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Headlines

• Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease (www.nejm.org)
  
• Lower Blood Pressure May Help Sicker Kidney Patients (news.google.com)
  
• Fresenius Medical Care Announces Top 10 Destinations for Dialysis Patients (news.google.com)
  
• The link between bone and coronary calcifications in CKD-5 patients on haemodialysis. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Midodrine hydrochloride: FDA Proposes Withdrawal of Low Blood Pressure Drug (www.fda.gov)
  
• Arteriovenous Fistulas among Incident Hemodialysis Patients in Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs Facilities. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Does Blockade of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Slow Progression of All Forms of Kidney Disease? (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Exercise therapy correlates with improving renal function through modifying lipid metabolism in patients with cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Kidney cancer: A new nomogram predicting survival in renal cell carcinoma. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Early Dialysis May Not Improve Survival in Stage V Chronic Kidney Disease (news.google.com)
  
• Serum Phosphate and Mortality in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  

Top Stories

• Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease(www.nejm.org)
  
• Lower Blood Pressure May Help Sicker Kidney Patients (news.google.com)
  
• A complement to kidney disease: CFHR5 nephropathy.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• A Simple Tool to Predict Outcomes After Kidney Transplant.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Albuminuria: all you need to predict outcomes in chronic kidney disease?(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Daily Hemodialysis Improves Depression, Recovery Time (news.google.com)
  
• Man On Dialysis Races Without Kidneys (news.google.com)
  
• $10M lawsuit vs dialysis bldg. designer junked (news.google.com)
  
• Interventions to improve hemodialysis adherence: A systematic review of randomized-controlled trials.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• GLUCOSE-BASED PERITONEAL DIALYSIS SOLUTION SUPPRESSES ADIPONECTIN SYNTHESIS THROUGH OXIDATIVE STRESS IN AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Detection of Peripheral Artery Disease by Duplex Ultrasonography among Hemodialysis Patients.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Robbed dialysis patient gets new scooter (news.google.com)
  
• Fresenius buys Gambro dialysis business (news.google.com)
  
• Cystatin C in acute kidney injury.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Does the choice of phosphate binder affect trace element levels in chronic kidney disease patients treated by regular haemodialysis?(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  

Clinical Nephrology

• Impact of chronic kidney disease management in primary care.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Creatinine Fluctuation Has a Greater Effect than the Formula to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate on the Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• A complement to kidney disease: CFHR5 nephropathy.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• The assessment, serial evaluation, and subsequent sequelae of acute kidney injury (ASSESS-AKI) study: design and methods.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Kidney function assessed by eGFR, cystatin C and NGAL (neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin) in relation to age in heart allograft recipients.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• A Simple Tool to Predict Outcomes After Kidney Transplant.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Recurrent Acremonium infection in a kidney transplant patient treated with voriconazole: a case report.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Filtration Markers in Acute Kidney Injury.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Comparison of risk factors for contrast-induced acute kidney injury between patients with and without diabetes.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• The metabolic syndrome following kidney transplantation.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  

Medicare and Policy

• HOPE IN FIGHTING KIDNEY DISEASE (news.google.com)
  
• Non-kidney transplant patients likely to undergo kidney transplant prior to ... - News(news.google.com)
  
• Lower Blood Pressure May Help Sicker Kidney Patients (news.google.com)
  
• Pa. Man Donates Kidney, Helps Teacher Get 1, Too (news.google.com)
  
• Kidney fight goes on for former EL man (news.google.com)
  
• Southwest Kidney Institute Selects Full Suite of athenahealth Services (news.google.com)
  
• Organizers kick off Orangeburg Kidney Walk annual campaign (news.google.com)
  
• Marshall Creek kidney donation prompts another to donate (news.google.com)
  
• Oni inaugurates multi-million naira dialysis centre in Ado-Ekiti (news.google.com)
  
• Daily Hemodialysis Improves Depression, Recovery Time (news.google.com)
  

Financial News

• Fresenius to acquire peritoneal dialysis business from Gambro.(www.marketwatch.com)
  
• Fresenius buys Gambro dialysis business (news.google.com)
  
• Fresenius Medical buys Gambro dialysis business for undisclosed amount (news.google.com)
  
• German Fresenius Medical Care takes over Swedish Gambro's peritoneal dialysis ... (news.google.com)
  
• Gambro to sell its peritoneal dialysis business to Fresenius (news.google.com)
  
