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Headlines

• Epidemiological study of orthopedic injuries in hemodialysis patients in Taiwan: a fixed cohort survey, 2004-2008.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Report: Bessemer dialysis center shut down after two patients die of infections (news.google.com)
  
• mTOR Plays a Critical Role in p53-induced Oxidative Kidney Cell Injury in HIVAN.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• LDL Cholesterol Is a Poor Marker of Heart Health in Patients with Kidney Disease(feedproxy.google.com)
  
• Blood Pressure, Proteinuria, and Phosphate as Risk Factors for Progressive Kidney Disease: A Hypothesis.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Dysfunctional HDL Takes Its Toll in Chronic Kidney Disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• A City under Siege: How dialysis patients were cared for while Boston was on ... (news.google.com)
  
• Study of ventricular electrical systole in patients with end-stage kidney disease on hemodialysis.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• New treatments for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Chronic kidney disease is associated with neovascularization and intraplaque hemorrhage in coronary atherosclerosis in elders: results from the Hisayama Study.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Association between Water Intake, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Cardiovascular Disease: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of NHANES Data.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  

Top Stories

• Puzzling! Swine flu virus detected in elephant seals off West Coast (news.google.com)
  
• Clinical review: Predictive value of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin for acute kidney injury in intensive care patients.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Epidemiological study of orthopedic injuries in hemodialysis patients in Taiwan: a fixed cohort survey, 2004-2008.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Racial Differences and Income Disparities Are Associated with Poor Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Lupus Nephritis.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Report: Bessemer dialysis center shut down after two patients die of infections (news.google.com)
  
• mTOR Plays a Critical Role in p53-induced Oxidative Kidney Cell Injury in HIVAN.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Serum Urate and Incidence of Kidney Disease Among Veterans with Gout.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Bone Morphogenetic Protein-5 and early Endothelial Outgrowth Cells (eEOCs) in acute ischemic kidney injury (AKI) and 5/6-chronic kidney disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• LDL Cholesterol Is a Poor Marker of Heart Health in Patients with Kidney Disease(feedproxy.google.com)
  
• Blood Pressure, Proteinuria, and Phosphate as Risk Factors for Progressive Kidney Disease: A Hypothesis.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Data Suggest Statins May Protect Kidney (CME/CE)(www.medpagetoday.com)
  
• Parathyroid Function in Chronic Kidney Disease: Role of FGF23-Klotho Axis.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Who may not benefit from continuous renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury?(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Communication key in following hospitalized dialysis patients (news.google.com)
  
• H7N9 not spread between humans (news.google.com)
  

Clinical Nephrology

• A Retrospective Study of Acute Kidney Injury in Cats and Development of a Novel Clinical Scoring System for Predicting Outcome for Cats Managed by Hemodialysis.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Clinical assessment of phosphorus status, balance and renal handling in normal individuals and in patients with chronic kidney disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Clinical review: Predictive value of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin for acute kidney injury in intensive care patients.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Clinical characteristics and outcomes in renal transplant recipients with renal cell carcinoma in the native kidney.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Severity of Acute Kidney Injury and Two- year Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Sphingomyelin regulates the transbilayer movement of diacylglycerol in the plasma membrane of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Illness representations and coping processes of taiwanese patients with early-stage chronic kidney disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• In vitro and in vivo studies on the effects of bone morphogenetic protein-7 on human kidney and lung tumor cells.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy predict chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• The impact of vascular anastomosis time on early kidney transplant outcomes.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  

Medicare and Policy

• Report: Bessemer dialysis center shut down after two patients die of infections (news.google.com)
  
• Reducing kidney dialysis bloodstream infections (news.google.com)
  
• Day in History: Pioneering in kidney dialysis treatment in 1963 - Post(news.google.com)
  
• With both kidneys lost, Jaipur boy tops class XII exams (news.google.com)
  
• Medicare disserves younger kidney-transplant patients - Philly.com (news.google.com)
  
• Fresenius Opens Kidney Dialysis Clinic (news.google.com)
  
• Garden City Dialysis will host Kidney Smart class (news.google.com)
  
• Artificial kidney offers hope to patients tethered to a dialysis machine (news.google.com)
  
• Qatar's first pediatric kidney dialysis unit opened at Hamad General Hospital (news.google.com)
  
• Artificial kidney offers hope to patients tethered to a dialysis machine (news.google.com)
  

Financial News

• Fresenius Opens Kidney Dialysis Clinic (news.google.com)
  
• Baxter China works with government to provide rural areas access to dialysis (news.google.com)
  
• VA Can't Dodge DaVita's Dialysis Contract Suit (news.google.com)
  
• Meeting the need: Fresenius increases dialysis care (news.google.com)
  
• Potential gains in life expectancy from reducing heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, kidney disease or HIV/AIDS as major causes of death in the USA.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Feinberg, Fresenius dialysis plans face hurdles (news.google.com)
  
• DaVita Clinical Research Presents Research Results at the 33rd Annual Dialysis ... (news.google.com)
  
• DaVita Clinical Research Presents Research Results at the 33rd Annual Dialysis ... (news.google.com)
  
• Nation's Largest Group of Black Attorneys Is Now Accepting Fresenius Dialysis ... (news.google.com)
  
• Fresenius Medical Care Urges Dialysis Patients to Stay Active and Offers ... (news.google.com)
  
• Fresenius Medical Care Urges Dialysis Patients to Stay Active and Offers ... (news.google.com)
  
