KDOC - Publications - Kidney Donor Outcomes Cohort (KDOC) Study

Publications

KDOC Study investigators have contributed many papers to the literature on living kidney donation. These papers include the following:

2015

Berkenblit, R, Rahnemai‐Azar, AA, Friedman, S, McDonough, P, & Kayler, LK. (2015). Exclusion of black potential living kidney donors by CT angiogram. Clinical Transplantation, 29(9), 721-722. [PubMed Abstract]

Hays, RE, LaPointe Rudow, D, Dew, MA, Taler, SJ, Spicer, H, & Mandelbrot, DA. (2015). The Independent Living Donor Advocate: A Guidance Document From the American Society of Transplantation's Living Donor Community of Practice (AST LDCOP). American Journal of Transplantation,15(2), 518-525. [PubMed Abstract]

Mataya, L, Meadow, J, Thistlethwaite, JR, Mandelbrot, DA, Rodrigue, JR, & Ross, LF. (2015). Disclosing Health and Health Behavior Information between Living Donors and Their Recipients. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, CJN-02280215. [PubMed Abstract]

Moore, DR, Serur, D, Rudow, DL, Rodrigue, JR, Hays, R, & Cooper, M. (2015). Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: Improving Efficiencies in Live Kidney Donor Evaluation–Recommendations from a Consensus Conference.Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, CJN-01040115. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue, JR, Kazley, AS, Mandelbrot, DA, Hays, R, Rudow, DL, & Baliga, P. (2015). Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: Overcoming Disparities in Live Kidney Donation in the US—Recommendations from a Consensus Conference. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, CJN-00700115. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue, JR, Rudow, DL, & Hays, R. (2015). Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: Best Practices in Live Kidney Donation—Recommendations from a Consensus Conference. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, CJN-00800115. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Schold JD, Morrissey P., Whiting J, Vella J, Kayler LK, Katz D, Jones J, Kaplan B, Fleishman A, Pavlakis A & Mandelbrot DA. (2015). Predonation Direct and Indirect Costs Incurred by Adults Who Donated a Kidney: Findings From the KDOC Study.American Journal of Transplantation. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Kazley AS., Mandelbrot DA, Hays R, Rudow DL, & Baliga P. (2015). Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: Overcoming Disparities in Live Kidney Donation in the US—Recommendations from a Consensus Conference. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, CJN-00700115. [PubMed Abstract]

Rossi, AP, & Vella, JP. (2015). Hypertension, Living Kidney Donors, and Transplantation: Where Are We Today?. Advances in chronic kidney disease,22(2), 154-164. [PubMed Abstract]

Schold JD, Buccini LD, Rodrigue JR, Mandelbrot D, Goldfarb DA, Flechner SM, Kayler LK & Poggio ED. (2015). Critical Factors Associated With Missing Follow‐Up Data for Living Kidney Donors in the United States.American Journal of Transplantation. [PubMed Abstract]

Tan JC, Gordon EJ, Dew MA, Rudow DL, Steiner RW, Woodle ES, Hays R, Rodrigue J & Segev DL. (2015). Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: Facilitating Education about Live Kidney Donation—Recommendations from a Consensus Conference. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, CJN-01030115. [PubMed Abstract]

Tushla L, Rudow DL, Milton J, Rodrigue JR, Schold JD, & Hays R. (2015). Living-Donor Kidney Transplantation: Reducing Financial Barriers to Live Kidney Donation—Recommendations from a Consensus Conference. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, CJN-01000115. [PubMed Abstract]

Waterman, AD, Morgievich, M, Cohen, DJ, Butt, Z, Chakkera, HA, Lindower, C, Hays RE, Hiller JM, Lentine KL, Matas AJ, Poggio ED, Rees MA, Rodrigue JR, & Rudow, DL. (2015). Living donor kidney transplantation: Improving education outside of transplant centers about live donor transplantation—Recommendations from a consensus conference. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, CJN-00950115. [PubMed Abstract]