• Fresenius Medical Care Acquires Peritoneal Dialysis Business from Gambro (news.google.com)
  
• Australian Court Fines Baxter for Misuse of Power in Dialysis-Fluid Market (news.google.com)
  
• DaVita Dialysis Center to hold kidney disease management class (news.google.com)
  
• Representative Dempsey visits Rome DaVita dialysis facility (news.google.com)
  
• Las Vegas Tops Fresenius Travel List for Dialysis Patients (news.google.com)
  
• Fresenius Medical Care Announces Top 10 Destinations For Dialysis Patients (news.google.com)
  
• Fresenius Medical Care Announces Top 10 Destinations for Dialysis Patients (news.google.com)
  
• Fresenius Profit Rises on Dialysis Demand (news.google.com)
  
• Fresenius Medical Profit Rises on Dialysis Demand (news.google.com)
  
• Fresenius Medical Care opens dialysis treatment center (news.google.com)
  
• Kidney rules exempt oral meds from Amgen, Genzyme (news.google.com)
  
• Amgen Rises, AMAG Tumbles on CMS Dialysis Bundling Rule (news.google.com)
  
• Genzyme Encouraged by CMS Decision to Delay Oral Drug Inclusion in Dialysis Patient Benefit(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Genzyme Encouraged by CMS Decision to Delay Oral Drug Inclusion in Dialysis Patient Benefit(biz.yahoo.com)
  
• Genzyme Encouraged by CMS Decision to Delay Oral Drug Inclusion in Dialysis ... (news.google.com)
  

Pharma

• FDA Proposes Withdrawal of Low Blood Pressure Drug(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• FDA Approves Longer Use of Valcyte for Adult Kidney Transplant Patients at High Risk of Developing Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Disease(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Genzyme Encouraged by CMS Decision to Delay Oral Drug Inclusion in Dialysis Patient Benefit(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Gene Variant That May Prevent African Sleeping Sickness Also Leads To Increased Chance Of Kidney Disease(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Reprogrammed Herpes Virus Given Systemically Before Anti-vascular Drug Shrinks Distant Sarcomas(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• New Multiplex Panels from Aushon BioSystems Help Measure Urinary Biomarkers of Kidney Damage during Drug Development(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• AVEO Pharmaceuticals' Tivozanib Demonstrates Progression-Free Survival of 14.8 Months in Subgroup of Patients with Advanced Kidney Cancer; Extended Duration of Treatment Continues to Highlight Favorable Tolerability Profile(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• FAIR-HF Subanalysis Shows That Ferinject Improves Kidney Function in Iron-Deficient Patients With Chronic Heart Failure(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Tengion Presents New Data Supporting Key Urologic and Kidney Programs at 16th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Cellular Therapy(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Critical Path Institute's Predictive Safety Testing Consortium Announces Special Issue of Nature Biotechnology Dedicated to Newly Qualified Kidney Safety Biomarkers(www.pharmalive.com)
  

Science

• Copy Number Variation Found to Cause Rare Kidney Disease(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• FDA challenges stem-cell clinic(www.nature.com)
  
• Poor Kidney Function Common Among HIV-Infected Injection Drug Users(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• No Heavy Lifting to Build Muscles?(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Kidney Injury Prevention May Be Possible: Watch for the Warning Signs(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Millions of Americans in Early Stages of Kidney Disease Need Stroke Monitoring, Research Finds(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Morning Test Helps Doctors Save Kidneys(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Gene Responsible for Population Disparity in Kidney Failure, Study Finds(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Gene Associated With Kidney Disease in African-American Population Identified(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Heart Beat May Provide Clues to Kidney Health(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Genetically Reprogrammed HSV Given Systemically Shrinks Distant Sarcomas(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Cancer Deaths Continue to Drop(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Autism-Related Study Discovers How Drug Interferes With Neuronal Cell Function(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Gender Gap Persists at Highest Levels of Math and Science Testing, 30-Year Study Finds(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Short-Term Kidney Failure in Heart Patients May Not Be as Detrimental, Study Shows(www.sciencedaily.com)
  

