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Last updated Mon, 14 Mar 2016 00:47:24 -0700 GMT.

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• Lessons Learned from EVOLVE for Planning of Future Randomized Trials in Patients on Dialysis (cjasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• Shortage of Peritoneal Dialysis Solution and the Food and Drug Administration's Response (cjasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• APOL1 Kidney Disease Risk Variants: An Evolving Landscape. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Hyperuricemia and Progression of CKD in Children and Adolescents: The Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Cohort Study (www.ajkd.org)
  
• CKD Book Published for Clinicians to benefit AAKP (www.aakp.org)
  
• Dental Health and Mortality in People With End-Stage Kidney Disease Treated With Hemodialysis: A Multinational Cohort Study (www.ajkd.org)
  
• The Phosphate Binder Ferric Citrate and Mineral Metabolism and Inflammatory Markers in Maintenance Dialysis Patients: Results From Prespecified Analyses of a Randomized Clinical Trial (www.ajkd.org)
  
• 7.8 magnitude earthquake kills over 1,400 in Nepal (www.usatoday.com)
  
• Making Chemistry Greener (feedproxy.google.com)
  
• Apolipoprotein L1, income and early kidney damage. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Islands in the Stream: The Risk of Kidney Disease From Cardiovascular Disease (www.ajkd.org)
  
• Patients as Stakeholders in Setting Kidney Disease Research Priorities (www.ajkd.org)
  
• National Kidney Foundation 2015 Spring Clinical Meetings Late Breaking Abstracts (www.ajkd.org)
  
• New high-throughput screening method may uncover novel treatments for kidney disease (www.medicalnewstoday.com)
  
• CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE MANAGEMENT IN PRIMARY CARE SETTING: IMPACT OF EARLY NEPHROLOGY REFERRAL (www.ajkd.org)
  
• ABDOMINAL OBESITY AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE (CKD) IN A YOUNG POPULATION WITH NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURES AND NORMOGLYCEMIA: RESULTS FROM NHANES 1999-2010 (www.ajkd.org)
  
• HIGHER ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY (AKI) RISK IN FEMALES POST CARDIAC SURGERY IS RELATED TO DIFFERENCES IN BASELINE HEALTH (www.ajkd.org)
  
• Nation's Longest Kidney Transplant Chain Reaches 34 (feedproxy.google.com)
  
• Aethlon Medical's Hemopurifier receives IRB approval for study in dialysis patients with hepatitis C (aethlonmedical.investorroom.com)
  
• FDA Approves Ferric Citrate for Use as a Phosphate Binder in Dialysis Patients (www.reuters.com)
  
• Hospitalizations for Heart Failure Increase Kidney Disease Patients and Sudden Death (www.newswise.com)
  
• Effect of Increasing Dietary Fiber on Plasma Levels of Colon-Derived Solutes in Hemodialysis Patients (cjasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• The Ethics of Offering Dialysis for AKI to the Older Patient: Time to Re-Evaluate? (cjasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• Comparison of oral and intravenous alfacalcidol in chronic hemodialysis patients. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Serious shortage in Baxter PD products - their letter to patients (kidney.informz.net)
  
• Baxter recalled some Dianeal products earlier this year due to mold (www.fiercepharmamanufacturing.com)
  
• Type of vascular access and survival among very elderly hemodialysis patients. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Vascular access in hemodialysis patients older than 80 years. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• High-Protein Diets and Renal Health. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• PD First: peritoneal dialysis as the default transition to dialysis therapy. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Osteopontin Is a Strong Predictor of Incipient Diabetic Nephropathy, Cardiovascular Disease, and All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Assessment of vascular function in patients with chronic kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• From ERA-EDTA-Chronic Kidney Disease: CCL2 inhibition is renoprotective in diabetic nephropathy. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Clinical therapeutic strategies for early stage of diabetic kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Calcineurin Inhibitor Avoidance and Withdrawal for Kidney Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• FDA Okays Noninvasive Kidney Test (www.medpagetoday.com)
  
• Vasopressin-2 Receptor Signaling and Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: From Bench to Bedside and Back Again (jasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• New definition of kidney disease for clinical trials could lead to new treatments (www.eurekalert.org)
  
• Association of paraoxonase gene polymorphisms with diabetic nephropathy and retinopathy. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Effect of Prolonged Therapeutic Hypothermia on Intracranial Pressure, Organ Function, and Hospital Outcomes Among Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Keloid Development: Unlocking Its Mystery (www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Age may explain the association of an early dialysis initiation with poor survival. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Aethlon Medical® Announces Definitive Agreement with DaVita Clinical ... (www.marketwatch.com)
  
