tandon P, Garcia-Tsao G, Kamath PS, O'Leary JG, Wong F, Lai J, Vargas H, Thuluvath PJ, Subramanian RM, Pena-Rodriguez M, Sikaroodi M, Thacker LR, Gillevet PM. Association of serum metabolites and gut microbiota at hospital admission with nosocomial infection development in patients with cirrhosis. Liver Transpl. 2022 12; 28(12):1831-1840. View in PubMed
  44. Wang M, Wadhwani SI, Cullaro G, Lai JC, Rubin JB. Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Patients Hospitalized for Acute Cholangitis in the United States. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2023 08 01; 57(7):731-736. View in PubMed
  45. Wadhwani SI, Lai JC, Gottlieb L. Medical Need and Transplant Accessibility-Reply. JAMA. 2022 08 16; 328(7):679-680. View in PubMed
  46. Ge J, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI. Novel approaches are needed to study social determinants of health in liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2023 03 01; 29(3):241-243. View in PubMed
  47. Chebrolu S, Phipps M, Yao F, Lai J, Verna E, Serper M, Cullaro G, Asrani SK, VanWagner LB. Multicenter assessment of hypertension management among liver transplantation recipients. Liver Transpl. 2023 01 01; 29(1):122-124. View in PubMed
  48. Berry K, Asken BM, Grab JD, Chan B, Lario Lago A, Wong R, Seetharaman S, LaHue SC, Possin KL, Rojas JC, Kramer JH, Boxer AL, Lai JC, VandeVrede L. Hepatic and renal function impact concentrations of plasma biomarkers of neuropathology. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2022; 14(1):e12321. View in PubMed
  49. Ge J, Digitale JC, Pletcher MJ, Lai JC, N3C Consortium. Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 Infection Outcomes in Vaccinated Patients with Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis: A National COVID Cohort Collaborative Study. medRxiv. 2022 Jul 08. View in PubMed
  50. Wadhwani SI, Lai JC. The digital determinants of liver disease. Hepatology. 2023 01 01; 77(1):13-14. View in PubMed
  51. Sharma P, Xie J, Wang L, Zhang M, Magee J, Answine A, Barman P, Jo J, Sinha J, Schluger A, Perreault GJ, Walters KE, Cullaro G, Wong R, Filipek N, Biggins SW, Lai JC, VanWagner LB, Verna EC, Patel YA. Burden of early hospitalization after simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation: Results from the US Multicenter SLKT Consortium. Liver Transpl. 2022 11; 28(11):1756-1765. View in PubMed
  52. Ge J, Kim WR, Lai JC, Kwong AJ. "Beyond MELD" - Emerging strategies and technologies for improving mortality prediction, organ allocation and outcomes in liver transplantation. J Hepatol. 2022 06; 76(6):1318-1329. View in PubMed
  53. Calloway T, Hsiao AF, Brand M, Lai J, Geise C, Caceido B, Alpert R, Hollifield M. Conceptualizing a Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pathology of Arousal Diagnostic and Pathophysiological Framework for Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19. Med Acupunct. 2022 Jun 01; 34(3):167-171. View in PubMed
  54. Hollifield M, Cocozza K, Calloway T, Lai J, Caicedo B, Carrick K, Alpert R, Hsiao AF. Improvement in Long-COVID Symptoms Using Acupuncture: A Case Study. Med Acupunct. 2022 Jun 01; 34(3):172-176. View in PubMed
  55. Ufere NN, Satapathy N, Philpotts L, Lai JC, Serper M. Financial burden in adults with chronic liver disease: A scoping review. Liver Transpl. 2022 12; 28(12):1920-1935. View in PubMed
  56. Wadhwani SI, Barrera AG, Shifman HP, Baker E, Bucuvalas J, Gottlieb LM, Kotagal U, Rhee SJ, Lai JC, Lyles CR. Caregiver perspectives on the everyday medical and social needs of long-term pediatric liver transplant patients. Liver Transpl. 2022 11; 28(11):1735-1746. View in PubMed
  57. Ha NB, Montano-Loza AJ, Carey EJ, Lin S, Shui AM, Huang CY, Dunn MA, Lai JC. Sarcopenic visceral obesity is associated with increased post-liver transplant mortality in acutely ill patients with cirrhosis. Am J Transplant. 2022 09; 22(9):2195-2202. View in PubMed
  58. Berry KA, Kent D, Seetharaman S, Wong R, Mohamad Y, Yao F, Nunez-Duarte M, Wadhwani SI, Boyarsky BJ, Rahimi RS, Duarte-Rojo A, Kappus MR, Volk ML, Ladner DP, Segev DL, McAdams-DeMarco M, Verna EC, Ganger DR, Lai JC. Loneliness in adults awaiting liver transplantation at 7 U.S. transplant centers. Ann Hepatol. 2022 Sep-Oct; 27(5):100718. View in PubMed