• DaVita Dialysis building new Saginaw location (news.google.com)
  
• DaVita announces opening of Andover Dialysis Clinic (news.google.com)
  
• Berkshire buys more stock in dialysis firm DaVita (news.google.com)
  
• DaVita announces opening of Andover Dialysis Clinic (news.google.com)
  
• Berkshire buys more stock in dialysis firm DaVita (news.google.com)
  
• DaVita HealthCare to open Andover dialysis center (news.google.com)
  
• Estimating the long term impact of kidney donation on life expectancy and end stage renal disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• MMWR: Synthetic cannabinoid use and acute kidney injury.(www.cdc.gov)
  
• Acute Kidney Injury Associated with Synthetic Cannabinoid Use ? Multiple States, 2012(www.cdc.gov)
  

Pharma

• Alexion Joins the International Federation of Kidney Foundations in Celebrating World Kidney Day 2013(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• NxStage Announces CE Mark Approval, First Clinical Use of its Single Needle for Dialysis Patients(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• FDA Alerts Healthcare Providers of Recall of Anemia Drug Omontys(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Concert Pharmaceuticals Announces Completion of Enrollment in Phase 2 CTP-499 Clinical Trial for the Treatment of Diabetic Kidney Disease(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Announces Zerenex (ferric citrate) Meets Primary and All Key Secondary Endpoints in Phase 3 Long-Term Study as a Treatment for Hyperphosphatemia in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients on Dialysis(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Cellmid Records Positive Data in Midkine Antibody Study in Kidney Disease(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• New Potential Therapy for Diabetic Kidney Disease: Galectin Therapeutics Announces Anti-Galectin Drug is Effective in Preclinical Studies(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Stealth Peptides Initiates Patient Enrollment for Novel Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Proteon Therapeutics Announces Positive Phase 2 Trial Results of PRT-201 in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Undergoing Surgical Placement of an Arteriovenous Fistula for Hemodialysis(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Veloxis' Phase 3 Trial of LCP-Tacro in Stable Kidney Transplant Patients, the 3001 Study, Published Online in the American Journal of Transplantation(www.pharmalive.com)
  

Science

• Fish Oil May Protect Dialysis Patients from Sudden Cardiac Death(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Same-Day Angiography, Cardiac Surgery Confirmed as Risk for Kidney Injury(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Chronic Kidney Disease Increases Risk of Death for Both Women and Men(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Do Common Painkillers Cause Kidney Failure in Children?(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Irregular Heart Beat Elevates Risk of Kidney Failure(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• BPA Linked to Potential Adverse Effects on Heart and Kidneys in Children and Adolescents(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Researchers Reveal Most Effective Treatment for Common Kidney Disorder(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Researchers Foresee New Treatments and Diagnostics for Deadly Fibrotic Diseases of the Lung, Liver, and Kidney(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Triple Mix of Blood Pressure Drugs and Painkillers Linked to Kidney Problems(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Why Obese People Have Higher Rates of Asthma(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Teens Susceptible to Hepatitis B Infection Despite Vaccination as Infants(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Prescription Drug Misuse Remains a Top Public Health Concern(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Red Wine Could Mask Testosterone Levels, Experts Warn(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Extending Steroid Treatment Does Not Benefit Children With Hard-to-Treat Kidney Disease, Study Finds(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Radio Waves to Kidneys Lower Persistent High Blood Pressure(www.sciencedaily.com)
  

Medicine

• Evaluation of control of blood pressure in chronic kidney disease patients with hypertension attending echo-lab of Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• [Syndrome differentiation-based treatment with traditional Chinese medicine for proteinuria in patients with chronic kidney disease: a randomized multicenter trial].(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Fatal outcome due to sirolimus-induced acute hepatitis, myelosuppression and fever in a kidney allograft recipient.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Is there an association between immunosuppressant therapy medication adherence and depression, quality of life, and personality traits in the kidney and liver transplant population?(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Radiation Exposure and Cost Influence Physician Medical Image Decision Making: A Randomized Controlled Trial.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Hospital-acquired acute kidney injury in medical, surgical, and intensive care unit: A comparative study.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Future of Medicare Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• High Yield Production of Influenza Virus in Madin Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) Cells with Stable Knockdown of IRF7.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• COMPARISON OF DIRECT MEDICAL COSTS BETWEEN AUTOMATED AND CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• An ethical approach to dialysis--an alliance of nephrology, palliative medicine and ethics.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  

Recent FDA Announcements

• LifeScan, Inc. OneTouch Verio IQ Blood Glucose Meter ? Class I Recall: Failure to Provide a Warning at Extremely High Blood Glucose Levels(www.fda.gov)
  
• Azithromycin (Zithromax or Zmax): Drug Safety Communication - Risk of Potentially Fatal Heart Rhythms(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA alerts health care providers of recall of anemia drug Omontys(www.fda.gov)
  
• Cefepime:Label Change- Risk of Seizure in Patients Not Receiving Dosage Adjustments for Kidney Impairment(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA approves Afinitor for non-cancerous kidney tumors caused by rare genetic disease(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA announces plans to pilot end-stage kidney disease technology in new program(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA approves Omontys to treat anemia in adult patients on dialysis(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA approves Inlyta to treat patients with a type of advanced kidney cancer(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA expands use of endovascular graft to treat aortic tears(www.fda.gov)
  
• Reclast (zoledronic acid): Drug Safety Communication - New Contraindication and Updated Warning on Kidney Impairment(www.fda.gov)
  
