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BMC Nephrology

Issue 1/2018

Content (383 Articles)

Open Access Research article

Assessment of the association between increasing membrane pore size and endotoxin permeability using a novel experimental dialysis simulation set-up

Eva Schepers, Griet Glorieux, Sunny Eloot, Michael Hulko, Adriana Boschetti-de-Fierro, Werner Beck, Bernd Krause, Wim Van Biesen

Open Access Research article

Assessing cardiovascular risk in chronic kidney disease patients prior to kidney transplantation: clinical usefulness of a standardised cardiovascular assessment protocol

Robin Ramphul, Maria Fernandez, Sam Firoozi, Juan C. Kaski, Rajan Sharma, Debasish Banerjee

Open Access Research article

Uncontrolled donation after circulatory death: comparison of two kidney preservation protocols on graft outcomes

Claire Delsuc, Alexandre Faure, Julien Berthiller, Didier Dorez, Xavier Matillon, Vannary Meas-Yedid, Bernard Floccard, Guillaume Marcotte, Vanessa Labeye, Maud Rabeyrin, Ricardo Codas, Cécile Chauvet, Philip Robinson, Emmanuel Morelon, Lionel Badet, William Hanf, Thomas Rimmelé

Open Access Research article

Dialysis facility staff perceptions of racial, gender, and age disparities in access to renal transplantation

Kristie J. Lipford, Laura McPherson, Reem Hamoda, Teri Browne, Jennifer C. Gander, Stephen O. Pastan, Rachel E. Patzer

Open Access Research article

Treating C3 glomerulopathy with eculizumab

Thomas Welte, Frederic Arnold, Julia Kappes, Maximilian Seidl, Karsten Häffner, Carsten Bergmann, Gerd Walz, Elke Neumann-Haefelin

Open Access Research article

Engaging clinicians and patients to assess and improve frailty measurement in adults with end stage renal disease

Sarah Van Pilsum Rasmussen, Jonathan Konel, Fatima Warsame, Hao Ying, Brian Buta, Christine Haugen, Elizabeth King, Sandra DiBrito, Ravi Varadhan, Leocadio Rodríguez-Mañas, Jeremy D. Walston, Dorry L. Segev, Mara A. McAdams-DeMarco

Open Access Case report

The use of eculizumab in gemcitabine induced thrombotic microangiopathy

Vinod Krishnappa, Mohit Gupta, Haikoo Shah, Abhijit Das, Natthavat Tanphaichitr, Robert Novak, Rupesh Raina

Open Access Research article

Chronic kidney disease in sugarcane workers in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

Ekiti Martin E., Zambo Jean-Berthelot, Felix K. Assah, Valirie N. Agbor, Kekay Krystel, Gloria Ashuntantang

Open Access Research article

Association of Kidney Disease Quality of Life (KDQOL-36) with mortality and hospitalization in older adults receiving hemodialysis

Rasheeda K. Hall, Alison Luciano, Carl Pieper, Cathleen S. Colón-Emeric

Open Access Research article

Therapeutic plasma exchange in a tertiary care center: 185 patients undergoing 912 treatments - a one-year retrospective analysis

Julius J. Schmidt, Firas Asper, Gunilla Einecke, Gabriele Eden, Carsten Hafer, Jan T. Kielstein

Open Access Research article

Process evaluation of the RaDIANT community study: a dialysis facility-level intervention to increase referral for kidney transplantation

Reem E. Hamoda, Jennifer C. Gander, Laura J. McPherson, Kimberly J. Arriola, Loren Cobb, Stephen O. Pastan, Laura Plantinga, Teri Browne, Erica Hartmann, Laura Mulloy, Carlos Zayas, Jenna Krisher, Rachel E. Patzer

Open Access Research article

Safety and adequacy of percutaneous kidney biopsy performed by nephrology trainees

Vittoria Esposito, Giulia Mazzon, Paola Baiardi, Massimo Torreggiani, Luca Semeraro, Davide Catucci, Marco Colucci, Alice Mariotto, Fabrizio Grosjean, Giacomo Bovio, Ciro Esposito

Open Access Research article

Simple citrate anticoagulation protocol for low flux haemodialysis

Eng Kuang Lim, Ying-ying T Seow, Shun E Chen, Gao Yang, Min Er Liaw, Shimi Isaac

Open Access Research article

Chronic kidney disease alters lipid trafficking and inflammatory responses in macrophages: effects of liver X receptor agonism

Ryohei Kaseda, Yohei Tsuchida, Hai-Chun Yang, Patricia G. Yancey, Jianyong Zhong, Huan Tao, Aihua Bian, Agnes B. Fogo, Mac Rae F. Linton, Sergio Fazio, Talat Alp Ikizler, Valentina Kon

Open Access Case report

Disseminated cryptococcosis presenting initially as lower limb cellulitis in a renal transplant recipient – a case report

Katrina Chakradeo, Y. Y. Paul Chia, Cheng Liu, David W. Mudge, Janath De Silva

Open Access Research article

Epoetin beta pegol for treatment of anemia ameliorates deterioration of erythrocyte quality associated with chronic kidney disease

Ken Aizawa, Ryohei Kawasaki, Yoshihito Tashiro, Yasushi Shimonaka, Michinori Hirata

