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Headlines

• Nearly Half of Dialysis Clinics Do Not Specify Hemoglobin Range (news.google.com)
  
• Combined role of reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate and microalbuminuria on the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Factors Associated With Death or Hospitalization Due to Pandemic 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Infection in California. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Nephronline: Merging reimbursement for home training into the proposed bundle is a serious mistake (nephronline.com)
  
• Large Study of Anemia Treatment in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Not on Dialysis Published in the New England Journal of Medicine Failed to Meet Primary Efficacy Endpoints (biz.yahoo.com)
  
• Medicare Rationing for Kidney Dialysis (news.google.com)
  
• Intensive Dialysis Doesn't Save Lives of the Sickest (news.google.com)
  
• Coronary Calcification in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Coronary Artery Disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2010 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTS MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD (nephron.org)
  
• Patients and Dialysis Health Workers Urged to take the Flu Vaccine (nephron.org)
  
• Kidney Beginnings Live in Houston October 3 (nephron.com)
  

Top Stories

• Lithium-induced kidney problems. Serious problems are unusual, but monitoring is key.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Spironolactone Therapy in Heart Failure Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Type of arteriovenous fistula, NYHA class and apelin in hemodialyzed patients.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• An improved comorbidity index for outcome analyses among dialysis patients.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Comment on: 'Lanthanum deposition in a dialysis patient'(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Effects of end-stage renal disease and haemodialysis on dendritic cell subsets and basal and LPS-stimulated cytokine production.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Missing dialysis patient, 16, found (news.google.com)
  
• Nearly Half of Dialysis Clinics Do Not Specify Hemoglobin Range (news.google.com)
  
• Serum Cystatin C-Based Formulas for Prediction of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Combined role of reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate and microalbuminuria on the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Is Cystatin C a Useful Marker in the Detection of Diabetic Kidney Disease?(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Information technology facilitates cost-effectiveness analysis in developing countries: an observational study of breast cancer chemotherapy in taiwan.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Outcomes in CKD: What We Know and What We Need to Know.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• C.E.R.A. once every 4 weeks in patients with chronic kidney disease not on dialysis: The ARCTOS extension study.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• It's about Time: Extending our Understanding of Cardiovascular Risk from Chronic Kidney Disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  

Clinical Nephrology

• Horseshoe Kidney With Giant Hydronephrosis Secondary to Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Maximum Urine Concentrating Capability in a Mathematical Model of the Inner Medulla of the Rat Kidney.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Misleading De Novo Detection of Serum Anti-HLA-A3 Antibodies In Kidney Recipients Having Received ATG Prior To Transplantation.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Monitoring pollution of coastal lagoon using Liza aurata kidney oxidative stress and genetic endpoints: an integrated biomarker approach.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Medication errors in chronic kidney disease: one piece in the patient safety puzzle.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Lithium-induced kidney problems. Serious problems are unusual, but monitoring is key.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Endocrine Role of Stomach in Appetite Regulation in Chronic Kidney Disease: About Ghrelin and Obestatin.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Spironolactone Therapy in Heart Failure Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• A case of recurrent type 1 diabetes mellitus with insulitis of transplanted pancreas in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation from cardiac death donor.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Haemorrhagic complications in paediatric dialysis-dependent acute kidney injury: Incidence and impact on outcome.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  

Medicare and Policy

• Tests often fail to diagnose high BP in kids with kidney disease (news.google.com)
  
• Hero Marine donates kidney to son (news.google.com)
  
• Kidney transplant offered to friend and co-worker (news.google.com)
  
• NKF-backed kidney transplant went well (news.google.com)
  
• Doctors' tests often miss high blood pressure in kids with kidney disease (news.google.com)
  
• NKF-backed kidney transplant went well (news.google.com)
  
• Vitamin D deficiency doesn't "explain" kidney disease (news.google.com)
  
• KNH joins forces with drug firm to revamp kidney transplant unit (news.google.com)
  
• CMS Town Hall testimony: Kidney Care Partners (news.google.com)
  
• Life begins at 40: Husband gives wife his KIDNEY as a life-saving birthday present (news.google.com)
  

Financial News

• Baxter Lauds CMS' Kidney Treatment Option Education Program (news.google.com)
  
• Dialysis Corporation of America Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results (news.google.com)
  
• Dialysis Corporation of America Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results (news.google.com)
  
• Determining Business Models for Financial Sustainability in Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs): A Review.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Dialysis Corporation of America Announces Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Release Date (news.google.com)
  
• Dialysis Corporation of America Announces Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Release (news.google.com)
  
• Dialysis Corporation of America Announces Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Release Date (news.google.com)
  
