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BMC Nephrology

Ausgabe 1/2016

Inhalt (199 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Dysnatremia, its correction, and mortality in patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy: a prospective observational study

Seung Seok Han, Eunjin Bae, Dong Ki Kim, Yon Su Kim, Jin Suk Han, Kwon Wook Joo

Open Access Case report

Acute kidney injury induced by thrombotic microangiopathy in a patient with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Myoung Nam Bae, Dae Hun Kwak, Se Jun Park, Bum Soon Choi, Cheol Whee Park, Yeong Jin Choi, Jong Wook Lee, Chul Woo Yang, Yong-Soo Kim, Byung Ha Chung

Open Access Research article

Cells of renin lineage express hypoxia inducible factor 2α following experimental ureteral obstruction

Ania Stefanska, Diana Eng, Natalya Kaverina, Jeffrey W. Pippin, Kenneth W. Gross, Jeremy S. Duffield, Stuart J. Shankland

Open Access Research article

The comparison of the commonly used surrogates for baseline renal function in acute kidney injury diagnosis and staging

Charat Thongprayoon, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Andrew M. Harrison, Wonngarm Kittanamongkolchai, Patompong Ungprasert, Narat Srivali, Abbasali Akhoundi, Kianoush B. Kashani

Open Access Research article

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis recurrence after kidney transplantation: using the new classification

Sami Alasfar, Naima Carter-Monroe, Avi Z. Rosenberg, Robert A. Montgomery, Nada Alachkar

Open Access Research article

Long-term, self-reported health outcomes in kidney donors

Käthe Meyer, Astrid Klopstad Wahl, Ida Torunn Bjørk, Torbjørn Wisløff, Anders Hartmann, Marit Helen Andersen

Open Access Research article

Excessive diagnostic testing in acute kidney injury

David E. Leaf, Anand Srivastava, Xiaoxi Zeng, Gearoid M. McMahon, Heather E. Croy, Mallika L. Mendu, Allen Kachalia, Sushrut S. Waikar

Open Access Research article

Salivary creatinine and urea analysis in patients with chronic kidney disease: a case control study

Taye Jemilat Lasisi, Yemi Raheem Raji, Babatunde Lawal Salako

Open Access Study protocol

Prospective, multicenter, controlled study of quality of life, psychological adjustment process and medical outcomes of patients receiving a preemptive kidney transplant compared to a similar population of recipients after a dialysis period of less than three years – The PreKit-QoL study protocol

Véronique Sébille, Jean-Benoit Hardouin, Magali Giral, Angélique Bonnaud-Antignac, Philippe Tessier, Emmanuelle Papuchon, Alexandra Jobert, Elodie Faurel-Paul, Stéphanie Gentile, Elisabeth Cassuto, Emmanuel Morélon, Lionel Rostaing, Denis Glotz, Rebecca Sberro-Soussan, Yohann Foucher, Aurélie Meurette

Open Access Research article

Cognitive changes associated with switching to frequent nocturnal hemodialysis or renal transplantation

Bradley S. Dixon, John M. VanBuren, James R. Rodrigue, Robert S. Lockridge, Robert Lindsay, Christopher Chan, Michael V. Rocco, Jacob J. Oleson, Leigh Beglinger, Kevin Duff, Jane S. Paulsen, John B. Stokes

Open Access Research article

Anemia and risk for cognitive decline in chronic kidney disease

Manjula Kurella Tamura, Eric Vittinghoff, Jingrong Yang, Alan S. Go, Stephen L. Seliger, John W. Kusek, James Lash, Debbie L. Cohen, James Simon, Vecihi Batuman, Juan Ordonez, Gail Makos, Kristine Yaffe

Open Access Study protocol

LOng-term follow-up after liVE kidney donation (LOVE) study: a longitudinal comparison study protocol

Shiromani Janki, Karel W. J. Klop, Hendrikus J. A. N. Kimenai, Jacqueline van de Wetering, Willem Weimar, Emma K. Massey, Abbas Dehghan, Dimitris Rizopoulos, Henry Völzke, Albert Hofman, Jan N. M. Ijzermans

Open Access Case report

Warfarin related nephropathy: a case report and review of the literature

Chee Yong Ng, Chieh Suai Tan, Chee Tang Chin, See Lim Lim, Ling Zhu, Keng Thye Woo, Puay Hoon Tan

Open Access Research article

Sleep disordered breathing and cardiovascular risk in older patients initiating dialysis in the United States: a retrospective observational study using medicare data

C. Vaughan Tuohy, Maria E. Montez-Rath, Mintu Turakhia, Tara I. Chang, John W. Winkelman, Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer

Open Access Case report

Simultaneous occurrence of fibrillary glomerulonephritis and renal lesions in nonmalignant monoclonal IgM gammopathy

Chung-Kuan Wu, Jyh-Gang Leu, An-Hang Yang, Der-Cherng Tarng, Hsiang-Yuen Tung, Shou-Shan Chiang

Open Access Research article

Association of NTproBNP and cTnI with outpatient sudden cardiac death in hemodialysis patients: the Choices for Healthy Outcomes in Caring for ESRD (CHOICE) study

Rachel M. Kruzan, Charles A. Herzog, Aozhou Wu, Yingying Sang, Rulan S. Parekh, Kunihiro Matsushita, Seungyoung Hwang, Alan Cheng, Josef Coresh, Neil R. Powe, Tariq Shafi

Open Access Research article

Geographic and facility variation in initial use of non-tunneled catheters for incident maintenance hemodialysis patients

Edward G. Clark, Ayub Akbari, Brett Hiebert, Swapnil Hiremath, Paul Komenda, Charmaine E. Lok, Louise M. Moist, Michael E. Schachter, Navdeep Tangri, Manish M. Sood

Open Access Research article

Prevalence of intradialytic hypotension, clinical symptoms and nursing interventions - a three-months, prospective study of 3818 haemodialysis sessions

Johanna Kuipers, Jurjen K. Oosterhuis, Wim P. Krijnen, Judith J. Dasselaar, Carlo A. J. M. Gaillard, Ralf Westerhuis, Casper F. M. Franssen

Open Access Research article

Relationship of urinary endothelin-1 with estimated glomerular filtration rate in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: a pilot cross-sectional analysis

Rupesh Raina, Linda Lou, Bruce Berger, Beth Vogt, Angelique Sao-Mai Do, Robert Cunningham, Pauravi Vasavada, Karin Herrmann, Katherine Dell, Michael Simonson

Open Access Case report

Emphysematous cholecystitis presenting as gas-forming liver abscess and pneumoperitoneum in a dialysis patient: a case report and review of the literature

Chen-Yi Liao, Chi-chang Tsai, Wu-Hsien Kuo, Ren-Jy Ben, Ho-Cheng Lin, Ching-Chang Lee, Kuan-Jen Su, Han-En Wang, Chih-Chiang Wang, I-Hung Chen, Shang-Tao Chien, Ming-Kai Tsai

Open Access Technical advance

Novel methods for microCT-based analyses of vasculature in the renal cortex reveal a loss of perfusable arterioles and glomeruli in eNOS-/- mice

Daniel S. Perrien, Mohamed A. Saleh, Keiko Takahashi, Meena S. Madhur, David G. Harrison, Raymond C. Harris, Takamune Takahashi

Open Access Research article

Cluster analysis and its application to healthcare claims data: a study of end-stage renal disease patients who initiated hemodialysis

Minlei Liao, Yunfeng Li, Farid Kianifard, Engels Obi, Stephen Arcona

Open Access Research article

Association between insurance status and mortality in individuals with albuminuria: an observational cohort study

Milda R. Saunders, Ana Catherine Ricardo, Jinsong Chen, Marshall H. Chin, James P. Lash

Open Access Case report

Acute interstitial nephritis due to flecainide therapy in the 38th week of pregnancy

Julius J. Schmidt, Leyla Ramazan, Clemens Bockemeyer, Hans-Heinrich Günter, Jens Martens-Lobenhoffer, Tina Ganzenmüller, Stefanie M. Bode-Böger, Jan T. Kielstein

Open Access Research article

Anemia in type 2 diabetic patients and correlation with kidney function in a tertiary care sub-Saharan African hospital: a cross-sectional study

Vitalis F. Feteh, Simeon-Pierre Choukem, Andre-Pascal Kengne, Daniel N. Nebongo, Marcelin Ngowe-Ngowe

Open Access Research article

Renal abnormalities among HIV infected children at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH)—Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Francis Fredrick, Joel M. Francis, Paschal J. Ruggajo, Eden E. Maro

Open Access Case report

Glomerulopathy in patients with distal duplication of chromosome 6p

Augustina Jankauskienė, Magdalena Koczkowska, Anna Bjerre, Joanna Bernaciak, Franz Schaefer, Beata S. Lipska-Ziętkiewicz

Open Access Research article

Factors associated with serum fetuin-A concentrations after long-term use of different phosphate binders in hemodialysis patients