Open Access Case report

Leptospirosis presenting as haemolytic uraemic syndrome: a case report

Vasantha Muthu Muthuppalaniappan, Ravindra Rajakariar, Mark John Blunden

Open Access Research article

Proteinuric kidney disease in children at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Malawi

Zondiwe Victor Mwanza, Mignon McCulloch, Mark Drayson, Timothy Plant, David V. Milford, Gavin Dreyer

Open Access Research article

Existing creatinine-based equations overestimate glomerular filtration rate in Indians

Vivek Kumar, Ashok Kumar Yadav, Yoshinari Yasuda, Masaru Horio, Vinod Kumar, Nancy Sahni, Krishan L. Gupta, Seiichi Matsuo, Harbir Singh Kohli, Vivekanand Jha

Open Access Case report

Perioperative risk assessment for successful kidney transplant in leigh syndrome: a case report

Kathryn Ducharlet, Dominic Thyagarajan, Francesco Ierino, Lawrence P. McMahon, Darren Lee

Open Access Research article

Cortical and trabecular bone are equally affected in rats with renal failure and secondary hyperparathyroidism

Nikita M. Bajwa, Cheryl P. Sanchez, Richard C. Lindsey, Heather Watt, Subburaman Mohan

Open Access Research article

Incidence, aetiology and outcomes of obstetric-related acute kidney injury in Malawi: a prospective observational study

William R. Cooke, Ulla K. Hemmilä, Alison L. Craik, Chimwemwe J. Mandula, Priscilla Mvula, Ausbert Msusa, Gavin Dreyer, Rhys Evans

Open Access Research article

Quantification of cancer risk in glomerulonephritis

James Goya Heaf, Alastair Hansen, Gunnar Hellmund Laier

Open Access Research article

Evaluating the prevalence and opportunity for technology use in chronic kidney disease patients: a cross-sectional study

Ann Bonner, Kerri Gillespie, Katrina L. Campbell, Katina Corones-Watkins, Bronwyn Hayes, Barbara Harvie, Jaimon T. Kelly, Kathryn Havas

Open Access Research article

MORG1+/− mice are protected from histological renal damage and inflammation in a murine model of endotoxemia

Tzvetanka Bondeva, Claudia Schindler, Katrin Schindler, Gunter Wolf

Open Access Research article

Influence of vitamin D receptor polymorphisms on biochemical markers of mineral bone disorders in South African patients with chronic kidney disease

Bala Waziri, Therese Dix-Peek, Caroline Dickens, Raquel Duarte, Saraladevi Naicker

Open Access Research article

Gender-related differences in clinicopathological characteristics and renal outcomes of Chinese patients with IgA nephropathy

Wei Deng, Xiaojun Tan, Qian Zhou, Zhen Ai, Wenting Liu, Wei Chen, Xueqing Yu, Qiongqiong Yang

Open Access Research article

The impact of disease severity on paradoxical association between body mass index and mortality in patients with acute kidney injury undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy

Hyoungnae Kim, Hyunwook Kim, Misol Lee, Min-Uk Cha, Ki Heon Nam, Seong Yeong An, Su-Young Jung, Jong Hyun Jhee, Seohyun Park, Hae-Ryong Yun, Youn Kyung Kee, Hyung Jung Oh, Jung Tak Park, Tae Ik Chang, Tae-Hyun Yoo, Shin-Wook Kang, Seung Hyeok Han

Open Access Research article

The COMT-polymorphism is not associated with the incidence of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery – a prospective cohort study

Mehmet Oezkur, Attila Magyar, Phillip Thomas, Andreas Reif, Stefan Störk, Peter U. Heuschmann, Rainer G. Leyh, Martin Wagner

Open Access Research article

Effect of calcitriol on serum hepcidin in individuals with chronic kidney disease: a randomized controlled trial

Bhupesh Panwar, Diane McCann, Gordana Olbina, Mark Westerman, Orlando M. Gutiérrez

Open Access Research article

A model to predict disease progression in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD): the ADPKD Outcomes Model

Phil McEwan, Hayley Bennett Wilton, Albert C. M. Ong, Bjarne Ørskov, Richard Sandford, Francesco Scolari, Maria-Cristina V. Cabrera, Gerd Walz, Karl O’Reilly, Paul Robinson

Open Access Study protocol

Establishing a clinical phenotype for cachexia in end stage kidney disease – study protocol

Joanne Reid, Helen R. Noble, Gary Adamson, Andrew Davenport, Ken Farrington, Denis Fouque, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, John Mallett, C. McKeaveney, S. Porter, David S. Seres, Joanne Shields, Adrian Slee, Miles D. Witham, Alexander P. Maxwell

Open Access Research article

Renal manifestations of tuberous sclerosis complex: patients’ and parents’ knowledge and routines for renal follow-up – a questionnaire study

I. Cockerell, M. Guenin, K. Heimdal, M. Bjørnvold, K. K. Selmer, O. Rouvière

Open Access Research article

Comparison of visceral, body fat indices and anthropometric measures in relation to chronic kidney disease among Chinese adults from a large scale cross-sectional study

