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BMC Nephrology

Issue 1/2019

Content (481 Articles)

Open Access Diabetes Research article

The combined diabetes and renal control trial (C-DIRECT) - a feasibility randomised controlled trial to evaluate outcomes in multi-morbid patients with diabetes and on dialysis using a mixed methods approach

K. Griva, M. Rajeswari, M. Nandakumar, E. Y. H. Khoo, V. Y. W. Lee, C. G. Chua, Z. S. Goh, Y. T. D. Choong, S. P. Newman

Open Access Care Research article

Validating laboratory defined chronic kidney disease in the electronic health record for patients in primary care

Martin Frigaard, Anna Rubinsky, Lo Lowell, Anna Malkina, Leah Karliner, Michael Kohn, Carmen A Peralta

Open Access Kidney Injury Research article

Kidney disease risk factors associate with urine biomarkers concentrations in HIV-positive persons; a cross-sectional study

Anthony N. Muiru, Michael G. Shlipak, Rebecca Scherzer, William R. Zhang, Simon B. Ascher, Vasantha Jotwani, Carl Grunfeld, Chirag R. Parikh, Derek Ng, Frank J. Palella Jr, Ken Ho, Seble Kassaye, Anjali Sharma, Mardge Cohen, Ruibin Wang, Qibin Qi, Michelle M. Estrella

Open Access Anemia Research article

Achievement of renal anemia KDIGO targets by two different clinical strategies – a European hemodialysis multicenter analysis

Maciej Drozdz, André Weigert, Fatima Silva, João Frazão, Abdulkareem Alsuwaida, Mahesh Krishnan, Werner Kleophas, Szymon Brzosko, Fredrik K. Johansson, Stefan H. Jacobson

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

Longitudinal patterns of health-related quality of life and dialysis modality: a national cohort study

Nwamaka D. Eneanya, Dugan W. Maddux, Marta M. Reviriego-Mendoza, John W. Larkin, Len A. Usvyat, Frank M. van der Sande, Jeroen P. Kooman, Franklin W. Maddux

Open Access Study protocol

IHDIP: a controlled randomized trial to assess the security and effectiveness of the incremental hemodialysis in incident patients

Javier Deira, Miguel A. Suárez, Francisca López, Emilio García-Cabrera, Antonio Gascón, Eduardo Torregrosa, Giannina E. García, Jorge Huertas, Jose C. de la Flor, Suleya Puello, Jonathan Gómez-Raja, Jesús Grande, José L. Lerma, Carlos Corradino, Carlos Musso, Manuel Ramos, Jesús Martín, Carlo Basile, Francesco G. Casino

Open Access Albuminuria Research article

Asian Americans & chronic kidney disease in a nationally representative cohort

Merle Kataoka-Yahiro, James Davis, Krupa Gandhi, Connie M. Rhee, Victoria Page

Open Access Care Research article

Low use of routine medical care among African Americans with high CKD risk: the Jackson Heart Study

Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Clemontina A. Davenport, Joseph Lunyera, Nrupen Bhavsar, Julia Scialla, Rasheeda Hall, Crystal Tyson, Mario Sims, Tara Strigo, Neil R. Powe, L. Ebony Boulware

Open Access Glucose Tolerance Test Research article

Validation of diagnostic utility of fasting plasma glucose and HbA1c in stable renal transplant recipients one year after transplantation

Amin M. Ussif, Anders Åsberg, Thea Anine Strøm Halden, Espen Nordheim, Anders Hartmann, Trond Jenssen

Open Access Iron Deficiency Research article

A prospective observational study of iron isomaltoside in haemodialysis patients with chronic kidney disease treated for iron deficiency (DINO)

Ashraf I. Mikhail, Staffan Schön, Sylvia Simon, Christopher Brown, Jörgen B. A. Hegbrant, Gert Jensen, Jason Moore, Lennart D. I. Lundberg

Open Access Thrombotic Microangiopathy Case report

Renal-limited thrombotic microangiopathy after switching from bevacizumab to ramucirumab: a case report

Ryo Yamada, Takao Okawa, Ken Matsuo, Makoto Suzuki, Noriko Mori, Kiyoshi Mori

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Gut derived-endotoxin contributes to inflammation in severe ischemic acute kidney injury

Jiangtao Li, Krishna Rekha Moturi, Lirui Wang, Kun Zhang, Chen Yu

Open Access Research article

Process based quality improvement using a continuous renal replacement therapy dashboard

Theresa A. Mottes, Stuart L. Goldstein, Rajit K. Basu

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

Serum uric acid and cardiovascular mortality in chronic kidney disease: a meta-analysis

Qimei Luo, Xi Xia, Bin Li, Zhenchuan Lin, Xueqing Yu, Fengxian Huang

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Identification of young adults at risk of an accelerated loss of kidney function in an area affected by Mesoamerican nephropathy

Marvin Gonzalez-Quiroz, Evangelia-Theano Smpokou, Neil Pearce, Ben Caplin, Dorothea Nitsch

Open Access Interstitial Nephritis Case report

Rapid decline of renal function in patients with type 2 diabetes with heavy proteinuria: a report of three cases

Christopher Thiam Seong Lim, Nurul Zaynah Nordin, N. Z. Fadhlina, M. S. Anim, T. Kalaiselvam, W. Z. Haikal, Bak Leong Goh

Open Access Gestational Diabetes Research article

Pregnancy outcomes in women with kidney transplant: Metaanalysis and systematic review

Silvi Shah, Renganathan Lalgudi Venkatesan, Ayank Gupta, Maitrik K. Sanghavi, Jeffrey Welge, Richard Johansen, Emily B. Kean, Taranpreet Kaur, Anu Gupta, Tiffany J. Grant, Prasoon Verma

Open Access Glomerulonephritis Case report

Development of anti-glomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis during the course of IgA nephropathy: a case report

Tadasu Kojima, Go Hirose, Shuuhei Komatsu, Taito Oshima, Kentaro Sugisaki, Tomohiro Tomiyasu, Noriko Yoshikawa, Muneharu Yamada, Takashi Oda

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Acute kidney injury in patients with myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention using radial versus femoral access

Vojko Kanic, Gregor Kompara, David Šuran, Alojz Tapajner, Franjo Husam Naji, Andreja Sinkovic

Open Access Hemoptysis Case report

A case of aggressive atypical anti-GBM disease complicated by CMV pneumonitis

Barbora Sporinova, Susanna A. McRae, Daniel A. Muruve, Marvin J. Fritzler, Samih H. Nasr, Alex C. Chin, Hallgrimur Benediktsson

Open Access Albuminuria Research article

Long term metabolic and renal outcomes of kidney donors compared to controls with excellent kidney function

Ayelet Grupper, Yoel Angel, Aharon Baruch, Idit F. Schwartz, Doron Schwartz, Richard Nakache, Yaacov Goykhman, Paulina Katz, Ido Nachmany, Nir Lubezky, Talia Weinstein, Moshe Shashar, Orit Kliuk Ben-Bassat, Shlomo Berliner, Ori Rogowski, David Zeltser, Itzhak Shapira, Shani Shenhar-Tsarfaty

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

The value of maintaining normokalaemia and enabling RAASi therapy in chronic kidney disease

Marc Evans, Eirini Palaka, Hans Furuland, Hayley Bennett, Cecilia Linde, Lei Qin, Phil McEwan, Ameet Bakhai

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Electronic health records accurately predict renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury

Sanmay Low, Anantharaman Vathsala, Tanusya Murali Murali, Long Pang, Graeme MacLaren, Wan-Ying Ng, Sabrina Haroon, Amartya Mukhopadhyay, Shir-Lynn Lim, Bee-Hong Tan, Titus Lau, Horng-Ruey Chua

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

The association of tumor necrosis factor superfamily 13 with recurrence of immunoglobulin A nephropathy in living related kidney transplantation

Hyung Ah Jo, Seung Seok Han, Sunhwa Lee, Joo Young Kim, Seung Hee Yang, Hajeong Lee, Jae Seok Yang, Jung Pyo Lee, Kwon Wook Joo, Chun Soo Lim, Yon Su Kim, Curie Ahn, Jin Suk Han, Dong Ki Kim

Open Access Research article

Outcomes and practice patterns with hemodiafiltration in Shanghai: a longitudinal cohort study

Weiming Zhang, Changlin Mei, Nan Chen, Xiaoqiang Ding, Zhaohui Ni, Chuanming Hao, Jinghong Zhang, Jinyuan Zhang, Niansong Wang, Gengru Jiang, Zhiyong Guo, Chen Yu, Yueyi Deng, Haiming Li, Qiang Yao, Mark R. Marshall, Martin J. Wolley, Jiaqi Qian

Open Access Care Research article

Clinical outcomes of hemodialysis patients in a public-private partnership care framework in Italy: a retrospective cohort study

L. A. Pedrini, A. C. Winter, F. Cerino, A. M. Zawada, M. Garbelli, A. Feuersenger, A. Feliciani, P. Ruggiero, S. Civardi, C. Amato, B. Canaud, S. Stuard, A. Karch, A. Gauly

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

A prospective study of daclatasvir and sofosbuvir in chronic HCV-infected kidney transplant recipients

Michael Duerr, Eva V. Schrezenmeier, Lukas J. Lehner, Léon Bergfeld, Petra Glander, Stephan R. Marticorena Garcia, Christian E. Althoff, Ingolf Sack, Susanne Brakemeier, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Klemens Budde, Fabian Halleck

Open Access Research article

A randomized controlled trial of different serum phosphate ranges in subjects on hemodialysis

Ramya Bhargava, Philip A. Kalra, Mark Hann, Paul Brenchley, Helen Hurst, Alastair J. Hutchison

Open Access Care Research article

The views and experiences of older people with conservatively managed renal failure: a qualitative study of communication, information and decision-making

Lucy Ellen Selman, Katherine Bristowe, Irene J. Higginson, Fliss E. M. Murtagh

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Impact of acute kidney injury in expanded criteria deceased donors on post-transplant clinical outcomes: multicenter cohort study

Woo Yeong Park, Min-Seok Choi, Young Soo Kim, Bum Soon Choi, Cheol Whee Park, Chul Woo Yang, Yong-Soo Kim, Kyubok Jin, Seungyeup Han, Byung Ha Chung

Open Access Nephrectomy Research article

Outcome of kidney function after ischaemic and zero-ischaemic laparoscopic and open nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell cancer

Jan Ebbing, Felix Menzel, Paolo Frumento, Kurt Miller, Bernhard Ralla, Tom Florian Fuller, Jonas Busch, Justin William Collins, Christofer Adding, Hans Helge Seifert, Peter Ardelt, Christian Wetterauer, Timm Westhoff, Carsten Kempkensteffen

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Impact of thyroid function on cystatin C in detecting acute kidney injury: a prospective, observational study

Danqing Zhang, Lu Gao, Heng Ye, Ruibin Chi, Lin Wang, Linhui Hu, Xin Ouyang, Yating Hou, Yujun Deng, Yi Long, Weiping Xiong, Chunbo Chen

Open Access Care Research article

Multidimensional pruritus assessment in hemodialysis patients

Nese Altınok Ersoy, İmatullah Akyar

Open Access Rectal Cancer Case report

Thrombospondin type-1 domain-containing 7A-associated membranous nephropathy after resection of rectal cancer: a case report

Shinya Taguchi, Yoshiki Koshikawa, Shoya Ohyama, Hiroko Miyachi, Hiroaki Ozawa, Hiroaki Asada

Open Access Human Immunodeficiency Virus Research article

The effects of add-on corticosteroids on renal outcomes in patients with biopsy proven HIV associated nephropathy: a single centre study from South Africa

Nicola Wearne, Charles R. Swanepoel, Maureen S. Duffield, Bianca J. Davidson, Kathryn Manning, Nicki Tiffin, Andrew Boulle, Brian L. Rayner, Priyanka Naidu, Ikechi G. Okpechi

Open Access IgA Vasculitis Research article

Clinical course & management of childhood nephrotic syndrome in Germany: a large epidemiological ESPED study

Ingo Franke, Malik Aydin, Lisa Kurylowicz, Corinna Elke Llamas Lopez, Rainer Ganschow, Michael J. Lentze, Mark Born

Open Access Computed Tomography Research article

Pre-donation BMI and preserved kidney volume can predict the cohort with unfavorable renal functional compensation at 1-year after kidney donation

Kazunobu Shinoda, Shinya Morita, Hirotaka Akita, Satoshi Tamaki, Ryohei Takahashi, Hidaka Kono, Hiroshi Asanuma, Eiji Kikuchi, Masahiro Jinzaki, Ken Nakagawa, Mototsugu Oya

Open Access Research article

Blood volume analysis as a guide for dry weight determination in chronic hemodialysis patients: a crossover study

Line Malha, Hasan Fattah, Frank Modersitzki, David S. Goldfarb

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Development and preliminary results on the feasibility of a renal diet specific question prompt sheet for use in nephrology clinics

Kelly Lambert, Tsz Kwan Lau, Sarah Davison, Holly Mitchell, Alex Harman, Mandy Carrie

Open Access Correction

Correction to: 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

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Post renal transplant anemia: severity, causes and their association with graft and patient survival

Amir Schechter, Anat Gafter-Gvili, Daniel Shepshelovich, Ruth Rahamimov, Uzi Gafter, Eytan Mor, Avry Chagnac, Benaya Rozen-Zvi

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

Improved long-term survival with home hemodialysis compared with institutional hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis: a matched cohort study

Helena Rydell, Kerstin Ivarsson, Martin Almquist, Mårten Segelmark, Naomi Clyne

Open Access Rituximab Case report

Complete biopsy-proven resolution of deposits in recurrent proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal IgG deposits (PGNMIGD) following rituximab treatment in renal allograft

Jon Von Visger, Clarissa Cassol, Uday Nori, Gerardo Franco-Ahumada, Tibor Nadasdy, Anjali A. Satoskar

Open Access Sarcopenia Research article

Angiotensin II receptor blockade is associated with preserved muscle strength in chronic hemodialysis patients

Yu-Li Lin, Shu-Yuan Chen, Yu-Hsien Lai, Chih-Hsien Wang, Chiu-Huang Kuo, Hung-Hsiang Liou, Bang-Gee Hsu

Open Access Polycystic Kidney Disease Research article

Revisiting racial differences in ESRD due to ADPKD in the United States

Erin L. Murphy, Feng Dai, Katrina Lehmann Blount, Madeline L. Droher, Lauren Liberti, Deidra C. Crews, Neera K. Dahl

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Identifying on admission patients likely to develop acute kidney injury in hospital

Anastasios Argyropoulos, Stuart Townley, Paul M. Upton, Stephen Dickinson, Adam S. Pollard

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Serum indoxyl sulfate is associated with mortality in hospital-acquired acute kidney injury: a prospective cohort study

Wenji Wang, Guihua Hao, Yu Pan, Shuai Ma, Tianye Yang, Peng Shi, Qiuyu Zhu, Yingxin Xie, Shaojun Ma, Qi Zhang, Hong Ruan, Feng Ding

Open Access ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Research article

Intravenous pulse methylprednisolone for induction of remission in severe ANCA associated Vasculitis: a multi-center retrospective cohort study

Dimitrios Chanouzas, Julie Anne G. McGregor, Peter Nightingale, Alan D. Salama, Wladimir M. Szpirt, Neil Basu, Matthew David Morgan, Caroline J. Poulton, Juliana Bordignon Draibe, Elizabeth Krarup, Paula Dospinescu, Jessica Anne Dale, William Franklin Pendergraft, Keegan Lee, Martin Egfjord, Susan L. Hogan, Lorraine Harper