Medicine

• Improving Medication Safety in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients on Dialysis Through Medication Reconciliation.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Acute glomerulonephritis and acute kidney injury associated with 2009 influenza A:H1N1 in an infant.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Chronic viral hepatitis and chronic kidney disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Experiences on the integrative medical diagnosis and treatment of acute kidney injury.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Preliminary experience of integrative medicine in acute kidney injury.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Factors Associated with Nonadherence to Medication in Kidney Transplant Recipients.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Meta-analysis: levamisole improves the immune response to hepatitis B vaccine in dialysis patients.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Comment on: Hemodiafiltration in a critical dialysis patient with H1N1 influenza A.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Dialysis reduces portal pressure in patients with chronic hepatitis C.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Self-Management and Biomedical Outcomes of a Cooking, and Exercise Program for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  

Recent FDA Announcements

• Midodrine hydrochloride: FDA Proposes Withdrawal of Low Blood Pressure Drug(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA Proposes Withdrawal of Low Blood Pressure Drug(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA Issues Draft Guidance on the Judicious Use of Medically Important Antimicrobials in Food-Producing Animals(www.fda.gov)
  
• Baxter HomeChoice and HomeChoice PRO Automated Peritoneal Dialysis Systems: Class I Recall(www.fda.gov)
  
• U.S. Attorney News release: Medical Device Manufacturer Guidant Charged in Failure to Report Defibrillator Safety(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA Announces New Safety Plan for Agents Used to Treat Chemotherapy-Related Anemia(www.fda.gov)
  
• Safesheath CSG Coronary Sinus Guide Hemostatic Introducer System with Infusion Sideport by Thomas Medical(www.fda.gov)
  
• Edwards Lifesciences Aquarius Hemodialysis System: Recall(www.fda.gov)
  
• Safesheath CSG Coronary Sinus Guide Hemostatic Introducer System with Infusion Sideport by Thomas Medical(www.fda.gov)
  
• Edwards Lifesciences Aquarius Hemodialysis System: Recall(www.fda.gov)
  
• U.S. Attorney New Release: Anesthesiologist Charged With Falsifying Medical Research(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA: Byetta Label Revised to Include Safety Information on Possible Kidney Problems(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA Approves New Treatment for Advanced Form of Kidney Cancer(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA Approves New Treatment for Advanced Form of Kidney Cancer(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA Orders Postmarket Surveillance Studies on Certain Spinal Systems(www.fda.gov)
  
• U.S. Attorney News Release: Veal Company Charged in Case of Tainted Feed(www.fda.gov)
  
• USDA Joins FDA Efforts on New Food Safety Regulations(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA Consumer Health Information Updates: FDA's Cooperative Programs Improve Food Safety(www.fda.gov)
  
• Niles, Ill. Firm Issues Allergy Alert on Classic Candy(www.fda.gov)
  
• Philips Heartstart Fr2+ Automated External Defibrillators - Recall(www.fda.gov)
  

Health Information Technology

• Hypertension Control in African-American Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease(www.nejm.org)
  
• Calcium Kidney Stones(www.nejm.org)
  
• Oral Phosphate Binders in Patients with Kidney Failure(www.nejm.org)
  
• Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease(www.nejm.org)
  
• CD14 : a candidate biomarker for the prognosis of polycystic kidney disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Impact of chronic kidney disease management in primary care.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Creatinine Fluctuation Has a Greater Effect than the Formula to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate on the Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• HOPE IN FIGHTING KIDNEY DISEASE (news.google.com)
  
• Non-kidney transplant patients likely to undergo kidney transplant prior to ... - News(news.google.com)
  
• Lower Blood Pressure May Help Sicker Kidney Patients (news.google.com)
  

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

• Digitalis and Hemodialysis Is a Bad Combination.
  
• Cell Senescence in the Aging Kidney.
  
• Aberrant Regulation of Planar Cell Polarity in Polycystic Kidney Disease.
  
• ASN End-Stage Renal Disease Task Force: Perspective on Prospective Payments for Renal Dialysis Facilities.
  
• Albuminuria and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Independently Associate with Acute Kidney Injury.
  
• Resolved: EMT Produces Fibroblasts in the Kidney.
  
• Toll-Like Receptors and Danger Signaling in Kidney Injury.
  
• Preexisting Donor-Specific HLA Antibodies Predict Outcome in Kidney Transplantation.
  
• Sirtuins and Their Relevance to the Kidney.
  
• Is PKC-{delta} a New Killer Molecule in Kidney?
  
• Stem Cell Therapy for the Kidney: A Cautionary Tale.
  
• What Is the Role of Somatic Mutation in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease?
  