Ying Dong, Zengwu Wang, Zuo Chen, Xin Wang, Linfeng Zhang, Jingyu Nie, Congyi Zheng, Jiali Wang, Lan Shao, Ye Tian, Runlin Gao

Open Access Study protocol

Prevalence and correlates of non-adherence to immunosuppressants and to health behaviours in patients after kidney transplantation in Brazil – the ADHERE BRAZIL multicentre study: a cross-sectional study protocol

Helady Sanders-Pinheiro, Fernando Antonio Basile Colugnati, Elisa Oliveira Marsicano, Sabina De Geest, José Osmar Pestana Medina, Bartira A. Roza, Samira S. Almeida, Marilda Mazzali, Helio Tedesco-Silva, Paula F.C.B.C. Fernandes

Open Access Study protocol

Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and comorbidities in isolated African descent communities (PREVRENAL): methodological design of a cohort study

Natalino Salgado-Filho, Joyce Santos Lages, Dyego José Brito, João Victor Salgado, Gyl Eanes Silva, Alcione Miranda Santos, Francisco Chagas Monteiro-Júnior, Elisangela Milhomen Santos, Antônio Augusto Silva, Denizar Vianna Araújo, Ricardo Castro Sesso

Open Access Research article

Increased urinary excretion of kynurenic acid is associated with non-recovery from acute kidney injury in critically ill patients

Fabienne Aregger, Dominik E. Uehlinger, Gerhard Fusch, Aldin Bahonjic, Rene Pschowski, Michael Walter, Joerg C. Schefold

Open Access Case report

A case of ureteral myeloid sarcoma post-renal transplantation

Liang Ying, Lei Tian, Yuanyuan Xie, Qin Wang, Xiajing Che, Jiayi Yan, Lijing Shen, Honghui Huang, Fangyuan Chen, Ming Zhang, Zhaohui Ni, Shan Mou

Open Access Study protocol

Study protocol: rationale and design of the community-based prospective cohort study of kidney function and diabetes in rural New Mexico, the COMPASS study

Antonin Jaros, Hafiz A. Sroya, Venita K. Wolfe, Vikas Ghai, Maria-Eleni Roumelioti, Kamran Shaffi, Kai Wang, Vernon Shane Pankratz, Mark L. Unruh, Christos Argyropoulos

Open Access Case report

Immune checkpoint inhibitor (nivolumab)-associated kidney injury and the importance of recognizing concomitant medications known to cause acute tubulointerstitial nephritis: a case report

Ryo Koda, Hirofumi Watanabe, Masafumi Tsuchida, Noriaki Iino, Kazuo Suzuki, Go Hasegawa, Naofumi Imai, Ichiei Narita

Open Access Research article

Quality of life in hemodialysis diabetic patients: a multicenter cross-sectional study from Palestine

Sohaib T. Khatib, Mohammad K. Hemadneh, Samer A. Hasan, Emad Khazneh, Sa’ed H. Zyoud

Open Access Research article

The association between soluble klotho and cardiovascular parameters in chronic kidney disease: results from the KNOW-CKD study

Hyo Jin Kim, Eunjeong Kang, Yun Kyu Oh, Yeong Hoon Kim, Seung Hyeok Han, Tae Hyun Yoo, Dong-Wan Chae, Joongyub Lee, Curie Ahn, Kook-Hwan Oh

Open Access Case report

Cilostazol-induced acute tubulointerstitial nephritis accompanied by IgA nephropathy: a case report

Hisato Shima, Manabu Tashiro, Satoshi Yamada, Motokazu Matsuura, Kazuyoshi Okada, Toshio Doi, Jun Minakuchi, Shu Kawashima

Open Access Case report

Case report: lipid inclusion in glomerular endothelial and mesangial cells in a patient after contrast medium injection

Hua Su, Chen Ye, Qian Wen, Hong-Yan Zhu, Li-Xia Yi, Chun Zhang

Open Access Case report

Belimumab and low-doses of mycophenolate mofetil as induction therapy of class IV lupus nephritis: case series and literature review

Domenico Paolo Emanuele Margiotta, Fabio Basta, Veronica Batani, Antonella Afeltra

Open Access Case report

Transplant renal artery stenosis caused by the stretch of an artey branch: a case report and literature review

Xiaohang Li, Jialin Zhang, Yiman Meng, Lei Yang, Fengshan Wang, Baifeng Li, Xitong Zhang

Open Access Case report

Membranous nephropathy succeeding autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant: a case report

Sanda Mrabet, Narjess Ben Aicha, Nihed Abdessayed, Moncef Mokni, Abdellatif Achour

Open Access Editorial

On the shoulders of giants. The story behind the ‘Pioneers of Nephrology’ project

Giorgina B. Piccoli, Bernard G. Jaar, Hayley Henderson

Open Access Case report

Unexpected presentation of allograft dysfunction triggered by page kidney phenomenon immediately after kidney transplantation: a case report

Shunta Hori, Mitsuru Tomizawa, Fumisato Maesaka, Takuya Owari, Yosuke Morizawa, Yasushi Nakai, Makito Miyake, Tatsuo Yoneda, Nobumichi Tanaka, Katsunori Yoshida, Kiyohide Fujimoto