  59. Bajaj JS, Tandon P, O'Leary JG, Reddy KR, Garcia-Tsao G, Thuluvath P, Lai JC, Subramanian RM, Vargas HE, Wong F, Fagan A, McGeorge S, Thacker LR, Kamath PS. Admission Serum Metabolites and Thyroxine Predict Advanced Hepatic Encephalopathy in a Multicenter Inpatient Cirrhosis Cohort. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 04; 21(4):1031-1040.e3. View in PubMed
  60. Wadhwani SI, Lai JC, Gottlieb LM. Medical Need, Financial Resources, and Transplant Accessibility. JAMA. 2022 04 19; 327(15):1445-1446. View in PubMed
  61. Cullaro G, Hsu CY, Lai JC. Variability in serum creatinine is associated with waitlist and post-liver transplant mortality in patients with cirrhosis. Hepatology. 2022 10; 76(4):1069-1078. View in PubMed
  62. Ha NB, Lai JC. The bidirectional relationship between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and sarcopenia. Hepatol Int. 2022 06; 16(3):489-491. View in PubMed
  63. Bajaj JS, Wong F, Kamath PS, Lai JC, O'Leary JG. Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 06 01; 117(6):831-834. View in PubMed
  64. Cullaro G, Verna EC, McCulloch CE, Lai JC. Improving the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease with sodium by incorporating kidney dysfunction types. Hepatology. 2022 09; 76(3):689-699. View in PubMed
  65. Crespo G, Hessheimer AJ, Armstrong MJ, Berzigotti A, Monbaliu D, Spiro M, Raptis DA, Lai JC, ERAS4OLT.org Working Group. Which preoperative assessment modalities best identify patients who are suitable for enhanced recovery after liver transplantation? A systematic review of the literature and expert panel recommendations. Clin Transplant. 2022 10; 36(10):e14644. View in PubMed
  66. Shifman HP, Rasnick E, Huang CY, Beck AF, Bucuvalas J, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI. Association of Primary Care Shortage Areas with Adverse Outcomes after Pediatric Liver Transplant. J Pediatr. 2022 07; 246:103-109.e2. View in PubMed
  67. Berry K, Copeland T, Ku E, Lai JC. Perioperative Delta Sodium and Post-Liver Transplant Neurological Complications in Liver Transplant Recipients. Transplantation. 2022 08 01; 106(8):1609-1614. View in PubMed
  68. Murakami N, Baggett ND, Schwarze ML, Ladin K, Courtwright AM, Goldberg HJ, Nolley EP, Jain N, Landzberg M, Wentlandt K, Lai JC, Shinall MC, Ufere NN, Jones CA, Lakin JR. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Solid Organ Transplantation. J Palliat Med. 2022 07; 25(7):1136-1142. View in PubMed
  69. Ebel NH, Lai JC, Bucuvalas JC, Wadhwani SI. A review of racial, socioeconomic, and geographic disparities in pediatric liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2022 09; 28(9):1520-1528. View in PubMed
  70. Lai JC, Pomfret EA, Verna EC. Implicit bias and the gender inequity in liver transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2022 06; 22(6):1515-1518. View in PubMed
  71. Rubin JB, Lai JC, Leonard S, Seal K, Hoggatt KJ, Keyhani S. Long-Term Opioid Use Among Veterans with Cirrhosis: High-Dose Prescriptions in an Exceedingly High-Risk Population. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 09; 37(12):3205-3207. View in PubMed
  72. Kochar B, Ufere NN, Ritchie CS, Lai JC. The 5Ms of Geriatrics in Gastroenterology: The Path to Creating Age-Friendly Care for Older Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Cirrhosis. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. 2022 01 12; 13(1):e00445. View in PubMed
  73. Wong F, Garcia-Tsao G, Reddy KR, O'Leary JG, Kamath PS, Tandon P, Lai JC, Vargas HE, Biggins SW, Fallon MB, Thuluvath PJ, Maliakkal BJ, Subramanian R, Thacker L, Bajaj JS. Prognosis of hospitalized patients with cirrhosis and acute kidney disease. Liver Int. 2022 04; 42(4):896-904. View in PubMed
  74. Bajaj JS, O'Leary JG, Lai JC, Wong F, Long MD, Wong RJ, Kamath PS. Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Clinical Guidelines. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 02 01; 117(2):225-252. View in PubMed
  75. Wang S, Whitlock R, Lai JC, Taneja S, Tandon P. Reply. Hepatology. 2022 04; 75(4):1068-1069. View in PubMed
  76. Lai JC, Shui AM, Duarte-Rojo A, Ganger DR, Rahimi RS, Huang CY, Yao F, Kappus M, Boyarsky B, McAdams-Demarco M, Volk ML, Dunn MA, Ladner DP, Segev DL, Verna EC, Feng S, from the Multi-Center Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation (FrAILT) Study. Frailty, mortality, and health care utilization after liver transplantation: From the Multicenter Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation (FrAILT) Study. Hepatology. 2022 06; 75(6):1471-1479. View in PubMed