Open Access Testosterone Research article

Differences in association of lower bone mineral density with higher coronary calcification in female and male end-stage renal disease patients

Zhimin Chen, Abdul Rashid Qureshi, Torkel B. Brismar, Jonaz Ripsweden, Mathias Haarhaus, Peter Barany, Olof Heimburger, Bengt Lindholm, Peter Stenvinkel

Open Access Insulins Research article

Insulin resistance and chronic kidney disease progression, cardiovascular events, and death: findings from the chronic renal insufficiency cohort study

Sarah J. Schrauben, Christopher Jepson, Jesse Y. Hsu, F. Perry Wilson, Xiaoming Zhang, James P. Lash, Bruce M. Robinson, Raymond R. Townsend, Jing Chen, Leon Fogelfeld, Patricia Kao, J. Richard Landis, Daniel J. Rader, L. Lee Hamm, Amanda H. Anderson, Harold I. Feldman

Open Access Hypertension Research article

Complement C3 and incident hospitalization due to chronic kidney disease: a population-based cohort study

Xue Bao, Yan Borné, Iram Faqir Muhammad, Christina-Alexandra Schulz, Margaretha Persson, Marju Orho-Melander, Kaijun Niu, Anders Christensson, Gunnar Engström

Open Access Nephrectomy Case report

A huge benign fibrous histiocytoma arising from the renal capsule: report of a case

Chao Sun, Shengli Wang, Bo Li, Xueting Sun

Open Access Cerebral Hemorrhage Research article

Serum klotho: a potential predictor of cerebrovascular disease in hemodialysis patients

Honglan Wei, Hua Li, Xiaohong Song, Xingguo Du, Yuan Cai, Chengxu Li, Liping Dong, Junwu Dong

Open Access Nephrectomy Case report

Unilateral renal artery stenosis presented with hyponatremic-hypertensive syndrome – case report and literature review

Jhao-Jhuang Ding, Shih-Hua Lin, Jin-Yao Lai, Tai-Wei Wu, Jing-Long Huang, Hung-Tao Chung, Min-Hua Tseng

Open Access Influenza Vaccination Research article

Influenza vaccination among children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome: an investigation of practices

Roman Klifa, Julie Toubiana, Alizée Michel, Nathalie Biebuyck, Marina Charbit, Laurence Heidet, Saoussen Krid, Pauline Krug, Rémi Salomon, Olivia Boyer

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Epidemiology of acute kidney injury in hospitalized pregnant women in China

Diankun Liu, Wenjuan He, Yanqin Li, Mengqi Xiong, Long Wang, Jingxin Huang, Ling Jia, Shuling Yuan, Sheng Nie

Open Access Arteriovenous Fistula Research article

Determinants and outcomes of access-related blood-stream infections among Irish haemodialysis patients; a cohort study

Husham Mohamed, Alaa Ali, Leonard D. Browne, Nuala H. O’Connell, Liam Casserly, Austin G. Stack, Wael F. Hussein

Open Access Alport Syndrome Research article

Non-collagen genes role in digenic Alport syndrome

S. Daga, C. Fallerini, S. Furini, C. Pecoraro, F. Scolari, F. Ariani, M. Bruttini, M. A. Mencarelli, F. Mari, A. Renieri, A. M. Pinto

Open Access Myocardial Infarction Research article

Increased concentrations of platelet- and endothelial-derived microparticles in patients with myocardial infarction and reduced renal function- a descriptive study

Josefin Mörtberg, Kristina Lundwall, Fariborz Mobarrez, Håkan Wallén, Stefan H. Jacobson, Jonas Spaak

Open Access Hepatitis B Research article

Development of an electronic health record-based chronic kidney disease registry to promote population health management

Mallika L. Mendu, Salman Ahmed, Jason K. Maron, Sandhya K. Rao, Sreekanth K. Chaguturu, Megan F. May, Walter P. Mutter, Kelly A. Burdge, David J. R. Steele, David B. Mount, Sushrut S. Waikar, Jeffrey B. Weilburg, Thomas D. Sequist

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Association between serum levels of interleukin-6 on ICU admission and subsequent outcomes in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury

Takashi Shimazui, Taka-aki Nakada, Yoshihisa Tateishi, Taku Oshima, Tuerxun Aizimu, Shigeto Oda

Open Access Nephrectomy Research article

DPP-4 inhibition enhanced renal tubular and myocardial GLP-1 receptor expression decreased in CKD with myocardial infarction

Seung Jung Kim, Soon Kil Kwon, Hye-Young Kim, Sun Moon Kim, Jang-Whan Bae, Joong-Kook Choi

Open Access Glomerulonephritis Research article

Urinary miRNA profile for the diagnosis of IgA nephropathy

Cheuk-Chun Szeto, Gang Wang, Jack Kit-Chung Ng, Bonnie Ching-Ha Kwan, Fernand Mac-Moune Lai, Kai-Ming Chow, Cathy Choi-Wan Luk, Ka-Bik Lai, Philip Kam-Tao Li

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Study protocol

A randomized controlled trial of Explore Transplant at Home to improve transplant knowledge and decision-making for CKD 3–5 patients at Kaiser Permanente Southern California

Amy D. Waterman, Crystal Anderson, Angelika Alem, John D. Peipert, Jennifer L. Beaumont, Shayna L. Henry, Bhanuja Dub, Lizeth Ambriz, Neha Bijjala, Amanda Faye Lipsey, Brian Mittman

Open Access Malaria Research article

Prevalence and factors associated with renal dysfunction in children admitted to two hospitals in northwestern Tanzania

Neema Chami, Rogatus Kabyemera, Tulla Masoza, Emmanuela Ambrose, Franscisca Kimaro, Neema Kayange, Adolfine Hokororo, Francis F. Furia, Rob Peck

Open Access Research article

Relationship between dialytic parameters and reviewer confirmed arrhythmias in hemodialysis patients in the monitoring in dialysis study

James A. Tumlin, Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, Bruce A. Koplan, Alexandru I. Costea, Vijay Kher, Don Williamson, Saurabh Pokhariyal, David M. Charytan, Don Williamson, Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, James Tumlin, Vijay Kher, Vikranth Reddy, Kowdle Chandrasekhar Prakash, David Charytan, Suresh Chandra Tiwari, Saurabh Pokhariyal, Amber Podoll, Sanjeev Jasuja G. Leslie Walters, Kraig Wangsnes, Alexandru Costea, Selcuk Tombul, Balbir Singh, Brajesh Mishra, Sachin Yalagudri, Abhijeet Shelke, Calambur Narasimhan, A. M. Karthigesan, Abraham Oomman, K. P. Pramod Kumar, Bruce Koplan, Upendra Kaul, Tapan Ghose, Ripen Gupta, Arvind Sethi, Nikhil Kumar, Ramesh Hariharan, Rajnish Sardana, Arif Wahab, N. N. Khanna, Mark Smith, Suresh Kamath, Claude Galphin, Puneet Sodhi, Rajsekara Chakravarthy, Subba Rao Budithi, Finnian McCausland, Sanjeev Gulati, Munawer Dijoo, Upendra Singh, Salil Jain, Vishal Saxena, Gaurav Sagar, David Charytan, Rachel Fissell, Robert Foley, Charles A. Herzog, Peter McCullough, John D. Rogers, James A. Tumlin, Peter Zimetbaum, Manish Assar, Mark Kremers, Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer

Open Access Erythropoietin Research article

Potential life-years gained over a 5-year period by correcting DOPPS-identified modifiable practices in haemodialysis: results from the European MONITOR-CKD5 study

Christian Combe, Johannes Mann, David Goldsmith, Frank Dellanna, Philippe Zaoui, Gérard London, Kris Denhaerynck, Andriy Krendyukov, Ivo Abraham, Karen MacDonald

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Gait characteristics of CKD patients: a systematic review

Damiano D. Zemp, Olivier Giannini, Pierluigi Quadri, Eling D. de Bruin

Open Access Care Research article

Epidemiology and health outcomes associated with hyperkalemia in a primary care setting in England

Laura Horne, Akhtar Ashfaq, Sharon MacLachlan, Marvin Sinsakul, Lei Qin, Robert LoCasale, James B. Wetmore

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Outcome of kidney function after ischaemic and zero-ischaemic laparoscopic and open nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell cancer

Jan Ebbing, Felix Menzel, Paolo Frumento, Kurt Miller, Bernhard Ralla, Tom Florian Fuller, Jonas Busch, Justin William Collins, Christofer Adding, Hans Helge Seifert, Peter Ardelt, Christian Wetterauer, Timm Westhoff, Carsten Kempkensteffen

Open Access Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Case report

Dasatinib-induced nephrotic syndrome in a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia: a case report

Shoko Ochiai, Yuji Sato, Akihiro Minakawa, Akihiro Fukuda, Shouichi Fujimoto

Open Access Cytokines Research article

Effect of steroids and relevant cytokine analysis in acute tubulointerstitial nephritis

Donghwan Yun, Myoung-jin Jang, Jung Nam An, Jung Pyo Lee, Dong Ki Kim, Ho Jun Chin, Yon Su Kim, Dong-Sup Lee, Seung Seok Han

Open Access Anemia Research article

Short-term outcome associated with disease severity and electrolyte abnormalities among critically ill children with acute kidney injury

Osama Y. Safder, Khalid A. Alhasan, Mohamed A. Shalaby, Norah Khathlan, Suleman A. Al Rezgan, Amr S. Albanna, Jameela A. Kari

Open Access Erythropoietin Research article

Efficacy, tolerability and safety of darbepoetin alfa injection for the treatment of anemia associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing dialysis: a randomized, phase-III trial

Shubhadeep D. Sinha, Vamsi Krishna Bandi, Bala Reddy Bheemareddy, Pankaj Thakur, Sreenivasa Chary, Kalpana Mehta, Vikranth Reddy Pinnamareddy, Rajendra Pandey, Subhramanyam Sreepada, Santosh Durugkar

The conundrum of postpartum thrombotic Microangiopathy: case report and considerations for management

Katharina Artinger, Gerald Hackl, Gernot Schilcher, Florian Eisner, Marion J. Pollheimer, Christoph Mache, Eva-Christine Weiss, Kathrin Eller, Philipp Eller

Open Access Malnutrition Research article

Assessment of nutritional status in the maintenance of haemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study from Palestine

Ali M. Omari, Leen S. Omari, Hazar H. Dagash, Waleed M. Sweileh, Nehal Natour, Sa’ed H. Zyoud

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Hyperuricemia and its related histopathological features on renal biopsy

Shulei Fan, Ping Zhang, Amanda Ying Wang, Xia Wang, Li Wang, Guisen Li, Daqing Hong

Open Access Research article

“Exercise during hemodialysis and health promoting behaviors: a clinical trial”

Alireza Dashtidehkordi, Nahid Shahgholian, Fatemeh Attari

Open Access Perspective

The pioneers of nephrology – Professor Natalia Tomilina: courage, passion and humanism in medicine

Giorgina B. Piccoli, Gilberto Richiero, Hayley Henderson

Open Access Study protocol

Design and methodology of the impact of HemoDiaFIlTration on physical activity and self-reported outcomes: a randomized controlled trial (HDFIT trial) in Brazil

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, John W. Larkin, Carlos Eduardo Poli-de-Figueiredo, Américo Lourenço Cuvello Neto, Ana Beatriz Barra, Sinaia Canhada, Ludimila Guedim de Campos, Juliane Woehl, Priscila Bezerra Gonçalves, Hao Han, Thyago Proença de Moraes, Jochen G. Raimann, Maria Eugenia F. Canziani, Ana Claudia Dambiski, Thaylane Amanda de Souza, Daniela Ponce, Edwa Maria Bucuvic, Luciana Menin Ferreira, Wanderson de Souza Carvalho, Jorge Paulo Strogoff de Matos, Esther Oliveria Silva, Manuel Carlos Martins de Castro, Celina de Fátima e Silva, Maria Eugenia F Canziani, Silvia R Manfredi, Katia Santos, Ana Paula Fonseca Correia, Giovani Gadonski, Adriana Conti, Inah Pecly, Camille Souza Paixão, Viviane Calice-Silva, Simone Ribeiro, Lizia Regina Ribeiro Caldeira, Adailto Santos, Rosilene Motta Elias, Andreia Barbosa Dos Santos, Américo Lourenço Cuvello-Neto, Amanda Monteiro Virolli

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Case report

Spectrum of acute kidney injury associated with cocaine use: report of three cases

José Célio Costa Lima Filho, Maurício Yukio Ogawa, Tacilla Hanny de Souza Andrade, Sami de Andrade Cordeiro Gadelha, Paula Frassinetti Castelo Branco Camurça Fernandes, Anaiara Lucena Queiroz, Elizabeth De Francesco Daher

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Mapping the UK renal psychosocial workforce: the first comprehensive workforce survey

Maaike L. Seekles, Paula Ormandy, Emma Coyne

Open Access Research article

Induction therapy with thymoglobulin or interleukin-2 receptor antagonist for Chinese recipients of living donor renal transplantation: a retrospective study

Jiang Qiu, Jun Li, Guodong Chen, Gang Huang, Qian Fu, Changxi Wang, Lizhong Chen

Open Access Pruritus Research article

Sleep disturbance among Malaysian patients with end-stage renal disease with pruritus

Inayat Ur Rehman, Pauline Siew Mei Lai, Soo Kun Lim, Learn Han Lee, Tahir Mehmood Khan

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Statin use and the risk of acute kidney injury in older adults

Marcello Tonelli, Anita M. Lloyd, Aminu K. Bello, Matthew T. James, Scott W. Klarenbach, Finlay A. McAlister, Braden J. Manns, Ross T. Tsuyuki, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn

Open Access Polycystic Kidney Disease Research article

Urinary angiotensinogen level is associated with potassium homeostasis and clinical outcome in patients with polycystic kidney disease: a prospective cohort study

Hyoungnae Kim, Seohyun Park, Jong Hyun Jhee, Hae-Ryong Yun, Jung Tak Park, Seung Hyeok Han, Joongyub Lee, Soo Wan Kim, Yeong Hoon Kim, Yun Kyu Oh, Shin-Wook Kang, Kyu Hun Choi, Tae-Hyun Yoo

Open Access Sarcopenia Research article

Impact of diabetes on sarcopenia and mortality in patients undergoing hemodialysis

Katsuhito Mori, Kozo Nishide, Senji Okuno, Tetsuo Shoji, Masanori Emoto, Akihiro Tsuda, Shinya Nakatani, Yasuo Imanishi, Eiji Ishimura, Tomoyuki Yamakawa, Shigeichi Shoji, Masaaki Inaba

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

The role of podocyte damage in the etiology of ischemia-reperfusion acute kidney injury and post-injury fibrosis

Yi Chen, Liyu Lin, Xuan Tao, Yankun Song, Jiong Cui, Jianxin Wan

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

Increased cancer risk in patients undergoing dialysis: a population-based cohort study in North-Eastern Italy