Open Access Correspondence

The Pioneers of Nephrology – Professor Gabriel Richet: “I will maintain”

Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Gilberto Richiero, Bernard G. Jaar

Open Access Research article

RIPK3-deficient mice were not protected from nephrotoxic nephritis

N. R. Hill, H. T. Cook, C. D. Pusey, R. M. Tarzi

Open Access Technical advance

A cross-sectional study on the relationship between hematological data and quantitative morphological indices from kidney biopsies in different glomerular diseases

Michelangelo Nigro, Davide Viggiano, Vincenzo Ragone, Tiziana Trabace, Annamaria di Palma, Michele Rossini, Giovambattista Capasso, Loreto Gesualdo, Giuseppe Gigliotti

Open Access Research article

Expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in kidneys from normal and cyclosporine-treated rats

Yuan Sheng Tao, Shang Guo Piao, Ying Shun Jin, Ji Zhe Jin, Hai Lan Zheng, Hai Yan Zhao, Sun Woo Lim, Chul Woo Yang, Can Li

Open Access Case report

Successful treatment of recurrent immunoglobulin a nephropathy using steroid pulse therapy plus tonsillectomy 10 years after kidney transplantation: a case presentation

Haruki Katsumata, Izumi Yamamoto, Yo Komatsuzaki, Mayuko Kawabe, Yusuke Okabayashi, Takafumi Yamakawa, Ai Katsuma, Yasuyuki Nakada, Akimitsu Kobayashi, Yudo Tanno, Jun Miki, Hiroki Yamada, Ichiro Ohkido, Nobuo Tsuboi, Hiroyasu Yamamoto, Takashi Yokoo

Open Access Research article

Unfavorable effects of history of volume overload and late referral to a nephrologist on mortality in patients initiating dialysis: a multicenter prospective cohort study in Japan

Masaki Okazaki, Daijo Inaguma, Takahiro Imaizumi, Akiko Kada, Takaaki Yaomura, Naotake Tsuboi, Shoichi Maruyama

Open Access Editorial

What we do and do not know about women and kidney diseases; questions unanswered and answers unquestioned: reflection on World Kidney Day and International Woman’s Day

Giorgina B. Piccoli, Mona Alrukhaimi, Zhi-Hong Liu, Elena Zakharova, Adeera Levin, Philip Kam Tao Li, Guillermo Garcia-Garcia, Mohammed Benghanem-Gharbi, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Charles Kernahan, Latha Kumaraswami, Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Gamal Saadi, Louise Fox, Elena Zakharova, Sharon Andreoli

Open Access Research article

Prevalence, treatment patterns, and healthcare resource utilization in Medicare and commercially insured non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease patients with and without anemia in the United States

Wendy L. St. Peter, Haifeng Guo, Shaum Kabadi, David T. Gilbertson, Yi Peng, Trudy Pendergraft, Suying Li

Open Access Research article

Factors associated with residual urine volume preservation in patients undergoing hemodialysis for end-stage kidney disease in Kinshasa

Vieux Momeme Mokoli, Ernest Kiswaya Sumaili, François Bompeka Lepira, Fiston Ikwa Ndol Mbutiwi, Jean Robert Rissassy Makulo, Justine Busanga Bukabau, Patrick Parmba Izeidi, Jeannine Losa Luse, Stéphane Kalambay Mukendi, Désiré Kulimba Mashinda, Nazaire Mangani Nseka

Open Access Case report

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura presenting in a patient after renal transplant for diabetic nephropathy

Raja Muhammad Rashid, Zahid Nabi, Ahmad Zaki Ansari, Quratul-ain Qaiser

Open Access Research article

Epidemiology and risk factors in CKD patients with pulmonary hypertension: a retrospective study

Qian Zhang, Le Wang, Hongbing Zeng, Yongman Lv, Yi Huang

Open Access Research article

The relationship between poor nutritional status and progression of aortic calcification in patients on maintenance hemodialysis

Teppei Okamoto, Shingo Hatakeyama, Hirotake Kodama, Hirotaka Horiguchi, Yuka Kubota, Koichi Kido, Masaki Momota, Shogo Hosogoe, Yoshimi Tanaka, Tooru Takashima, Fumitada Saitoh, Tadashi Suzuki, Chikara Ohyama

Open Access Case report

Biopsy-proven vancomycin-induced acute kidney injury: a case report and literature review

Anri Sawada, Kunio Kawanishi, Shohei Morikawa, Toshihiro Nakano, Mio Kodama, Mitihiro Mitobe, Sekiko Taneda, Junki Koike, Mamiko Ohara, Yoji Nagashima, Kosaku Nitta, Takahiro Mochizuki

Open Access Case report

C3 glomerulopathy in cystic fibrosis: a case report

Domenico Santoro, Rossella Siligato, Carmela Vadalà, Mariacristina Lucanto, Simona Cristadoro, Giovanni Conti, Michele Buemi, Stefano Costa, Ettore Sabadini, Giuseppe Magazzù

Open Access Research article

Effects of dialysate to serum sodium (Na+) alignment in chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients: retrospective cohort study from a quality improvement project