Hsin-Hung Lin, Hung-Hsiang Liou, Ming-Shiou Wu, Chiu-Ching Huang

Open Access Research article

Changes in renal WT-1 expression preceding hypertension development

Luciana Mazzei, Mercedes García, Juan Pablo Calvo, Mariana Casarotto, Miguel Fornés, María Angélica Abud, Darío Cuello-carrión, León Ferder, Walter Manucha

Open Access Study protocol

KNOW-Ped CKD (KoreaN cohort study for outcomes in patients with pediatric CKD): Design and methods

Hee Gyung Kang, Hyun Jin Choi, Kyung Hee Han, Seong Heon Kim, Hee Yeon Cho, Min Hyun Cho, Jae Il Shin, Joo Hoon Lee, Joongyub Lee, Kook Hwan Oh, Young Seo Park, Hae Il Cheong, Curie Ahn, Il-Soo Ha

Open Access Research article

Predictive value of the RIFLE urine output criteria on contrast-induced nephropathy in critically ill patients

Aldjia Hocine, Pierre Defrance, Jacques Lalmand, Christian Delcour, Patrick Biston, Michaël Piagnerelli

Open Access Research article

Acthar gel in the treatment of nephrotic syndrome: a multicenter retrospective case series

Arvind Madan, Snezana Mijovic-Das, Ana Stankovic, Geoffrey Teehan, Amber S. Milward, Anupa Khastgir

Open Access Research article

HLA-DRB1*03 as a risk factor for microalbuminuria in same duration of type 1 diabetes: a case control study

Dovilė Ražanskaitė-Virbickienė, Evalda Danytė, Rimantas Žalinkevičius

Open Access Research article

Bioinformatics analysis of proteomics profiles in senescent human primary proximal tubule epithelial cells

Yang Lu, Jingchao Wang, Chen Dapeng, Di Wu, Guangyan Cai, Xiangmei Chen

Open Access Research article

Mesangial cells from patients with IgA nephropathy have increased susceptibility to galactose-deficient IgA1

Kerstin Ebefors, Peidi Liu, Emelie Lassén, Johannes Elvin, Emma Candemark, Kristina Levan, Börje Haraldsson, Jenny Nyström

Open Access Research article

External Validation of a risk stratification model to assist shared decision making for patients starting renal replacement therapy

Patrick Peeters, Wim Van Biesen, Nic Veys, Wim Lemahieu, Bart De Moor, Johan De Meester

Open Access Research article

Clinico-pathological characteristics and outcomes of patients with biopsy-proven hypertensive nephrosclerosis: a retrospective cohort study

Shaoshan Liang, Weibo Le, Dandan Liang, Hao Chen, Feng Xu, Huiping Chen, Zhihong Liu, Caihong Zeng

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Glomerulopathy in patients with distal duplication of chromosome 6p

Augustina Jankauskienė, Magdalena Koczkowska, Anna Bjerre, Joanna Bernaciak, Franz Schaefer, Beata S. Lipska-Ziętkiewicz

Open Access Research article

Factors affecting quality of life in patients on haemodialysis: a cross-sectional study from Palestine

Sa’ed H. Zyoud, Dala N. Daraghmeh, Diana O. Mezyed, Razan L. Khdeir, Mayas N. Sawafta, Nora A. Ayaseh, Ghada H. Tabeeb, Waleed M. Sweileh, Rahmat Awang, Samah W. Al-Jabi

Open Access Research article

Comparison between urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio and urine protein dipstick testing for prevalence and ability to predict the risk for chronic kidney disease in the general population (Iwate-KENCO study): a prospective community-based cohort study

Yorihiko Koeda, Fumitaka Tanaka, Toshie Segawa, Mutsuko Ohta, Masaki Ohsawa, Kozo Tanno, Shinji Makita, Yasuhiro Ishibashi, Kazuyoshi Itai, Shin-ichi Omama, Toshiyuki Onoda, Kiyomi Sakata, Kuniaki Ogasawara, Akira Okayama, Motoyuki Nakamura

Open Access Research article

Netrin-1 attenuates the progression of renal dysfunction by blocking endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition in the 5/6 nephrectomy rat model

Jiuxu Bai, Junfeng Hao, Xiaoling Zhang, Hanmin Cui, Jingming Han, Ning Cao

Open Access Research article

Living with moderate to severe renal failure from the perspective of patients

K. Schipper, W. E. van der Borg, J. de Jong-Camerik, T. A. Abma

Open Access Case report

Pauci Immune crescentic glomerulonephritis in a patient with T-cell lymphoma and argyria