• Arrow International, Inc. Arrow NextStep Antegrade Chronic Hemodialysis Catheter: Class I Recall(www.fda.gov)
  
• Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESAs) In Chronic Kidney Disease: Drug Safety Communication - Modified Dosing Recommendations(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA modifies dosing recommendations for Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA approves Nulojix for kidney transplant patients(www.fda.gov)
  
• H and P Industries Povidine Iodine Prep Pads: Recall - Potential Microbial Contamination(www.fda.gov)
  
• Universal Nutrition Voluntarily Recalling Several Protein-Based Supplements Due To Possible Salmonella Contamination(www.fda.gov)
  
• World Variety Produce, Inc. Recalls Serrano Peppers(www.fda.gov)
  
• Lilly Announces Important Action Regarding Recall of Alcohol Prep Pads Made by Triad Group Included in Forteo Starter Kits(www.fda.gov)
  
• H and P Industries, Inc. Issues a Voluntary Nationwide Recall of All Lots of Povidine Iodine Prep Pads Due to Potential Microbial Contamination(www.fda.gov)
  
• American Regent Initiates Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Concentrated Sodium Chloride Injection, USP, 23.4% 30 mL Single Dose Vials and 100 mL Pharmacy Bulk Packs(www.fda.gov)
  

Health Information Technology

• Puzzling! Swine flu virus detected in elephant seals off West Coast (news.google.com)
  
• Clinical review: Predictive value of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin for acute kidney injury in intensive care patients.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Clinical assessment of phosphorus status, balance and renal handling in normal individuals and in patients with chronic kidney disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• A Retrospective Study of Acute Kidney Injury in Cats and Development of a Novel Clinical Scoring System for Predicting Outcome for Cats Managed by Hemodialysis.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Clinical characteristics and outcomes in renal transplant recipients with renal cell carcinoma in the native kidney.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Sphingomyelin regulates the transbilayer movement of diacylglycerol in the plasma membrane of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Illness representations and coping processes of taiwanese patients with early-stage chronic kidney disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Severity of Acute Kidney Injury and Two- year Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Epidemiological study of orthopedic injuries in hemodialysis patients in Taiwan: a fixed cohort survey, 2004-2008.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Racial Differences and Income Disparities Are Associated with Poor Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Lupus Nephritis.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

• Islet1 Deletion Causes Kidney Agenesis and Hydroureter Resembling CAKUT.
  
• Integrins in Kidney Disease.
  
• Impact of Early Parenteral Nutrition on Metabolism and Kidney Injury.
  
• MICA Variant Promotes Allosensitization after Kidney Transplantation.
  
• Associations between Hemodialysis Access Type and Clinical Outcomes: A Systematic Review.
  
• Tolerance of the Human Kidney to Isolated Controlled Ischemia.
  
• Can Frequent Hemodialysis Be Too Frequent?
  
• High-Efficiency Postdilution Online Hemodiafiltration Reduces All-Cause Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• TRPV4 Dysfunction Promotes Renal Cystogenesis in Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease.
  
• Risk of Vascular Access Complications with Frequent Hemodialysis.
  
• Kidney Disease and Increased Mortality Risk in Type 2 Diabetes.
  
• Poverty and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Angiotensin II Blockade after Kidney Transplantation.
  
• Angiotensin II Blockade in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
  
• Cognitive Disorders and Dementia in CKD: The Neglected Kidney-Brain Axis.
  
• p-Cresyl Sulfate Promotes Insulin Resistance Associated with CKD.
  
• Endothelin-A Receptor Antagonism Modifies Cardiovascular Risk Factors in CKD.
  
• Web Surveillance for CKD.
  
• p53 Is Renoprotective after Ischemic Kidney Injury by Reducing Inflammation.
  
• Temporal Changes in Incidence of Dialysis-Requiring AKI.
  
• Kidney Disease Progression and Screening Cost-Effectiveness among African Americans.
  
• Donor-Specific Antibodies Adversely Affect Kidney Allograft Outcomes.
  
• Small RNAs Have a Big Effect on Polycystic Kidney Disease.
  
• Mechanisms and Treatment of CKD.
  
• CKD and Sudden Cardiac Death: Epidemiology, Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Approaches.
  
• Growing New Kidneys from Embryonic Cell Suspensions: Fantasy or Reality?
  
• Damage of the Endothelial Glycocalyx in Dialysis Patients.
  
• Deficiency of the Calcium-Sensing Receptor in the Kidney Causes Parathyroid Hormone-Independent Hypocalciuria.
  
• New Treatments for CKD--New Insights into Pathogenesis.
  
• Mechanisms of Anemia in CKD.
  
• Associations between Kidney Function and Subclinical Cardiac Abnormalities in CKD.
  
• Absence of MyD88 Signaling Induces Donor-Specific Kidney Allograft Tolerance.
  
• Folate-Conjugated Rapamycin Slows Progression of Polycystic Kidney Disease.
  
• Bardoxolone Methyl Decreases Megalin and Activates Nrf2 in the Kidney.
  
• Npt2b Deletion Attenuates Hyperphosphatemia Associated with CKD.
  
• Phosphate Binders in CKD: Bad News or Good News?
  
• IL-17A Production by Renal ?? T Cells Promotes Kidney Injury in Crescentic GN.
  
• Association of Provider-Patient Visit Frequency and Patient Outcomes on Hemodialysis.
  
• Renal Nerves and CKD: Is Renal Denervation the Answer?
  