Martina Taborelli, Federica Toffolutti, Stefania Del Zotto, Elena Clagnan, Lucrezia Furian, Pierluca Piselli, Franco Citterio, Loris Zanier, Giuliano Boscutti, Diego Serraino, Sarah Shalaby, Raffaella Petrara, Patrizia Burra, Giacomo Zanus, Stefano Zanini, Paolo Rigotti, Maria Rendina, Alfredo Di Leo, Francesco Paolo Schena, Giuseppe Grandaliano, Marco Fiorentino, Augusto Lauro, Antonio Daniele Pinna, Paolo Di Gioia, Sara Pellegrini, Chiara Zanfi, Maria Piera Scolari, Sergio Stefoni, Paola Todeschini, Laura Panicali, Chiara Valentini, Umberto Baccarani, Andrea Risaliti, Gian Luigi Adani, Dario Lorenzin, Giuseppe Maria Ettorre, Giovanni Vennarecci, Marco Colasanti, Manuela Coco, Fabrizio Ettorre, Roberto Santoro, Lucia Miglioresi, Francesco Nudo, Massimo Rossi, Gianluca Mennini, Luca Toti, Giuseppe Tisone, Annachiara Casella, Laura Fazzolari, Daniele Sforza, Giuseppe Iaria, Carlo Gazia, Chiara Belardi, Claudia Cimaglia, Alessandro Agresta, Gianpiero D’Offizi, Ubaldo Visco Comandini, Raffaella Lionetti, Marzia Montalbano, Chiara Taibi, Giovanni Fantola, Fausto Zamboni, Gian Benedetto Piredda, Maria Benigna Michittu, Maria Gavina Murgia, Bruno Onano, Lucia Fratino, Luigino Dal Maso, Paolo De Paoli, Diana Verdirosi, Emanuela Vaccher, Francesco Pisani, Antonio Famulari, Federica Delreno, Samuele Iesari, Linda De Luca, Maurizio Iaria, Enzo Capocasale, Elena Cremaschi, Silvio Sandrini, Francesca Valerio, Valentina Mazzucotelli, Nicola Bossini, Gisella Setti, Massimiliano Veroux, Pierfrancesco Veroux, Alessia Giaquinta, Domenico Zerbo, Ghil Busnach, Laura Di Leo, Maria Luisa Perrino, Marialuisa Querques, Valeriana Colombo, Maria Chiara Sghirlanzoni, Piergiorgio Messa, Antonio Leoni, Laura Galatioto, Salvatore Gruttadauria, Vito Sparacino, Flavia Caputo, Barbara Buscemi, Franco Citterio, Gionata Spagnoletti, Maria Paola Salerno, Evaldo Favi, Giuseppe Paolo Segoloni, Luigi Biancone, Antonio Lavacca, Maria Cristina Maresca, Carmelo Cascone, Bice Virgilio, Donato Donati, Fiorella Dossi, Andrea Fontanella, Andrea Ambrosini, Marco Di Cicco

Open Access Care Research article

Patient and provider experience and perspectives of a risk-based approach to multidisciplinary chronic kidney disease care: a mixed methods study

Michelle D. Smekal, Helen Tam-Tham, Juli Finlay, Maoliosa Donald, Chandra Thomas, Robert G. Weaver, Robert R. Quinn, Kin Tam, Braden J. Manns, Marcello Tonelli, Aminu Bello, Navdeep Tangri, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

Use of the KDQOL-36™ for assessment of health-related quality of life among dialysis patients in the United States

Dena E. Cohen, Andrew Lee, Scott Sibbel, Deborah Benner, Steven M. Brunelli, Francesca Tentori

Open Access Care Research article

A need-based approach to self-management education for adults with co-morbid diabetes and chronic kidney disease

Edward Zimbudzi, Clement Lo, Peter G. Kerr, Sophia Zoungas

Open Access Phenprocoumon Research article

Phenprocoumon based anticoagulation is an underestimated factor in the pathogenesis of calciphylaxis

Philipp Russ, Martin Russwurm, Birgit Kortus-Goetze, Joachim Hoyer, Sahana Kamalanabhaiah

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Blood urea nitrogen is independently associated with renal outcomes in Japanese patients with stage 3–5 chronic kidney disease: a prospective observational study

Makiko Seki, Masaru Nakayama, Teppei Sakoh, Ryota Yoshitomi, Akiko Fukui, Eisuke Katafuchi, Susumu Tsuda, Toshiaki Nakano, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Takanari Kitazono

Open Access Affective Disorder Research article

Patient-reported advantages and disadvantages of peritoneal dialysis: results from the PDOPPS

Nidhi Sukul, Junhui Zhao, Douglas S. Fuller, Angelo Karaboyas, Brian Bieber, James A. Sloand, Lalita Subramanian, David W. Johnson, Matthew J. Oliver, Kriang Tungsanga, Tadashi Tomo, Rachael L. Morton, Hal Morgenstern, Bruce M. Robinson, Jeffrey Perl

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Higher serum uric acid level is inversely associated with renal function assessed by cystatin C in a Japanese general population without chronic kidney disease: the KOBE study

Sachimi Kubo, Yoko Nishida, Yoshimi Kubota, Aya Higashiyama, Daisuke Sugiyama, Takumi Hirata, Naomi Miyamatsu, Ayumi Tanabe, Aya Hirata, Yukako Tatsumi, Aya Kadota, Kazuyo Kuwabara, Tomofumi Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Miyamoto, Tomonori Okamura

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Urinary angiostatin: a novel biomarker of kidney disease associated with disease severity and progression

Yuan-Yuan Xia, Ru Bu, Guang-Yan Cai, Xue-Guang Zhang, Shu-Wei Duan, Jie Wu, Di Wu, Xiang-Mei Chen

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Serum klotho is inversely associated with metabolic syndrome in chronic kidney disease: results from the KNOW-CKD study

Hyo Jin Kim, Joongyub Lee, Dong-Wan Chae, Kyu-Beck Lee, Su Ah Sung, Tae-Hyun Yoo, Seung Hyeok Han, Curie Ahn, Kook-Hwan Oh

Open Access Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Case report

Small intestinal perforation due to a huge gastrointestinal stromal tumor in a kidney transplant recipient: a case report and literature review

Ryohei Takahashi, Kazunobu Shinoda, Takashi Ishida, Yasuo Hamamoto, Shinya Morita, Hirotaka Akita, Sotaro Kitaoka, Satoshi Tamaki, Hiroshi Asanuma, Tadashi Yoshida, Masahiro Jinzaki, Kaori Kameyama, Mototsugu Oya

Open Access Research article

Impact of salt taste dysfunction on interdialytic weight gain for hemodialysis patients; a cross-sectional study

Mai Tanaka, Hiroki Nishiwaki, Hiroshi Kado, Yohei Doi, Chieko Ihoriya, Kenji Omae, Keiichi Tamagaki

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Quality of life among patients with moderate to advanced chronic kidney disease in Ghana - a single centre study

Elliot K. Tannor, Betty R. Norman, Kwame K. Adusei, Fred S. Sarfo, Mogamat R. Davids, George Bedu-Addo

Open Access Myasthenia Gravis Case report

Microscopic polyangiitis associated with thymic tumor: a case report and review of the literature

Yasunori Miyamoto, Kouichi Hirayama, Hiroshi Maruyama, Kentaro Ohgi, Mamiko Takayasu, Homare Shimohata, Masaki Kobayashi

Open Access Arteritis Research article

IL17A and IL17F genes polymorphisms are associated with histopathological changes in transplanted kidney

Leszek Domanski, Karolina Kłoda, Maciej Patrzyk, Magda Wisniewska, Krzysztof Safranow, Jerzy Sienko, Tadeusz Sulikowski, Marzena Staniszewska, Andrzej Pawlik

Open Access Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Research article

Outcomes in patients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome treated with eculizumab in a long-term observational study

Jan Menne, Yahsou Delmas, Fadi Fakhouri, Christoph Licht, Åsa Lommelé, Enrico E. Minetti, François Provôt, Eric Rondeau, Neil S. Sheerin, Jimmy Wang, Laurent E. Weekers, Larry A. Greenbaum

Open Access Nephrotic Syndrome Case report

Novel homozygous OSGEP gene pathogenic variants in two unrelated patients with Galloway-Mowat syndrome: case report and review of the literature

Andrea Domingo-Gallego, Mónica Furlano, Marc Pybus, Daniel Barraca, Ana Belén Martínez, Emiliano Mora Muñoz, Roser Torra, Elisabet Ars

Open Access Kidney Cancer Research article

miR-10b suppresses cell invasion and metastasis through targeting HOXA3 regulated by FAK/YAP signaling pathway in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma

Cheng He, Zhi-Yong Chen, Yang Li, Zhong-Qing Yang, Feng Zeng, Yu Cui, Yao He, Jin-Bo Chen, He-Qun Chen

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Predictors of short-term successful discontinuation of continuous renal replacement therapy: results from a prospective multicentre study

Susanne Stads, K. Merijn Kant, Margriet F. C. de Jong, Wouter de Ruijter, Christa M. Cobbaert, Michiel G. H. Betjes, Diederik Gommers, Heleen M. Oudemans-van Straaten

Open Access Albuminuria Research article

Improving proteinuria screening with mailed smartphone urinalysis testing in previously unscreened patients with hypertension: a randomized controlled trial

Julia Leddy, Jamie A. Green, Christina Yule, Juliann Molecavage, Josef Coresh, Alex R. Chang

Open Access Sudden Cardiac Death Research article

Associations of serum and dialysate electrolytes with QT interval and prolongation in incident hemodialysis: the Predictors of Arrhythmic and Cardiovascular Risk in End-Stage Renal Disease (PACE) study

Esther D. Kim, Jacqueline Watt, Larisa G. Tereshchenko, Bernard G. Jaar, Stephen M. Sozio, W. H. Linda Kao, Michelle M. Estrella, Rulan S. Parekh

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Study protocol

NAV-KIDS2 trial: protocol for a multi-centre, staggered randomised controlled trial of a patient navigator intervention in children with chronic kidney disease

Anita van Zwieten, Patrina Caldwell, Kirsten Howard, Allison Tong, Jonathan C. Craig, Stephen Alexander, Martin Howell, Teixeira-Pinto Armando, Carmel Hawley, Shilpa Jesudason, Amanda Walker, Fiona Mackie, Sean Kennedy, Steve McTaggart, Hugh McCarthy, Simon Carter, Siah Kim, Sam Crafter, Reginald Woodleigh, Chandana Guha, Germaine Wong

Open Access Research article

S1PR2 antagonist ameliorate high glucose-induced fission and dysfunction of mitochondria in HRGECs via regulating ROCK1

Wei Chen, Hong Xiang, Ruifang Chen, Jie Yang, Xiaoping Yang, Jianda Zhou, Hengdao Liu, Shaoli Zhao, Jie Xiao, Pan Chen, Alex F. Chen, Shuhua Chen, Hongwei Lu

Open Access Research article

Recruitment and participant baseline characteristics in the dialysis outcomes in those aged 65 years or older study

Bronwen McNoe, John B. W. Schollum, Sarah Derrett, Mark R. Marshall, Andrew Henderson, Ari Samaranayaka, Robert J. Walker

Open Access Nutrition Research article

Resistant hypertension and cardiovascular disease mortality in the US: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

Katerina R. Kaczmarski, Stephen M. Sozio, Jingsha Chen, Yingying Sang, Tariq Shafi

Open Access Phlebothrombosis Research article

Prophylactic anticoagulation in nephrotic syndrome prevents thromboembolic complications

Sarah Kelddal, Karen Marie Nykjær, Jon Waarst Gregersen, Henrik Birn

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Effects of Brazilian green propolis on proteinuria and renal function in patients with chronic kidney disease: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Marcelo Augusto Duarte Silveira, Flávio Teles, Andressa A. Berretta, Talita R. Sanches, Camila Eleutério Rodrigues, Antonio Carlos Seguro, Lúcia Andrade

Open Access Kidney Injury Research article

Meprin β metalloproteases associated with differential metabolite profiles in the plasma and urine of mice with type 1 diabetes and diabetic nephropathy

Jessica Gooding, Lei Cao, Courtney Whitaker, Jean-Marie Mwiza, Mizpha Fernander, Faihaa Ahmed, Zach Acuff, Susan McRitchie, Susan Sumner, Elimelda Moige Ongeri

Open Access Care Research article

Self-management interventions for chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Suyuan Peng, Jiawei He, Jiasheng Huang, Longwei Lun, Jiahao Zeng, Shan Zeng, La Zhang, Xusheng Liu, Yifan Wu

Open Access Care Research article

Evaluating the feasibility of a nurse-led self-management support intervention for kidney transplant recipients: a pilot study

Janet M. J. Been-Dahmen, Denise K. Beck, Mariëlle A. C. Peeters, Heleen van der Stege, Mirjam Tielen, Marleen C. van Buren, Erwin Ista, AnneLoes van Staa, Emma K. Massey

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

Health-related quality of life as predictor of mortality in end-stage renal disease patients: an observational study

Ming Pei, Rute Aguiar, Agneta A. Pagels, Olof Heimbürger, Peter Stenvinkel, Peter Bárány, Charlotte Medin, Stefan H. Jacobson, Britta Hylander, Bengt Lindholm, Abdul Rashid Qureshi

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Increased ENaC activity during kidney preservation in Wisconsin solution

Sherif Khedr, Oleg Palygin, Tengis S. Pavlov, Gregory Blass, Vladislav Levchenko, Ammar Alsheikh, Michael W. Brands, Ashraf El-Meanawy, Alexander Staruschenko

Open Access Research article

Perceptions of nephrology among medical students and internal medicine residents: a national survey among institutions with nephrology exposure

Devika Nair, Kurtis A. Pivert, Adrian Baudy IV, Charuhas V. Thakar

Open Access Intracranial Aneurysm Guidelines

Clinical practice guideline monitoring children and young people with, or at risk of developing autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)

Jan Dudley, Paul Winyard, Matko Marlais, Oliver Cuthell, Tess Harris, Jiehan Chong, John Sayer, Daniel P. Gale, Lucy Moore, Kay Turner, Sarah Burrows, Richard Sandford

Open Access Low Molecular Weight Heparin Study protocol

Evaluation of the efficacy of an interdialytic “ethanol 40% v/v - enoxaparin 1000 U/mL” lock solution to prevent tunnelled catheter infections in chronic hemodialysis patients: a multi-centre, randomized, single blind, parallel group study

Julien Aniort, Aurélien Piraud, Mireille Adda, Bruno Perreira, Marc Bouiller, Jacques Fourcade, Abdallah Guerraoui, Emilie Kalbacher, Thierry Krumel, Hélène Leray Moragues, Damien Thibaudin, Carlos Gustavo Vela, Guillaume Vernin, Hugo Weclawiak, Lise Bernard, Anne Elisabeth Heng, Bertrand Souweine

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

Health related quality of life of dialysis patients in Malaysia: Haemodialysis versus continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

Naren Kumar Surendra, Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf, Lai Seong Hooi, Sunita Bavanandan, Fariz Safhan Mohamad Nor, Shahnaz Shah Firdaus Khan, Loke Meng Ong, Abdul Halim Abdul Gafor

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

The atrial uremic cardiomyopathy regression in patients after kidney transplantation – the prospective echocardiographic study

Tomasz Zapolski, Jacek Furmaga, Andrzej P. Wysokiński, Anna Wysocka, Sławomir Rudzki, Andrzej Jaroszyński

Open Access Septicemia Research article

Staphylococcus aureus colonization in hemodialysis patients: a prospective 25 months observational study

Matthias Scheuch, Sabrina Freiin von Rheinbaben, Antje Kabisch, Jonas Engeßer, Susanne Ahrendt, Thomas Dabers, Christian Kohler, Silva Holtfreter, Barbara M. Bröker, Sylvia Stracke

Open Access Glucocorticoid Research article

Glucocorticoid induced adrenal insufficiency is common in steroid treated glomerular diseases - proposed strategy for screening and management

Alvin H. K. Karangizi, May Al-Shaghana, Sarah Logan, Sherwin Criseno, Rachel Webster, Kristien Boelaert, Peter Hewins, Lorraine Harper

Open Access Tenofovir Research article

Chronic kidney disease and HIV in the era of antiretroviral treatment: findings from a 10-year cohort study in a west African setting

Nongodo Firmin Kaboré, Armel Poda, Jacques Zoungrana, Ollo Da, Laura Ciaffi, Aoua Semdé, Issouf Yaméogo, Adrien B. Sawadogo, Eric Delaporte, Nicolas Meda, Sophie Limou, Amandine Cournil

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Daily hemodialysis practices in Australia/New Zealand and in France: a comparative cohort study

Adélaïde Pladys, Sahar Bayat, Cécile Couchoud, Cécile Vigneau, Stephen McDonald

Open Access Escherichia Coli Case report

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with non shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli bacteraemia: a case report

Stéphane Bally, Jacques Fourcade, Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Pirfenidone prevents acute kidney injury in the rat

Ixchel Lima-Posada, Francesco Fontana, Rosalba Pérez-Villalva, Nathan Berman-Parks, Norma A. Bobadilla

Open Access Glucocorticoid Research article

The Canadian childhood nephrotic syndrome (CHILDNEPH) study: report on mid-study feasibility, recruitment and main measures

Susan M. Samuel, Allison Dart, Guido Filler, Martin Bitzan, Maury Pinsk, Cherry Mammen, Alberto Nettel-Aguirre, Maneka A. Perinpanayagam, Tomoko Takano, Rahul Chanchlani, Michael Zappitelli, Allison Eddy, Andrew Wade, Anne-Laure Lapeyraque, Catherine Morgan, Ciriaco Piccirillo, Genevieve Benoit, James Tee, Janusz Feber, Pavel Geier, Shannon Scott, Silviu Grisaru, Steve Arora, Daniel Muruve

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Case report

Kidney autotransplantation for the treatment of renal artery occlusion after endovascular aortic repair: a case report

Atsuko Uehara, Tomo Suzuki, Soichiro Hase, Hirofumi Sumi, Satoshi Hachisuka, Eisuke Fujimoto, Kouichirou Aida, Ryuto Nakazawa, Hideo Sasaki, Junki Koike, Tatsuya Chikaraishi, Yugo Shibagaki, Yuhji Marui

Open Access Infertility Research article

Effect of deflazacort on pregnancy outcome in kidney transplant patients: should we change the immunosuppressant before conception?