  77. Ge J, Ku E, Roll GR, Lai JC. An Analysis of Free-Text Refusals as an Indicator of Readiness to Accept Organ Offers in Liver Transplantation. Hepatol Commun. 2022 05; 6(5):1227-1235. View in PubMed
  78. Ufere NN, Robinson B, Donlan J, Indriolo T, Bloom J, Scherrer A, Mason NM, Patel A, Lai JC, Chung RT, Volandes A, El-Jawahri A. Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Advance Care Planning Video Decision Tool for Patients With Advanced Liver Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 10; 20(10):2287-2295.e3. View in PubMed
  79. Cullaro G, Verna EC, Duarte-Rojo A, Kappus MR, Ganger DR, Rahimi RS, Boyarsky B, Segev DL, McAdams-DeMarco M, Ladner DP, Volk ML, Hsu CY, Lai JC. Frailty and the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury Among Patients With Cirrhosis. Hepatol Commun. 2022 04; 6(4):910-919. View in PubMed
  80. Rubin JB, Lai JC, Shui AM, Hohmann SF, Auerbach A. Cirrhosis Inpatients Receive More Opioids and Fewer Nonopioid Analgesics Than Patients Without Cirrhosis. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2023 Jan 01; 57(1):48-56. View in PubMed
  81. Wong F, Reddy KR, Tandon P, Lai JC, Jagarlamudi N, Weir V, Kok B, Kalainy S, Srisengfa YT, Albhaisi S, Reuter B, Acharya C, Shaw J, Thacker LR, Bajaj JS. The Prediction of In-Hospital Mortality in Decompensated Cirrhosis with Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure. Liver Transpl. 2022 04; 28(4):560-570. View in PubMed
  82. Wang S, Whitlock R, Xu C, Taneja S, Singh S, Abraldes JG, Burak KW, Bailey RJ, Lai JC, Tandon P. Frailty is associated with increased risk of cirrhosis disease progression and death. Hepatology. 2022 03; 75(3):600-609. View in PubMed
  83. Deng LX, Tana MM, Lai JC. Thinking Ahead: Advance Care Planning for Patients With Cirrhosis. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). 2022 Jan; 19(1):7-11. View in PubMed
  84. Berry K, Duarte-Rojo A, Grab JD, Dunn MA, Boyarsky BJ, Verna EC, Kappus MR, Volk ML, McAdams-DeMarco M, Segev DL, Ganger DR, Ladner DP, Shui A, Tincopa MA, Rahimi RS, Lai JC, from the Multi-Center Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation (FrAILT) Study. Cognitive Impairment and Physical Frailty in Patients With Cirrhosis. Hepatol Commun. 2022 01; 6(1):237-246. View in PubMed
  85. Kwong AJ, Lai JC, Kim WR. Correcting the sex disparity in access to liver transplantation: Lest perfect be the enemy of better. Am J Transplant. 2021 10; 21(10):3217-3218. View in PubMed
  86. Wadhwani SI, Ge J, Gottlieb L, Lyles C, Beck AF, Bucuvalas J, Neuhaus J, Kotagal U, Lai JC. Racial/ethnic disparities in wait-list outcomes are only partly explained by socioeconomic deprivation among children awaiting liver transplantation. Hepatology. 2022 01; 75(1):115-124. View in PubMed
  87. Deng LX, Kent DS, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ, Lai JC, Bischoff KE. Symptom Burden Is Associated with Increased Emergency Department Utilization among Patients with Cirrhosis. J Palliat Med. 2022 02; 25(2):213-218. View in PubMed
  88. Wadhwani SI, Gottlieb L, Bucuvalas JC, Lyles C, Lai JC. Addressing Social Adversity to Improve Outcomes for Children After Liver Transplant. Hepatology. 2021 11; 74(5):2824-2830. View in PubMed
  89. Cullaro G, Rubin JB, Fortune BE, Crawford CV, Verna EC, Hsu CY, Liu KD, Brown RS, Lai JC, Rosenblatt R. Association Between Kidney Dysfunction Types and Mortality Among Hospitalized Patients with Cirrhosis. Dig Dis Sci. 2022 07; 67(7):3426-3435. View in PubMed
  90. Ge J, Pletcher MJ, Lai JC, N3C Consortium. Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis: A National COVID Cohort Collaborative Study. Gastroenterology. 2021 11; 161(5):1487-1501.e5. View in PubMed
  91. Cullaro G, Sharma P, Jo J, Rassiwala J, VanWagner LB, Wong R, Lai JC, Magee J, Schluger A, Barman P, Patel YA, Walter K, Biggins SW, Verna EC. Temporal Trends and Evolving Outcomes After Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation: Results from the US SLKT Consortium. Liver Transpl. 2021 11; 27(11):1613-1622. View in PubMed
  92. Lai JC, Tandon P, Bernal W, Tapper EB, Ekong U, Dasarathy S, Carey EJ. Malnutrition, Frailty, and Sarcopenia in Patients With Cirrhosis: 2021 Practice Guidance by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Hepatology. 2021 09; 74(3):1611-1644. View in PubMed
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