• c-Met and NF-?B-Dependent Overexpression of Wnt7a and -7b and Pax2 Promotes Cystogenesis in Polycystic Kidney Disease.
  
• Histones from Dying Renal Cells Aggravate Kidney Injury via TLR2 and TLR4.
  
• Renal Denervation in Moderate to Severe CKD.
  
• Kidney Injury Accelerates Cystogenesis via Pathways Modulated by Heme Oxygenase and Complement.
  
• New Observational Data Demonstrate that Mortality Is Lower in Patients Receiving More Frequent Dialysis.
  
• Yes, AKI Truly Leads to CKD.
  
• Does AKI Truly Lead to CKD?
  
• Plasma and Urinary Heme Oxygenase-1 in Acute Kidney Injury.
  
• Angiotensin II- and Salt-Induced Kidney Injury through Rac1-Mediated Mineralocorticoid Receptor Activation.
  
• Vasculature and Kidney Complications in Sickle Cell Disease.
  
• Effects of Biocompatible versus Standard Fluid on Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes.
  

CJASN

• Soda and Other Beverages and the Risk of Kidney Stones.
  
• Segmentation of Individual Renal Cysts from MR Images in Patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.
  
• Effects of Dietary Phosphate Restriction and Phosphate Binders on FGF23 Levels in CKD.
  
• Association of Age and CKD with Prognosis of Myocardial Infarction.
  
• Calcium Absorption Response to Cholecalciferol Supplementation in Hemodialysis.
  
• Comparison Analysis of Nutritional Scores for Serial Monitoring of Nutritional Status in Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Metabolic Syndrome, ESRD, and Death in CKD.
  
• Effects of Oral Sodium Bicarbonate in Patients with CKD.
  
• Plasma Metabolomic Profiles in Different Stages of CKD.
  
• Nephrologists' Professional Ethics in Dialysis Practices.
  
• Assessing Physical Function and Physical Activity in Patients with CKD.
  
• Serum Adiponectin Levels and Mortality after Kidney Transplantation.
  
• Obstetric nephrology: pregnancy and the kidney--inextricably linked.
  
• Intravenous Cyclophosphamide and Plasmapheresis in Dialysis-Dependent ANCA-Associated Vasculitis.
  
• Multiple Pregnancies in CKD Patients: An Explosive Mix.
  
• Randomized Clinical Trial of the Iron-Based Phosphate Binder PA21 in Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Change in Cardiac Geometry and Function in CKD Children During Strict BP Control: A Randomized Study.
  
• The Central American Epidemic of CKD.
  
• Early Dialysis Initiation and Rates and Timing of Withdrawal From Dialysis in Canada.
  
• Association of Circulating Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 with Renal Phosphate Excretion among Hemodialysis Patients with Residual Renal Function.
  
• Effect of Red Cell Transfusions on Future Kidney Transplantation.
  
• Timing and Outcome of Renal Replacement Therapy in Patients with Congenital Malformations of the Kidney and Urinary Tract.
  
• Interaction between GFR and Risk Factors for Morbidity and Mortality in African Americans with CKD.
  
• Factors Associated with CKD in the Elderly and Nonelderly Population.
  
• Use of Multiple Imputation Method to Improve Estimation of Missing Baseline Serum Creatinine in Acute Kidney Injury Research.
  
• Antiplatelet Therapy in the Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with CKD: What Is the Evidence?
  
• Comparison of Symptom Management Strategies for Pain, Erectile Dysfunction, and Depression in Patients Receiving Chronic Hemodialysis: A Cluster Randomized Effectiveness Trial.
  
• Association between Albuminuria, Kidney Function, and Inflammatory Biomarker Profile.
  
• Urinary Albumin Excretion Patterns of Patients with Cast Nephropathy and Other Monoclonal Gammopathy-Related Kidney Diseases.
  
• FGF-23 and the Progression of Coronary Arterial Calcification in Patients New to Dialysis.
  
• Habitual Physical Activity Measured by Accelerometer and Survival in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Lupus Nephritis: Is the Kidney Biopsy Currently Necessary in the Management of Lupus Nephritis?
  
• Quality of Life and Survival in Patients with Advanced Kidney Failure Managed Conservatively or by Dialysis.
  
• Association of Pre-Kidney Transplant Markers of Mineral and Bone Disorder with Post-Transplant Outcomes.
  
• Relationship between Ambulatory BP and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Hypertensive CKD.
  
• Association of Smoking with Cardiovascular and Infection-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Chronic Hemodialysis.
  
• CKD, Plasma Lipids, and Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: Results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
  
• Association of Interleg BP Difference with Overall and Cardiovascular Mortality in Hemodialysis.
  
• Exploring the Association between Macroeconomic Indicators and Dialysis Mortality.
  
• Pulmonary Embolism in Patients with CKD and ESRD.
  
• Association of Race and Insurance Type with Delayed Assessment for Kidney Transplantation among Patients Initiating Dialysis in the United States.
  
• Safety and Complications of Percutaneous Kidney Biopsies in 715 Children and 8573 Adults in Norway 1988-2010.
  
• A Randomized Trial Comparing Buttonhole with Rope Ladder Needling in Conventional Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Effect of High-Dose Erythropoietin on Graft Function after Kidney Transplantation: A Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Trial.
  
• Nonlinear Measures of Heart Rate Variability and Mortality Risk in Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Association between Peritransplant Kidney Injury Biomarkers and 1-Year Allograft Outcomes.
  