• Kidney and Recipient Weight Incompatibility Reduces Long-Term Graft Survival.
  
• Long-Term Cancer Risk of Immunosuppressive Regimens after Kidney Transplantation.
  
• Randomized Clinical Trial of Long-Acting Somatostatin for Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney and Liver Disease.
  
• Variations in Mortality among Hospitalizations for Acute Kidney Injury.
  
• Weekend Hospital Admission, Acute Kidney Injury, and Mortality.
  
• ATF3-Mediated Epigenetic Regulation Protects against Acute Kidney Injury.
  
• Notch2 Activation in the Embryonic Kidney Depletes Nephron Progenitors.
  
• CCR6 Recruits Regulatory T Cells and Th17 Cells to the Kidney in Glomerulonephritis.
  
• B Cells Limit Repair after Ischemic Acute Kidney Injury.
  
• Dragon Enhances BMP Signaling and Increases Transepithelial Resistance in Kidney Epithelial Cells.
  
• Normal Ciliogenesis Requires Synergy between the Cystic Kidney Disease Genes MKS-3 and NPHP-4.
  
• Of Mice and Men: Therapeutic mTOR Inhibition in Polycystic Kidney Disease.
  
• Integrating Human and Rodent Data to Identify the Genetic Factors Involved in Chronic Kidney Disease.
  
• Propensity-Matched Mortality Comparison of Incident Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Patients.
  
• GSK3{beta} Plays Dirty in Acute Kidney Injury.
  
• Telomere Shortening and Regenerative Capacity after Acute Kidney Injury.
  
• Cholecalciferol Supplementation Alters Calcitriol-Responsive Monocyte Proteins and Decreases Inflammatory Cytokines in ESRD.
  
• High Prevalence of Sickle Cell Trait in African Americans with ESRD.
  
• GSK3{beta} Promotes Apoptosis after Renal Ischemic Injury.
  
• Atrap Deficiency Increases Arterial Blood Pressure and Plasma Volume.
  
• Phosphoproteomic Profiling Reveals Vasopressin-Regulated Phosphorylation Sites in Collecting Duct.
  
• New Insights into Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Kidney Fibrosis.
  
• Protection from Cancer in Kidney Transplant Patients by {gamma}{delta} T Cells: Role of CMV Infection?
  
• It's about Time: Extending our Understanding of Cardiovascular Risk from Chronic Kidney Disease.
  
• Change in Estimated GFR Associates with Coronary Heart Disease and Mortality.
  
• Rapid Decline of Kidney Function Increases Cardiovascular Risk in the Elderly.
  
• Activation of p53 Promotes Renal Injury in Acute Aristolochic Acid Nephropathy.
  
• ER Stress Depresses NF-{kappa}B Activation in Mesangial Cells through Preferential Induction of C/EBP{beta}
  
• 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels, Race, and the Progression of Kidney Disease.
  
• Three-Dimensional Imaging Reveals Ureteric and Mesenchymal Defects in Fgfr2-Mutant Kidneys.
  
• Trps1 Functions Downstream of Bmp7 in Kidney Development.
  
• Significance and Management of Proteinuria in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
  
• Allograft Biopsies: Studying Them for All They're Worth.
  
• Dexamethasone Ameliorates Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.
  
• Molecular Phenotypes of Acute Rejection Predict Kidney Graft Prognosis.
  
• The PPAR{gamma} Agonist Pioglitazone Ameliorates Aging-Related Progressive Renal Injury.
  
• Planar Cell Polarity and the Kidney.
  
• Six-Month Prophylaxis Is Cost Effective in Transplant Patients at High Risk for Cytomegalovirus Infection.
  

CJASN

• Chronic Kidney Disease: An Inherent Risk Factor for Acute Kidney Injury?
  
• Serum Phosphate and Mortality in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.
  
• Associations between Serum Leptin Level and Bone Turnover in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
  
• Glycemic Control and Extended Hemodialysis Survival in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: Comparative Results of Traditional and Time-Dependent Cox Model Analyses.
  
• Characteristics of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Infected with the 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Virus.
  
• Hemoglobin A1c in Hemodialysis Patients: Should One Size Fit All?
  
• Urinary Expression of Kidney Injury Markers in Renal Transplant Recipients.
  
• Patient and Technique Survival among a Canadian Multicenter Nocturnal Home Hemodialysis Cohort.
  
