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Rutger J. Ploeg is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily the field of Medicine, with a focus on Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Transplantation, and Hepatology.

The researcher's work encompasses main topics such as Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, Organ Donation and Transplantation, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments, Liver Disease and Transplantation, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Rutger J. Ploeg has co-authored frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Peter J. Friend
  • James Hunter
  • Henri G. D. Leuvenink
  • Maria Letizia Lo Faro
  • Simon Knight

Their contributions have appeared regularly in several publication venues, notably:

  • Transplantation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Transplant International
  • American Journal of Transplantation
  • Clinical Proteomics

Some recent papers by Rutger J. Ploeg include:

  • "Performance characteristics of five immunoassays for SARS-CoV-2: a head-to-head benchmark comparison," 2020, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury in Kidney Transplantation: Relevant Mechanisms in Injury and Repair," 2020, published in Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "Antibody testing for COVID-19: A report from the National COVID Scientific Advisory Panel," 2020, published in Wellcome Open Research
  • "Oxygenated versus standard cold perfusion preservation in kidney transplantation (COMPARE): a randomised, double-blind, paired, phase 3 trial," 2020, published in The Lancet
  • "Antibody testing for COVID-19: A report from the National COVID Scientific Advisory Panel," 2020, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Probiotic prophylaxis in predicted severe acute pancreatitis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Marc G. H. Besselink;Hjalmar C. van Santvoort;Erik Buskens;Erik Buskens;Marja A. Boermeester

  • Risk factors for primary dysfunction after liver transplantation--a multivariate analysis.

    Rutger Ploeg;Anthony D'alessandro;Stuart Knechtle;Mark Stegall

  • Machine Perfusion or Cold Storage in Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplantation

    Cyril Moers;Jacqueline M. Smits;Mark-Hugo J. Maathuis;Juergen Treckmann

  • A randomized trial of normothermic preservation in liver transplantation

    David Nasralla;Constantin C Coussios;Hynek Mergental;M Zeeshan Akhtar

  • Performance characteristics of five immunoassays for SARS-CoV-2: a head-to-head benchmark comparison

    M Ainsworth;M Andersson;M Andersson;K Auckland;J K Baillie

  • New Classification of Donation after Circulatory Death Donors Definitions and Terminology

    Marie Thuong;Angel Ruiz;Patrick Evrard;Michael Kuiper

  • Machine perfusion versus cold storage for the preservation of kidneys donated after cardiac death: a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial.

    Ina Jochmans;Cyril Moers;Jacqueline M. Smits;Henri G. D. Leuvenink

  • Risk factors for delayed graft function in cadaveric kidney transplantation - A prospective study of renal function and graft survival after preservation with University of Wisconsin solution in multi-organ donors

    Ohj Koning;Rutger Ploeg;JH VanBockel;FJ VanderWoude

  • Perspectives in organ preservation

    Mark-Hugo J. Maathuis;Henri G. D. Leuvenink;Rutger J. Ploeg

  • Why do microencapsulated islet grafts fail in the absence of fibrotic overgrowth

    P. De Vos;J. F. M. Van Straaten;A. G. Nieuwenhuizen;M. De Groot

  • Metabolic syndrome is associated with impaired long-term renal allograft function; not all component criteria contribute equally.

    Aiko P J de Vries;Stephan J L Bakker;Willem J van Son;Jaap J Homan van der Heide

  • Effect of preservation solution on results of cadaveric kidney transplantation

    R.J. Ploeg;J.H. van Bockel;P.T.H. Langendijk;M. Groenewegen

  • The critical pathway for deceased donation: reportable uniformity in the approach to deceased donation

    Beatriz Dominguez-Gil;Francis L. Delmonico;Faissal A. M. Shaheen;Rafael Matesanz

  • Machine perfusion versus cold storage for preservation of kidneys from expanded criteria donors after brain death

    Juergen Treckmann;Cyril Moers;Jacqueline M. Smits;Anja Gallinat

  • Intestinal barrier dysfunction in a randomized trial of a specific probiotic composition in acute pancreatitis

    Marc G. Besselink;Hjalmar C. van Santvoort;Willem Renooij;Martin B. de Smet

  • Successful 72-hour Cold Storage Of Dog Kidneys With Uw Solution

    Ploeg Rj;Goossens D;McAnulty Jf;Southard Jh

  • Minimally invasive 'step-up approach' versus maximal necrosectomy in patients with acute necrotising pancreatitis (PANTER trial): design and rationale of a randomised controlled multicenter trial [ISRCTN13975868]

    Marc G. H. Besselink;Hjalmar C. van Santvoort;Vincent B. Nieuwenhuijs;Marja A. Boermeester

  • Superior preservation of DCD livers with continuous normothermic perfusion.

    Constantino Fondevila;Amelia J. Hessheimer;Mark-Hugo J. Maathuis;Javier Munoz

  • Machine Perfusion or Cold Storage in Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplantation Editorial Comment

    C. Moers;J. M. Smits;M. H. Maathuis;J. Treckmann

  • Probiotic prophylaxis In predicted severe acute pancreatitis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    M G Besselink;H C van Santvoort;E Buskens;M A Boermeester

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Friend
Peter J. Friend University of Oxford
Harry van Goor
Harry van Goor Radboud University
Gerjan Navis
Gerjan Navis University Medical Center Groningen
Stuart J. Knechtle
Stuart J. Knechtle Duke University
Benedikt M. Kessler
Benedikt M. Kessler University of Oxford
Juthathip Mongkolsapaya
Juthathip Mongkolsapaya University of Oxford
Hans W. Sollinger
Hans W. Sollinger University of Wisconsin–Madison
John D. Pirsch
John D. Pirsch University of Wisconsin–Madison
Martin J. Hoogduijn
Martin J. Hoogduijn Erasmus University Rotterdam

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