Jochen G. Raimann, Linda H. Ficociello, Len A. Usvyat, Hanjie Zhang, Lisa Pacelli, Sandi Moore, Penny Sheppard, Qingqing Xiao, Yuedong Wang, Claudy Mullon, Paul Balter, Terry Sullivan, Peter Kotanko

Open Access Research article

Prevalence and correlates of central venous catheter use among haemodialysis patients in the Irish health system - a national study

Wael F. Hussein, Husham Mohammed, Leonard Browne, Liam Plant, Austin G. Stack

Open Access Research article

Metformin associated lactic acidosis: a case series of 28 patients treated with sustained low-efficiency dialysis (SLED) and long-term follow-up

Andrea Angioi, Gianfranca Cabiddu, Maura Conti, Gianfranco Pili, Alice Atzeni, Valeria Matta, Riccardo Cao, Matteo Floris, Marco Songini, Maria Franca Mulas, Mitchell Rosner, Antonello Pani

Open Access Research article

No difference in renal injury and fibrosis between wild-type and NOD1/NOD2 double knockout mice with chronic kidney disease induced by ureteral obstruction

Ingrid Stroo, Diba Emal, Loes M. Butter, Gwen J. Teske, Nike Claessen, Mark C. Dessing, Stephen E. Girardin, Sandrine Florquin, Jaklien C. Leemans

Open Access Research article

A novel citrate-based protocol versus heparin anticoagulation for sustained low-efficiency dialysis in the ICU: safety, efficacy, and cost

Ming Wen, Claudius Küchle, Dominik Steubl, Robin Satanovskji, Uwe Heemann, Yana Suttmann, Susanne Angermann, Stephan Kemmner, Lisa Rehbehn, Monika Huber, Christine Hauser, Christoph Schmaderer, Anna-Lena Reichelt, Bernhard Haller, Lutz Renders

Open Access Study protocol

Aortic stenosis is a risk factor for all-cause mortality in patients on dialysis: a multicenter prospective cohort analysis

Daijo Inaguma, Yuji Sasakawa, Noriko Suzuki, Eri Ito, Kazuo Takahashi, Hiroki Hayashi, Shigehisa Koide, Midori Hasegawa, Yukio Yuzawa, Hirofumi Tamai, Shuichi Tsutsui, Takuya Ueda, Yukio Narita, Fumio Sofue, Yasuhiro Hirano, Masahiro Motokawa, Masamiki Miwa, Nobuo Suzuki, Shinichiro Kojima, Hisato Takatsu, Toshiyuki Akahori, Kazutaka Murakami, Yasunobu Shimano, Takashi Miyazaki, Kaori Baba, Yoshiyasu Iida, Haruki Endo, Ryuichi Furuya, Isao Aoyama, Yasuhide Mizutani, Hachiro Seno, Takashi Nagaya, Hirotake Kasuga, Satoshi Sugiyama, Kanako Kojima, Kazuhiro Fujisawa, Tomohiko Naruse, Osamu Ishida, Hideto Oishi, Akira Ono, Hideaki Shimizu, Kiyonari Kato, Isao Ito, Shinji Yasutomi, Chikao Yamazaki, Kaoru Yasuda, Teppei Matsuoka, Yoshinari Tsuruta, Masao Mizuno, Masataka Ono, Masahiro Okada, Akiko Tanoue, Hirotake Kasuga, Takaaki Obayashi, Itsuo Yokoyama, Hiroko Kushimoto, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Masao Kawasumi, Atsushi Nomura, Yasuhiro Sakurauchi, Mitsuru Yamashita, Hiroaki Asada, Keiji Ohara, Sukenari Koyabu, Masashi Tada, Fumihiko Sato, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Ogawa, Yoshihiro Ota, Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Satoki Otsuka, Yasushi Namii, Yasushi Kasai, Nobuo Kato, Makoto Nakayama, Haruo Sato, Shinichiro Inaba, Masaya Shibata, Hiroshi Yamashita, Junichiro Yamamoto, Makoto Yamaguchi

Open Access Study protocol

Cardiovascular outcomes of Nephrotic syndrome in childhood (CVONS) study: a protocol for prospective cohort study

S. K. Patnaik, P. Kumar, M. Bamal, S. Patel, M. P. Yadav, V. Kumar, A. Sinha, A. Bagga, M. Kanitkar

Open Access Research article

Predominant but silent C1q deposits in mesangium on transplanted kidneys - long-term observational study

Takahiro Kanai, Yuko Akioka, Kenichiro Miura, Masataka Hisano, Junki Koike, Yutaka Yamaguchi, Motoshi Hattori

Open Access Study protocol

Investigation of the physical and psychosocial outcomes after living kidney donation - a multicenter cohort study (SoLKiD - Safety of Living Kidney Donors)

Barbara Suwelack, Viktoriya Wörmann, Klaus Berger, Joachim Gerß, Heiner Wolters, Frank Vitinius, Markus Burgmer, Anja S. Mühlfeld, Fabian Halleck, Klemens Budde, Petra Reinke, Anett Sefrin, Frank Vitinius, Roger Wahba, Christian Hugo, Mirian Opgenoorth, Magdalena Woznowski, Anita Hansen, Andreas Kribben, Oliver Witzke, Steffen Platschek, Ingeborg A. Hauser, Rolf Weimer, Lucy Rainer, Karl Weigand, Gerit Theil, Sylvia Kroencke, Martina Koch, Mario Schiffer, Frank Lehner, Martin Zeier, Claudia Sommerer, Thomas Rath, Georgios Papadopoulos, Thorsten Feldkamp, Astrid Fülbier, Martin Nitschke, Jessika Schlieter, Beate Schamberger, Jens Lutz, Kai Nowak, Bernd Krüger, Manuela Kirchner, Kai Lopau