• Homelessness and CKD: A Cohort Study.
  
• A Woman with Recurrent Calcium Phosphate Kidney Stones.
  
• Circulating and Urinary microRNAs in Kidney Disease.
  
• Subclinical Cardiac Abnormalities and Kidney Function Decline: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
  

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

• Blood Pressure, Proteinuria, and Phosphate as Risk Factors for Progressive Kidney Disease: A Hypothesis.
  
• Acute Kidney Injury During Therapy With an Antisense Oligonucleotide Directed Against PCSK9.
  
• Changes in Left Ventricular Diastolic Function During Hemodialysis Sessions.
  
• Association Between Lack of Health Insurance and Risk of Death and ESRD: Results From the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP).
  
• The Synergistic Relationship Between Estimated GFR and Microalbuminuria in Predicting Long-term Progression to ESRD or Death in Patients With Diabetes: Results From the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP).
  
• Light Chain Proximal Tubulopathy Without Crystals in a Case of Burkitt Lymphoma Presenting With Acute Kidney Injury.
  
• Quality-of-Care Indicators Among Remote-Dwelling Hemodialysis Patients: A Cohort Study.
  
• KDOQI US Commentary on the 2012 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury.
  
• Racial Differences in Estimated GFR Decline, ESRD, and Mortality in an Integrated Health System.
  
• Recurrent HIV-Associated Immune Complex Glomerulonephritis With Lupus-like Features After Kidney Transplantation.
  
• Effect of Buttonhole Cannulation With a Polycarbonate Peg on In-Center Hemodialysis Fistula Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
  
• Trajectories of Kidney Function Decline in Young Black and White Adults With Preserved GFR: Results From the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study.
  
• Recurrent Proliferative Glomerulonephritis With Monoclonal IgG Deposits of IgG2? Subtype in a Transplanted Kidney: A Case Report.
  
• Overlap Between Common Genetic Polymorphisms Underpinning Kidney Traits and Cardiovascular Disease Phenotypes: The CKDGen Consortium.
  
• Bilirubin-Associated Acute Tubular Necrosis in a Kidney Transplant Recipient.
  
• Association Between Aristolochic Acid and CKD: A Cross-sectional Survey in China.
  
• Changes in Bone Matrix Mineralization After Growth Hormone Treatment in Children and Adolescents With Chronic Kidney Failure Treated by Dialysis: A Paired Biopsy Study.
  
• Complete Resolution of Calciphylaxis After Kidney Transplantation.
  
• Association of Metabolic Syndrome Traits and Severity of Kidney Stones: Results From a Nationwide Survey on Urolithiasis in Japan.
  
• Americans' Use of Dietary Supplements That Are Potentially Harmful in CKD.
  
• Delayed Graft Function After Kidney Transplantation: The Clinical Perspective.
  
• Alternative Pathway Dysfunction in Kidney Disease: A Case Report and Review of Dense Deposit Disease and C3 Glomerulopathy.
  
• Dose-Response and Efficacy of Ferric Citrate to Treat Hyperphosphatemia in Hemodialysis Patients: A Short-term Randomized Trial.
  
• Efficacy and Safety of Sitagliptin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and ESRD Receiving Dialysis: A 54-Week Randomized Trial.
  
• Within-Person Variability in Kidney Measures.
  
• Effects of 6-Times-Weekly Versus 3-Times-Weekly Hemodialysis on Depressive Symptoms and Self-reported Mental Health: Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) Trials.
  
• Risk of Acute Kidney Injury From Oral Acyclovir: A Population-Based Study.
  
• Association of Cardiac Troponin T With Left Ventricular Structure and Function in CKD.
  
• Kidney Complications of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.
  
• A Randomized Controlled Trial of Intensive Periodontal Therapy on Metabolic and Inflammatory Markers in Patients With ESRD: Results of an Exploratory Study.
  
• Kidney Transplantation in the Older Adult.
  
• Association of Race and Body Mass Index With ESRD and Mortality in CKD Stages 3-4: Results From the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP).
  
• Successful Kidney Transplantation From a Hepatitis B Surface Antigen-Positive Donor to an Antigen-Negative Recipient Using a Novel Vaccination Regimen.
  
• Performance of Urinary Liver-Type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein in Acute Kidney Injury: A Meta-analysis.
  
• Independent Community House Hemodialysis as a Novel Dialysis Setting: An Observational Cohort Study.
  
• Removal of Dabigatran by Hemodialysis.
  
• Effect of a High-Protein Diet on Kidney Function in Healthy Adults: Results From the OmniHeart Trial.
  
• Prevention of Tunneled Cuffed Hemodialysis Catheter-Related Dysfunction and Bacteremia by a Neutral-Valve Closed-System Connector: A Single-Center Randomized Controlled Trial.
  
• MicroRNAs in Kidney Disease: An Emerging Understanding.
  
• Renal Cortical Infarction Following Treatment With Sumatriptan in a Kidney Allograft Recipient.
  
• Retinopathy and Cognitive Impairment in Adults With CKD.
  
• The Perspectives of Adults Living With Peritoneal Dialysis: Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies.
  
• Anuric Acute Kidney Injury in Neurofibromatosis 1.
  
• Estimating the Total Incidence of Kidney Failure in Australia Including Individuals Who Are Not Treated by Dialysis or Transplantation.
  
• Hemodialysis Access Usage Patterns in the Incident Dialysis Year and Associated Catheter-Related Complications.
  