Tamer Rezk, James Penton, Anna Stevenson, Mared Owen-Casey, Mark Little, John Cunningham, Alan D. Salama

Open Access Research article

Primary and tertiary health professionals’ views on the health-care of patients with co-morbid diabetes and chronic kidney disease – a qualitative study

Clement Lo, Dragan Ilic, Helena Teede, Greg Fulcher, Martin Gallagher, Peter G Kerr, Kerry Murphy, Kevan Polkinghorne, Grant Russell, Timothy Usherwood, Rowan Walker, Sophia Zoungas

Open Access Technical advance

Predicting patient survival after deceased donor kidney transplantation using flexible parametric modelling

Bernadette Li, John A. Cairns, Matthew L. Robb, Rachel J. Johnson, Christopher J. E. Watson, John L. Forsythe, Gabriel C. Oniscu, Rommel Ravanan, Christopher Dudley, Paul Roderick, Wendy Metcalfe, Charles R. Tomson, J. Andrew Bradley

Open Access Research article

Gas6 protein: its role in cardiovascular calcification

Nadine Kaesler, Svenja Immendorf, Chun Ouyang, Marjolein Herfs, Nadja Drummen, Peter Carmeliet, Cees Vermeer, Jürgen Floege, Thilo Krüger, Georg Schlieper

Open Access Research article

Effects of the prospective payment system on anemia management in maintenance dialysis patients: implications for cost and site of care

James B. Wetmore, Spiros Tzivelekis, Allan J. Collins, Craig A. Solid

Open Access Research article

Development of a health literacy questionnaire for Taiwanese hemodialysis patients

Chung-liang Shih, Tuan-hsun Chang, Dana A. Jensen, Chiung-hsuan Chiu

Open Access Research article

Electrolyte disturbances and risk factors of acute kidney injury patients receiving dialysis in exertional heat stroke

Bancha Satirapoj, Suramanat Kongthaworn, Panbubpa Choovichian, Ouppatham Supasyndh

Open Access Research article

Mortality and illicit drug dependence among hemodialysis patients in the United States: a retrospective cohort analysis

Vanessa Grubbs, Eric Vittighoff, Barbara Grimes, Kirsten L. Johansen

Open Access Research article

Risk prediction to inform surveillance of chronic kidney disease in the US Healthcare Safety Net: a cohort study

Yuxiang Xie, Marlena Maziarz, Delphine S. Tuot, Glenn M. Chertow, Jonathan Himmelfarb, Yoshio N. Hall

Open Access Research article

Impaired P2Y12 inhibition by clopidogrel in kidney transplant recipients: results from a cohort study

Clotilde Muller, Nathan Messas, Peggy Perrin, Jerome Olagne, Gabriela Gautier-Vargas, Noelle Cognard, Sophie Caillard, Bruno Moulin, Olivier Morel

Open Access Research article

Glycaemic control and antidiabetic therapy in patients with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease – cross-sectional data from the German Chronic Kidney Disease (GCKD) cohort

Martin Busch, Jennifer Nadal, Matthias Schmid, Katharina Paul, Stephanie Titze, Silvia Hübner, Anna Köttgen, Ulla T. Schultheiss, Seema Baid-Agrawal, Johan Lorenzen, Georg Schlieper, Claudia Sommerer, Vera Krane, Robert Hilge, Jan T. Kielstein, Florian Kronenberg, Christoph Wanner, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Gunter Wolf, Georg Schlieper, Katharina Findeisen, Elfriede Arweiler, Sabine Ernst, Mario Unger, Jürgen Floege, Elke Schaeffner, Seema Baid-Agrawal, Kerstin Petzold, Ralf Schindler, Stephanie Titze, Karl F. Hilgers, Silvia Hübner, Susanne Avendano, Dinah Becker-Grosspitsch, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Anna Köttgen, Ulla T. Schultheiss, Simone Meder, Erna Mitsch, Ursula Reinhard, Gerd Walz, Johan Lorenzen, Jan T. Kielstein, Petra Otto, Hermann Haller, Claudia Sommerer, Claudia Föllinger, Tanja Löschner, Martin Zeier, Martin Busch, Katharina Paul, Lisett Dittrich, Gunter Wolf, Thomas Sitter, Robert Hilge, Claudia Blank, Michael Fischereder, Vera Krane, Daniel Schmiedeke, Sebastian Toncar, Daniela Cavitt, Karina Schönowsky, Stefan Franz, Christoph Wanner, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Stephanie Titze, Birgit Hausknecht, Marion Rittmeier, Anke Weigel, Hans-Ulrich Prokosch, Barbara Bärthlein, Kerstin Haberländer, Andreas Beck, Thomas Ganslandt, Sabine Knispel, Thomas Dressel, Olaf Gefeller, Martina Malzer, Jennifer Nadal, Matthias Schmid, André Reis, Arif B. Ekici, Florian Kronenberg, Barbara Kollerits, Hansi Weißensteiner, Lukas Forer, Sebastian Schönherr, Peter Oefner, Wolfram Gronwald