Bo Hyon Yun, Dong Jin Joo, Seok Kyo Seo, Si Hyun Cho, Young Sik Choi, Byung Seok Lee

Open Access ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Research article

Rituximab in relapsing and de novo MPO ANCA-associated vasculitis with severe renal involvement: a case series

L. Caroti, C. L. Cirami, L. Di Maria, A. Larti, P. Carta, E. Dervishi, S. Farsetti, A. Tsalouchos, L. Novelli, E. E. Minetti

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

Quality of life in adolescents with chronic kidney disease who initiate haemodialysis treatment

Stéphanie Clavé, Michel Tsimaratos, Mohamed Boucekine, Bruno Ranchin, Rémi Salomon, Olivier Dunand, Arnaud Garnier, Annie Lahoche, Marc Fila, Gwenaelle Roussey, Francoise Broux, Jérome Harambat, Sylvie Cloarec, Soraya Menouer, Georges Deschenes, Isabelle Vrillon, Pascal Auquier, Julie Berbis

Open Access Hypotension Research article

Association between quality of life and various aspects of intradialytic hypotension including patient-reported intradialytic symptom score

Johanna Kuipers, Jurjen K. Oosterhuis, Wolter Paans, Wim P. Krijnen, Carlo A. J. M. Gaillard, Ralf Westerhuis, Casper F. M. Franssen

Open Access Research article

Low-grade impairments in cognitive and kidney function in a healthy middle-aged general population: a cross-sectional study

Silje Småbrekke, Henrik Schirmer, Toralf Melsom, Marit Dahl Solbu, Bjørn Odvar Eriksen

Open Access Ciclosporine Research article

Randomized, open-label, comparative phase IV study on the bioavailability of Ciclosporin Pro (Teva) versus Sandimmun® Optoral (Novartis) under fasting versus fed conditions in patients with stable renal transplants

Anja Gäckler, Sebastian Dolff, Hana Rohn, Johannes Korth, Benjamin Wilde, Ute Eisenberger, Anna Mitchell, Andreas Kribben, Oliver Witzke

Open Access Computed Tomography Case report

Partial nephrogenic diabetes insipidus associated with Castleman’s disease

Minah Kim, Hong Sang Choi, Eun Hui Bae, Seong Kwon Ma, Soo Wan Kim, Chang Seong Kim

Open Access Cinacalcet Research article

Predictors of cinacalcet discontinuation and reinitiation in hemodialysis patients: results from 7 European countries

Douglas S. Fuller, David Hallett, Paul J. Dluzniewski, Bruno Fouqueray, Michel Jadoul, Hal Morgenstern, Friedrich K. Port, Francesca Tentori, Ronald L. Pisoni

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

The impact of immunosuppression on postoperative graft function after graft-unrelated surgery: a retrospective controlled cohort study

Ann-Kathrin Lederer, Dominic Haffa, Philipp Felgendreff, Frank Makowiec, Stefan Fichtner-Feigl, Roman Huber, Lampros Kousoulas

Open Access Technical advance

The impact of systematic review of status 7 patients on the kidney transplant waitlist

Ashish Kataria, Madan Gowda, Brian Paul Lamphron, Kabir Jalal, Rocco C. Venuto, Aijaz A. Gundroo

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Life and expectations post-kidney transplant: a qualitative analysis of patient responses

Emily L. Tucker, Abigail R. Smith, Mark S. Daskin, Hannah Schapiro, Sabrina M. Cottrell, Evelyn S. Gendron, Peg Hill-Callahan, Alan B. Leichtman, Robert M. Merion, Stephen J. Gill, Kayse Lee Maass

Open Access Research article

Racial differences in inflammation and outcomes of aging among kidney transplant candidates

Prakriti Shrestha, Christine E. Haugen, Nadia M. Chu, Ashton Shaffer, Jacqueline Garonzik-Wang, Silas P. Norman, Jeremy D. Walston, Dorry L. Segev, Mara A. McAdams-DeMarco

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Temporal validation of the CT-PIRP prognostic model for mortality and renal replacement therapy initiation in chronic kidney disease patients

Dino Gibertoni, Paola Rucci, Marcora Mandreoli, Mattia Corradini, Davide Martelli, Giorgia Russo, Elena Mancini, Antonio Santoro

Open Access Research article

Interventional study to improve adherence to phosphate binder treatment in dialysis patients

Bodil Jahren Hjemås, Katrine Bøvre, Liv Mathiesen, Jonas Christoffer Lindstrøm, Kathrin Bjerknes

Open Access Research article

The effect of increased frequency of hemodialysis on vitamin C concentrations: an ancillary study of the randomized Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) daily trial

Jochen G. Raimann, Samer R. Abbas, Li Liu, Brett Larive, Gerald Beck, Peter Kotanko, Nathan W. Levin, Garry Handelman

Open Access Levofloxacin Case report

Aeromonas sobria peritonitis in a peritoneal dialysis (PD) patient: a case report and review of the literature

Panai Song, Jun Deng, Tao Hou, Xiao Fu, Lei Zhang, Lin Sun, Yinghong Liu

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

Transcriptome analysis of signaling pathways of human peritoneal mesothelial cells in response to different osmotic agents in a peritoneal dialysis solution

Bin Liu, Shijian Feng, Ghida Dairi, Qiunong Guan, Irina Chafeeva, Hao Wang, Richard Liggins, Gerald da Roza, Jayachandran N. Kizhakkedathu, Caigan Du

Open Access Heart Surgery Research article

The origin of plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in cardiac surgery

Arie Passov, Liisa Petäjä, Marjut Pihlajoki, Ulla-Stina Salminen, Raili Suojaranta, Antti Vento, Sture Andersson, Ville Pettilä, Alexey Schramko, Eero Pesonen

Open Access Research article

Ultrasonographic length of morphologically-normal kidneys in children presented to a premier tertiary healthcare setting of Sri Lanka

W. D. Duminda, K. G. Pathirana, M. U. J. Fernando, R. A. N. K. K. Samarasinghe, W. D. H. A. Ananda, K. S. P. Silva, C. K. Dissanayake, P. K. B. Mahesh

Open Access Diabetes Research article

Serum osteoprotegerin is an independent marker of central arterial stiffness as assessed using carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity in hemodialysis patients: a cross sectional study

Jia-Sian Hou, Yu-Li Lin, Chih-Hsien Wang, Yu-Hsien Lai, Chiu-Huang Kuo, Yi-Maun Subeq, Bang-Gee Hsu

Open Access Research article

Angiopoietin-like-3 knockout protects against glomerulosclerosis in murine adriamycin-induced nephropathy by attenuating podocyte loss

Rufeng Dai, Haimei Liu, Xinli Han, Junchao Liu, Yihui Zhai, Jia Rao, Qian Shen, Hong Xu

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Impact of blood glucose levels on the accuracy of urinary N-acety-β-D-glucosaminidase for acute kidney injury detection in critically ill adults: a multicenter, prospective, observational study

Lin Wang, Yujun Deng, Yiling Zhai, Feng Xu, Jinghua Li, Danqing Zhang, Lu Gao, Yating Hou, Xin OuYang, Linhui Hu, Jie Yuan, Heng Ye, Ruibin Chi, Chunbo Chen

Open Access Nutrition Research article

Association between vitamin D level and hematuria from a dipstick test in a large scale population based study: Korean National Health and nutrition examination survey

Hyunjin Ryu, Hyunjeong Cho, Yun Kyu Oh, Kwon Wook Joo, Yon Su Kim, Curie Ahn, Seung Seok Han

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Coronary calcification as a predictor of cardiovascular mortality in advanced chronic kidney disease: a prospective long-term follow-up study

Marta Cano-Megías, Pablo Guisado-Vasco, Hanane Bouarich, Gabriel de Arriba-de la Fuente, Patricia de Sequera-Ortiz, Concepción Álvarez-Sanz, Diego Rodríguez-Puyol

Open Access Glomerulonephritis Research article

Clinical significance of C4d deposition in renal tissues from patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome—a preliminary study

Wenli Xia, Bixia Gao, Lin Duan, Yan Li, Yubing Wen, Limeng Chen, Xuemei Li, Falei Zheng, Mingxi Li

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Factors associated with adverse outcomes from cardiovascular events in the kidney transplant population: an analysis of national discharge data, hospital characteristics, and process measures

Amit K. Mathur, Yu-Hui Chang, D. Eric Steidley, Raymond L. Heilman, Nabil Wasif, David Etzioni, Kunam S. Reddy, Adyr A. Moss

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Protein C and protein S deficiencies may be related to survival among hemodialysis patients

Mayuri Ichinose, Naru Sasagawa, Tetsuo Chiba, Katsuhide Toyama, Yuzo Kayamori, Dongchon Kang

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Quality assessment of clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: a systematic review

Jorge Coronado Daza, Robin W. M. Vernooij, Karla Salas, Dimelza Osorio, Gerard Urrútia Cuchí

Open Access Metformin Study protocol

Lactic acidosis associated with metformin in patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease: study protocol for a multicenter population-based case-control study using health databases

Consuelo Pedrós, Mónica Ávila, Ainhoa Gómez-Lumbreras, Marcela Manríquez, Rosa Morros, Consuelo Pedrós, Mónica Ávila, Marcela Manríquez, Sebastián Videla, Rosa Morros, Ainhoa Gómez-Lumbreras, Oriol Prat-Vallverdú, Inmaculada Fuentes, Angélica Valderrama, Cristina Aguilera, Ana María Barriocanal, Joaquín Sáez-Peñataro, Rosa Antonijoan, Claudia E. Delgado, Lucía Llanos, Leonor Laredo, Mónica Aguilar, Teresa Sanz, Montserrat Hernández, José C. Estévez, Sergio Ruiz, Lluís Murgui, Xavier Corbella, Xavier Fulladosa, Manuel Pérez-Maraver, Virginia Alonso, Manel Mata-Cases

Open Access Acid-Base Imbalance Research article

Association of estimated dietary acid load with albuminuria in Japanese adults: a cross-sectional study

Keiko Kabasawa, Michihiro Hosojima, Ribeka Takachi, Kazutoshi Nakamura, Yumi Ito, Akihiko Saito, Norie Sawada, Shoichiro Tsugane, Junta Tanaka, Ichiei Narita

Open Access Sarcopenia Research article

Association of gait speed and grip strength with risk of cardiovascular events in patients on haemodialysis: a prospective study

Atsumi Kuki, Kentaro Tanaka, Akifumi Kushiyama, Yoshihide Tanaka, Shuta Motonishi, Yasuji Sugano, Toru Furuya, Takashi Ozawa

Open Access Ultrasound Research article

Variables associated with successful vascular access cannulation in hemodialysis patients: a prospective cohort study

Linda L. Coventry, Jon M. Hosking, Doris T. Chan, Evelyn Coral, Wai H. Lim, Amanda Towell-Barnard, Diane E. Twigg, Claire M. Rickard

Open Access Antibiotic Research article

Risk factors for catheter-related infections in patients receiving permanent dialysis catheter

Fani Delistefani, Manuel Wallbach, Gerhard A. Müller, Michael J. Koziolek, Clemens Grupp

Open Access Kidney Injury Research article

Effect of 3% saline and furosemide on biomarkers of kidney injury and renal tubular function and GFR in healthy subjects – a randomized controlled trial

F. H. Mose, A. N. Jörgensen, M. H. Vrist, N. P. Ekelöf, E. B. Pedersen, J. N. Bech

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Negative association between free triiodothyronine level and contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Kai-Yang Lin, Sun-Ying Wang, Hui Jiang, Han-Chuan Chen, Zhi-Yong Wu, Yan-Song Guo, Peng-Li Zhu

Open Access Arteriovenous Fistula Case report

Catheterization in a patient with end-stage renal disease through persistent left superior vena cava: a rare case report and literature review

Huisi He, Bingyang Li, Yiyi Ma, Yuqiang Zhang, Chaoyang Ye, Changlin Mei, Shengqiang Yu, Bing Dai, Yawei Liu

Open Access Research article

Association of endothelin genetic variants and hospitalized infection complications in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients

Chih-Chin Kao, Shih-Ying Cheng, Yu-Jia Wang, Shu-Chen Chien, Yu-Wen Hsu, Mei-Yi Wu, Hsing-Fang Lu, Sean Nam, Tao Sun, Mai-Szu Wu, Wei-Chiao Chang

Open Access Obesity Research article

Joint associations of obesity and estimated GFR with clinical outcomes: a population-based cohort study

Marcello Tonelli, Natasha Wiebe, Csaba P. Kovesdy, Matthew T. James, Scott W. Klarenbach, Braden J. Manns, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Acute kidney injury and the risk of mortality in patients with methanol intoxication

Shu-Ting Chang, Yu-Ting Wang, Yi-Chou Hou, I-Kuan Wang, Hsiang-Hsi Hong, Cheng-Hao Weng, Wen-Hung Huang, Ching-Wei Hsu, Tzung-Hai Yen

Open Access Fertility Case report

Successful pregnancy after in vitro fertilization in an ABO-incompatible kidney transplant recipient receiving rituximab: a case report

Akihiro Kosoku, Junji Uchida, Keiko Maeda, Yuki Yoshikawa, Akihiro Hamuro, Hisao Shimada, Kazuya Kabei, Shunji Nishide, Tomoaki Iwai, Nobuyuki Kuwabara, Toshihide Naganuma, Norihiko Kumada, Yoshiaki Takemoto, Tatsuya Nakatani

Open Access Neuropathic Pain Case report

Pregabalin-induced urticarial rash and neutropenia in a renal transplant recipient: a case report