• Hemoglobin Stability in Patients With Anemia, CKD, and Type 2 Diabetes: An Analysis of the TREAT (Trial to Reduce Cardiovascular Events With Aranesp Therapy) Placebo Arm.
  
• Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and Acute Kidney Injury Due to Excessive Auto-Positive End-Expiratory Pressure.
  
• Effect of Early Initiation of Dialysis on Cardiac Structure and Function: Results From the Echo Substudy of the IDEAL Trial.
  
• Effect of More Frequent Hemodialysis on Cognitive Function in the Frequent Hemodialysis Network Trials.
  
• CKD-Mineral and Bone Disorder Management in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
  

Kidney International

• Glomerular disease: MicroRNA-193a—a new pathogenic player and target in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
  
• Risk factors: Carbamylated albumin—a modifiable risk factor in ESRD?
  
• Podocyte biology: Mechanism of HIV effects on the podocyte actin cytoskeleton
  
• Dialysis: Effect of far infrared therapy on AVF maturation
  
• Lupus nephritis: Urinary CD4+ T cells—a marker of proliferative lupus nephritis
  
• Diabetes: Estimating GFR and GFR decline in patients with T2DM
  
• Transplantation: Successful adoptive transfer of tolerance in miniature pigs
  
• Polycystic kidney disease: Defective glucose metabolism in ADPKD
  
• Glomerular disease: Effects of prednisone on podocyte repopulation
  
• Transplantation: Transvenous renal transplant biopsy via the femoral vein
  
• Glomerular disease: The glomerular endothelium: a barrier to albumin filtration
  
• Bone: Cortical bone loss in patients with chronic kidney disease
  
• Cardiovascular disease: Patients with ESRD are at increased risk of complications and death after major elective vascular surgery
  
• Polycystic kidney disease: Polycystin-1 and polycystin-2—it's complicated
  
• Transplantation: Proteinuria in kidney transplantation: an ongoing story
  
• Dialysis: Bioimpedance spectroscopy for assessment of fluid overload
  
• Immune cell dysfunction and inflammation in end-stage renal disease
  
• Renal albumin filtration: alternative models to the standard physical barriers
  
• Community-acquired acute kidney injury in tropical countries
  
• Anaemia management and mortality risk in chronic kidney disease
  
• The peritoneal–renal syndrome
  

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

• Medullary sponge kidney.
  
• The role of the gastrointestinal tract in phosphate homeostasis in health and chronic kidney disease.
  
• Pathology of recurrent diseases in kidney allografts: membranous nephropathy and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
  
• Management of Coronary Atherosclerosis and Acute Coronary Syndromes in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease.
  
• Disparities, race/ethnicity and access to pediatric kidney transplantation.
  
• Mass spectrometry based proteomics in the diagnosis of kidney disease.
  
• Rethinking hypertensive kidney disease: arterionephrosclerosis as a genetic, metabolic, and inflammatory disorder.
  
• Age and treatment of kidney failure.
  
• Hematuria and risk for end-stage kidney disease.
  
• TRP channels as therapeutic targets in kidney disease and hypertension.
  
• The kidney in hyperuricemia and gout.
  
• Effects of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity and other factors on kidney haemodynamics.
  
• Risk factors for atherosclerosis in patients with chronic kidney disease:recognition and management.
  
• Angiotensinergic Innervation of the Kidney: Present Knowledge and Its Significance.
  
• The Kidney and The Sympathetic System: A Short Review.
  
• The insulin receptor and the kidney.
  
• Preventing and managing hyperglycemia in kidney transplant patients.
  
• Do protocol transplant biopsies improve kidney transplant outcomes?
  
• Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 and the diabetic kidney.
  
• Protocoled resuscitation and the prevention of acute kidney injury.
  

Seminars in Nephrology

• A systems biology preview of the relationships between mineral and metabolic complications in chronic kidney disease.
  
• Impaired Vitamin D Metabolism in CKD.
  
• Recovery versus persistence of disordered mineral metabolism in kidney transplant recipients.
  
• Comparison of Mineral Metabolites as Risk Factors for Adverse Clinical Outcomes in CKD.
  
• Chronic kidney disease: mineral and bone disorder in children.
  
• The Colon: An Overlooked Site for Therapeutics in Dialysis Patients.
  
• Overview of the physiology and pathophysiology of leptin with special emphasis on its role in the kidney.
  
• Obesity and kidney transplantation.
  
• Obesity and kidney disease: potential mechanisms.
  
• The Early Modern Kidney-Nephrology in and about the Nineteenth Century (Part 1).
  
• Optimal choice of dialysis access for chronic kidney disease patients: developing a life plan for dialysis access.
  
• IgG4-related kidney disease.
  
• Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Leads in CKD and ESRD Patients: Review and Recommendations for Practice.
  
• Effect of Dietary Salt on Regulation of TGF-? in the Kidney.
  
• Vascular heterogeneity in the kidney.
  
• TGF-?/Smad Signaling in Kidney Disease.
  
• Endothelial control of vasomotor tone: the kidney perspective.
  
• TGF-? Signaling via TAK1 Pathway: Role in Kidney Fibrosis.
  
• Gene regulation in the vascular endothelium: why epigenetics is important for the kidney.
  
• Psychological distress and depression in patients with chronic kidney disease.
  
• Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Rhythm Device Removal.
  
• The Late Medieval Kidney-Nephrology in and about the Fourteenth Century.
  