Open Access Case report

Sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma: a case report and literature review

Xiang Liang, Yupin Liu, Pengcheng Ran, Meili Tang, Changlei Xu, Yazhen Zhu

Open Access Research article

An ontological approach to identifying cases of chronic kidney disease from routine primary care data: a cross-sectional study

Nicholas I. Cole, Harshana Liyanage, Rebecca J. Suckling, Pauline A. Swift, Hugh Gallagher, Rachel Byford, John Williams, Shankar Kumar, Simon de Lusignan

Open Access Research article

Clinical and histological evolution after de novo donor-specific anti-human leukocyte antigen antibodies: a single centre retrospective study

Yassine Bouatou, Olivia Seyde, Solange Moll, Pierre-Yves Martin, Jean Villard, Sylvie Ferrari-Lacraz, Karine Hadaya

Open Access Research article

Serum BTP concentrations are not affected by hepatic dysfunction

Debarati Chakraborty, Ayub Akbari, Greg A. Knoll, Jennifer A. Flemming, Catherine Lowe, Shareef Akbari, Christine A. White

Open Access Research article

Assessing known chronic kidney disease associated genetic variants in Saudi Arabian populations

Cyril Cyrus, Samir Al-Mueilo, Chittibabu Vatte, Shahanas Chathoth, Yun R. Li, Hatem Qutub, Rudaynah Al Ali, Fahad Al-Muhanna, Matthew B. Lanktree, Khaled Riyad Alkharsah, Abdullah Al-Rubaish, Brian Kim-Mozeleski, Brendan Keating, Amein Al Ali

Open Access Study protocol

Design and methods of the REMOVAL-HD study: a tRial Evaluating Mid cut-Off Value membrane clearance of Albumin and Light chains in HaemoDialysis patients

R. Krishnasamy, C. M. Hawley, M. J. Jardine, M. A. Roberts, Y. J. Cho, M. G. Wong, A. Heath, C. L. Nelson, S. Sen, P. F. Mount, E. M. Pascoe, D. Darssan, L. A. Vergara, P. A. Paul-Brent, N. D. Toussaint, D. W. Johnson, C. A. Hutchison

Open Access Case report

Pulmonary lymphangioleimyomatosis and systemic lupus erythematosus in a menopausal woman

Hong Hong, Yang Ruiheng, Li Xiuzhen, Wang Mengjun, Ma Zhongchao

Open Access Research article

The prognostic importance of duration of AKI: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Swati Mehta, Kinsuk Chauhan, Achint Patel, Shanti Patel, Rachel Pinotti, Girish N. Nadkarni, Chirag R. Parikh, Steven G. Coca

Open Access Editorial

Gabriel Richet: when medicine combines with courage

Pierre Ronco

Open Access Case report

Cryptococcoma of a transplanted kidney in a patient presenting with recurrent urinary tract infection: a case report

Albert Z. Muranda, Ludolf Greeff, Mike M. Sathekge, Thabo Lengano, Victor O. L. Karusseit

Open Access Research article

Urinary excretion of uric acid is negatively associated with albuminuria in patients with chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study

Fengqin Li, Hui Guo, Jianan Zou, Weijun Chen, Yijun Lu, Xiaoli Zhang, Chensheng Fu, Jing Xiao, Zhibin Ye

Open Access Research article

Factors influencing dialysis withdrawal: a scoping review

Hammad Ali Qazi, Helen Chen, Meng Zhu

Open Access Research article

Decision-making process in the pre-dialysis CKD patients: do anxiety, stress and depression matter?

Cicero Italo L. Bezerra, Bruno C. Silva, Rosilene M. Elias

Open Access Research article

Factors associated with Health-Related Quality of Life in Kidney Transplant Recipients in France

Yosra Mouelhi, Elisabeth Jouve, Marine Alessandrini, Nathalie Pedinielli, Valérie Moal, Aurélie Meurette, Elisabeth Cassuto, Georges Mourad, Antoine Durrbach, Bertrand Dussol, Stéphanie Gentile

Open Access Research article

Functional status, pre-dialysis health and clinical outcomes among elderly dialysis patients

Silvi Shah, Anthony C. Leonard, Charuhas V. Thakar

Open Access Research article

Body weight definitions for evaluating a urinary diagnosis of acute kidney injury in patients with sepsis

Shinshu Katayama, Kansuke Koyama, Yuya Goto, Toshitaka Koinuma, Ken Tonai, Jun Shima, Masahiko Wada, Shin Nunomiya

Open Access Research article

Biomarker enhanced risk prediction for development of AKI after cardiac surgery

Michael L. Merchant, Michael E. Brier, Mark S. Slaughter, Jon B. Klein, Kenneth R. McLeish