• Improved Prognosis in Patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease in Denmark.
  
• Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery and Acute Kidney Injury: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
  
• Endogenous Testosterone and Mortality in Male Hemodialysis Patients: Is It the Result of Aging?
  
• Nadir Hemoglobin Levels after Discontinuation of Epoetin in Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Existential and Religious Dimensions of Spirituality and Their Relationship with Health-Related Quality of Life in Chronic Kidney Disease.
  
• Functional Polymorphisms in Matrix Metalloproteinases-1, -3, -9 are Associated with Arteriovenous Fistula Patency in Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Vancomycin Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics during Short Daily Hemodialysis.
  
• Renin-Angiotensin-aldosterone system blockade effects on the kidney in the elderly: benefits and limitations.
  
• Renal Function and Healthcare Costs in Patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease.
  
• Changing Attitudes Toward Influenza Vaccination in U.S. Kidney Transplant Programs Over the Past Decade.
  
• Prognostic Value of Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction at Start of Hemodialysis Therapy on Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients.
  
• One-Hour Postload Plasma Glucose Levels Are Associated with Kidney Dysfunction.
  
• Long-Term Treatment with Potassium Citrate and Renal Stones in Medullary Sponge Kidney.
  
• Effect of Kidney Disease on Acute Coronary Syndrome.
  
• The Cardiovascular Comorbidity in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease (4C) Study: Objectives, Design, and Methodology.
  
• Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 and Fetuin A are Independent Predictors for the Coronary Artery Disease Extent in Mild Chronic Kidney Disease.
  
• Relationship between Inpatient Hyperglycemia and Insulin Treatment after Kidney Transplantation and Future New Onset Diabetes Mellitus.
  
• A Longitudinal Study of Uremic Pruritus in Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Serum Cystatin C Is an Early Predictive Biomarker of Acute Kidney Injury after Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
  
• Plasma Cystatin C and Acute Kidney Injury after Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
  
• A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Spironolactone on Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Nondiabetic Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Dry-Weight: A Concept Revisited in an Effort to Avoid Medication-Directed Approaches for Blood Pressure Control in Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Nocturnal Hypoxemia and Periodic Limb Movement Predict Mortality in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis.
  
• Identification of GDNF Gene Sequence Variations in Patients with Medullary Sponge Kidney Disease.
  
• Optimizing Medication Adherence: An Ongoing Opportunity To Improve Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation.
  
• Thigh Grafts Contribute Significantly to Patients' Time on Dialysis.
  
• Health Insurance Status of US Living Kidney Donors.
  
• Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Dialysis Patients: Current Strategy.
  
• Modeling Survival of Arteriovenous Accesses for Hemodialysis: Semiparametric versus Parametric Methods.
  
• Correlation of Kidney Function, Volume and Imaging Findings, and PKHD1 Mutations in 73 Patients with Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease.
  
• Pregnancy and Chronic Kidney Disease: A Challenge in All CKD Stages.
  
• Early Renal Abnormalities in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.
  
• Intensities of Renal Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
  
• Oxidized High-Density Lipoprotein Is Associated with Protein-Energy Wasting in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Modeling the 4D Study: Statins and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Long-Term Hemodialysis Patients with Diabetes.
  
• Determinants of the Decision to Accept a Kidney from a Donor at Increased Risk for Blood-Borne Viral Infection.
  
• Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease in US Adults with Undiagnosed Diabetes or Prediabetes.
  
• Attitudes to Sharing Personal Health Information in Living Kidney Donation.
  
• Associations of Diet with Albuminuria and Kidney Function Decline.
  
• Fatigue Is a Predictor for Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis.
  
• Association of Dietary Phosphorus Intake and Phosphorus to Protein Ratio with Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Reducing Polycystic Liver Volume in ADPKD: Effects of Somatostatin Analogue Octreotide.
  

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

• Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Proteinuria in Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis: Results From the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) Cohort.
  
• A Computerized Provider Order Entry Intervention for Medication Safety During Acute Kidney Injury: A Quality Improvement Report.
  
• Warfarin Dosing in Patients With Impaired Kidney Function.
  
• Factors Associated With Kidney Disease Progression and Mortality in a Referred CKD Population.
  
• Kidney Function, Albuminuria, and All-Cause Mortality in the REGARDS (Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke) Study.
  