• Dilator-Assisted Banding for Managing Complications Associated with Excessive Hemodialysis Access Flow.
  
• Diuretics in acute kidney injury.
  
• Transvenous Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices and Hemodialysis Catheters: Recommendations to Curtail a Potentially Lethal Combination.
  
• The Renaissance Kidney-Nephrology in and about the Sixteenth Century.
  
• Uric Acid as a mediator of diabetic nephropathy.
  
• Contrast-induced acute kidney injury: short- and long-term implications.
  
• Imaging approaches to patients with polycystic kidney disease.
  
• An update on the comparisons of mortality outcomes of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients.
  
• Peritoneal dialysis in infants and young children.
  
• Urea and uremic solutes: how does peritoneal dialysis work?
  
• Consequences of chronic inflammation in peritoneal dialysis.
  
• Offering peritoneal dialysis to the older patient: medical progress or waste of time?
  
• Peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion strategies and maintenance of catheter function.
  
• Prevention of peritoneal dialysis-related infections.
  
• Targeting the Renin Angiotensin system in dialysis patients.
  
• Vascular incompetence in dialysis patients-protein-bound uremic toxins and endothelial dysfunction.
  
• Advances in pediatric renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury.
  
• Peritoneal dialysis in acute kidney injury: lessons learned and applied.
  
• Withholding and withdrawing renal support in acute kidney injury.
  
• Vancomycin dosing in patients on intermittent hemodialysis.
  
• High-Flux Dialyzers, Backfiltration, and Dialysis Fluid Quality.
  
• What We Know About Oxidative Stress in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease on Dialysis-Clinical Effects, Potential Treatment, and Prevention.
  
• MYH9 genetic variants associated with glomerular disease: what is the role for genetic testing?
  
• Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.
  
• Antenatal detection of pelviureteric junction stenosis: main controversies.
  
• Renal Function Recovery in Chronic Dialysis Patients.
  
• Electrolyte Management in Frequent Home Hemodialysis.
  
• Epidemiology of Chronic Kidney Disease in Cancer Patients: Lessons From the IRMA Study Group.
  

Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation

• Assessment of living kidney donors and adherence to national live donor guidelines in the UK.
  
• Contrast-induced acute kidney injury following coronary angiography: a cohort study of hospitalized patients with or without chronic kidney disease.
  
• Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes guidelines on anaemia management in chronic kidney disease: a European Renal Best Practice position statement.
  
• Imaging mass spectrometry: a new tool for kidney disease investigations.
  
• Post-ischemic azotemia as a partial 'brake', slowing progressive kidney disease.
  
• Uric acid and chronic kidney disease: which is chasing which?
  
• Inhibition of Comt with tolcapone slows progression of polycystic kidney disease in the more severely affected PKD/Mhm (cy/+) substrain of the Hannover Sprague-Dawley rat.
  
• Kidney-protective effects of azelnidipine versus a diuretic in combination with olmesartan in hypertensive patients with diabetes and albuminuria: a randomized study.
  
• Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 activity in patients with chronic kidney disease.
  
• Short-term responses of the kidney to high altitude in mountain climbers.
  
• B-type natriuretic peptide is not a volume marker among patients on hemodialysis.
  
• Clinical relevance of epigenetic dysregulation in chronic kidney disease-associated cardiovascular disease.
  
• Impact of icodextrin on clinical outcomes in peritoneal dialysis: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
  
• Outcome of the sub-optimal dialysis starter on peritoneal dialysis. Report from the French Language Peritoneal Dialysis Registry (RDPLF).
  
• Impaired platelet P2Y12 inhibition by thienopyridines in chronic kidney disease: mechanisms, clinical relevance and pharmacological options.
  
• How acute kidney injury is investigated and managed in UK intensive care units--a survey of current practice.
  
• The clinical and histological response of HIV-associated kidney disease to antiretroviral therapy in South Africans.
  
• Altered folate receptor 2 expression in uraemic patients on haemodialysis: implications for folate resistance.
  
• Contrast-induced acute kidney injury: how much contrast is safe?
  
• Impact of frequent hemodialysis on anemia management: results from the Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) Trials.
  

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

• Restorative physical and occupational therapy: a critical need for patients with chronic kidney and end-stage renal disease.
  
• Gene-gene and gene-environment interactions in HIV-associated nephropathy: A focus on the MYH9 nephropathy susceptibility gene.
  
• The treatment of HIV-associated nephropathy.
  
• The pathogenesis of HIV-associated nephropathy.
  
• Diagnosis and natural history of HIV-associated nephropathy.
  
• CKD in HIV-infected patients other than HIV-associated nephropathy.
  
• Systemic Anticoagulation Considerations in Chronic Kidney Disease.
  
• The use of targeted biomarkers for chronic kidney disease.
  
• Proteomics database in chronic kidney disease.
  
• Urinary Proteomics Based on Capillary Electrophoresis-Coupled Mass Spectrometry in Kidney Disease: Discovery and Validation of Biomarkers, and Clinical Application.
  
• Hypertension following kidney transplantation.
  
• The regulation of renal phosphate transport.
  
• Dynamic imaging of the sodium phosphate cotransporters.
  
• Phosphate transporters in renal, gastrointestinal, and other tissues.
  
• High Cut-off Dialysis Membranes: Current Uses and Future Potential.
  
• The spectrum of polycystic kidney disease in children.
  
• Vesicoureteral reflux and reflux nephropathy.
  
• Peritoneal dialysis versus hemodialysis: risks, benefits, and access issues.
  
