Selected Publications

Manickavasagan H, Bianco B, Trebelev A, Rothstein K , and Munoz S. : Correction of coagulopathy prior to paracentesis is associated with excessive albumin administration and no apparent clinical benefit. Digest Diseases Week. San Diego, CA, May 2016 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Amin A, Modi R, Riera A, Patel V, Munoz S, and Rothstein K.: Post-operative mortality in cirrhotics has decreased over the past decade: MELD score as currently used overestimates post operative mortality. Digestive Disease Week San Diego, CA, May 2016 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Munoz S, Rothstein K, and Gibas A: Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A New Era. Contemporary Liver Transplantation. Doria C (eds.). Springer International, New York, Page: 1-8, 2016 Notes: doi:10.1007/798-3-319-05543-5_17-2.

Oustecky D, Riera A, and Rothstein K. : Long-Term Management of the Liver Transplant Recipient: Pearls for the Practicing Gastroenterologist. Gastroenterol Clin North America 40(3): 659-81, Sep 2011.

Mehta G, Rothstein K: Health Maintenance Issues in Cirrhosis. Care of the Cirrhotic Patient. Medical Clinics of North America, 93: 901-915, Jul 2009.

Bacon BA, Shiffman M, Mendes F, Ghalib R, Hassanein T, Morelli G, Joshi S, Rothstein K.: Retreating Chronic Hepatitis C with daily interferon Alfacon-1/Ribavirin after nonresponse to Pegylated Interferon/Ribavirin: DIRECT results. Hepatology 49(6): 1838-1846, 2009.

Ortiz JA, Manzarbeitia C, Noto KA, Reich D, Rothstein K: Extended survival after urgent liver transplantation from a liver procured from a donor harboring aortic arch sarcoma with metastasis to the liver and spleen, and bilateral renal cell carcinomas . Amer J Transplant 5(6): 1559-1569, 2005.

Briceno PJ1, Ortiz JA, Manzarbeitia C, Jeon H, Munoz SJ, Rothstein KD, Araya V, Gala I, Reich DJ.: Liver Transplantation using organ donor with HELLP syndrome Transplantation 78(2): 137-139, 2004.

Perrillo R1, Rothstein KD, Rubin R, Alam I, Imperial J, Harb G, Hu S, Klaskala W.: Comparison of quality of life, work productivity, and medical resource utilization of PEG-Interferon alfa 2a versus the combination of interferon alfa b plus ribavirin as initial treatment in patients with Chronic Hepatitis C. J Viral Hepat 11(8): 157-165, 2004.

Maraj S1, Jacobs LE, Maraj R, Contreras R, Rerkpattanapipat P, Malik TA, Manzarbeitia C, Munoz S, Rothstein K, Kotler MN.: Inducible left ventricular outflow tract gradient during dobutamine stress echocardiography: an association with intraoperative hypotension but not a contradiction to liver transplantation. Echocardiography 21(8): 681-685, 2004.