LaPointe Rudow, D, Hays, R, Baliga, P, Cohen, DJ, Cooper, M, Danovitch, GM, Dew MA, Gordon EJ, Mandelbrot DA, McGuire S, Milton J, Moore DR, Morgievich M, Schold JD, Segev DL, Serur D, Steiner RW, Tan JC, Waterman A, Zavala EY & Rodrigue JR. (2015). Consensus conference on best practices in live kidney donation: Recommendations to optimize education, access, and care. American Journal of Transplantation, 15(4), 914-922.& Rodrigue, J. R. (2015). Consensus conference on best practices in live kidney donation: Recommendations to optimize education, access, and care. American Journal of Transplantation, 15(4), 914-922. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Leishman R, Vishnevsky T, Evenson A, & Mandelbrot DA. (2015). Concerns of ABO incompatible and crossmatch‐positive potential donors and recipients about participating in kidney exchanges. Clinical transplantation, 29(3), 233-241. [PubMed Abstract]

2014

Tangdhanakanond, K, & Mandelbrot, D. (2014). Evaluation of high-risk living kidney donors. Frontiers in bioscience (Elite edition), 7, 181-192. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue J, Paek M, Egbuna O, Waterman A, Schold J, Pavlakis M, & Mandelbrot D. (2014). Readiness of wait-listed black patients to pursue live donor kidney transplant. Progress in Transplantation, 24(4), 355-361. [PubMed Abstract]

Niemi M, Mandelbrot DA. The Outcomes of Living Kidney Donation from Medically Complex Donors: Implications for the Donor and the Recipient. Curr Transplant Rep. 2014 Mar 1;1(1):1-9. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Paek M, Whiting J, Vella J, Garrison K, Pavlakis M, Mandelbrot DA. Trajectories of perceived benefits in living kidney donors: association with donor characteristics and recipient outcomes. Transplantation. 2014 Apr 15;97(7):762-8. doi: 10.1097/01.TP.0000437560.23588.ef. [PubMed Abstract]

Schold JD, Goldfarb DA, Buccini LD, Rodrigue JR, Mandelbrot D, Heaphy EL, Fatica RA, Poggio ED.
Hospitalizations following living donor nephrectomy in the United States. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Feb;9(2):355-65. doi: 10.2215/CJN.03820413. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Paek MJ, Egbuna O, Waterman AD, Schold JD, Pavlakis M, Mandelbrot DA. Making House Calls Increases Living Donor Inquiries and Evaluations for Blacks on the Kidney Transplant Waiting List. Transplantation. 2014 May 12. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Fleishman A, Vishnevsky T, Whiting J, Vella JP, Garrison K, Moore D, Kayler L, Baliga P, Chavin KD, Karp S, Mandelbrot DA. Development and validation of a questionnaire to assess fear of kidney failure following living donation. Transpl Int. 2014 Jun;27(6):570-5. doi: 10.1111/tri.12299. [PubMed Abstract]

2013

Schold JD, Goldfarb DA, Buccini LD, Rodrigue JR, Mandelbrot DA, Heaphy EL, Fatica RA, Poggio ED. Comorbidity burden and perioperative complications for living kidney donors in the United States. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013 Oct;8(10):1773-82. doi: 10.2215/CJN.12311212. [PubMed Abstract]

Ohashi Y, Thomas G, Nurko S, Stephany B, Fatica R, Rule AD, Srinivas T, Schold JD, Navaneethan SD, Poggio ED. Association of Metabolic Syndrome with Kidney Function and Histology in Living Kidney Donors. American Journal of Transplantation (in press).