• Dialysis giant Davita zeroing in on Colorado site (news.google.com)
  
• DaVita Facilities Lead Delaware in Improving Kidney Patient Care(biz.yahoo.com)
  
• DaVita Facilities Lead Delaware in Improving Kidney Patient Care (news.google.com)
  
• AMGEN INC Files SEC form 8-K, Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement(biz.yahoo.com)
  
• PROMACTA Awarded 2009 Prix Galien for Best Biotechnology Product(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Fresenius Medical Care Offers Annual Seasonal and H1N1 Flu ... (news.google.com)
  
• Bristol-Myers gets EU approval for diabetes drug(biz.yahoo.com)
  
• Baxter's H1N1 Vaccine Gets a Boost (biz.yahoo.com)
  
• Siperian Congratulates Merck for Being Named a Finalist for the Gartner Master Data Management Excellence Award(biz.yahoo.com)
  
• Merck KGaA Named as a Top Employer by Science Magazine(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Merck KGaA Receives Family Business Excellence Award(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Kellogg Asset Management Picks Amgen and Baxter As Large Cap Growth Winners: Denosumab and GAMMAGARD Will Unlock The Upside For These Two Health Care Stocks(biz.yahoo.com)
  
• Baxter Announces the Commercial Launch of HYLENEX at ACEP for Use in Pediatric Rehydration(biz.yahoo.com)
  

Pharma

• Æterna Zentaris: Scientific Article Supports Perifosine?s Development in Kidney Cancer(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Byetta (exenatide) - Altered kidney function, including acute renal failure/renal insufficiency, in patients on Byetta(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• FibroGen Announces New Research in Anti-CTGF and HIF-PHI Therapeutic Development Programs in Kidney Disease(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Affymax and Takeda Announce Preliminary Phase 2 Data Demonstrated That Hematide Increased Hemoglobin in Dialysis Patients(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Alnylam to Webcast Presentation at the Fourth Annual JMP Securities Healthcare Focus Conference(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Clinical Data, Inc. to Host Investor Day and Webcast October 8, 2009(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Millipore Corporation Awards Flow Cytometer to Advance Cell Biology Research at Renowned Research Hospital(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• BIO Announces Future BIO International Convention Venues(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Diversified Pharmas Top Ethical Ranking - Covalence Health Care Sector Report 2009 | Press Release | Geneva (Switzerland), 5 October 2009(www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Introducing the AMCP eDossier System: A New System to Support Evidence-Based Formulary Decision Making(www.pharmalive.com)
  

Science

• Kidney Function Decline Increases Risk Of Heart Failure And Premature Death(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Travel May Be Hazardous To Dialysis Patients(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Key Player Identified In Cascade That Leads To Hypertension-related Kidney Damage(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• New Class Of Molecules May Help Prevent Fatal Complication In Patients With Kidney Disease(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Diets High In Sodium And Artificially Sweetened Soda Linked To Kidney Function Decline(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• For Dialysis Patients, Skinny Is Dangerous(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Donor Race May Impact Kidney Transplant Survival(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Bodybuilding With Steroids Damages Kidneys(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Patients Starting Dialysis Have Increased Risk Of Death, Study Finds(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Link Between Male Diabetics With Allergies And Kidney Disease -- Nothing To Sneeze At(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Link Found Between Depression, Early Stages Of Chronic Kidney Disease(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Heart Test Found Safe For Pre-transplant Kidney Patients(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Gene Linked With Human Kidney Aging(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Suffering Caused By Dialysis For Nursing Home Seniors May Outweigh Its Benefits, Researchers Find(www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• For Kidney Disease Patients, Staying Active Might Mean Staying Alive(www.sciencedaily.com)
  

Medicine

• Medication errors in chronic kidney disease: one piece in the patient safety puzzle.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Acute kidney injury induced by protein-overload nephropathy down-regulates gene expression of hepatic cerebroside sulfotransferase in mice, resulting in reduction of liver and serum sulfatides.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Code Status Documentation in the Outpatient Electronic Medical Records of Patients with Metastatic Cancer.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Telemedicine and diabetes management: current challenges and future research directions.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Potential risk factors for sudden cardiac death: an analysis of medicolegal autopsy cases.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Immunohistochemical distribution of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in medicolegal autopsy.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Implementation of Standardized Nomenclature in the Electronic Medical Record.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Ten cases of systemic lupus erythematosus related to hepatitis B vaccine.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Rich-narrative case study for online PBL in medical education.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Inflammatory mediators and premature coronary atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  

Recent FDA Announcements

• 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)
  