Open Access Research article

Forecast of the incidence, prevalence and burden of end-stage renal disease in Nanjing, China to the Year 2025

Ling Sun, Lu-Xi Zou, Yu-Chen Han, Han-Ming Huang, Zhao-Ming Tan, Min Gao, Kun-Ling Ma, Hong Liu, Bi-Cheng Liu

Open Access Research article

Health related quality of life in patients with end stage kidney disease treated with haemodialysis in Malawi: a cross sectional study

Thokozani Masina, Bernadette Chimera, Martin Kamponda, Gavin Dreyer

Open Access Review

Adherence to ketoacids/essential amino acids-supplemented low protein diets and new indications for patients with chronic kidney disease

Denis Fouque, Jing Chen, Wei Chen, Liliana Garneata, SJ Hwang, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Joel D. Kopple, William E. Mitch, Giorgina Piccoli, Vladimir Teplan, Philippe Chauveau

Open Access Research article

Comparison of vascular access outcomes in patients with end-stage renal disease attributed to systemic lupus erythematosus vs. other causes: a retrospective cohort study

Laura C. Plantinga, S. Sam Lim, Rachel E. Patzer, Stephen O. Pastan, Cristina Drenkard

Open Access Case report

A case report of malignant hypertension in a young woman

Andrea Michelli, Stella Bernardi, Andrea Grillo, Emiliano Panizon, Matteo Rovina, Moreno Bardelli, Renzo Carretta, Bruno Fabris

Open Access Research article

RhoA deficiency disrupts podocyte cytoskeleton and induces podocyte apoptosis by inhibiting YAP/dendrin signal

Zongshun Huang, Li Zhang, Yuanhan Chen, Hong Zhang, Chunping Yu, Fangjian Zhou, Zhiling Zhang, Lijuan Jiang, Ruizhao Li, Jianchao Ma, Zhuo Li, Yuxiong Lai, Ting Lin, Xinchen Zhao, Qianmei Zhang, Bin Zhang, Zhiming Ye, Shuangxin Liu, Wenjian Wang, Xinling Liang, Ruyi Liao, Wei Shi

Open Access Correspondence

A practical approach to the nutritional management of chronic kidney disease patients in Cape Town, South Africa

Oluwatoyin I. Ameh, Lynette Cilliers, Ikechi G. Okpechi

Open Access Study protocol

Design and methods of CYCLE-HD: improving cardiovascular health in patients with end stage renal disease using a structured programme of exercise: a randomised control trial

M. P. M. Graham-Brown, D. S. March, D. R. Churchward, H. M. L. Young, M. Dungey, S. Lloyd, N. J. Brunskill, A. C. Smith, G. P. McCann, J. O. Burton

Open Access Research article

Effect of glycemic index and carbohydrate intake on kidney function in healthy adults

Stephen P. Juraschek, Alex R. Chang, Lawrence J. Appel, Cheryl A. M. Anderson, Deidra C. Crews, Letitia Thomas, Jeanne Charleston, Edgar R. Miller III

Open Access Correspondence

Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in diabetic adult out-patients in Tanzania

Bonaventura C. T. Mpondo, Eric Neilson, Alex Ernest

Open Access Research article

Functional impairment is associated with an increased risk of mortality in patients on chronic hemodialysis

Maurizio Bossola, Enrico Di Stasio, Manuela Antocicco, Gilda Pepe, Luigi Tazza, Giuseppe Zuccalà, Alice Laudisio

Open Access Review

Low protein diets in patients with chronic kidney disease: a bridge between mainstream and complementary-alternative medicines?

Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Irene Capizzi, Federica Neve Vigotti, Filomena Leone, Claudia D’Alessandro, Domenica Giuffrida, Marta Nazha, Simona Roggero, Nicoletta Colombi, Giuseppe Mauro, Natascia Castelluccia, Adamasco Cupisti, Paolo Avagnina

Open Access Correspondence

Low-protein diets for chronic kidney disease patients: the Italian experience

Vincenzo Bellizzi, Adamasco Cupisti, Francesco Locatelli, Piergiorgio Bolasco, Giuliano Brunori, Giovanni Cancarini, Stefania Caria, Luca De Nicola, Biagio R. Di Iorio, Lucia Di Micco, Enrico Fiaccadori, Giacomo Garibotto, Marcora Mandreoli, Roberto Minutolo, Lamberto Oldrizzi, Giorgina B. Piccoli, Giuseppe Quintaliani, Domenico Santoro, Serena Torraca, Battista F. Viola

Open Access Research article

Incidence of sudden cardiac death in adults with end-stage renal disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sharanya Ramesh, Ann Zalucky, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, Derek J. Roberts, Sofia B. Ahmed, Stephen B. Wilton, Min Jun

Open Access Study protocol

Evaluation of the quality of care of a haemodialysis public-private partnership programme for patients with end-stage renal disease

Julie Y. Chen, Eric Y. F. Wan, Karina H. Y. Chan, Anca K. C. Chan, Frank W. K. Chan, Cindy L. K. Lam

Open Access Debate

Diets for patients with chronic kidney disease, should we reconsider?

William E. Mitch, Giuseppe Remuzzi

Open Access Case report

Subclinical growth of an arteriovenous fistula associated with renal biopsy: a case report

Takuya Murakami, Shin-ichi Takeda, Hidenori Kanazawa, Atsushi Ugajin, Shigeyoshi Kijima, Hiroyasu Nakamura, Toshimi Imai, Taro Sugase, Ryoko Horikoshi, Takahisa Kobayashi, Tetsu Akimoto, Osamu Saito, Daisuke Nagata

Open Access Research article

Microvascular endothelial dysfunction is associated with albuminuria and CKD in older adults

Stephen L. Seliger, Shabnam Salimi, Valerie Pierre, Jamie Giffuni, Leslie Katzel, Afshin Parsa

Open Access Research article

The global pediatric nephrology workforce: a survey of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association

Dorey Glenn, Sophie Ocegueda, Meaghan Nazareth, Yi Zhong, Adam Weinstein, William Primack, Pierre Cochat, Maria Ferris

Open Access Study protocol

MAGIC Study: Aims, Design and Methods using SystemCHANGE™ to Improve Immunosuppressive Medication Adherence in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients

Cynthia L. Russell, Shirley Moore, Donna Hathaway, An-Lin Cheng, Guoqing Chen, Kathy Goggin

Open Access Correspondence

A practical approach to dietary interventions for nondialysis-dependent CKD patients: the experience of a reference nephrology center in Brazil

Lilian Cuppari, Fabiana Baggio Nerbass, Carla Maria Avesani, Maria Ayako Kamimura

Open Access Study protocol

Protocol of a randomized controlled trial of an erythropoietin stimulating agent decision aid for anemia treatment in kidney disease

Lauren B. Beach, Marcus Wild, Gowri Ramachandran, H. Omer Ikizler, Kerri L. Cavanaugh

Open Access Correspondence

A practical approach of salt and protein restriction for CKD patients in Japan

Kunitoshi Iseki, Kunihiro Yamagata

Open Access Correspondence

A practical approach to low protein diets in Sweden– 45 years of clinical use

Sintra Eyre, Gerd Faxén-Irving, Per-Ola Attman, Marie Evans, Karin Windahl, Sigrid Wegener, Charlotte Andersén, Karin Nykvist-Raanaes, Sara Einemo, Juan-Jesus Carrero

Open Access Correspondence

North American experience with Low protein diet for Non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease

Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Linda W. Moore, Amanda R. Tortorici, Jason A. Chou, David E. St-Jules, Arianna Aoun, Vanessa Rojas-Bautista, Annelle K. Tschida, Connie M. Rhee, Anuja A. Shah, Susan Crowley, Joseph A. Vassalotti, Csaba P. Kovesdy

Open Access Study protocol

The Non-Dialysis Chronic Renal Insufficiency study (ND-CRIS): an open prospective hospital-based cohort study in France

Jacques Massol, Gérard Janin, Camille Bachot, Christophe Gousset, Geoffroy Sainte-Claire Deville, Jean-Marc Chalopin

Open Access Research article

The Rivas Cohort Study: design and baseline characteristics of a Nicaraguan cohort

Kailey Minnings, Madeline Fiore, Martha Mosco, Ryan Ferguson, Sarah Leatherman, Eric Kerns, James Kaufman, Melissa Fiore, Daniel Brooks, Juan Jose Amador, Hillary Paulsen, Zachary Ernstberger, Bricia Trejo, Elyse Sullivan, Amos Lichtman, Keriann Nobil, Matthew Lawlor, Cassandra Parker, Rulan Parekh, Louis Fiore

Open Access Research article

Is HRQOL in dialysis associated with patient survival or graft function after kidney transplantation?