• Clinical, pathologic, and functional outcomes after nephron-sparing surgery in patients with a solitary kidney: a multicenter experience. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Outcome of patients with acute kidney injury in severe sepsis and septic shock treated with early goal-directed therapy in an intensive care unit. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Doctor Visits Post-Discharge Cut Readmission in Hemodialysis (www.hcplive.com)
  
• Keeping kidney failure patients out of the hospital (scopeblog.stanford.edu)
  
• Importance of Vascular Calcification in Kidney Transplant Recipients. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Left Ventricular Mass Progression despite Stable Blood Pressure and Kidney Function in Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Updated management of chronic kidney disease in patients with diabetes. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• More Fruits, Veggies May Cut World Stroke Risk (www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Uric acid and chronic kidney disease: which is chasing which? (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Awareness of Kidney Disease among US Adults: Findings from the 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Exercise is antiinflammatory in CKD (jasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• How did ICD-10 get into SGR bill? (www.healthcareitnews.com)
  
• Associations between Depressive Symptoms and Incident ESRD in a Diabetic Cohort. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Women and ESRD: modalities, survival, unique considerations. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Sudden cardiac arrest in ESRD patients. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Chronic kidney disease: Cystic disease associated with increased risk of ESRD. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Blood pressure management in patients with chronic kidney disease: an appraisal and summary of existing guidelines. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Low levels of high-density lipoproteins are associated with acute kidney injury following revascularization for chronic limb ischemia. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Evidence of the syndrome of rapid onset end-stage renal disease (SORO-ESRD) in the acute kidney injury (AKI) literature--preventable causes of AKI and SORO-ESRD--a call for re-engineering of nephrology practice paradigms. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Economic Evaluation of Frequent Home Nocturnal Hemodialysis Based on a Randomized Controlled Trial (jasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• Prominent Accumulation in Hemodialysis Patients of Solutes Normally Cleared by Tubular Secretion (jasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• Provision of Antioxidant Therapy in Hemodialysis (PATH): A Randomized Clinical Trial (jasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• SGR Fix update (thehill.com)
  
• Dietary Trends and Management of Hyperphosphatemia Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: An International Survey of Renal Care Professionals. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Increased Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Carriers of APOL1 Genetic Variants. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Functions of the podocyte proteins nephrin and Neph3 and the transcriptional regulation of their genes. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• The cytoprotective role of autophagy in puromycin aminonucleoside treated human podocytes. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Researchers Generate Kidney Tubular Cells from Stem Cells (english.farsnews.com)
  
• APOL1 Risk Variants, Race, and Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease (www.nejm.org)
  
• Dialysis providers welcome reprieve on CMS payment cuts (news.google.com)
  
• APOL1 Risk Variants, Race, and Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease (www.nejm.org)
  
• Combined Angiotensin Inhibition for the Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy (www.nejm.org)
  
• Bardoxolone Methyl in Type 2 Diabetes and Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease (www.nejm.org)
  
• Acid Levels in the Diet Could Have Profound Effects on Kidney Health (feedproxy.google.com)
  
• Abatacept in B7-1?Positive Proteinuric Kidney Disease (www.nejm.org)
  
• Influence of safety warnings on ESA prescribing among dialysis patients using ... (news.google.com)
  
• Proposed Medicare Cuts Have Broad Implications For Dialysis Services Offerings (news.google.com)
  
• Congress May Finally Fix Medicare Payment Flaw, Avert Doctor Exodus (news.google.com)
  
• Vascular Access for Hemodialysis in Older Adults: A "Patient First" Approach. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• CMS Proposes 9.4% Pay Cut for Dialysis Providers (news.google.com)
  
• Infection Risk with Bolus versus Maintenance Iron Supplementation in Hemodialysis Patients (jasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• Effect of anemia correction to the modestly high hemoglobin level in patients with chronic kidney disease on left ventricular hypertrophy. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Associations between dietary patterns and kidney function indicators in type 2 diabetes. (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)
  
• Blood Pressure, Proteinuria, and Phosphate as Risk Factors for Progressive Kidney Disease: A Hypothesis. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Nephrologists' Professional Ethics in Dialysis Practices (cjasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• Dysfunctional HDL Takes Its Toll in Chronic Kidney Disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• 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)
  
• Association between Water Intake, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Cardiovascular Disease: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of NHANES Data. (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)
  
• Lab-Grown Kidneys Transplanted into Rats and Become Functional (news.google.com)
  
• Slow Walking Speed Linked with Premature Death in Kidney Disease Patients (feedproxy.google.com)
  
• Phosphate-Binding Drug Does Not Improve Heart Health of Patients with Mild Kidney Disease (feedproxy.google.com)
  
• Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 is a Predictor of Aortic Artery Calcification in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Lab-made rat kidneys raise hopes for dialysis patients (news.google.com)