Sanjeev Sahota, Robin Geoffrey Parry, Giorgio Gentile

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

A quantitative analysis of chronic exposure of selected heavy metals in a model diet in a CKD hotspot in Sri Lanka

T. B. Ananda Jayalal, T. W. M. A. Jayaruwan Bandara, Sanath T. C. Mahawithanage, M. A. Jagath Wansapala, Sapthala P. L. Galappaththi

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Case report

A case report: acute pancreatitis associated with tacrolimus in kidney transplantation

Junnan Xu, Liang Xu, Xing Wei, Xiang Li, Ming Cai

Open Access Hematoma Research article

Association between serum calcium levels and prognosis, hematoma volume, and onset of cerebral hemorrhage in patients undergoing hemodialysis

Mineaki Kitamura, Yohei Tateishi, Shuntaro Sato, Satoko Kitamura, Yuki Ota, Kumiko Muta, Hiroshi Yamashita, Tadashi Uramatsu, Yoko Obata, Yasushi Mochizuki, Masaharu Nishikido, Tsuyoshi Izumo, Takashi Harada, Satoshi Funakoshi, Takayuki Matsuo, Akira Tsujino, Hideki Sakai, Hiroshi Mukae, Tomoya Nishino

Open Access Research article

Effect of bioelectrical impedance analysis-guided dry weight adjustment, in comparison to standard clinical-guided, on the sleep quality of chronic haemodialysis patients (BEDTIME study): a randomised controlled trial

Sethanant Sethakarun, Sutachard Bijaphala, Chagriya Kitiyakara, Sarinya Boongird, Pariya Phanachet, Sirimon Reutrakul, Kwanchai Pirojsakul, Arkom Nongnuch

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Impact of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia on kidney transplant outcome

Ji Eun Kim, Ahram Han, Hajeong Lee, Jongwon Ha, Yon Su Kim, Seung Seok Han

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Creatinine- and cystatin C-based estimated glomerular filtration rate slopes for the prediction of kidney outcome: a comparative retrospective study

Suhyun Kim, Subin Hwang, Hye Ryoun Jang, Insuk Sohn, Hyeon Seon Ahn, Hyung-Doo Park, Wooseong Huh, Dong-Chan Jin, Yoon-Goo Kim, Dae Joong Kim, Ha Young Oh, Jung Eun Lee

Open Access Research article

Factors influencing survival time of hemodialysis patients; time to event analysis using parametric models: a cohort study

Vahid Ebrahimi, Mohammad Hossein Khademian, Seyed Jalil Masoumi, Mohammad Reza Morvaridi, Shahrokh Ezzatzadegan Jahromi

Open Access Research article

Urinary extracellular vesicular release of aquaporins in patients with renal transplantation

Sayaka Oshikawa-Hori, Naoko Yokota-Ikeda, Hiroko Sonoda, Masahiro Ikeda

Open Access Stroke Research article

Soluble Klotho is associated with mortality and cardiovascular events in hemodialysis

Evangelos Memmos, Pantelis Sarafidis, Panagiotis Pateinakis, Apostolos Tsiantoulas, Danai Faitatzidou, Panagiotis Giamalis, Vassileios Vasilikos, Aikaterini Papagianni

Open Access Research article

Treatment with intravenous immunoglobulins and methylprednisolone may significantly decrease loss of renal function in chronic-active antibody-mediated rejection

Kasia A. Sablik, Marian C. Clahsen-van Groningen, Caspar W. N. Looman, Jeffrey Damman, Madelon van Agteren, Michiel G. H. Betjes

Open Access Renal Artery Stenosis Research article

Cardiac structure and function after revascularization versus medical therapy for renal artery stenosis: the ASTRAL heart echocardiographic sub-study

Darren Green, Diana Vassallo, Kelly Handley, Natalie Ives, Keith Wheatley, Constantina Chrysochou, Janet Hegarty, Julian Wright, Jon Moss, Rajan K. Patel, Chris Deighan, John Webster, Peter Rowe, Sue Carr, Jenny Cross, Jamie O’Driscoll, Raj Sharma, Patrick Mark, Philip A. Kalra

Open Access Tacrolimus Research article

Cilastatin protects against tacrolimus-induced nephrotoxicity via anti-oxidative and anti-apoptotic properties

Kang Luo, Sun Woo Lim, Jian Jin, Long Jin, Hyo Wook Gil, Dai Sig Im, Hyeon Seok Hwang, Chul Woo Yang

Open Access Hemofiltration Research article

CO2 and O2 removal during continuous veno-venous hemofiltration: a pilot study

Joop Jonckheer, Herbert Spapen, Aziz Debain, Joy Demol, Marc Diltoer, Olivier Costa, Katrien Lanckmans, Taku Oshima, Patrick M. Honoré, Manu Malbrain, Elisabeth De Waele

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Protective effect of anisodamine in rats with glycerol-induced acute kidney injury

Yun-feng Li, Bing-yuan Xu, Ran An, Xin-fang Du, Kun Yu, Jia-hua Sun, Guo-hong Zhang, Wei Wang, Li-ping An, Guang-li Wu

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Case report

Primary hyperoxaluria diagnosed after kidney transplantation failure: lesson from 3 case reports and literature review

Ruiming Cai, Minzhuang Lin, Zhiyong Chen, Yongtong Lai, Xianen Huang, Guozhi Zhao, Xuekun Guo, Zhongtang Xiong, Juan Chen, Hui Chen, Qingping Jiang, Shaoyan Liu, Yuexin Yang, Weixiang Liang, Minhui Zou, Tao Liu, Wenfang Chen, Hongzhou Liu, Juan Peng

Open Access Hyperparathyroidism Research article

Can we predict who will develop postoperative hyperkalaemia after parathyroidectomy in dialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism?

Yu-Huan Song, Guang-Yan Cai, Yue-Fei Xiao, Yi-Ping Wang, Song-Tao Yang, Xiang-Mei Chen

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Cross cultural adaptation and validation of the Malay Kidney Disease Quality of Life (KDQOL-36™)

Kent Ka Kian Goh, Pauline Siew Mei Lai, Soo Kun Lim

Open Access Urolithiasis Research article

Metabolic consequences of cystinuria

Lauren E. Woodard, Richard C. Welch, Ruth Ann Veach, Thomas M. Beckermann, Feng Sha, Edward J. Weinman, Talat Alp Ikizler, Jay A. Tischfield, Amrik Sahota, Matthew H. Wilson

Open Access Glomerulonephritis Research article

Mercury-associated glomerulonephritis: a retrospective study of 35 cases in a single Chinese center

Ai-bo Qin, Tao Su, Su-xia Wang, Fan Zhang, Fu-de Zhou, Ming-hui Zhao

Open Access Sarcoidosis Case report

Consecutive episodes of heart and kidney failure in an “otherwise” healthy young man

V. Esposito, D. Catucci, M. Colucci, M. Torreggiani, F. Grosjean, C. Esposito

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Study protocol

Serious kidney disease in pregnancy: an Australian national cohort study protocol

Nadom Safi, Elizabeth Sullivan, Zhuoyang Li, Mark Brown, William Hague, Stephen McDonald, Michael J. Peek, Angela Makris, Angela M. O’Brien, Shilpanjali Jesudason

Open Access Care Research article

Cost of dialysis therapies in rural and remote Australia – a micro-costing analysis

G. Gorham, K. Howard, Y. Zhao, A. M. S. Ahmed, P. D. Lawton, C. Sajiv, S. W. Majoni, P. Wood, T. Conlon, S. Signal, S. L. Robinson, S. Brown, A. Cass

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Early outcomes of kidney transplantation from elderly donors after circulatory death (GEODAS study)

María José Pérez-Sáez, Omar Lafuente Covarrubias, Domingo Hernández, Francesc Moreso, Edoardo Melilli, Javier Juega, Erika de Sousa, Paula López-Sánchez, María Luisa Rodríguez-Ferrero, Naroa Maruri-Kareaga, María Dolores Navarro, Rosalía Valero, María Auxiliadora Mazuecos, Francisco Llamas, Paloma Martín-Moreno, Antón Fernández-García, Jordi Espí, Carlos Jiménez, Ana Ramos, Eva Gavela, Julio Pascual, Jose M. Portolés, José M. Portolés, Omar Lafuente Covarrubias, Paula López-Sánchez, Beatriz Sánchez-Sobrino, María José Pérez-Sáez, Julio Pascual Santos, Ana Zapatero, Domingo Hernández-Marrero, Francesc Moreso, Edoardo Melilli, Anna Manonelles, Javier Juega, Ricardo Lauzurica, Erika de Souza, Fritz Diekmann, María Luisa Rodríguez-Ferrero, Naroa Maruri-Kareaga, Sofia Zárraga, María Dolores Navarro, Alberto Rodríguez-Benot, Rosalía Valero, Juan Carlos Ruiz, María Auxiliadora Mazuecos, Francisco Llamas, Paloma Martín-Moreno, Ángel Alonso, Antón Fernández-García, Jordi Espí, Isabel Beneyto, Carlos Jiménez, María López-Oliva, Ana Ramos, Eva Gavela, Asunción Sancho-Calabuig

Open Access Care Research article

Inequalities and outcomes: end stage kidney disease in ethnic minorities

Emma Wilkinson, Alison Brettle, Muhammad Waqar, Gurch Randhawa

Open Access Erythropoietin Case report

Erythrocytosis is associated with intradialytic hypotension: a case series

Shree Agrawal, Preethi Ramachandran, Rupinder Gill, Samuel Spitalewitz, Douglas Gunzler, Marcia R. Silver, Edward J. Horwitz, Jeffrey R. Schelling

Open Access Research article

Application of dynamic optimisation for planning a haemodialysis process

Wojciech Stecz, Radoslaw Pytlak, Aleksandra Rymarz, Stanislaw Niemczyk

Open Access Obesity Research article

Obesity is not associated with progression to end stage renal disease in patients with biopsy-proven glomerular diseases

Benjamin M. P. Elyan, Jennifer S. Lees, Keith A. Gillis, Bruce Mackinnon, Jonathan G. Fox, Colin C. Geddes, Emily P. McQuarrie

Open Access Peritonitis Research article

Urgent-start peritoneal dialysis for patients with end stage renal disease: a 10-year retrospective study

Hongjian Ye, Xiao Yang, Chunyan Yi, Qunying Guo, Yafang Li, Qiongqiong Yang, Wei Chen, Haiping Mao, Jianbo Li, Yagui Qiu, Xunhua Zheng, Dihua Zhang, Jianxiong Lin, Zhijian Li, Zongpei Jiang, Fengxian Huang, Xueqing Yu

Open Access Nephrotic Syndrome Research article

Immunosuppressive therapy in children with primary nephrotic syndrome: single center experience, Karachi, Pakistan

Khemchand Netaram Moorani, Harnam Moolchand Hotchandani, Aasia Mohammad Zubair, Neelesh Chander Lohana, Nanga Ram Veerwani

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Creating a 13-year National Longitudinal Cohort of veterans with chronic kidney disease

Mukoso N. Ozieh, Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Ralph C. Ward, David J. Taber, Leonard E. Egede

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Saliva for assessing creatinine, uric acid, and potassium in nephropathic patients

Giancarlo Bilancio, Pierpaolo Cavallo, Cinzia Lombardi, Ermanno Guarino, Vincenzo Cozza, Francesco Giordano, Giuseppe Palladino, Massimo Cirillo

Open Access Biomarkers Research article

Serum complement C4 is an important prognostic factor for IgA nephropathy: a retrospective study

Tong-dan Bi, Jian-nan Zheng, Jun-xiao Zhang, Long-shu Yang, Nan Liu, Li Yao, Lin-lin Liu

Open Access Pioglitazone Research article

The PPARγ agonist pioglitazone prevents TGF-β induced renal fibrosis by repressing EGR-1 and STAT3

Ágnes Németh, Miklós M. Mózes, Laurent Calvier, Georg Hansmann, Gábor Kökény

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

Alterations of default mode functional connectivity in individuals with end-stage renal disease and mild cognitive impairment

Haitao Lu, Zhengzhang Gu, Wei Xing, Shanhua Han, Jiangfen Wu, Hua Zhou, Jiule Ding, Jinggang Zhang

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Case report

Norovirus: a novel etiologic agent in hemolytic uremic syndrome in an infant

Ghadi Abu Daher, Bilal Aoun, Fatima Jaafar, Sarah Khafaja, Sami Sanjad

Open Access Alport Syndrome Case report

A case report of thin basement membrane nephropathy accompanied by sporadic glomerulocystic kidney disease

Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Naro Ohashi, Naoko Tsuji, Yoshitaka Naito, Shinsuke Isobe, Tomoyuki Fujikura, Takayuki Tsuji, Akihiko Kato, Kandai Nozu, Kazumoto Iijima, Hideo Yasuda

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

“Acute kidney dysfunction with no rejection” is associated with poor renal outcomes at 2 years post kidney transplantation

François Paquot, Laurent Weekers, Catherine Bonvoisin, Hans Pottel, François Jouret

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Urinary nephrospheres indicate recovery from acute kidney injury in renal allograft recipients – a pilot study

Daniela Knafl, Wolfgang Winnicki, Peter Mazal, Ludwig Wagner

Open Access Research article

Effect of dialysate potassium and lactate on serum potassium and bicarbonate concentrations during daily hemodialysis at low dialysate flow rates

John K. Leypoldt, Michael A. Kraus, Bertrand L. Jaber, Eric D. Weinhandl, Allan J. Collins

Open Access Human Immunodeficiency Virus Research article

Clinical characteristics and outcome of HIV infected patients with chronic kidney disease in Sub Saharan Africa: an example from Cameroon

Marie Patrice Halle, Noel Essomba, Hilaire Djantio, Germaine Tsele, Hermine Fouda, Namme Henri Luma, Enow Gloria Ashuntantang, Folefack Francois Kaze

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

Time-varying serum albumin levels and all-cause mortality in prevalent peritoneal dialysis patients: a 5-year observational study

Na Hao, Ben-Chung Cheng, Hong-Tao Yang, Chien-Hsing Wu, Yang-Yang Lei, Mei-Chen Chao, Pei-Ying Wang, Li-Chueh Kuo, Sin-Hua Moi, Cheng-Hong Yang, Jin-Bor Chen

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Clinical predictors of renal non-recovery in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Anupol Panitchote, Omar Mehkri, Andrei Hastings, Tarik Hanane, Sevag Demirjian, Heather Torbic, Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, Sudhir Krishnan, Abhijit Duggal

Open Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research article

Association between native T1 mapping of the kidney and renal fibrosis in patients with IgA nephropathy

M. P. Graham-Brown, A. Singh, J. Wormleighton, N. J. Brunskill, G. P. McCann, J. Barratt, J. O. Burton, G. Xu

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

Associations of left ventricular systolic dysfunction with the factors among Thai patients on peritoneal dialysis: a cross-sectional study

Teeranan Angkananard, Jirayut Janma, Thanapath Wannasiri, Piyathida Sangthong, Siribha Changsirikulchai

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Effect of extended hours dialysis on markers of chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder in the ACTIVE Dialysis study

Zhipeng Zhan, Brendan Smyth, Nigel D. Toussaint, Nicholas A. Gray, Li Zuo, Janak R. de Zoysa, Christopher T. Chan, Chenggang Jin, Anish Scaria, Carmel M. Hawley, Vlado Perkovic, Meg J. Jardine, Ling Zhang

Open Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research article

Kidney and cystic volume imaging for disease presentation and progression in the cat autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease large animal model