Schold JD, Buccini LD, Srinivas TR, Srinivas RT, Poggio ED, Flechner SM, Soria C, Segev DL, Fung J, Goldfarb DA . The Association of Center Performance Evaluations and Kidney Transplant Volume in the United States. American Journal of Transplantation. 2013 Jan; 13(1): 67-75. [PubMed Abstract]

Schold JD, Goldfarb DA, Buccini LD, Rodrigue JR, Mandelbrot DA, Heaphy ELG, Fatica R, Poggio ED. Comorbidity Burden and Perioperative Complications for Living Kidney Donors in the United States. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (in press).

Schold JD, Heaphy ELG, Buccini LD, Poggio ED, Srinivas TR, Goldfarb DA, Flechner SM, Rodrigue JR, Thornton JD, Sehgal AR. Prominent Impact of Community Risk Factors on Kidney Transplant Candidate Processes and Outcomes. American Journal of Transplantation (in press).

Melcher ML, Blosser C, Baxter-Lowe LA, Delmonico F, Gentry S, Hanto R, Knoll G, Leffell MS, Leichtman A, Mast D, Nickerson P, Reed EF, Rees M, Rodrigue JR, Segev D, Serur D, Tullius S, Zavala EY, Feng S. Dynamic challenges inhibiting optimal adoption of kidney paired donation: Findings of a consensus conference. Am J Transplant. 2013; 13:851-60. [PubMed Abstract]

Schold JD, Goldfarb DA, Buccini LD, Rodrigue JR, Mandelbrot DA, Heaphy ELG, Fatica R, Poggio ED. Hospitalizations following living donor nephrectomy in the United States. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. In Press.

Rodrigue JR, Schold JD, Mandelbrot DA. The decline in living kidney donation in the United States: Random variation or cause for concern? Transplantation. 2013 Nov 15;96(9):767-73. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318298fa61. [PubMed Abstract]

Schold JD, Heaphy ELG, Buccini LD, Poggio ED, Srinivas TR, Goldfarb DA, Flechner SM, Rodrigue JR, Thornton JD, Sehgal AR. Prominent impact of community risk factors on kidney transplant candidate processes and outcomes. Am J Transplant. In Press.

Rodrigue JR, Paek MJ, Egbuna O, Waterman AD, Pavlakis M, Mandelbrot DA. Willingness to pursue live donor kidney transplantation among wait-listed patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV): A preliminary investigation. Transplantation. 2013; 95: 787-90. [PubMed Abstract]

2012

Kher A, Rodrigue JR, Ajaimy M, Wasilewski M, Ladin K, Mandelbrot DA. Reimbursement for living kidney donor follow-up care: how often does donor insurance pay? Transplantation. 2012; 94: 1049-51. [PubMed Abstract]

Galvani CA, Garza U, Leeds M, Kaul A, Echeverria A, Desai CS, Jie T, Diana R, Gruessner RW. Single-incision robotic-assisted living donor nephrectomy: case report and description of surgical technique. Transpl Int. 2012, 25:e89-92. [PubMed Abstract]

Kayler LK, Zendejas I, Gregg A, Wen X. Kidney transplantation from small pediatric donors: does recipient body mass index matter? Transplantation. 2012, 93:430-6. [PubMed Abstract]

Mandelbrot DA, Pavlakis M. Living donor practices in the United States. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2012, 19:212-9. [PubMed Abstract]

Kher A, Mandelbrot DA. The living kidney donor evaluation: focus on renal issues. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012; 7:366-71. [PubMed Abstract]

Pavlakis M. The timing of dialysis and kidney transplantation in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2012 Jan 12. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Pavlakis M, Egbuna O, Paek M, Waterman AD, Mandelbrot DA. The "House Calls" Trial: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Racial Disparities in Live Donor Kidney Transplantation: Rationale and Design. Contemp Clin Trials. 2012 Apr 3. [PubMed Abstract]

2011

Pavlakis M. Live kidney donation: a 36-year-old woman hoping to donate a kidney to her mother.JAMA. 2011; 305:592-9. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Ladin K, Pavlakis M, Mandelbrot DA. Disclosing recipient information to potential living donors: preferences of donors and recipients, before and after surgery. Am J Transplant. 2011; 11:1270-8. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Schutzer ME, Paek M, Morrissey P. Altruistic kidney donation to a stranger: psychosocial and functional outcomes at two US transplant centers. Transplantation. 2011; 91:772-8. [PubMed Abstract]