• Philips Heartstart Fr2+ Automated External Defibrillators - Recall(www.fda.gov)
  
• Niles, Ill. Firm Issues Allergy Alert on Classic Candy(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA Consumer Health Information Updates: FDA's Cooperative Programs Improve Food Safety(www.fda.gov)
  
• Philips Issues Worldwide Recall of Select Heartstart Fr2+ Automated External Defibrillators(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA Opens the Reportable Food Registry Electronic Portal for Industry(www.fda.gov)
  
• Georgia Agriculture Department Finds Listeria in Sample of Eggo Buttermilk Waffles at Atlanta Plant(www.fda.gov)
  
• TEXAS COFFEE Company Recalls Red Pepper Because of Possible Health Risk(www.fda.gov)
  
• OCEAN MIST FARMS Announces Precautionary, Voluntary Recall of 1,746 Cases of Iceless Green Onions(www.fda.gov)
  
• Philips Avalon Fetal Monitors(www.fda.gov)
  
• FDA, European Medicines Agency Launch Good Clinical Practices Initiative(www.fda.gov)
  

Health Information Technology

• Horseshoe Kidney With Giant Hydronephrosis Secondary to Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Maximum Urine Concentrating Capability in a Mathematical Model of the Inner Medulla of the Rat Kidney.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Misleading De Novo Detection of Serum Anti-HLA-A3 Antibodies In Kidney Recipients Having Received ATG Prior To Transplantation.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Monitoring pollution of coastal lagoon using Liza aurata kidney oxidative stress and genetic endpoints: an integrated biomarker approach.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Free p-cresylsulphate is a predictor of mortality in patients at different stages of chronic kidney disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Spironolactone Therapy in Heart Failure Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• A case of recurrent type 1 diabetes mellitus with insulitis of transplanted pancreas in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation from cardiac death donor.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Medication errors in chronic kidney disease: one piece in the patient safety puzzle.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Endocrine Role of Stomach in Appetite Regulation in Chronic Kidney Disease: About Ghrelin and Obestatin.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Lithium-induced kidney problems. Serious problems are unusual, but monitoring is key.(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

• 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.
  
• Donor Age and Renal P-Glycoprotein Expression Associate with Chronic Histological Damage in Renal Allografts.
  
• Method of Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimation Affects Prediction of Mortality Risk.
  
• Proliferation and Migration of Label-Retaining Cells of the Kidney Papilla.
  
• Viral RNA and DNA trigger common antiviral responses in mesangial cells.
  
• ESRD as a Window into America's Cost Crisis in Health Care.
  
• Insight versus Quagmire with Compound HIV Transgenics.
  
• CKD Associates with Cognitive Decline.
  
• Combination of Peritubular C4d and Transplant Glomerulopathy Predicts Late Renal Allograft Failure.
  
• Embryonic Stem Cells Proliferate and Differentiate when Seeded into Kidney Scaffolds.
  
• Biased Agonist Pharmacochaperones of the AVP V2 Receptor May Treat Congenital Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus.
  
• Does a Statistical Method Suggest a New Pathobiology for Hemodialysis Patients?
  
• TCF7L2 Polymorphism Associates with New-Onset Diabetes after Transplantation.
  
• Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Glomerulonephritis: The Bad Guy Turns Good?
  
• {beta}-Catenin Promotes Survival of Renal Epithelial Cells by Inhibiting Bax.
  
• Renal Volume, Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System, Hypertension, and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.
  
• Improving the recognition of hereditary interstitial kidney disease.
  
• DASH-Style Diet Associates with Reduced Risk for Kidney Stones.
  
• Measuring Patient Survival on Hemodialysis.
  
• Reduction of Stat3 Activity Attenuates HIV-Induced Kidney Injury.
  
• The Soluble VEGF Receptor sFlt1 Contributes to Endothelial Dysfunction in CKD.
  
• Hydrogen Sulfide-Induced Hypometabolism Prevents Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury.
  
• Modification of Collagen IV by Glucose or Methylglyoxal Alters Distinct Mesangial Cell Functions.
  
• Renal FcRn Reclaims Albumin but Facilitates Elimination of IgG.
  
• Epac Regulates UT-A1 to Increase Urea Transport in Inner Medullary Collecting Ducts.
  
• Hypotonicity-Induced Renin Exocytosis from Juxtaglomerular Cells Requires Aquaporin-1 and Cyclooxygenase-2.
  
• Decreased Nitric Oxide Bioavailability in a Mouse Model of Fabry Disease.
  
• Wnt/{beta}-Catenin Signaling Promotes Podocyte Dysfunction and Albuminuria.
  
• Urinary NGAL Marks Cystic Disease in HIV-Associated Nephropathy.
  