Nanna von der Lippe, Bård Waldum-Grevbo, Anna Varberg Reisæter, Ingrid Os

Open Access Research article

Differential impact of smoking on mortality and kidney transplantation among adult Men and Women undergoing dialysis

Austin G. Stack, Darya Yermak, David G. Roche, John P. Ferguson, Mohamed Elsayed, Waleed Mohammed, Liam F. Casserly, Stewart R. Walsh, Cornelius J. Cronin

Open Access Research article

Evaluation of potential drug- drug interactions among Palestinian hemodialysis patients

Rowa’ Al-Ramahi, Afnan R. Raddad, Alaa O. Rashed, Amneh Bsharat, Dania Abu-Ghazaleh, Eman Yasin, Oraina Shehab

Open Access Research article

Cross-sectional survey in CKD patients across Europe describing the association between quality of life and anaemia

Daniel Eriksson, David Goldsmith, Siguroli Teitsson, James Jackson, Floortje van Nooten

Open Access Research article

Assessment of the RIFLE criteria for the diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury; a retrospective study in South-Western Ghana

Richard K. D. Ephraim, Kwame O. Darkwah, Samuel A. Sakyi, Mabel Ephraim, Enoch O. Antoh, Prince Adoba

Open Access Research article

Are low birth weight neonates at risk for suboptimal renal growth and function during infancy?

A. Iyengar, S. Nesargi, A. George, N. Sinha, S. Selvam, V. A. Luyckx

Open Access Correspondence

“Dietaly”: practical issues for the nutritional management of CKD patients in Italy

Claudia D’Alessandro, Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Patrizia Calella, Giuliano Brunori, Franca Pasticci, Maria Francesca Egidi, Irene Capizzi, Vincenzo Bellizzi, Adamasco Cupisti

Open Access Research article

Predialysis nephrology care and dialysis-related health outcomes among older adults initiating dialysis

Michael J. Fischer, Kevin T. Stroupe, James S. Kaufman, Ann M. O’Hare, Margaret M. Browning, Min-Woong Sohn, Zhiping Huo, Denise M. Hynes

Open Access Research article

The role of plasma exchange in treating post-transplant focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 77 case-reports and case-series

Abdullah Kashgary, Jessica M. Sontrop, Lihua Li, Ahmed A. Al-Jaishi, Zainab N. Habibullah, Roaa Alsolaimani, William F. Clark

Open Access Correspondence

A practical approach to a low protein diet in Brazil

Denise Mafra, Viviane O. Leal

Open Access Research article

Risk factors for new-onset diabetes mellitus after living donor kidney transplantation in Korea - a retrospective single center study

Hoon Yu, Hyosang Kim, Chung Hee Baek, Seung Don Baek, Soomin Jeung, Duck Jong Han, Su-Kil Park

Open Access Research article

French patients on daily hemodialysis: clinical characteristics and treatment trajectories

Adélaïde Pladys, Sahar Bayat, Anne Kolko, Clémence Béchade, Cécile Couchoud, Cécile Vigneau

Open Access Research article

Everybody needs a cheerleader to get a kidney transplant: a qualitative study of the patient barriers and facilitators to kidney transplantation in the Southeastern United States

Teri Browne, Ahinee Amamoo, Rachel E. Patzer, Jenna Krisher, Henry Well, Jennifer Gander, Stephen O. Pastan

Open Access Debate

Fluid overload in the ICU: evaluation and management

Rolando Claure-Del Granado, Ravindra L. Mehta

Open Access Research article

Kidney epithelium specific deletion of kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1) causes hydronephrosis in mice

Sanjeev Noel, Lois J. Arend, Samatha Bandapalle, Sekhar P. Reddy, Hamid Rabb

Open Access Research article

Proton pump inhibitors are associated with increased risk of development of chronic kidney disease

Pradeep Arora, Anu Gupta, Mojgan Golzy, Nilang Patel, Randolph L. Carter, Kabir Jalal, James W. Lohr

Open Access Research article

Clinical outcomes associated with albuminuria in central Australia: a cohort study

Rebecca Ritte, Joanne Luke, Craig Nelson, Alex Brown, Kerin O’Dea, Alicia Jenkins, James D. Best, Robyn McDermott, Mark Daniel, Kevin Rowley

Open Access Research article

Effect of oral sodium bicarbonate on fibroblast growth factor-23 in patients with chronic kidney disease: a pilot study