Segev DL, Veale JL, Berger JC, Hiller JM, Hanto RL, Leeser DB, Geffner SR, Shenoy S, Bry WI, Katznelson S, Melcher ML, Rees MA, Samara EN, Israni AK, Cooper M, Montgomery RJ, Malinzak L, Whiting J, Baran D, Tchervenkov JI, Roberts JP, Rogers J, Axelrod DA, Simpkins CE, Montgomery RA. Transporting live donor kidneys for kidney paired donation: initial national results. Am J Transplant. 2011; 11:356-60. [PubMed Abstract]

2010

Clark E, Hanto R, Rodrigue JR. Barriers to implementing paired kidney donation and desensitization protocols: Survey of U.S. transplant programs. Prog Transplant. 2010; 20:357-65. [PubMed Abstract]

Duchene DA, Woodruff DY, Gallagher BL, Aubert HA, Katz D, Dunn TB, Winfield HN. Successful outcomes of older donors in laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. J Endourol. 2010; 24:1593-6. [PubMed Abstract]

Waterman AD, Rodrigue JR, Purnell TS, Ladin K, Boulware LE. Addressing racial and ethnic disparities in live donor kidney transplantation: Priorities for research and intervention. Semin Nephrol. 2010; 30:90-98. [PubMed Abstract]

Waterman AD, Stanley S, Rodrigue JR. Ethically and effectively promoting live donor kidney transplantation. In: Alvaro EM, Siegel JT (eds). Understanding organ donation: applied behavioral science perspectives. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, pp. 292-312.

2009

Ladin K, Rodrigue JR, Hanto DW. Framing disparities along the continuum of care from chronic kidney disease to transplantation: Barriers and interventions. Am J Transplant 2009; 9:1-6. [PubMed Abstract]

Mandelbrot DA, Pavlakis M, Karp SJ, Johnson SR, Hanto DW, Rodrigue JR. Practices and barriers in long-term living kidney donor follow-up: A survey of U.S. transplant centers. Transplantation 2009; 88:855-60. [PubMed Abstract]

Nanovic L, Kaplan B. The advantage of live-donor kidney transplantation in older recipients. Nat Clin Pract Nephrol. 2009; 5:18-9. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Crist K, Roberts JP, Freeman RB, Merion RM, Reed AI. Stimulus for organ donation: A survey of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons membership. Am J Transplant 2009; 9:2172-6. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Zelikovsky N. Pediatric organ transplantation. In: Roberts MC, Steele RG (eds). Handbook of pediatric psychology, 4th ed.. NY: Guilford, 2009: 392-402.

Waterman AD, Rodrigue JR. Transplant and organ donation education: What matters? Prog Transplant. 2009; 19:7-8. [PubMed Abstract]

Thielke JJ, West-Thielke PM, Herren HL, Bareato U, Ommert T, Vidanovic V, Campbell-Lee SA, Tzvetanov IG, Sankary HN, Kaplan B, Benedetti E, Oberholzer J. Living donor kidney transplantation across positive crossmatch: the University of Illinois at Chicago experience.Transplantation. 2009; 87:268-73. [PubMed Abstract]

2008
Campara M, West-Thielke P, Thielke J, Ommert T, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E, Kaplan B. ABO incompatible renal transplantation in an HIV-seropositive patient. Transplantation. 2008; 86:176-8.[PubMed Abstract]

Morrissey PE. Internet solicitation: what donor-recipient relationships are acceptable?Transplantation. 2008; 85:799-800. [PubMed Abstract]