Yoshihiko Yu, Kate L. Shumway, Jodi S. Matheson, Marie E. Edwards, Timothy L. Kline, Leslie A. Lyons

Open Access Vascular Dementia Research article

Moderately increased albuminuria, chronic kidney disease and incident dementia: the HUNT study

Jessica Mira Gabin, Solfrid Romundstad, Ingvild Saltvedt, Jostein Holmen

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Association of functional and structural social support with chronic kidney disease among African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study

Rasheeda K. Hall, Clemontina A. Davenport, Mario Sims, Cathleen Colón-Emeric, Tiffany Washington, Jennifer St. Clair Russell, Jane Pendergast, Nrupen Bhavsar, Julia Scialla, Crystal C. Tyson, Wei Wang, Yuan-I Min, Bessie Young, L. Ebony Boulware, Clarissa J. Diamantidis

Open Access Care Research article

Older patients’ experiences with a shared decision-making process on choosing dialysis or conservative care for advanced chronic kidney disease: a survey study

Wouter R. Verberne, Wanda S. Konijn, Karen Prantl, Janneke Dijkers, Margriet T. Roskam, Johannes J. M. van Delden, Willem Jan W. Bos

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

Serum sclerostin levels are positively related to bone mineral density in peritoneal dialysis patients: a cross-sectional study

Te-Hui Kuo, Wei-Hung Lin, Jo-Yen Chao, An-Bang Wu, Chin-Chung Tseng, Yu-Tzu Chang, Hung-Hsiang Liou, Ming-Cheng Wang

Open Access Heart Surgery Research article

Urine klotho is a potential early biomarker for acute kidney injury and associated with poor renal outcome after cardiac surgery

Yingying Qian, Lin Che, Yucheng Yan, Renhua Lu, Mingli Zhu, Song Xue, Zhaohui Ni, Leyi Gu

Open Access Liver Transplantation Research article

Urinary [TIMP-2] × [IGFBP-7] for predicting acute kidney injury in patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation

Judith Schiefer, Paul Lichtenegger, Gabriela A. Berlakovich, Walter Plöchl, Claus G. Krenn, David M. Baron, Joanna Baron-Stefaniak, Peter Faybik

Open Access Central Venous Catheter Research article

Initiation of maintenance hemodialysis through central venous catheters: study of patients' perceptions based on a structured questionnaire

Tanya T. Tang, Murray L. Levin, Shubhada N. Ahya, Khaled Boobes, Muhammad H. Hasan

Open Access Cardiomyopathy Case report

Identification of novel mutations and phenotype in the steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome gene NUP93: a case report

Ibrahim Sandokji, Jonathan Marquez, Weizhen Ji, Cynthia A. Zerillo, Monica Konstantino, Saquib A. Lakhani, Mustafa K. Khokha, Jillian K. Warejko

Open Access Colorectal Cancer Research article

Acute kidney injury after liver resection in elderly patients

Ivana Dedinská, Peter Mikolajčík, Patra Skálová, Marián Mokáň, Ľudovít Laca

Open Access Gout Research article

Evaluation of the chemical composition of nephrolithiasis using dual-energy CT in Southern Chinese gout patients

Zhao-Xia Li, Gen-Long Jiao, Shu-Min Zhou, Zhong Yuan Cheng, Shoaib Bashir, Yi Zhou

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Perioperative prophylaxis with ertapenem reduced infections caused by extended-spectrum betalactamase-producting Enterobacteriaceae after kidney transplantation

Gemma Sanclemente, Marta Bodro, Carlos Cervera, Laura Linares, Frederic Cofán, Francesc Marco, Jordi Bosch, Federico Oppenheimer, Fritz Dieckmann, Asunción Moreno

Open Access Metformin Research article

A single-arm pilot study of metformin in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Bogdan Marian Sorohan, Gener Ismail, Andreea Andronesi, Georgia Micu, Bogdan Obrișcă, Roxana Jurubiță, Ioanel Sinescu, Cătălin Baston

Open Access Alport Syndrome Case report

An overlap of Alport syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis in a patient and literature review

Xiaofei Tang, Qiuling Ding, Dong Xu, Songtao Yang, Yuefei Xiao, Jian Liu

Open Access Systemic Sclerosis Research article

Systemic sclerosis medications and risk of scleroderma renal crisis

S. M. Gordon, J. B. Hughes, R. Nee, R. S. Stitt, W. T. Bailey, D. J. Little, J. D. Edison, S. W. Olson

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Commentary

Indoxyl sulfate is associated with mortality after AKI – more evidence needed!

Steven Menez, Mohamad Hanouneh, Tariq Shafi, Bernard G. Jaar

Open Access Arteriovenous Fistula Research article

Prevalence, clinical characteristics, and predictors of peripheral arterial disease in hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study

Radislav R. Ašćerić, Nada B. Dimković, Goran Ž. Trajković, Biljana S. Ristić, Aleksandar N. Janković, Petar S. Durić, Nenad S. Ilijevski

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

A prospective study of clinical characteristics and outcomes of acute kidney injury in a tertiary care Centre

Su Hooi Teo, Kian-Guan Lee, Riece Koniman, Alvin Ren Kwang Tng, Zhong Hong Liew, Thin Thiri Naing, Huihua Li, Ru Yu Tan, Han Khim Tan, Hui Lin Choong, W. Y. Marjorie Foo, Manish Kaushik

Open Access Computed Tomography Research article

Prediction model of compensation for contralateral kidney after living-donor donation

Kenji Okumura, Shigeyoshi Yamanaga, Kosuke Tanaka, Kohei Kinoshita, Akari Kaba, Mika Fujii, Masatomo Ogata, Yuji Hidaka, Mariko Toyoda, Soichi Uekihara, Akira Miyata, Akito Inadome, Hiroshi Yokomizo

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Ambulatory monitoring unmasks hypertension among kidney transplant patients: single center experience and review of the literature

Eitan Gluskin, Keren Tzukert, Irit Mor-Yosef Levi, Olga Gotsman, Itamar Sagiv, Roy Abel, Aharon Bloch, Dvorah Rubinger, Michal Aharon, Michal Dranitzki Elhalel, Iddo Z. Ben-Dov

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Long-term outcomes among Medicare patients readmitted in the first year of hemodialysis: a retrospective cohort study

Katherine H. Ross, Bernard G. Jaar, Janice P. Lea, Tahsin Masud, Rachel E. Patzer, Laura C. Plantinga

Correction to: Clinical predictors of renal non-recovery in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Anupol Panitchote, Omar Mehkri, Andrei Hastings, Tarik Hanane, Sevag Demirjian, Heather Torbic, Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, Sudhir Krishnan, Abhijit Duggal

Open Access Vasculitis Research article

Pathological severity determines the renal recovery for anti-myeloperoxidase antibody-associated vasculitis requiring dialysis at disease onset: a retrospective study

Peng-cheng Xu, Tong Chen, Si-jing Wu, Xia Yang, Shan Gao, Shui-yi Hu, Li Wei, Tie-kun Yan

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Digital microvascular reactivity does not decline with impaired renal function in chronic kidney disease

Lulu Wang, Xiaoqin Huang, Weichun He, Wenjin Liu, Junwei Yang

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Changes in microparticle profiles by vitamin D receptor activation in chronic kidney disease – a randomized trial

Kristina Lundwall, Josefin Mörtberg, Fariborz Mobarrez, Stefan H. Jacobson, Gun Jörneskog, Jonas Spaak

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Comparison of urine and blood NGAL for early prediction of delayed graft function in adult kidney transplant recipients: a meta-analysis of observational studies

Ya Mei Li, Yi Li, Lin Yan, Han Wang, Xiao Juan Wu, Jiang Tao Tang, Lan Lan Wang, Yun Ying Shi

Open Access Losartan Research article

Role of sodium/glucose cotransporter inhibition on a rat model of angiotensin II–dependent kidney damage

Humberto Reyes-Pardo, Rocío Bautista, Hilda Vargas-Robles, Amelia Rios, Daniel Sánchez, Bruno Escalante

Open Access Rituximab Study protocol

Study protocol: multicenter double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of rituximab for the treatment of childhood-onset early-stage uncomplicated frequently relapsing or steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome (JSKDC10 trial)

China Nagano, Mayumi Sako, Koichi Kamei, Kenji Ishikura, Hidefumi Nakamura, Koichi Nakanishi, Takashi Omori, Kandai Nozu, Kazumoto Iijima

Open Access Research article

Effect of hemodialysis on extracellular vesicles and circulating submicron particles

Marcel Ruzicka, Fengxia Xiao, Hussein Abujrad, Yasamin Al-Rewashdy, Vera A. Tang, Marc-André Langlois, Alexander Sorisky, Teik Chye Ooi, Dylan Burger

Open Access Anemia Research article

Usefulness of mid-week hemoglobin measurement for anemia management in patients undergoing hemodialysis: a retrospective cohort study

Soo Ya Bae, Jae Wan Jeon, Seong Hoon Kim, Chung Hee Baek, Jai Won Jang, Won Seok Yang, Soon Bae Kim, Su-Kil Park, Sang Koo Lee, Hyosang Kim

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Case report

A case report of recurrent membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis after kidney transplantation due to ventriculoatrial shunt infection

Linus A. Völker, Katharina Burkert, Niklas Scholten, Franziska Grundmann, Christine Kurschat, Thomas Benzing, Jürgen Hampl, Jan Ulrich Becker, Roman-Ulrich Müller

Open Access Hydroxychloroquine Research article

Comparison of the effects of hydroxychloroquine and corticosteroid treatment on proteinuria in IgA nephropathy: a case-control study

Ya-zi Yang, Pei Chen, Li-Jun Liu, Qing-Qing Cai, Su-Fang Shi, Yu-Qing Chen, Ji-Cheng Lv, Hong Zhang

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Normality data of eGFR and validity of commonly used screening tests for CKD in an area with endemic CKD of unknown etiology; need for age and sex based precise cutoff values

Nalaka Herath, Rajeewa Dassanayake, Manjula Dissanayake, Chamara Janitha, Kosala Weerakoon, Chalaka Kumarasinghe, Terence Gamini de Silva, Suneth Agampodi

Open Access Arteriovenous Fistula Research article

The vascular access questionnaire: a single centre UK experience

M. Field, A.Z Khawaja, J. Ellis, T. Nieto, J. Hodson, N. Inston

Open Access Research article

Investigation of the variants at the binding site of inflammatory transcription factor NF-κB in patients with end-stage renal disease

Jia-Hwa Yang, Wei-Teing Chen, Meng-Chang Lee, Wen-Hui Fang, Yu-Juei Hsu, Chin-Lin, Hsiang-Cheng Chen, Hsueh-Lu Chang, Chien-Fu Chen, Min-Yu Tu, Chien-Wei Kuo, Yuan-Hau Lin, Po-Jen Hsiao, Sui-Lung Su

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

The difference of T cell phenotypes in end stage renal disease patients under different dialysis modality

Jiao Xiaoyan, Chen Rongyi, Cao Xuesen, Zou Jianzhou, Ji Jun, Ding Xiaoqiang, Yu Xiaofang

Open Access Nutrition Research article

Association of serum chromium levels with malnutrition in hemodialysis patients

Ching-Wei Hsu, Cheng-Hao Weng, Cheng-Chia Lee, Tzung-Hai Yen, Wen-Hung Huang

Open Access Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research article

Urinary podocyte microparticles are associated with disease activity and renal injury in systemic lupus erythematosus

Jian Lu, Ze Bo Hu, Pei Pei Chen, Chen Chen Lu, Jia Xiu Zhang, Xue Qi Li, Ben Yin Yuan, Si Jia Huang, Kun Ling Ma

Open Access Constipation Research article

Association of Constipation with risk of end-stage renal disease in patients with chronic kidney disease

Chung-Yen Lu, Yin-Cheng Chen, Yu-Wen Lu, Chih-Hsin Muo, Ray-E Chang

Open Access Renal Artery Stenosis Case report

A case report of successfully treated nephrotic syndrome after renal angioplasty

Hee Jung Park, Ha Nee Jang, Hyun Seop Cho, Se-Ho Chang, Hyun-Jung Kim

Open Access Nephrotic Syndrome Research article

Spot urine protein/creatinine ratio as a reliable estimate of 24-hour proteinuria in patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy, but not membranous nephropathy

Seiji Kobayashi, Hoichi Amano, Hiroyuki Terawaki, Makoto Ogura, Yoshindo Kawaguchi, Takashi Yokoo

Open Access Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Case report

Reduced membrane attack complex formation in umbilical cord blood during Eculizumab treatment of the mother: a case report

Subagini Nagarajah, Martin Tepel, Christian Nielsen, Kristian Assing, Yaseelan Palarasah, Lise Lotte Torvin Andersen, Lotte Borg Lange, Claus Bistrup

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Racial disparities in end-stage renal disease in a high-risk population: the Southern Community Cohort Study

Fabian Bock, Thomas G. Stewart, Cassianne Robinson-Cohen, Jennifer Morse, Edmond K. Kabagambe, Kerri L. Cavanaugh, Kelly A. Birdwell, Adriana M. Hung, Khaled Abdel-Kader, Edward D. Siew, Elvis A. Akwo, William J. Blot, T. Alp Ikizler, Loren Lipworth

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Admission serum sodium and potassium levels predict survival among critically ill patients with acute kidney injury: a cohort study

Xu-ping Gao, Chen-fei Zheng, Min-qi Liao, Hong He, Yan-hua Liu, Chun-xia Jing, Fang-fang Zeng, Qing-shan Chen

Open Access Hemofiltration Correction

Correction to: CO2 and O2 removal during continuous veno-venous hemofiltration: a pilot study

Joop Jonckheer, Herbert Spapen, Aziz Debain, Joy Demol, Marc Diltoer, Olivier Costa, Katrien Lanckmans, Taku Oshima, Patrick M. Honoré, Manu Malbrain, Elisabeth De Waele

Open Access Research article

Complement activation products in the circulation and urine of primary membranous nephropathy

Mu-fan Zhang, Jing Huang, Yi-miao Zhang, Zhen Qu, Xin Wang, Fang Wang, Li-qiang Meng, Xu-yang Cheng, Zhao Cui, Gang Liu, Ming-hui Zhao

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Effects of immunotherapy induction on outcome and graft survival of kidney-transplanted patients with different immunological risk of rejection

Marcus Faria Lasmar, Rodrigo Santana Dutra, José Augusto Nogueira-Machado, Raquel A. Fabreti-Oliveira, Raquel Gomes Siqueira, Evaldo Nascimento

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Acute kidney injury in hospitalized patients who underwent percutaneous kidney biopsy for histological diagnosis of their renal disease

Henrique Pinheiro Konigsfeld, Tatiana Garcia Viana, Suzy Cristine Pereira, Thais Oliveira Claizoni Dos Santos, Gianna Mastroianni Kirsztajn, Agostinho Tavares, Marcelino de Souza Durão Junior

Open Access Erythropoietin Research article

Relationship between protein-energy wasting in adults with chronic hemodialysis and the response to treatment with erythropoietin

Ailema González-Ortiz, Ricardo Correa-Rotter, Armando Vázquez-Rangel, Olynka Vega-Vega, Ángeles Espinosa-Cuevas

Open Access Research article

Physical performance in patients treated with nocturnal hemodialysis - a systematic review of the evidence

Manouk Dam, Peter J. M. Weijs, Frans J. van Ittersum, Brigit C. van Jaarsveld

Open Access Addiction Research article

Analysis of survival after initiation of continuous renal replacement therapy in patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

George Kuo, Shao-Wei Chen, Pei-Chun Fan, Victor Chien-Chia Wu, An-Hsun Chou, Cheng-Chia Lee, Pao-Hsien Chu, Feng-Chun Tsai, Ya-Chung Tian, Chih-Hsiang Chang