• Bicarbonate Supplementation Slows Progression of CKD and Improves Nutritional Status.
  
• Arterial Stiffness in Mild-to-Moderate CKD.
  
• Renal Primary Cilia Lengthen after Acute Tubular Necrosis.
  
• X inactivation, female mosaicism, and sex differences in renal diseases.
  
• IL-23, not IL-12, directs autoimmunity to the Goodpasture antigen.
  
• The renal lesions of Alport syndrome.
  
• Urine podocyte mRNAs mark progression of renal disease.
  

CJASN

• Kidney Transplantation in the Context of Renal Replacement Therapy.
  
• Coronary Calcification in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Coronary Artery Disease.
  
• Predictors of Relapse and End Stage Kidney Disease in Proliferative Lupus Nephritis: Focus on Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults.
  
• Is maximum conservative management an equivalent treatment option to dialysis for elderly patients with significant comorbid disease?
  
• Can we personalize treatment for kidney diseases?
  
• Combining Near-Subject Absolute and Relative Measures of Longitudinal Hydration in Hemodialysis.
  
• The Journey From Vitamin D-Resistant Rickets to the Regulation of Renal Phosphate Transport.
  
• Randomized Controlled Trial of Icodextrin versus Glucose Containing Peritioneal Dialysis Fluid.
  
• Key Comorbid Conditions that Are Predictive of Survival among Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Scaling of measured glomerular filtration rate in kidney donor candidates by anthropometric estimates of body surface area, body water, metabolic rate, or liver size.
  
• Hemodialysis-Induced Repetitive Myocardial Injury Results in Global and Segmental Reduction in Systolic Cardiac Function.
  
• Mineral metabolism and inflammation in chronic kidney disease patients: a cross-sectional study.
  
• Correlates and Outcomes of Fatigue among Incident Dialysis Patients.
  
• Predictors of Complication after Percutaneous Ultrasound-Guided Kidney Biopsy in HIV-Infected Individuals: Possible Role of Hepatitis C and HIV Co-infection.
  
• Weight loss interventions in chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  
• Bone Disease in Medullary Sponge Kidney and Effect of Potassium Citrate Treatment.
  
• The Alphabet Soup of Kidney Transplantation: SCD, DCD, ECD--Fundamentals for the Practicing Nephrologist.
  
• Evaluation of Trial Outcomes in Acute Kidney Injury by Creatinine Modeling.
  
• Biomarkers for Lupus Nephritis: The Quest Continues.
  
• Oral Cyclophosphamide for Lupus Glomerulonephritis: An Underused Therapeutic Option.
  
• Mineralocorticoid Receptor Blockers and Chronic Kidney Disease.
  
• Arteriovenous Fistula Affects Bone Mineral Density Measurements in End-Stage Renal Failure Patients.
  
• Determinants of Decline in Glomerular Filtration Rate in Nonproteinuric Subjects with or without Diabetes and Hypertension.
  
• Vitamin D and the Cardiovascular System.
  
• Long-Term Outcome of Adults Who Undergo Transplantation with Single Pediatric Kidneys: How Young Is too Young?
  
• Technical Breakthroughs in the Wearable Artificial Kidney (WAK).
  
• Kidney stones and the risk for chronic kidney disease.
  
• MicroRNAs and their role in progressive kidney diseases.
  
• Antiplatelet medications in hemodialysis patients: a systematic review of bleeding rates.
  
• Clinical Outcomes with Active versus Nutritional Vitamin D Compounds in Chronic Kidney Disease.
  
• Increased Efficiency of Hemodialysis with Citrate Dialysate: A Prospective Controlled Study.
  
• Contrast-induced nephropathy and long-term adverse events: cause and effect?
  
• Hypertension and the Kidney: Perspectives on the Relationship of Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Disease.
  
• Calcium, parathyroid hormone, and vitamin D: major determinants of chronic pain in hemodialysis patients.
  
• Rituximab treatment of adult patients with steroid-resistant focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
  
• Hydration status does not influence peritoneal equilibration test ultrafiltration volumes.
  
• Prehypertension: is it relevant for nephrologists?
  
• Interferon for Hepatitis C Virus in Hemodialysis--an Individual Patient Meta-analysis of Factors Associated with Sustained Virological Response.
  
• The Natural History of the Non-Nephrotic Membranous Nephropathy Patient.
  
• Introduction to the Second Annual Rostand Vitamin D Symposium.
  
• Risk Factors for Cyclosporin A Nephrotoxicity in Children with Steroid-Dependant Nephrotic Syndrome.
  