Pavlakis M, Hanto D, Mandelbrot D. Do we know enough to mandate donor evaluation testing?Am J Transplant. 2008; 8:466. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Antonellis T, Mandelbrot DA, Hanto DW. Web-based requests for living organ donors: Who are the solicitors? Clin Transplant 2008; 22:749-53. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Cornell DL, Kaplan B, Howard RJ. Patients’ willingness to talk to others about living kidney donation. Progr Transplant 2008; 18:25-31. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Cornell DL, Lin JK, Kaplan B, Howard RJ. A randomized trial of a home-based educational approach to increase live donor kidney transplantation: Effects in blacks and whites. Am J Kidney Dis 2008; 51:663-70. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Guenther R, Kaplan B, Mandelbrot DA, Pavlakis M, Howard RJ. Measuring the expectations of kidney donors: Initial psychometric properties of the Living Donation Expectancies Questionnaire. Transplantation 2008; 85:1230-4. [PubMed Abstract]

2007

Dew MA, Jacobs CL, Jowsey SG, Hanto R, Miller C, Delmonico FL; United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS); American Society of Transplant Surgeons; American Society of Transplantation. Guidelines for the psychosocial evaluation of living unrelated kidney donors in the United States. Am J Transplant. 2007; 7:1047-1054. (JR Rodrigue was an invited participant for this conference) [PubMed Abstract]

Mandelbrot DA, Pavlakis M, Danovitch GM, Johnson SR, Karp SJ, Khwaja K, Hanto DW,Rodrigue JR. The medical evaluation of living kidney donors: A survey of US transplant centers. Am J Transplant 2007; 7:2333-43. [PubMed Abstract]

Rao PS, Merion RM, Ashby VB, Port FK, Wolfe RA, Kayler LK. Renal transplantation in elderly patients older than 70 years of age: results from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.Transplantation. 2007; 83:1069-74. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Cornell DL, Lin JK, Kaplan B, Howard RJ. Increasing live donor kidney transplantation: A randomized evaluation of a home-based educational intervention. Am J Transplant 2007; 7:394-401. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Pavlakis M, Danovitch GM, Johnson SR, Karp SJ, Khwaja K, Hanto DW,Mandelbrot DA. Evaluating living kidney donors: Relationship types, psychosocial criteria, and consent processes at U.S. transplant programs. Am J Transplant 2007; 7:2326-32. [PubMed Abstract]

Thielke J, Kaplan B, Benedetti E. The role of ABO-incompatible living donors in kidney transplantation: state of the art. Semin Nephrol. 2007; 27:408-13. [PubMed Abstract]

2006

Kayler LK, Farber JL, Colombe B, LaCava D, Friedewald JJ, Ratner LE. Characterization of rejection episodes in patients following positive crossmatch and ABO-incompatible live donor renal transplantation. Transpl Int. 2006; 19:128-39. [PubMed Abstract]

Morrissey PE, Monaco AP. Living kidney donation: evolution and technical aspects of donor nephrectomy. Surg Clin North Am. 2006; 86:1219-35. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Cross NJ, Newman RC, Widows MR, Guenther R, Kaplan B, Morgan MA, Howard RJ. Patient-reported outcomes for open versus laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy. Progr Transplant 2006; 16:162-9. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Guenther RT. Psychosocial evaluation of live donors. Curr Opin Organ Transplant 2006; 11:234-40.

Rodrigue JR, Widows MR, Guenther R, Newman RC, Kaplan B, Howard RJ. The expectancies of living kidney donors: Do they differ as a function of relational status and gender? Nephrol Dial Transplant 2006; 21:1682-8. [PubMed Abstract]

Tan HP, Kaczorowski DJ, Basu A, Unruh M, McCauley J, Wu C, Donaldson J, Dvorchik I, Kayler L, Marcos A, Randhawa P, Smetanka C, Starzl TE, Shapiro R. Living donor renal transplantation using alemtuzumab induction and tacrolimus monotherapy. Am J Transplant. 2006; 6:2409-17. [PubMed Abstract]

