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Erick B. Edwards
Researcher at Tufts University
Publications - 52
Citations - 7128
Erick B. Edwards is an academic researcher from Tufts University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Liver transplantation & Transplantation. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 52 publications receiving 6504 citations.
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Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) and allocation of donor livers
Russell H. Wiesner,Erick B. Edwards,Richard B. Freeman,Ann M. Harper,Ray Kim,Patrick S. Kamath,Walter K. Kremers,John R. Lake,Todd K. Howard,Robert M. Merion,Robert A. Wolfe,Ruud A.F. Krom,Paul M. Colombani,Paige C. Cottingham,Stephen P. Dunn,John J. Fung,Douglas W. Hanto,Sue V. McDiarmid,John M. Rabkin,Lewis W. Teperman,Jeremiah G. Turcotte,Lynn Rothberg Wegman +21 more
TL;DR: Data suggest that the MELD score is able to accurately predict 3-month mortality among patients with chronic liver disease on the liver waiting list and can be applied for allocation of donor livers.
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Hyponatremia and mortality among patients on the liver-transplant waiting list.
W. Ray Kim,Scott W. Biggins,Walter K. Kremers,Russell H. Wiesner,Patrick S. Kamath,Joanne T. Benson,Erick B. Edwards,Terry M. Therneau +7 more
TL;DR: This population-wide study shows that the MELD score and the serum sodium concentration are important predictors of survival among candidates for liver transplantation.
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The new liver allocation system: Moving toward evidence‐based transplantation policy
Richard B. Freeman,Russell H. Wiesner,Ann M. Harper,Sue V. McDiarmid,John R. Lake,Erick B. Edwards,Robert M. Merion,Robert Wolfe,Jeremiah G. Turcotte,Lewis W. Teperman +9 more
TL;DR: The development and initial implementation of a continuous disease severity scale that uses objective, readily available variables to predict mortality risk in patients with end‐stage liver disease and reduce the emphasis on waiting time is described.
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Results of the first year of the new liver allocation plan.
Richard B. Freeman,Russell H. Wiesner,Erick B. Edwards,Ann M. Harper,Robert M. Merion,Robert R. Wolfe +5 more
TL;DR: By eliminating the categorical waiting list prioritization system that emphasized time waiting, the new system has been associated with reduced registrations and improved transplantation rates without increased mortality rates for individual groups of waiting candidates or changes in early transplant survival rates.
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Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: the MELD impact.
Pratima Sharma,Vijayan Balan,Jose L. Hernandez,Ann M. Harper,Erick B. Edwards,Hector Rodriguez-Luna,Thomas J. Byrne,Hugo E. Vargas,David C. Mulligan,Jorge Rakela,Russell H. Wiesner +10 more
TL;DR: The new allocation policy of the United Network of Organ Sharing based on the model for end‐stage liver disease (MELD) gives candidates with stage T1 or stage T2 hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) a priority MELD score beyond their degree of hepatic decompensation, leading to an increased incidence rate of DDLT in HCC candidates.