• Comparison of Multifrequency Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis and Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Assessments in Outpatient Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Donor Exchange Programs in Kidney Transplantation: Rationale and Operational Details From the North Central Donor Exchange Cooperative.
  
• Effect of Daily Hemodialysis on Depressive Symptoms and Postdialysis Recovery Time: Interim Report From the FREEDOM (Following Rehabilitation, Economics and Everyday-Dialysis Outcome Measurements) Study.
  
• Depression and Cognitive Function in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Heritability of Measures of Kidney Disease Among Zuni Indians: The Zuni Kidney Project.
  
• A Randomized Clinical Trial of Immunization With Combined Hepatitis A and B Versus Hepatitis B Alone for Hepatitis B Seroprotection in Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Validation of Clinical Scores Predicting Severe Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery.
  
• KDOQI US Commentary on the 2009 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for the Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients.
  
• Proteomic Identification of Early Biomarkers of Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery in Children.
  
• Hematuria and Decreased Kidney Function as Initial Signs of Acute B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
  
• Renal Blood Flow Redistribution During Acute Kidney Injury.
  
• Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Prevention of Hepatitis C Virus Infections in Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Barriers to Adult Hemodialysis Patients' Self-Management of Oral Medications.
  
• Dialysis Practices That Distinguish Top- Versus Bottom-Performing Facilities by Hemoglobin Outcomes.
  
• Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Prevention of Bloodstream Infections in Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Effect of N-Acetylcysteine on Serum Creatinine and Kidney Function: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.
  
• Tumor Lysis Syndrome and Acute Kidney Injury: Evaluation, Prevention, and Management.
  
• Emerging Role of the Bufadienolides in Cardiovascular and Kidney Diseases.
  
• Abdominal pseudocysts following peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis: a report of 3 cases.
  
• Glycemic Control and the Risk of Death in 1,484 Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis.
  
• Comparing Body Composition Assessment Tests in Long-term Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Lowering Postdialysis Plasma Sodium (Conductivity) to Increase Sodium Removal in Volume-Expanded Hemodialysis Patients: A Pilot Study Using a Biofeedback Software System.
  
• Intact PTH Combined With the PTH Ratio for Diagnosis of Bone Turnover in Dialysis Patients: A Diagnostic Test Study.
  
• Geographic and Temporal Trends in Peritoneal Dialysis Services in the United States Between 1995 and 2003.
  
• Contamination of Transvenous Pacemaker Leads Due to Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheter Infection: A Report of 2 Cases.
  
• The Impact of Nonidentical ABO Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant on Kidney Utilization.
  
• Association of Left Atrial Volume With Mortality Among ESRD Patients With Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Referred for Kidney Transplantation.
  
• Kidney Disease After Preeclampsia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
  
• Decreased Kidney Function and Crystal Deposition in the Tubules After Kidney Transplant.
  
• Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Patients Infected With 2009 Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1): Report From a Canadian Province.
  
• A Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial of Taurolidine-Citrate Catheter Locks for the Prevention of Bacteremia in Patients Treated With Hemodialysis.
  
• Hemolysis in a Patient With Alkaptonuria and Chronic Kidney Failure.
  
• Multiple Listing in Kidney Transplantation.
  
• Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 as a Diagnostic Marker for Hepatic Cyst Infection in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.
  
• Prospective Quality-of-Life Monitoring of Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplant Recipients Using the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey.
  
• Cigarette Smoking, Kidney Function, and Mortality After Live Donor Kidney Transplant.
  
• Racial and Ethnic Differences in Albuminuria in Individuals With Estimated GFR Greater Than 60 mL/min/1.73 m(2): Results From the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP).
  
• Prevalence of CKD and Comorbid Illness in Elderly Patients in the United States: Results From the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP).
  
• Racial Differences in Kidney Function Among Individuals With Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome: Results From the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP).
  
• Prevalence and Risk Factors for CKD in Spouses and Relatives of Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Reappraisal of the Impact of Race on Survival in Patients on Dialysis.
  
• Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Exercise Tolerance and Physical Functioning in Dialysis Patients Treated With Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents.
  
• Dosing of Renal Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury: Lessons Learned From Clinical Trials.
  
• Decreased Kidney Function of Unknown Cause in Nicaragua: A Community-Based Survey.
  
• Risk of incident ESRD: a comprehensive look at cardiovascular risk factors and 17 years of follow-up in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.
  