Tuohy KA, Johnson S, Khwaja K, Pavlakis M. Gender disparities in the live kidney donor evaluation process. Transplantation. 2006; 82:1402-7. [PubMed Abstract]

Waterman AD, Schenk E, Barrett AC, Waterman BM, Rodrigue JR, Woodle S, Shenoy S, Jendrisak M, Schnitzler M. Ruled-out donors’ willingness to participate in donor-exchange and altruistic donation programs. Am J Transplant 2006; 6:1631-38. [PubMed Abstract]

2005

Johnson SR, Khwaja K, Pavlakis M, Monaco AP, Hanto DW. Older living donors provide excellent quality kidneys: a single center experience (older living donors). Clin Transplant. 2005; 19:600-6.[PubMed Abstract]

Kayler LK, Armenti VT, Dafoe DC, Burke JF, Francos GC, Ratner LE. Patterns of volunteerism, testing, and exclusion among potential living kidney donors. Health Care Women Int. 2005; 26:285-94. [PubMed Abstract]

Morrissey PE, Dube C, Gohh R, Yango A, Gautam A, Monaco AP. Good samaritan kidney donation. Transplantation. 2005; 80:1369-73. [PubMed Abstract]

2004

Delmonico FL, Morrissey PE, Lipkowitz GS, Stoff JS, Himmelfarb J, Harmon W, Pavlakis M, Mah H, Goguen J, Luskin R, Milford E, Basadonna G, Chobanian M, Bouthot B, Lorber M, Rohrer RJ. Donor kidney exchanges. Am J Transplant. 2004; 4:1628-34. [PubMed Abstract]

Kayler LK, Colombe B, Farber JL, Lacava D, Dafoe DC, Burke JF, Francos GC, Ratner LE. Successful living donor renal transplantation despite ABO incompatibility and a positive crossmatch.Clin Transplant. 2004; 18:737-42. [PubMed Abstract]

Morrissey PE, Gohh R, Yango A, Gautam A, Monaco AP. Renal transplant survival from older donors: a single center experience. Arch Surg. 2004; 139:384-9. [PubMed Abstract]

2003

Kayler LK, Rasmussen CS, Dykstra DM, Ojo AO, Port FK, Wolfe RA, Merion RM. Gender imbalance and outcomes in living donor renal transplantation in the United States. Am J Transplant. 2003; 3:452-8. [PubMed Abstract]

Rodrigue JR, Sobel A. Pediatric transplantation in the 21st century: Emerging clinical, ethical, and research issues. In: Roberts MC (ed). Handbook of pediatric psychology, 3rd ed. NY: Guilford, 2003: 433-50.

Widows M, Rodrigue JR. Clinical practice issues in solid organ transplantation. In: Llewelyn S, Kennedy P (eds). Handbook of clinical health psychology. Oxford: John Wiley and Sons, 2003: 277-301.

2002

Kayler LK, Meier-Kriesche HU, Punch JD, Campbell DA Jr, Leichtman AB, Magee JC, Rudich SM, Arenas JD, Merion RM. Gender imbalance in living donor renal transplantation.Transplantation. 2002; 73:248-52. [PubMed Abstract]

Kayler LK, Merion RM, Maraschio MA, Punch JD, Rudich SM, Arenas JD, Campbell DA Jr, Thomas SE, Magee JC. Outcomes of pediatric living donor renal transplant after laparoscopic versus open donor nephrectomy. Transplant Proc. 2002; 34:3097-8. [PubMed Abstract]

Morrissey P, Hopkins-Garcia B. Live donor renal transplantation. Med Health R I. 2002; 85:128-30.[PubMed Abstract]

2001

Rodrigue JR (ed). Biopsychosocial perspectives on transplantation. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2001.

Rodrigue JR, Bonk V, Jackson S. Psychological considerations of living organ donation. In: Rodrigue JR (ed). Biopsychosocial perspectives on transplantation. NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2001: 59-70.

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