• Complement Inhibitor Eculizumab in Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome.
  
• Renal phenotype in Lowe Syndrome: a selective proximal tubular dysfunction.
  
• Renal biopsy in the very elderly.
  
• Iron-related proteins: candidate urine biomarkers in childhood HIV-associated renal diseases.
  
• Pediatric Myocardial Stunning Underscores the Cardiac Toxicity of Conventional Hemodialysis Treatments.
  

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

• Intradialytic Hypertension: A Less-Recognized Cardiovascular Complication of Hemodialysis.
  
• Maintenance of Kidney Function Following Treatment With Eculizumab and Discontinuation of Plasma Exchange After a Third Kidney Transplant for Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Associated With a CFH Mutation.
  
• Glomerular Collapse Associated With Subtotal Renal Infarction in Kidney Transplant Recipients With Multiple Renal Arteries.
  
• Embolic Complications From Central Venous Hemodialysis Catheters Used With Hypertonic Citrate Locking Solution.
  
• Association Between Achievement of Hemodialysis Quality-of-Care Indicators and Quality-of-Life Scores.
  
• Ascorbic Acid for Anemia Management in Hemodialysis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
  
• Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Among Potential Kidney Transplant Candidates: Approaches and Controversies.
  
• Change in Vascular Access and Mortality in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Linezolid-Associated Acute Interstitial Nephritis and Drug Rash With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) Syndrome.
  
• Development of Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease After Remission From Perinuclear ANCA-Associated Glomerulonephritis in a Patient With HLA Susceptibility.
  
• Blood Pressure and Decline in Kidney Function in Patients With Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: A Cohort Study.
  
• Soluble CD14 Levels, Interleukin 6, and Mortality Among Prevalent Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Five Decades of Indian Nephrology: A Personal Journey.
  
• Dialysis Delivery in Canada and the United States: A View From the Trenches.
  
• CKD in MYH9-Related Disorders.
  
• Proteinuria in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Prevalence, Prognosis, and Evidence-Based Management.
  
• Association of Soluble Endotoxin Receptor CD14 and Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis.
  
• Induction Antibody Therapy in Kidney Transplantation.
  
• Glucose control by the kidney: an emerging target in diabetes.
  
• Association of Kidney Function With Residual Hypertension After Treatment of Aldosterone-Producing Adenoma.
  
• Serum Sickness After Treatment With Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin in Kidney Transplant Recipients With Previous Rabbit Exposure.
  
• Serum Cystatin C for Prediction of Dialysis Requirement or Death in Acute Kidney Injury: A Comparative Study.
  
• Sodium Bicarbonate Plus Isotonic Saline Versus Saline for Prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
  
• Growth Restriction at Birth and Kidney Function During Childhood.
  
• Effect of Clinical Variables and Immunosuppression on Serum Cystatin C and Beta-Trace Protein in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
  
• Effects of Exercise Training on Noninvasive Cardiac Measures in Patients Undergoing Long-term Hemodialysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
  
• Hemoglobinuria and Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Hemodialysis Following Intravenous Immunoglobulin Infusion.
  
• Successful Treatment With Retinoids in Patients With Lupus Nephritis.
  
• Phosphate Removal With Several Thrice-Weekly Dialysis Methods in Overweight Hemodialysis Patients.
  
• Mortality and Technique Failure in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients Using Advanced Peritoneal Dialysis Solutions.
  
• Cardiovascular disease in CKD in children: update on risk factors, risk assessment, and management.
  
• The Burden of Amputation Among Hemodialysis Patients in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS).
  
• Effect of a Carbonaceous Oral Adsorbent on the Progression of CKD: A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial.
  
• Oral Paricalcitol in the Treatment of Patients With CKD and Proteinuria: A Randomized Trial.
  
• Effect of hydrochlorothiazide on urinary calcium excretion in dent disease: an uncontrolled trial.
  
• Fanconi Syndrome Due to Deferasirox.
  
• Tacrolimus therapy in adults with steroid- and cyclophosphamide-resistant nephrotic syndrome and normal or mildly reduced GFR.
  
• An Intradialysis Diagnostic Test for Restless Legs Syndrome: A Pilot Study.
  
• Oral Nicorandil to Reduce Cardiac Death After Coronary Revascularization in Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Trial.
  
• Potential Role of Soluble ST2 Protein in Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome Recurrence Following Kidney Transplantation.
  
• Treatment of Pregabalin Toxicity by Hemodialysis in a Patient With Kidney Failure.
  
• Intradermal Versus Intramuscular Hepatitis B Vaccination in Hemodialysis Patients: A Prospective Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial in Nonresponders to Primary Vaccination.
  