Kidney International

• Risk factors: Meta-analysis confirms relationship between eGFR, albuminuria and risk of mortality
  
• Hypertension: Hypertension development in normotensive adolescents
  
• In brief
  
• Dialysis: The stent graft for stenosis: let's appraise before we praise
  
• Thrombotic microangiopathy: Atypical HUS: current diagnostic and therapeutic approaches
  
• Dialysis: Prognostic value of blood pressure in patients on hemodialysis
  
• Diabetic nephropathy: Diabetic nephropathy—challenges in pathologic classification
  
• Malignancy after renal transplantation: the role of immunosuppression
  
• Continuous renal replacement therapy: recent advances and future research
  
• Polycystins and renovascular mechanosensory transduction
  
• Glomerular diseases: genetic causes and future therapeutics
  
• Life-threatening reversible acidosis caused by alcohol abuse
  

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

• Albuminuria: all you need to predict outcomes in chronic kidney disease?
  
• Vitamin D in Chronic Kidney Disease: New Potential for Intervention.
  
• Aldosterone blockade in chronic kidney disease: can it improve outcome?
  
• Strategies for the prevention of contrast-induced acute kidney injury.
  
• What is causing the mortality in treating the anemia of chronic kidney disease: erythropoietin dose or hemoglobin level?
  
• The Role of Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation in Diabetic Kidney Disease.
  
• Renin inhibition and microalbuminuria development: meaningful predictor of kidney disease progression.
  
• Renin-angiotensin system blockade in older adults with chronic kidney disease: a review of the literature.
  
• Endothelin antagonists and resistant hypertension in chronic kidney disease.
  
• Fixed-dose combination and chronic kidney disease progression: which is the best?
  
• The bone-vascular axis in chronic kidney disease.
  
• Estrogens and bone disease in chronic kidney disease: role of FGF23.
  
• Acidosis and progression of chronic kidney disease.
  
• Aldosterone in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Kidney Disease and Proteinuria.
  
• Recent advances in the rapidly evolving field of fibroblast growth factor 23 in chronic kidney disease.
  
• The renin phenotype: roles and regulation in the kidney.
  
• Aldosterone and diabetic kidney disease.
  
• Targeting the MCP-1/CCR2 System in Diabetic Kidney Disease.
  
• Long-term outcomes of acute kidney injury.
  
• Temporal trends in the burden of chronic kidney disease in the United States.
  

Seminars in Nephrology

• Brachial artery aneurysms associated with arteriovenous access for hemodialysis.
  
• Macrophages, dendritic cells, and kidney ischemia-reperfusion injury.
  
• Macrophages and kidney transplantation.
  
• Macrophages and immunologic inflammation of the kidney.
  
• Disorders of Hemostasis Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease.
  
• Transplantation in Diabetic Kidney Failure Patients: Modalities, Outcomes, and Clinical Management.
  
• Management of the Diabetic Patient with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease.
  
• Translating Associations Between Common Kidney Diseases and Genetic Variation Into the Clinic.
  
• Selection and Dosing of Medications for Management of Diabetes in Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease.
  
• Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Live Donor Kidney Transplantation: Priorities for Research and Intervention.
  
• Disparities in Kidney Transplant Outcomes: A Review.
  
• More of the same: improving outcomes through intensive hemodialysis.
  
• Uremic toxicity, oxidative stress, and hemodialysis as renal replacement therapy.
  
• Cellular therapy of kidney diseases.
  
• The implantable artificial kidney.
  
• Management of elderly patients with end-stage kidney disease.
  
• Urinary concentration and dilution in the aging kidney.
  
• Acute kidney injury in the elderly: problems and prospects.
  
• Kidney transplantation in the elderly.
  
• Sexual dimorphism, the aging kidney, and involvement of nitric oxide deficiency.
  
• Chronic inflammation potentiates kidney aging.
  
• Disorders of lipid metabolism and chronic kidney disease in the elderly.
  
• Vasculitis affecting the kidney.
  
• Analysis of multidisciplinary care models and interface with primary care in management of chronic kidney disease.
  
• Chronic kidney disease epidemic: cost and health care implications in china.
  
• Obesity and chronic kidney disease.
  
• The UK Model for System Redesign and Chronic Kidney Disease Services.
  
• The chronic kidney disease epidemic: a challenge for nephrology training programs.
  
• Current status of chronic kidney disease care in southeast Asia.
  
• Should dialysis modalities be designed to remove specific uremic toxins?
  