Wei Chen, Michal L. Melamed, Thomas H. Hostetter, Carolyn Bauer, Amanda C. Raff, Anthony L. Almudevar, Amy Lalonde, Susan Messing, Matthew K. Abramowitz

Open Access Research article

Prophylactic treatment of chronic renal disease in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis and colonized by Staphylococcus aureus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Cibele Grothe, Mônica Taminato, Angélica Belasco, Ricardo Sesso, Dulce Barbosa

Open Access Research article

Acute kidney injury is a powerful independent predictor of mortality in critically ill patients: a multicenter prospective cohort study from Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo

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Modulation of renal oxygenation and perfusion in rat kidney monitored by quantitative diffusion and blood oxygen level dependent magnetic resonance imaging on a clinical 1.5T platform

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Low level of MAp44, an inhibitor of the lectin complement pathway, and long-term graft and patient survival; a cohort study of 382 kidney recipients

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Identification of potential candidate genes for hypertensive nephropathy based on gene expression profile

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A more accurate method acquirement by a comparison of the prediction equations for estimating glomerular filtration rate in Chinese patients with obstructive nephropathy

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Analysis of the kinetics of the parathyroid hormone, and of associated patient outcomes, in a cohort of haemodialysis patients

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The effect of continuous venovenous hemofiltration on neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin plasma levels in patients with septic acute kidney injury

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Warfarin use and stroke, bleeding and mortality risk in patients with end stage renal disease and atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Correction of metabolic acidosis improves insulin resistance in chronic kidney disease

Antonio Bellasi, Lucia Di Micco, Domenico Santoro, Stefania Marzocco, Emanuele De Simone, Mario Cozzolino, Luca Di Lullo, Pasquale Guastaferro, Biagio Di Iorio, Simona Adesso, Annamaria Bruzzese, Giuseppe Conte, Adamasco Cupisti, Antonella De Blasio, Alfonso Frallicciardi, Rachele Grifa, Rosa Martino, Matteo Piemontese, Maria Luisa Sirico, Giuseppe Struzziero, Raffaele Tortoriello, Fabio Vitale

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Rationale and study design of the prospective, longitudinal, observational cohort study “rISk strAtification in end-stage renal disease” (ISAR) study

Christoph Schmaderer, Susanne Tholen, Anna-Lena Hasenau, Christine Hauser, Yana Suttmann, Siegfried Wassertheurer, Christopher C. Mayer, Axel Bauer, Kostantinos D. Rizas, Stephan Kemmner, Konstantin Kotliar, Bernhard Haller, Johannes Mann, Lutz Renders, Uwe Heemann, Marcus Baumann

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Acute pancreatitis associated with everolimus after kidney transplantation: a case report

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Vitamin D deficiency may predict a poorer outcome of IgA nephropathy

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Fatal outcomes among patients on maintenance haemodialysis in sub-Saharan Africa: a 10-year audit from the Douala General Hospital in Cameroon

Marie Patrice Halle, Gloria Ashuntantang, Francois Folefack Kaze, Christian Takongue, Andre-Pascal Kengne

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Facility-level CKD-MBD composite score and risk of adverse clinical outcomes among patients on hemodialysis

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Using pharmacists to improve risk stratification and management of stage 3A chronic kidney disease: a feasibility study

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Relation of peritubular capillary features to class of lupus nephritis

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Quantitative characterization of T-cell repertoire and biomarkers in kidney transplant rejection

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Impact of residual urine volume decline on the survival of chronic hemodialysis patients in Kinshasa

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Physical activity and metabolic health in chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study

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High prevalence of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use among acute kidney injury survivors in the southern community cohort study

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Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio is associated with arterial stiffness in patients with peritoneal dialysis

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Knowledge, barriers and facilitators of exercise in dialysis patients: a qualitative study of patients, staff and nephrologists

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Removal of free light chains in hemodialysis patients without multiple myeloma: a crossover comparison of three different dialyzers

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Kidney disease in the elderly: biopsy based data from 14 renal centers in Poland

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Association of peripheral arterial disease with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients: a meta-analysis

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Vasopressin-related copeptin is a novel predictor of early endothelial dysfunction in patients with adult polycystic kidney disease

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Diet as a system: an observational study investigating a multi-choice system of moderately restricted low-protein diets

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The importance of proteinuria and prior cardiovascular disease in all major clinical outcomes of atherosclerotic renovascular disease – a single-center observational study

Diana Vassallo, James Ritchie, Darren Green, Constantina Chrysochou, Joseph Blunt, Philip A. Kalra

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