Open Access Biomarkers Research article

Differential methylation as a diagnostic biomarker of rare renal diseases: a systematic review

Katie Kerr, Helen McAneney, Cheryl Flanagan, Alexander P. Maxwell, Amy Jayne McKnight

Open Access Research article

Association of plasma macrophage colony-stimulating factor with cardiovascular morbidity and all-cause mortality in chronic hemodialysis patients

Xuan Deng, Qian Yang, Yuxi Wang, Yi Yang, Guangchang Pei, Han Zhu, Jianliang Wu, Meng Wang, Zhi Zhao, Huzi Xu, Cheng Zhou, Yi Guo, Ying Yao, Zhiguo Zhang, Wenhui Liao, Rui Zeng

Open Access Hematuria Case report

A novel single amino acid deletion impairs fibronectin function and causes familial glomerulopathy with fibronectin deposits: case report of a family

Maria Luíza Gonçalves dos Reis Monteiro, Fabiano Bichuette Custódio, Precil Diego Miranda de Menezes Neves, Frederico Moraes Ferreira, Elieser Hitoshi Watanabe, Antônio Marcondes Lerário, Liliane Silvano de Araújo, Bruno Eduardo Pedroso Balbo, Vívian Christine Dourado Pinto, Lívia Maria Gruli Barbosa, Vilmar de Paiva Marques, Juliana Reis Machado, Marlene Antônia Reis, Luiz Fernando Onuchic

Open Access Malnutrition Research article

Identifying risk groups of infectious spondylitis in patients with end-stage renal disease under hemodialysis: a propensity score-matched case-control study

Kun-Lin Lu, Wen-Hung Huang, Yueh-An Lu, Chan-Yu Lin, Hsin-Hsu Wu, Ching-Wei Hsu, Cheng-Hao Weng, Chao-Yi Wu, I-Wen Wu, Meng-Yu Wu, Tzung-Hai Yen, Huang-Yu Yang

Open Access Echocardiography Research article

Cardiac function assessed by myocardial deformation in adult polycystic kidney disease patients

Mats C. H. Lassen, Atif N. Qasim, Tor Biering-Sørensen, Jacob L. T. Reeh, Terry Watnick, Stephen L. Seliger, Huanwen Chen, Mariem A. Sawan, Daniel Nguyen, Yongfang Li, Susie N. Hong, Meyeon Park

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Case report

Case report: a peculiar glomerulopathy in a patient suffering from nephrotic syndrome

Fabian Wöstmann, Roman-Ulrich Müller, Heike Göbel, Thomas Benzing, Jan U. Becker, Malte P. Bartram

Open Access Research article

Intravenous iron supplementation does not increase infectious disease risk in hemodialysis patients: a nationwide cohort-based case-crossover study

Chieh-Li Yen, Yu-Sheng Lin, Yueh-An Lu, Hsin-Fu Lee, Cheng-Chia Lee, Ying-Chang Tung, George Kuo, Lung-Sheng Wu, Ya-Chung Tian, Pao-Hsien Chu

Open Access Research article

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, excluding atypical lesion, is a predictor of renal outcome in patients with membranous nephropathy: a retrospective analysis of 716 cases

Hong-Guang He, Chao-Qing Wu, Kun Ye, Chun Zeng, Yi-Yun Huang, Shu-Wen Luo, Wu Yin, Qiu-Rong Ye, Xiao-Mei Peng

Open Access Obesity Research article

BMI and its association with death and the initiation of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in a cohort of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)

Zaimin Wang, Jianzhen Zhang, Samuel Chan, Anne Cameron, Helen G. Healy, Sree K. Venuthurupalli, Ken-Soon Tan, Wendy E. Hoy

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Case report

Isolated proteinuria due to CUBN homozygous mutation – challenging the investigative paradigm

Kushani Jayasinghe, Susan M. White, Peter G. Kerr, Duncan MacGregor, Zornitza Stark, Ella Wilkins, Cas Simons, Andrew Mallett, Catherine Quinlan

Open Access Nephrotic Syndrome Research article

An evaluation of phase angle, bioelectrical impedance vector analysis and impedance ratio for the assessment of disease status in children with nephrotic syndrome

Steven Brantlov, Lars Jødal, René Frydensbjerg Andersen, Aksel Lange, Søren Rittig, Leigh C. Ward

Open Access Breast Cancer Research article

Expression of THSD7A in neoplasm tissues and its relationship with proteinuria

Li Xian, Dandan Dong, Jiamei Luo, Ling Zhuo, Ke Li, Ping Zhang, Wei Wang, Ying Xu, Gang Xu, Li Wang, Guisen Li

Open Access Research article

Efficacy and safety of immunosuppressive treatment in IgA nephropathy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Zheng Zhang, Yue Yang, Shi-min Jiang, Wen-ge Li

Open Access ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Case report

Clinico-pathological considerations in a 48-years-old female with acute kidney injury: is it lupus nephritis, ANCA-associated vasculitis or something else?

Marie Lemerle, Anne-Sophie Garnier, Anne Croue, Alain Chevailler, Jean-Paul Saint-André, Jean-François Subra, Jean-François Augusto, Julien Demiselle

Open Access Diabetic Nephropathy Research article

Intrarenal microRNA signature related to the fibrosis process in chronic kidney disease: identification and functional validation of key miRNAs

Jianwen Yu, Chaolun Yu, Boya Feng, Xiaojiang Zhan, Ning Luo, Xueqing Yu, Qin Zhou

Open Access Polycystic Kidney Disease Case report

PKD1-associated autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease with glomerular cysts presenting with nephrotic syndrome caused by focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

Yasuhiro Oda, Naoki Sawa, Eiko Hasegawa, Hiroki Mizuno, Masahiro Kawada, Akinari Sekine, Rikako Hiramatsu, Masayuki Yamanouchi, Noriko Hayami, Tatsuya Suwabe, Junichi Hoshino, Kenmei Takaichi, Keiichi Kinowaki, Kenichi Ohashi, Takeshi Fujii, Yoshifumi Ubara

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

The incidence, prevalence and trends of Chronic Kidney Disease and Chronic Kidney Disease of uncertain aetiology (CKDu) in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka: an analysis of 30,566 patients

Asanga Venura Ranasinghe, Gardiye Weligamage Gamini Priyantha Kumara, Ranamuka Henayage Karunarathna, Ambepitiyawaduge Pubudu De Silva, Korale Gedara Dilini Sachintani, Jayaprakara Mudiyanselage Chathurika Nayani Gunawardena, Sembu Kuttige Champika Ruwan Kumari, Mohamed Shali Fathima Sarjana, Janaka Sri Chandraguptha, Mannikawadumesthri Vipula Chandu De Silva

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Prevalence of kidney damage in Chinese elderly: a large-scale population-based study

Honglan Wei, Yaqiong Yan, Jie Gong, Junwu Dong

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

The relation between dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury and recovery from end-stage renal disease: a national study

Zijin Chen, Benjamin J. Lee, Charles E. McCulloch, Nilka Ríos Burrows, Michael Heung, Raymond K. Hsu, Meda E. Pavkov, Neil R. Powe, Rajiv Saran, Vahakn Shahinian, Chi-yuan Hsu

Open Access Research article

The association of neighborhood racial mix and ED visit count in a cohort of patients on hemodialysis

Ladan Golestaneh, Atessa Farzami, Chikeluba Madu, Tanya Johns, Michal L. Melamed, Keith C. Norris

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Patient-reported outcome measures: selection of a valid questionnaire for routine symptom assessment in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease – a four-phase mixed methods study

Esmee M. van der Willik, Yvette Meuleman, Karen Prantl, Giel van Rijn, Willem Jan W. Bos, Frans J. van Ittersum, Hans A. J. Bart, Marc H. Hemmelder, Friedo W. Dekker

Open Access Hyperparathyroidism Research article

Evaluation of the association of Wnt signaling with coronary artery calcification in patients on dialysis with severe secondary hyperparathyroidism

Tzung-Yo Ho, Nai-Ching Chen, Chih-Yang Hsu, Chien-Wei Huang, Po-Tsang Lee, Kang-Ju Chou, Hua-Chang Fang, Chien-Liang Chen

Open Access Study protocol

Next generation sequencing based assessment of the alloreactive T cell receptor repertoire in kidney transplant patients during rejection: a prospective cohort study

Constantin Aschauer, Kira Jelencsics, Karin Hu, Andreas Heinzel, Julia Vetter, Thomas Fraunhofer, Susanne Schaller, Stephan Winkler, Lisabeth Pimenov, Guido A. Gualdoni, Michael Eder, Alexander Kainz, Heinz Regele, Roman Reindl-Schwaighofer, Rainer Oberbauer

Open Access Hypotension Research article

Non-invasive hemodynamic profiling of patients undergoing hemodialysis - a multicenter observational cohort study

Keren Doenyas-Barak, Marcia H. F. G. de Abreu, Lucas E. Borges, Helcio A. Tavares Filho, Feng Yunlin, Zou Yurong, Nathan W. Levin, Allen M. Kaufman, Shay Efrati, David Pereg, Ilya Litovchik, Shmuel Fuchs, Sa’ar Minha

Open Access Obesity Research article

Blood pressure management in hypertensive people with non-dialysis chronic kidney disease in Queensland, Australia

Jianzhen Zhang, Helen G. Healy, Sree Krishna Venuthurupalli, Ken-Soon Tan, Zaimin Wang, Anne Cameron, Wendy E. Hoy

Open Access Nephrectomy Research article

Spironolactone ameliorates endothelial dysfunction through inhibition of the AGE/RAGE axis in a chronic renal failure rat model

Chun-Cheng Wang, An-Sheng Lee, Shu-Hui Liu, Kuan-Cheng Chang, Ming-Yi Shen, Chiz-Tzung Chang

Open Access Glomerulonephritis Research article

Mycophenolate mofetil and tacrolimus versus tacrolimus alone for the treatment of idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis: a randomised controlled trial

Aikaterini Nikolopoulou, Marie Condon, Tabitha Turner-Stokes, H. Terence Cook, Neill Duncan, Jack W. Galliford, Jeremy B. Levy, Liz Lightstone, Charles D. Pusey, Candice Roufosse, Thomas D. Cairns, Megan E. Griffith

Open Access Hyperparathyroidism Case report

Case report: extreme coronary calcifications and hypomagnesemia in a patient with a 17q12 deletion involving HNF1B

Howard J. Li, Catherine Groden, Melanie P. Hoenig, Evan C. Ray, Carlos R. Ferreira, Willam Gahl, Danica Novacic

Open Access ß-Blockers Research article

Possible beneficial association between renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system blockade usage and graft prognosis in allograft IgA nephropathy: a retrospective cohort study

Sehoon Park, Chung Hee Baek, Heounjeong Go, Young Hoon Kim, Sang–il Min, Jongwon Ha, Yong Chul Kim, Jung Pyo Lee, Yon Su Kim, Kyung Chul Moon, Su-Kil Park, Hajeong Lee

Open Access Research article

TRPP2 dysfunction decreases ATP-evoked calcium, induces cell aggregation and stimulates proliferation in T lymphocytes

Riccardo Magistroni, Alessandra Mangolini, Sonia Guzzo, Francesca Testa, Mario R. Rapanà, Renzo Mignani, Giorgia Russo, Francesco di Virgilio, Gianluca Aguiari

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Lab-based and diagnosis-based chronic kidney disease recognition and staging concordance

Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Sarah L. Hale, Virginia Wang, Valerie A. Smith, Sarah Hudson Scholle, Matthew L. Maciejewski

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

In search of potential predictors of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) hyporesponsiveness: a population-based study

Ylenia Ingrasciotta, Viviana Lacava, Ilaria Marcianò, Francesco Giorgianni, Giovanni Tripepi, Graziella D’ Arrigo, Alessandro Chinellato, Daniele Ugo Tari, Domenico Santoro, Gianluca Trifirò

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Study protocol

Dutch nOcturnal and hoME dialysis Study To Improve Clinical Outcomes (DOMESTICO): rationale and design

A. van Eck van der Sluijs, A. A. Bonenkamp, F. W. Dekker, A. C. Abrahams, B. C. van Jaarsveld, A. C. Abrahams, B. C. van Jaarsveld, F. W. Dekker, A. van Eck van der Sluijs, A. A. Bonenkamp, M. C. Verhaar, F. J. van Ittersum, J. A. J. Bart, M. H. Hemmelder, E. L. Penne, D. G. Struijk, A. Özyilmaz, M. M. Versteegh, L. Hakkaart-van Roijen, G. A. de Wit, F. T. Boereboom, T. A. Kanters, G. de Graaf, P. Leurs, M. R. Korte, A. M. Schrander, T. T. Cnossen, J. Lips, H. P. Krepel, M. A. G. J. ten Dam, C. J. A. M. Konings, C. J. Doorenbos, A. Lips, F. T. J. Boereboom, S. van Esch, C. R. Susanto, G. F. van Breda, E. J. Hoorn, D. Severs, A. H. Boonstra, R. W. Nette, Y. M. Vermeeren, D. H. T. Ijpelaar, H. D. Thang, N. H. Hommes, M. van Buren, J. M. Hofstra, S. H. A. Diepeveen, E. K. Hoogeveen, T. Cornelis, S. Boorsma, J. I. Rotmans, A. M. van Alphen, F. van der Sande, E. J. R. Litjens, W. M. T. Janssen, A. Kuijper, C. H. Beerenhout, H. S. Brink, R. Wijering, R. J. Bosma, C. W. H. de Fijter, H. F. H. Brulez, H. W. van Hamersvelt, S. J. Huisman, M. P. Kooistra, J. C. Verhave, G. van Kempen, H. Klein, C. E. Douma, H. H. Vincent, W. J. W. Bos, J. D. Snoep, J. Mulder, C. F. M. Franssen, A. J. Luik, R. J. L. Klaassen, A. G. Weenink, M. M. E. Krekels

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Hyperphosphatemia and risks of acute kidney injury, end-stage renal disease, and mortality in hospitalized patients

Hongran Moon, Ho Jun Chin, Ki Young Na, Kwon Wook Joo, Yon Su Kim, Sejoong Kim, Seung Seok Han

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

Association between the Charlson Comorbidity Index and the risk of 30-day unplanned readmission in patients receiving maintenance dialysis

Yu Lin, Chao Yang, Hong Chu, Jingyi Wu, Ke Lin, Ying Shi, Haibo Wang, Guilan Kong, Luxia Zhang

Open Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research article

Use of intravoxel incoherent motion imaging to monitor a rat kidney chronic allograft damage model

Qiang Zhang, Zexing Yu, Song Zeng, Lu Liang, Yue Xu, Zijian Zhang, Hao Tang, Wenjiao Jiao, Wenrui Xue, Wei Wang, Xiaodong Zhang, Tao Jiang, Xiaopeng Hu

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Database

The EKiTE network (epidemiology in kidney transplantation - a European validated database): an initiative epidemiological and translational European collaborative research

M. Lorent, Y. Foucher, K. Kerleau, S. Brouard, C. Baayen, S. Lebouter, M. Naesens, O. Bestard Matamoros, A. Åsberg, M. Giral, Anna V. Reisæter, Pål-Dag Line, Anders Åsberg, Dirk Kuypers, Pieter Evenepoel, Kathleen Claes, Bert Bammens, Ben Sprangers, Maarten Naesens, Björn Meijers, Katrien De Vusser, Amaryllis Van Craenenbroeck, Evelyne Lerut, Oriol Bestard Matamoros, Nuria Montero, Salvador Gil-Vernet, Edoardo Melilli