• Lipoprotein lipase disturbances induced by uremia and hemodialysis.
  
• Uremic toxins in acute kidney injury.
  
• Acute kidney injury in HIV-infected patients.
  
• Bone disease in kidney transplant patients.
  
• Kidney disease outcomes quality initiative guidelines for bone and mineral metabolism: emerging questions.
  

Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation

• The predictive value of anthropometric parameters on mortality in haemodialysis patients.
  
• Screening for proteinuria in kidney transplant recipients.
  
• The link between bone and coronary calcifications in CKD-5 patients on haemodialysis.
  
• Osseous metaplasia in a kidney allograft.
  
• Glomerular haematuria, renal interstitial haemorrhage and acute kidney injury.
  
• Use of handgrip strength in the assessment of the muscle function of chronic kidney disease patients on dialysis: a systematic review.
  
• CD4 + CD25 + regulatory T cells partially mediate the beneficial effects of FTY720, a sphingosine-1-phosphate analogue, during ischaemia/reperfusion-induced acute kidney injury.
  
• Endoluminal colonization as a risk factor for coagulase-negative staphylococcal catheter-related bloodstream infections in haemodialysis patients.
  
• Acute kidney injury in tropical acute febrile illness in a tertiary care centre--RIFLE criteria validation.
  
• Association of severity of conjunctival and corneal calcification with all-cause 1-year mortality in maintenance haemodialysis patients.
  
• Impact of C-reactive protein on absolute reticulocyte count in haemodialysis patients: the role of iron status.
  
• Roles of PDGF receptor-beta in the structure and function of postnatal kidney glomerulus.
  
• Kidney dysfunction during lenalidomide treatment for AL amyloidosis.
  
• Race differences in access to health care and disparities in incident chronic kidney disease in the US.
  
• Mannose-binding lectin (MBL2) and ficolin-2 (FCN2) polymorphisms in patients on peritoneal dialysis with staphylococcal peritonitis.
  
• Relationship between kidney function and risk of asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease in elderly subjects.
  
• Blood cadmium levels association with 18-month mortality in diabetic patients with maintenance haemodialysis.
  
• The kidney recipients' path to transplantation: a comparison between living and deceased kidney donor recipients in Stockholm, Sweden.
  
• Outcomes of cancer and non-cancer patients with acute kidney injury and need of renal replacement therapy admitted to general intensive care units.
  
• Prolonged catheter survival in patients with acute kidney injury on continuous renal replacement therapy using a less thrombogenic micropatterned polymer modification.
  

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

• Radiology of urolithiasis: implications of radiation exposure and new imaging modalities.
  
• What is so bad about a hemoglobin level of 12 to 13 g/dL for chronic kidney disease patients anyway?
  
• Current concepts in the pathophysiology and management of arteriovenous access-induced hand ischemia.
  
• Anabolic and catabolic mechanisms in end-stage renal disease.
  
• Determinants of exercise capacity in CKD patients treated with hemodialysis.
  
• Kidney transplantation: a systematic review of interventional and observational studies of physical activity on intermediate outcomes.
  
• The intersection of geriatrics and chronic kidney disease: frailty and disability among older adults with kidney disease.
  
• Restorative physical and occupational therapy: a critical need for patients with chronic kidney and end-stage renal disease.
  
• Exercise training and reduction of cardiovascular disease risk factors in patients with chronic kidney disease.
  
• Antiretroviral medications: adverse effects on the kidney.
  
• Screening for chronic kidney disease in HIV-infected patients.
  
• Kidney transplantation in patients with HIV infection.
  
• Anabolic interventions in ESRD.
  
• The pathogenesis of HIV-associated nephropathy.
  
• CKD in HIV-infected patients other than HIV-associated nephropathy.
  
• Gene-gene and gene-environment interactions in HIV-associated nephropathy: A focus on the MYH9 nephropathy susceptibility gene.
  
• Management of HIV-infected patients with ESRD.
  
• HIV and CKD epidemiology.
  
• Diagnosis and natural history of HIV-associated nephropathy.
  
• The treatment of HIV-associated nephropathy.
  
• What does the generalist need to know about HIV infection?
  
• Management of ESRD in Patients With Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.
  
• Hypertension in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.
  
• Diagnosis and Screening of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.
  
• Molecular Advances in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.
  
• Extrarenal Manifestations of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.
  
• Evaluation and management of pain in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
  

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