Open Access Case report

Urinothorax after ultrasonography-guided renal biopsy: a case report

Tae Won Lee, Ha Nee Jang, Hyun Seop Cho, See Min Choi, Bong-Hoi Choi, Eunjin Bae, Se-Ho Chang, Dong Jun Park

Open Access Study protocol

The effect of spironolactone on calcineurin inhibitor induced nephrotoxicity: a multicenter randomized, double-blind, clinical trial (the SPIREN trial)

Line Aas Mortensen, Helle C. Thiesson, Birgitte Tougaard, Martin Egfjord, Anne Sophie Lind Fischer, Claus Bistrup

Open Access Case report

Eculizumab as salvage therapy for recurrent monoclonal gammopathy-induced C3 glomerulopathy in a kidney allograft

Philipp Moog, Philipp J. Jost, Maike Büttner-Herold

Open Access Research article

Effectiveness of informational decision aids and a live donor financial assistance program on pursuit of live kidney transplants in African American hemodialysis patients

L. Ebony Boulware, Patti L. Ephraim, Jessica Ameling, LaPricia Lewis-Boyer, Hamid Rabb, Raquel C. Greer, Deidra C. Crews, Bernard G. Jaar, Priscilla Auguste, Tanjala S. Purnell, Julio A. Lamprea-Monteleagre, Tope Olufade, Luis Gimenez, Courtney Cook, Tiffany Campbell, Ashley Woodall, Hema Ramamurthi, Cleomontina A. Davenport, Kingshuk Roy Choudhury, Matthew R. Weir, Donna S. Hanes, Nae-Yuh Wang, Helene Vilme, Neil R. Powe

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Favorable effect of bortezomib in dense deposit disease associated with monoclonal gammopathy: a case report

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Keiji Sugai, Hiroyuki Ueda, Keita Morimoto, Mai Tanaka, Daisuke Takahashi, Akio Nakashima, Junichiro Kato, Hiroshi Takahashi, Yutaka Yamaguchi, Tetsuya Kawamura, Kazushige Hanaoka, Yoichi Miyazaki, Takashi Yokoo

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Single-dose baclofen-induced neurotoxicity in a patient with end stage renal disease: case report

Emad Khazneh, Alaa Shamlawi, Kamel Jebrin, Zakaria Hamdan, Osama Sawalmeh

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Hepatitis B virus infection and development of chronic kidney disease: a cohort study

Yun Soo Hong, Seungho Ryu, Yoosoo Chang, Miguel Caínzos-Achirica, Min-Jung Kwon, Di Zhao, Tariq Shafi, Mariana Lazo, Roberto Pastor-Barriuso, Hocheol Shin, Juhee Cho, Eliseo Guallar

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A rare case of Alport syndrome, atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome and Pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis

Jianling Tao, Jonathan Lieberman, Richard A. Lafayette, Neeraja Kambham

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Effect of ultrafiltration during hemodialysis on hepatic and total-body water: an observational study

Claire J. Grant, Trevor P. Wade, Charles A. McKenzie, Guido Filler, Christopher W. McIntyre, Shih-Han S. Huang

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The elevated levels of urinary angiotensinogen are correlated with the severity of idiopathic membranous nephropathy

Ziyong Tang, Yue Wang, Liyuan Tao, Yanhong Guo, Yimu Zheng, Danxia Zheng

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Analysis of the differential urinary protein profile in IgA nephropathy patients of Uygur ethnicity

Zhengguang Guo, Zhao Wang, Chen Lu, Shufen Yang, Haidan Sun, Reziw, Yu Guo, Wei Sun, Hua Yue

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Serum heat shock protein 27 levels predict cardiac mortality in hemodialysis patients

Andrzej Jaroszyński, Anna Jaroszyńska, Tomasz Zaborowski, Anna Drelich-Zbroja, Tomasz Zapolski, Wojciech Dąbrowski

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Association of social worker-assessed psychosocial factors with 30-day hospital readmissions among hemodialysis patients

Olufunmilola Adisa, Bernard G. Jaar, Tahsin Masud, Abyalew Sahlie, Catherine Obadina, Joshua Ang, Janice P. Lea, Laura C. Plantinga

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Monitoring suPAR levels in post-kidney transplant focal segmental glomerulosclerosis treated with therapeutic plasma exchange and rituximab

Nada Alachkar, Jing Li, Dany Matar, Vikas Vujjini, Sami Alasfar, Melissa Tracy, Jochen Reiser, Changli Wei

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A novel SLC12A3 homozygous c2039delG mutation in Gitelman syndrome with hypocalcemia

Wenjun Yang, Shaoli Zhao, Yanhong Xie, Zhaohui Mo

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Acute kidney injury due to thin basement membrane disease mimicking Deferasirox nephrotoxicity: a case report

Keiko Oda, Kan Katayama, Akiko Tanoue, Tomohiro Murata, Yumi Hirota, Shoko Mizoguchi, Yosuke Hirabayashi, Takayasu Ito, Eiji Ishikawa, Kaoru Dohi, Masaaki Ito

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Novel compound heterozygous ATP6V1B1 mutations in a Chinese child patient with primary distal renal tubular acidosis: a case report

Xiangzhong Zhao, Jingru Lu, Yanxia Gao, Xiaoling Wang, Yanhua Lang, Leping Shao

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Treatment of hemolytic uremic syndrome related to Bordetella pertussis infection —is plasma exchange or eculizumab use necessary?