• The "no dialysis" option.
  
• Referral and comanagement of the patient with CKD.
  
• Improving blood pressure control among adults with CKD and diabetes: provider-focused quality improvement using electronic health records.
  
• Health care transition for adolescents with CKD-the journey from pediatric to adult care.
  
• Confounding and Control of Confounding in Nonexperimental Studies of Medications in Patients With CKD.
  
• From CKD to ESRD: a tale of two transitions.
  
• Complications of progression of CKD.
  
• Why work together? Developing effective comanagement strategies for the care of patients with CKD.
  
• Genetics and CKD.
  
• Novel insights into the relationship between glomerular pathology and progressive kidney disease.
  
• Avoiding harm and achieving optimal dialysis outcomes-the dialysate component.
  
• Complications of the percutaneous kidney biopsy.
  
• Acute kidney injury and ESRD management in austere environments.
  
• Avoiding harm in peritoneal dialysis patients.
  
• Preventing harm during treatment of acute kidney injury: what do we really know?
  
• The Kidney-First Initiative: What Is the Current Status of Preemptive Transplantation?
  
• Do Living Kidney Donors Have CKD?
  
• Psychosocial and socioeconomic issues facing the living kidney donor.
  
• Understanding and overcoming barriers to living kidney donation among racial and ethnic minorities in the United States.
  
• Living kidney donor follow-up: state-of-the-art and future directions.
  
• Controversies in kidney paired donation.
  
• Achieving an Early Myeloma Response in Patients With Kidney Impairment.
  
• Evolving chemotherapy options for the treatment of myeloma kidney: a 40-year perspective.
  
• Considerations in the critically ill ESRD patient.
  
• Perioperative acute kidney injury.
  
• An update on neurocritical care for the patient with kidney disease.
  
• Renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury.
  
• Fluid management and use of diuretics in acute kidney injury.
  
• Optimum nutrition for kidney stone disease.
  
• Direct and Indirect Effects of Obesity on the Kidney.
  
• Optimal nutrition in hemodialysis patients.
  
• Dietary patterns, calories, and kidney disease.
  

New England Journal of Medicine

• Erratum: Transfusion Strategies for Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
  
• The Role of the NIH in Nurturing Clinician-Scientists
  
• Pacemaker or Defibrillator Surgery without Interruption of Anticoagulation
  
• Erratum: Enteropathogens and Chronic Illness in Returning Travelers
  
• Sturge–Weber Syndrome and Port-Wine Stains Caused by Somatic Mutation in GNAQ
  
• Ataxia, Dementia, and Hypogonadotropism Caused by Disordered Ubiquitination
  
• Saving Specimens after Sandy
  
• Erratum: n−3 Fatty Acids in Patients with Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Factors
  
• Oxygen-Saturation Targets in Preterm Infants
  
• Oxygen Saturation and Outcomes in Preterm Infants
  
• The Beginning of the End of the Beginning in Cancer Genomics
  
• Genomic and Epigenomic Landscapes of Adult De Novo Acute Myeloid Leukemia
  
• Distributions of Industry Payments to Massachusetts Physicians
  
• We Fight Like We Train
  
• Be Prepared — The Boston Marathon and Mass-Casualty Events
  
• Preliminary Report: Epidemiology of the Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Outbreak in China
  
• New Evidence about an Old Drug — Risk with Codeine after Adenotonsillectomy
  
• Lessons from Boston
  
• Under the Medical Tent at the Boston Marathon
  
• Assessing Competency for Concealed-Weapons Permits — The Physician's Role
  
• Public Health Approach to the Prevention of Gun Violence
  
• Made-to-Order Embryos for Sale — A Brave New World?
  
• Phasing Out Fee-for-Service Payment
  
• Fungal Infections Associated with Contaminated Methylprednisolone Injections — Preliminary Report
  
• Fungal Infections Associated with Contaminated Methylprednisolone Injections — Preliminary Report
  
• Government's Role in Protecting Health and Safety
  
• Hepatitis C in the United States
  
• Global Concerns Regarding Novel Influenza A (H7N9) Virus Infections
  
• Risk, Consent, and SUPPORT
  
• Sofosbuvir for Hepatitis C Genotype 2 or 3 in Patients without Treatment Options
  
• Sofosbuvir for Previously Untreated Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
  
• Human Infection with a Novel Avian-Origin Influenza A (H7N9) Virus
  
• Perspectives of Physicians and Nurse Practitioners on Primary Care Practice
  
• Current and Future Therapies for Hepatitis C Virus Infection
  
• Pyostomatitis Vegetans
  
• Persistent Hemichorea
  
• Case 15-2013
  
• Informed Consent and SUPPORT
  
• HCV Treatment — No More Room for Interferonologists?
  
• Putting Aside Preconceptions — Time for Dialogue among Primary Care Clinicians
  
• Expanding the Role of Advanced Nurse Practitioners — Risks and Rewards
  
• Tumor–Stromal Interactions in Medulloblastoma
  
• Rivaroxaban for Thromboprophylaxis in Acutely Ill Medical Patients
  
• More on Confusion of Drug Names
  
• Ondansetron for Diarrhea Associated with Neuroendocrine Tumors
  
• Public Funding of and Access to In Vitro Fertilization
  
• Oxygen-Saturation Targets in Extremely Preterm Infants
  
• Erratum: PML in a Patient Treated with Dimethyl Fumarate from a Compounding Pharmacy
  

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