• Effect of pamidronate on bone loss after kidney transplantation: a randomized trial.
  
• Mastery Learning of Temporary Hemodialysis Catheter Insertion by Nephrology Fellows Using Simulation Technology and Deliberate Practice.
  
• Drug-Drug Interaction in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Receiving HIV Salvage Therapy and Tacrolimus.
  
• Long-term Risk of Mortality and Other Adverse Outcomes After Acute Kidney Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
  
• Kidney Pathological Changes in Metabolic Syndrome: A Cross-sectional Study.
  
• Proteinuria and Stroke: A Meta-analysis of Cohort Studies.
  

Kidney International

• The price of a kidney
  
• Prevention: Lifestyle affects risk of hypertension and kidney stones
  
• Acute kidney injury: uNGAL—a marker of moderate utility in critically ill adults
  
• Diagnosis: Urinary IgM predicts cardiovascular events and renal disease in diabetes
  
• Diabetes: Albuminuria and eGFR predict cardiovascular and renal risk
  
• In brief
  
• Dialysis: Urine output predicts successful cessation of CRRT
  
• In brief
  
• Transplantation: Time to rethink immunosuppression by mTOR inhibitors?
  
• Glomerular disease: Sugars and immune complex formation in IgA nephropathy
  
• Transplantation: Supplemental vitamin D: will do no harm and might do good
  
• Dialysis: Intradermal HBV vaccination is preferable in non-responders
  
• Nephrotic syndrome: A watershed in the understanding of membranous nephropathy
  
• Transplantation: Personalizing induction therapy in kidney transplantation
  
• Serum free light chain assessment in monoclonal gammopathy and kidney disease
  
• Selective iNOS inhibition for the treatment of sepsis-induced acute kidney injury
  
• Mechanisms of the cardiorenal syndromes
  
• Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes
  
• Angiogenic factor abnormalities and fetal demise in a twin pregnancy
  

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

• Mesenchymal stem cell interactions with growth factors on kidney repair.
  
• Susceptibility genes in common complex kidney disease.
  
• Acid-base regulation of angiotensin receptors in the kidney.
  
• Systematic approach for the management of chronic kidney disease: moving beyond chronic kidney disease classification.
  
• Pig islets for clinical islet xenotransplantation.
  
• Lymphocyte markers and prediction of long-term renal allograft acceptance.
  
• The Bioartificial Kidney in the Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury.
  
• Acute kidney injury in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
  
• Drug interactions in transplant patients: what everyone should know.
  
• The regulation of proximal tubular salt transport in hypertension: an update.
  
• The glomerular filter: an imperfect barrier is required for perfect renal function.
  
• Pendrin as a regulator of ECF and blood pressure.
  
• Advanced kidney disease, gadolinium and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: the perfect storm.
  
• Should proteinuria reduction be the criterion for antihypertensive drug selection for patients with kidney disease?
  
• Molecular physiology of the thiazide-sensitive sodium-chloride cotransporter.
  
• Uric acid: a novel mediator and marker of risk in chronic kidney disease?
  
• Should diuretics always be included as initial antihypertensive management in early-stage CKD?
  
• Glomerular filtration barrier.
  
• Is replacement therapy with nutritional and active forms of vitamin D required in chronic kidney disease mineral and bone disorder?
  
• Cellular physiology of the renal H+ATPase.
  

Seminars in Nephrology

• Vasculitis affecting the kidney.
  
• Chronic kidney disease epidemic: cost and health care implications in china.
  
• Obesity and chronic kidney disease.
  
• Analysis of multidisciplinary care models and interface with primary care in management of chronic kidney disease.
  
• The chronic kidney disease epidemic: a challenge for nephrology training programs.
  
• The UK Model for System Redesign and Chronic Kidney Disease Services.
  
• Current status of chronic kidney disease care in southeast Asia.
  
• Lipoprotein lipase disturbances induced by uremia and hemodialysis.
  
• Should dialysis modalities be designed to remove specific uremic toxins?
  
• Uremic toxins in acute kidney injury.
  
• Acute kidney injury in HIV-infected patients.
  
• Hereditary renal tubular disorders.
  
• The syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH).
  
• The treatment of hyponatremia.
  
• Cell and molecular biology of kidney development.
  
• Current advances in chronic kidney disease in children: growth, cardiovascular, and neurocognitive risk factors.
  
• The brain in hyponatremia: both culprit and victim.
  
• Hyponatremia in the intensive care unit.
  
• Hyponatremia: case vignettes.
  
• Genetic testing: considerations for pediatric nephrologists.
  
• Pediatric chronic kidney disease and the process of health care transition.
  