Ken Saida, Masao Ogura, Yuji Kano, Shingo Ishimori, Takahisa Yoshikawa, Hiroko Nagata, Mai Sato, Koichi Kamei, Kenji Ishikura

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Agreement between cystatin-C and creatinine based eGFR estimates after a 12-month exercise intervention in patients with chronic kidney disease

Kassia S. Beetham, Erin J. Howden, Nicole M. Isbel, Jeff S. Coombes

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Urinary mitochondrial DNA level as a biomarker of tissue injury in non-diabetic chronic kidney diseases

Zhongping WEI, Bonnie Ching-Ha KWAN, Kai Ming CHOW, Phyllis Mei-Shan CHENG, Cathy Choi-Wan LUK, Ka-Bik LAI, Philip Kam-Tao LI, Cheuk Chun SZETO

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Association of plasma somatostatin with disease severity and progression in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

A. Lianne Messchendorp, Edwin M. Spithoven, Niek F. Casteleijn, Wendy A. Dam, Jacob van den Born, Wouter F. Tonnis, Carlo A. J. M. Gaillard, Esther Meijer, Joost Drenth, Johan W. de Fijter, Ron T. Gansevoort, Dorien J. M. Peters, Jack F. M. Wetzels, Robert Zietse

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Using additional pressure control lines when connecting a continuous renal replacement therapy device to an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuit

Soo Jin Na, Hee Jung Choi, Chi Ryang Chung, Yang Hyun Cho, Hye Ryoun Jang, Gee Young Suh, Kyeongman Jeon

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Syndrome of uremic encephalopathy and bilateral basal ganglia lesions in non-diabetic hemodialysis patient: a case report

Wen-Yu Gong, Shan-Shan Li, Zong-Chao Yu, Hong-Wei Wu, Liang-Hong Yin, Li-Fan Mei, Fan-Na Liu

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Myocardial remodeling after kidney transplantation: a case report

Marceli Lukaszewski, Kinga Kosiorowska, Dorota Kaminska, Marta Obremska, Oktawia Mazanowska, Magdalena Krajewska

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Remote ischemic preconditioning to reduce contrast-induced acute kidney injury in chronic kidney disease: a randomized controlled trial

Ali Ghaemian, Jamshid Yazdani, Soheil Azizi, Ali A. Farsavian, Maryam Nabati, Alireza Malekrah, Mozhdeh Dabirian, Fatemeh Espahbodi, Bahareh Mirjani, Hossein Mohsenipouya, Javad Heshmatian

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Contrast-induced acute kidney injury and adverse clinical outcomes risk in acute coronary syndrome patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis

Yi Yang, Kaisha C. George, Ran Luo, Yichun Cheng, Weifeng Shang, Shuwang Ge, Gang Xu

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Correction to: High rates of central obesity and sarcopenia in CKD irrespective of renal replacement therapy – an observational cross-sectional study

Jutta Dierkes, Helene Dahl, Natasha Lervaag Welland, Kristina Sandnes, Kristin Sæle, Ingegjerd Sekse, Hans-Peter Marti

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Gender disparity in health-related quality of life and fatigue after living renal donation

Claudia Sommerer, Sarah Estelmann, Nicole G. Metzendorf, Maren Leuschner, Martin Zeier

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Relationship between caffeine intake and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease progression: a retrospective analysis using the CRISP cohort

Katelyn A. McKenzie, Mirelle El Ters, Vicente E. Torres, Peter C. Harris, Arlene B. Chapman, Michal Mrug, Frederic F. Rahbari-Oskoui, Kyongtae Ty Bae, Douglas P. Landsittel, William M. Bennett, Alan S. L. Yu, Jonathan D. Mahnken

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Effect of valerian on cognitive disorders and electroencephalography in hemodialysis patients: a randomized, cross over, double-blind clinical trial

Afshin Samaei, Monir Nobahar, Zaynab Hydarinia-Naieni, Abbas Ali Ebrahimian, Mohammad Reza Tammadon, Raheb Ghorbani, Abbas Ali Vafaei

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Comparison of automated and retrospectively calculated estimated glomerular filtration rate in electronic health record data

Kristine E. Lynch, Ji won Chang, Michael E. Matheny, Alexander Goldfarb, Olga Efimova, Gregorio Coronado, Scott L. DuVall

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Association of high body mass index with development of interstitial fibrosis in patients with IgA nephropathy

Changwei Wu, Amanda Y. Wang, Guisen Li, Li Wang

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Gene mutation analysis in 12 Chinese children with congenital nephrotic syndrome

Guo-min Li, Qi Cao, Qian Shen, Li Sun, Yi-hui Zhai, Hai-mei Liu, Yu An, Hong Xu

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Measurement of glomerular filtration rate in patients undergoing obesity surgery

Ling L. Chuah, Alexander D. Miras, Laura M. Perry, Andrew H. Frankel, David J. Towey, Zahraa Al-Mayahi, William Svensson, Carel W. le Roux

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Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discuss last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.