Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38544764›Full record

ArticleJournal of clinical and experimental hepatology

The Effect of New Acuity Circle Policy on Simultaneous Liver and Kidney Transplantation in the United States.

Kenji Okumura, Abhay Dhand, Ryosuke Misawa, Hiroshi Sogawa, Gregory Veillette, Seigo Nishida

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Exploring Disease-Specific Waitlist Outcomes in Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2026
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kenji OkumuraDepartment of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Abhay DhandDepartment of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Ryosuke MisawaDepartment of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Hiroshi SogawaDepartment of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Gregory VeilletteDepartment of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Seigo NishidaDepartment of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: New deceased donor liver allocation policy using an acuity circle (AC)-based model was implemented on February 4th, 2020. The effect of AC policy on simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation (SLKT) remains unknown. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of AC policy on SLKT waitlist mortality, transplant probability, and post-transplant outcomes. Methods: Using the United Network for Organ Sharing database, 4908 adult SLKT candidates during two study periods, pre-AC (Aug-2017 to Feb-2020, N = 2770) and post-AC (Feb-2020 to Dec-2021, N = 2138) were analyzed. Outcomes included 90-day waitlist mortality, transplant probability, and post-transplant patient and graft survival. Results: Compared to pre-AC period, SLKT recipients during post-AC period had higher median model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score (24 vs 23, Conclusions: The AC liver allocation policy was associated with increased transplant probability of adult SLKT candidates without decreasing waitlist mortality, post-transplant patient survival, or liver and kidney graft survival.

Indexed as

acuity in circlekidney transplantliver transplantoutcomessimultaneous liver kidney transplant

Identifiers

PMID38544764
PMCPMC10964071

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.