• Epidemiology of hyponatremia.
  
• Exercise-associated hyponatremia.
  
• Update on childhood urinary tract infection and vesicoureteral reflux.
  
• Pediatric nephrotic syndrome: from the simple to the complex.
  
• Nephron mass and cardiovascular and renal disease risks.
  
• Pediatric approach to hypertension.
  
• Treatment of bleeding in dialysis patients.
  
• A renal protocol for all ages and all indications: mercapto-acetyl-triglycine (MAG3) with simultaneous injection of furosemide (MAG3-F0): a 17-year experience.
  
• Pathogenesis of HIV-associated nephropathy.
  
• Estimating glomerular filtration rate in patients with HIV infection.
  
• HIV-associated nephropathy: clinical presentation, pathology, and epidemiology in the era of antiretroviral therapy.
  
• Bone disease in kidney transplant patients.
  
• Kidney disease outcomes quality initiative guidelines for bone and mineral metabolism: emerging questions.
  

Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation

• High frequencies of diabetic micro- and macroangiopathies in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate and normoalbuminuria.
  
• Is intra-operative blood flow predictive for early failure of radiocephalic arteriovenous fistula?
  
• Protection from sepsis-induced acute renal failure by adenoviral-mediated gene transfer of {beta}2-adrenoceptor.
  
• Assessment of reproducibility of creatinine measurement and MELD scoring in four liver transplant units in the UK.
  
• The CD40-CD154 co-stimulation pathway mediates innate immune injury in adriamycin nephrosis.
  
• Incident chronic kidney disease and the rate of kidney function decline in individuals with hypertension.
  
• Restoration of reversed whole PTH/intact PTH ratio and reduction in parathyroid gland vascularity during cinacalcet therapy for severe hyperparathyroidism in a uraemic patient.
  
• Daily on line haemodiafiltration promotes catch-up growth in children on chronic dialysis.
  
• Candesartan improves blood pressure control and reduces proteinuria in renal transplant recipients: results from SECRET.
  
• Oxidative DNA damage in chronic renal failure patients.
  
• Effects of pioglitazone on subclinical atherosclerosis and insulin resistance in nondiabetic renal allograft recipients.
  
• The effect of dialysis modality on phosphate control : haemodialysis compared to haemodiafiltration. The Pan Thames Renal Audit.
  
• The Danish Registry on Regular Dialysis and Transplantation:completeness and validity of incident patient registration.
  
• Glucose tolerance before and after renal transplantation.
  
• X-inactivation modifies disease severity in female carriers of murine X-linked Alport syndrome.
  
• An in-vitro tumour microenvironment model using adhesion to type I collagen reveals Akt-dependent radiation resistance in renal cancer cells.
  
• Black renal transplant recipients have poorer long-term graft survival than CYP3A5 expressers from other ethnic groups.
  
• Acute antibody-mediated rejection after ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation treated successfully with antigen-specific immunoadsorption.
  
• Evaluation of clinical dry weight assessment in haemodialysis patients using bioimpedance spectroscopy: a cross-sectional study.
  
• Expression of renin-angiotensin system signalling compounds in maternal protein-restricted rats: effect on renal sodium excretion and blood pressure.
  

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

• Hyporesponsiveness to erythropoiesis stimulating agents in chronic kidney disease: the many faces of inflammation.
  
• Radiology of urolithiasis: implications of radiation exposure and new imaging modalities.
  
• Combined heart-kidney transplantation: a review of recipient selection and patient outcomes.
  
• Renal replacement therapy in the liver transplant candidate.
  
• Current and upcoming erythropoiesis-stimulating agents, iron products, and other novel anemia medications.
  
• Simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation in the MELD era.
  
• Living kidney donors: current state of affairs.
  
• The epidemiology and prevention of donor-derived infections.
  
• Acute kidney injury after liver, heart, and lung transplants: dialysis modality, predictors of renal function recovery, and impact on survival.
  
• Kidney transplantation: the ideal immunosuppression regimen.
  
• Iron and clinical outcomes in dialysis and non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease patients.
  
• Intravenous iron versus erythropoiesis-stimulating agents: friends or foes in treating chronic kidney disease anemia?
  
• 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.
  
• Kidney transplantation: a systematic review of interventional and observational studies of physical activity on intermediate outcomes.
  
• Determinants of exercise capacity in CKD patients treated with hemodialysis.
  
• Restorative physical and occupational therapy: a critical need for patients with chronic kidney and end-stage renal disease.
  
• The intersection of geriatrics and chronic kidney disease: frailty and disability among older adults with kidney disease.
  
• Exercise training and reduction of cardiovascular disease risk factors in patients with chronic kidney disease.
  
• Anabolic and catabolic mechanisms in end-stage renal disease.
  

New England Journal of Medicine

• Fiscal Responsibility and Health Care Reform
  
• Setbacks and Fissions -- Reconsidering the Scope and Timing of Reform
  
• The Tragedy of the Commons Revisited
  
• Health Care Reform and Clinical Culture
  
• Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Policy -- Considering the Early Evidence
  
• Response after One Dose of a Monovalent Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Vaccine -- Preliminary Report
  
• Trial of Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent MF59-Adjuvanted Vaccine -- Preliminary Report
  
• HIV Vaccine Trial Results -- An Opening for Further Research
  
• A Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Vaccine in Various Age Groups
  
• Primary Care and Accountable Care -- Two Essential Elements of Delivery-System Reform
  
• The Emergency Use Authorization of Peramivir for Treatment of 2009 H1N1 Influenza
  
• Vaccination with ALVAC and AIDSVAX to Prevent HIV-1 Infection in Thailand
  
• Emergence of Oseltamivir-Resistant Pandemic H1N1 Virus during Prophylaxis
  
• Controlling U.S. Health Care Spending -- Separating Promising from Unpromising Approaches
  
• Getting to the Real Issues in Health Care Reform
  
• Narrowly Clearing the Next Hurdle -- Passage of the House Reform Bill
  
• Dead Souls -- Comparing Dartmouth Atlas Benchmarks with CMS Outcomes Data
  
• Looking beyond the Market
  
• The HALTS Trial -- Halting Atherosclerosis or Halted Too Early?
  
• Statin Therapy with Ezetimibe or Niacin in High-Risk Patients
  
• Deleterious Effects of Right Ventricular Pacing
  
• Cangrelor -- A Champion Lost in Translation?
  
• Biventricular Pacing in Patients with Bradycardia and Normal Ejection Fraction
  
• Extended-Release Niacin or Ezetimibe and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
  
• Intravenous Platelet Blockade with Cangrelor during PCI
  
• Long-Term Outcome Associated with Early Repolarization on Electrocardiography
  
• Anemia and Iron Deficiency -- New Therapeutic Targets in Heart Failure?
  
• Rise of the Machines -- Left Ventricular Assist Devices as Permanent Therapy for Advanced Heart Failure
  
• Ferric Carboxymaltose in Patients with Heart Failure and Iron Deficiency
  
• Platelet Inhibition with Cangrelor in Patients Undergoing PCI
  
• Advanced Heart Failure Treated with Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device
  
• Rapid-Test Sensitivity for Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans
  
• The Supreme Court, Process Patents, and Medical Innovation
  
• The Consequences of "No"
  
• Industry Influence on Comparative-Effectiveness Research Funded through Health Care Reform
  
• Lobbying, Campaign Contributions, and Health Care Reform
  
• Health Care Reform -- A Republican View
  
• Eliminating a Viable Primary Care Workforce -- A Primary Care Perspective
  
• Antiviral Treatment for Patients Hospitalized with 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1)
  
• Not "Socialized Medicine" -- An Israeli View of Health Care Reform
  
• Compromises and Controversies -- Moving Forward on Reform
  
• The American Public and the Next Phase of the Health Care Reform Debate
  
• Medicaid and National Health Care Reform
  
• Massachusetts Health Care Reform -- Near-Universal Coverage at What Cost?
  
• Mandatory Vaccination of Health Care Workers
  
• A Trial of Darbepoetin Alfa in Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease
  
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Mutations Affecting the Interleukin-10 Receptor
  
• Combined Immunodeficiency Associated with DOCK8 Mutations
  
• A Novel Protective Prion Protein Variant that Colocalizes with Kuru Exposure
  
• Mechanisms of Disease: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  
• Air in the Portal and Mesenteric Veins
  
• Gouty Tophi
  
• Case 36-2009 -- A 23-Year-Old Man with Cough, Hoarseness, and Abnormalities on Chest Imaging
  
• Treatment of Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease -- Strategies Based on Evidence
  
• Interleukin-10 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  
• The Hedgehog Pathway and Pancreatic Cancer
  
• Trials of Vertebroplasty for Vertebral Fractures
  
• Apixaban or Enoxaparin for Thromboprophylaxis
  
• Alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
  
• Cost Expansion versus Cost Control -- Lessons from the Canadian System
  
• CME: A Trial of Darbepoetin Alfa in Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease
  
• CME: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  
• CME: Case 36-2009: A 23-Year-Old Man with Cough, Hoarseness, and Abnormalities on Chest Imaging
  

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