Open Access Giant Cell Arteritis Case report

Ipilimumab-induced renal granulomatous arteritis: a case report

Mathilde Lemoine, Baptiste Dilly, Alexandre Curie, Vivien Hébert, Charlotte Laurent, Mélanie Hanoy, Steven Grangé, Dominique Guerrot, Arnaud François, Dominique Bertrand

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Early detection of acute kidney injury in the perioperative period of liver transplant with neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin

Camila Lima, Luciana Bertocco de Paiva Haddad, Patrícia Donado Vaz de Melo, Luiz Marcelo Malbouisson, Lilian Pires Freitas do Carmo, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D’Albuquerque, Etienne Macedo

Open Access Computed Tomography Case report

Complete post-operative resolution of “temporary” end-stage kidney disease secondary to aortic dissection without static renal artery obstruction: a case study

Yoshihiro Mukaiyama, Akira Okada, Yutaro Kawakatsu, Satoshi Akuzawa, Kazuchika Suzuki, Naoyuki Ishigami, Tatsuo Yamamoto

Open Access Heart Surgery Research article

Association between mineral and bone disorder in patients with acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery and adverse outcomes

Tianye Yang, Wenji Wang, Xiao Tang, Peng Shi, Lulu Zhang, Wenyan Yu, Yingxin Xie, Daqiao Guo, Feng Ding

Open Access Nutrition Guidelines

Clinical practice guideline on undernutrition in chronic kidney disease

Mark Wright, Elizabeth Southcott, Helen MacLaughlin, Stuart Wineberg

Open Access CABG Research article

Comparison between three different equations for the estimation of glomerular filtration rate in predicting mortality after coronary artery bypass

Sandro Gelsomino, Massimo Bonacchi, Fabiana Lucà, Fabio Barili, Stefano Del Pace, Orlando Parise, Daniel M. Johnson, Michele Massimo Gulizia

Open Access Erythropoietin Research article

A randomized, 29-day, dose-ranging, efficacy and safety study of daprodustat, administered three times weekly in patients with anemia on hemodialysis

Christine K. Bailey, Stephen Caltabiano, Alexander R. Cobitz, Chun Huang, Kelly M. Mahar, Vickas V. Patel

Open Access Muromonab Research article

Association of medication non-adherence with short-term allograft loss after the treatment of severe acute kidney transplant rejection

Ahmed Al-Sheyyab, Laura Binari, Mohammed Shwetar, Everly Ramos, Meghan E. Kapp, Stefanie Bala, Nikita Wilson, Rachel C. Forbes, J. Harold Helderman, Khaled Abdel-Kader, Beatrice P. Concepcion

Open Access Tocilizumab Case report

TAFRO syndrome as a cause of glomerular microangiopathy: a case report and literature review

Yoshikuni Nagayama, Mizuki Yamano, Motoka Yagame, Tomoyuki Nariyama, Mikiko Takahashi, Masashi Kawamoto, Katsuyuki Matsui

Open Access Arterial Occlusive Disease Research article

Renal injury following long-term exposure to carbon disulfide: analysis of a case series

Yongqin Yan, Cheng Wang, Zhiyong Zheng, Lijuan Qu, Dehua Zeng, Min Li

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Developing nephrology services in low income countries: a case of Tanzania

Francis F. Furia, Jacqueline Shoo, Paschal J. Ruggajo, Kajiru Kilonzo, Gopal Basu, Karen Yeates, Santosh Varughese, Einar Svarstad, Onesmo Kisanga

Open Access Guidelines

Renal Association Clinical Practice Guideline on Haemodialysis

Damien Ashby, Natalie Borman, James Burton, Richard Corbett, Andrew Davenport, Ken Farrington, Katey Flowers, James Fotheringham, R. N. Andrea Fox, Gail Franklin, Claire Gardiner, R. N. Martin Gerrish, Sharlene Greenwood, Daljit Hothi, Abdul Khares, Pelagia Koufaki, Jeremy Levy, Elizabeth Lindley, Jamie Macdonald, Bruno Mafrici, Andrew Mooney, James Tattersall, Kay Tyerman, Enric Villar, Martin Wilkie

Open Access Tonsillectomy Case report

Pathologic tonsillar findings similar to IgA nephropathy and the role of tonsillectomy in a patient with nephrotic syndrome

Takuji Enya, Tomoki Miyazawa, Kohei Miyazaki, Rina Oshima, Yuichi Morimoto, Mitsuru Okada, Tsukasa Takemura, Keisuke Sugimoto

Open Access Hantavirus Case report

Analysis of misdiagnosed cases of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in children: two cases and literature review

Li Zhang, Qing-shan Ma, Yan Zhang, Bai-chao Sun, Leng-yue Zhao

Open Access Nephrotic Syndrome Research article

Efficacy and safety of cyclosporine a for patients with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome: a meta-analysis

Hong-Yan Li, Xialan Zhang, Tianbiao Zhou, Zhiqing Zhong, Hongzhen Zhong

Open Access Research article

Nephrologists’ emotional burden regarding decision-making about dialysis initiation in older adults: a qualitative study

Melissa W. Wachterman, Tarikwa Leveille, Nancy L. Keating, Steven R. Simon, Sushrut S. Waikar, Barbara Bokhour

Open Access Polycystic Kidney Disease Research article

Left ventricular hypertrophy in a contemporary cohort of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease patients

Huanwen Chen, Terry Watnick, Susie N. Hong, Barry Daly, Yongfang Li, Stephen L. Seliger

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Salivary creatinine as a diagnostic tool for evaluating patients with chronic kidney disease

Dada Oluwaseyi Temilola, Karla Bezuidenhout, Rajiv Timothy Erasmus, Lawrence Stephen, Mogamat Razeen Davids, Haly Holmes

Open Access Hepatitis B Guidelines

Clinical practice guideline management of blood borne viruses within the haemodialysis unit

Elizabeth Garthwaite, Veena Reddy, Sam Douthwaite, Simon Lines, Kay Tyerman, James Eccles

Open Access Amiloride Case report

Liddle syndrome due to a novel mutation in the γ subunit of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) in family from Russia: a case report

Anastasiya A. Kozina, Tatiana A. Trofimova, Elena G. Okuneva, Natalia V. Baryshnikova, Varvara A. Obuhova, Anna Yu. Krasnenko, Kirill Yu. Tsukanov, Olesya I. Klimchuk, Ekaterina I. Surkova, Peter A. Shatalov, Valery V. Ilinsky

Open Access Suicide Case report

Death due to delirium: a case of a self-cut hemodialysis dialysis catheter - a case report

Pierre Antoine Brown, Peter O. Magner, Swapnil Hiremath, Edward G. Clark

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Urinary cell-free mitochondrial and nuclear deoxyribonucleic acid correlates with the prognosis of chronic kidney diseases

Chia-Chu Chang, Ping-Fang Chiu, Chia-Lin Wu, Cheng-Ling Kuo, Ching-Shan Huang, Chin-San Liu, Ching-Hui Huang

Open Access Case report

Albumin losses during hemodiafiltration: all dialyzers are not created equal - a case report

Charles Cuvelier, Michel Tintillier, Gabriela Migali, Charlotte Van Ende, Jean-Michel Pochet

Open Access Diabetic Nephropathy Research article

Arg913Gln variation of SLC12A3 gene is associated with diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetes and Gitelman syndrome: a systematic review

Eduardo De la Cruz-Cano, Cristina del C. Jiménez-González, Vicente Morales-García, Conny Pineda-Pérez, Juan G. Tejas-Juárez, Francisco J. Rendón-Gandarilla, Silvia Jiménez-Morales, José A. Díaz-Gandarilla

Open Access Azathioprine Case report

Muir–Torre syndrome: sebaceous carcinoma concurrent with colon cancer in a kidney transplant recipient; a case report

Masahiro Tomonari, Mariko Shimada, Yasuyuki Nakada, Izumi Yamamoto, Munenari Itoh, Yusuke Koike, Akimitsu Kobayashi, Jun Miki, Hiroki Yamada, Takahiro Kimura, Shinya Saito, Kokichi Sugano, Shigeki Sekine, Hiroyasu Yamamoto, Akihiko Asahina, Takashi Yokoo

Open Access Affective Disorder Research article

Association of platelet function with depression and its treatment with sertraline in patients with chronic kidney disease: analysis of a randomized trial

Nishank Jain, Fei Wan, Monica Kothari, Anuoluwapo Adelodun, Jerry Ware, Ravi Sarode, S. Susan Hedayati

Open Access Research article

Changes in serum albumin and other nutritional markers when using sucroferric oxyhydroxide as phosphate binder among hemodialysis patients: a historical cohort study

Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Linda H. Ficociello, Vidhya Parameswaran, Nicolaos V. Athienites, Claudy Mullon, Robert J. Kossmann, Daniel W. Coyne

Open Access Type 2 Diabetes Research article

Glycemia affects glomerular filtration rate in people with type 2 diabetes

E. Jennifer Weil, Sayuko Kobes, Lois I. Jones, Robert L. Hanson

Open Access Exercise Therapy Research article

Exercise therapy improves eGFR, and reduces blood pressure and BMI in non-dialysis CKD patients: evidence from a meta-analysis

Lijun Zhang, Yangyang Wang, Lianlian Xiong, Yanfang Luo, Zhijun Huang, Bin Yi

Open Access Coronary Heart Disease Research article

Atherosclerotic vascular disease is more prevalent among black ESKD patients on long-term CAPD in South Africa

S. O. Oguntola, M. O. Hassan, R. Duarte, A. Vachiat, P. Manga, S. Naicker

Open Access Polymerase Chain Reaction Case report

CTNS mRNA molecular analysis revealed a novel mutation in a child with infantile nephropathic cystinosis: a case report

Svetlana Papizh, Victoria Serzhanova, Alexandra Filatova, Mikhail Skoblov, Vyacheslav Tabakov, Lambert van den Heuvel, Elena Levtchenko, Larisa Prikhodina

Open Access Pre-Eclampsia Guidelines

Clinical practice guideline on pregnancy and renal disease

Kate Wiles, Lucy Chappell, Katherine Clark, Louise Elman, Matt Hall, Liz Lightstone, Germin Mohamed, Durba Mukherjee, Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Philip Webster, Rebecca Whybrow, Kate Bramham

Open Access Research article

Non-adherence to Haemodialysis, Interdialytic weight gain and cardiovascular mortality: a cohort study

Lianna G. G. Dantas, Mário de Seixas Rocha, José Andrade Moura Junior, Edson Luiz Paschoalin, Sandra R. K. P. Paschoalin, Constança M. Sampaio Cruz

Open Access Nephrectomy Research article

Factors related to suboptimal recovery of renal function after living donor nephrectomy: a retrospective study

Sho Nishida, Yuji Hidaka, Mariko Toyoda, Kohei Kinoshita, Kosuke Tanaka, Chiaki Kawabata, Satoshi Hamanoue, Akito Inadome, Hiroshi Yokomizo, Asami Takeda, Soichi Uekihara, Shigeyoshi Yamanaga

Open Access Tuberculosis Research article

Pattern of renal amyloidosis in South Africa

Muhammed Hassen, William Bates, Mohammed Rafique Moosa

Open Access Care Research article

Patient-centered Pharmacist Care in the Hemodialysis Unit: a quasi-experimental interrupted time series study

Sherine Ismail, Abrar Al-Subhi, Eman Youssif, Medhat Ahmed, Abdullah Almalki, Diane L. Seger, Andrew C. Seger, Earl Cook

Open Access Research article

Prediction of kidney transplant outcome based on different DGF definitions in Chinese deceased donation

Xiao-jun Hu, Jin Zheng, Yang Li, Xiao-hui Tian, Pu-xun Tian, He-li Xiang, Xiao-ming Pan, Chen-guang Ding, Xiao-ming Ding, Wu-jun Xue

Open Access Glomerulonephritis Research article

Characterization of glomerular extracellular matrix in IgA nephropathy by proteomic analysis of laser-captured microdissected glomeruli

Flavia Teodora Ioana Paunas, Kenneth Finne, Sabine Leh, Tarig Al-Hadi Osman, Hans-Peter Marti, Frode Berven, Bjørn Egil Vikse

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

Delayed administration of suramin attenuates peritoneal fibrosis in rats

Chongxiang Xiong, Na Liu, Xiaofei Shao, Sairah Sharif, Hequn Zou, Shougang Zhuang

Open Access Research article

Vitamin e-loaded membrane dialyzers reduce hemodialysis inflammaging

Vincenzo Sepe, Marilena Gregorini, Teresa Rampino, Pasquale Esposito, Rosanna Coppo, Francesco Galli, Carmelo Libetta

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Desmopressin and bleeding risk after percutaneous kidney biopsy

Ambarish Athavale, Hemant Kulkarni, Cagil D. Arslan, Peter Hart

Open Access Erythropoietin Correction

Correction to: Efficacy, tolerability and safety of darbepoetin alfa injection for the treatment of anemia associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing dialysis: a randomized, phase-III trial

Shubhadeep D. Sinha, Vamsi Krishna Bandi, Bala Reddy Bheemareddy, Pankaj Thakur, Sreenivasa Chary, Kalpana Mehta, Vikranth Reddy Pinnamareddy, Rajendra Pandey, Subhramanyam Sreepada, Santosh Durugkar

Open Access Hypertension Study protocol

Rationale and design of a multicenter Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and at-risk for CKD electronic health records-based registry: CURE-CKD

Keith C. Norris, O. Kenrik Duru, Radica Z. Alicic, Kenn B. Daratha, Susanne B. Nicholas, Sterling M. McPherson, Douglas S. Bell, Jenny I. Shen, Cami R. Jones, Tannaz Moin, Amy D. Waterman, Joshua J. Neumiller, Roberto B. Vargas, Alex A. T. Bui, Carol M. Mangione, Katherine R. Tuttle, Karen Agnew, Celestina Barbosa-Leiker, Ann Cooper, Mark Gargett, Marianne Zachariah, Peter Kim, Celestina Barbosa-Leiker, Carol Miceli, Robert W. Follett, Theona Tacorda, Susan Ettner, David Elashoff

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Long-term outcomes of patients with end-stage kidney disease due to membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: an ANZDATA registry study

Gregory J. Wilson, Yeoungjee Cho, Armando Teixiera-Pinto, Nicole Isbel, Scott Campbell, Carmel Hawley, David W. Johnson

Open Access Tinnitus Case report

A case report of IgG4-related disease: an insidious path to the diagnosis through kidney, heart and brain

Giorgia Comai, Vania Cuna, Benedetta Fabbrizio, Elena Sabattini, Ornella Leone, Francesco Tondolo, Andrea Angeletti, Maria Cappuccilli, Rocco Liguori, Gaetano La Manna

Open Access Multiple Myeloma Research article

Acute kidney injury in non-critical care setting: elaboration and validation of an in-hospital death prognosis score

Jamal Bamoulid, Hélène Philippot, Amir Kazory, Maria Yannaraki, Thomas Crepin, Bérengère Vivet, Nadège Devillard, Caroline Roubiou, Catherine Bresson-Vautrin, Jean-Marc Chalopin, Cécile Courivaud, Didier Ducloux

Open Access Arteriovenous Fistula Research article

Impact of Arteriovenous fistula creation on estimated glomerular filtration rate decline in Predialysis patients

Valérie Bénard, Maude Pichette, Jean-Philippe Lafrance, Naoual Elftouh, Vincent Pichette, Louis-Philippe Laurin, Annie-Claire Nadeau-Fredette

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Higher estimated net endogenous acid production with lower intake of fruits and vegetables based on a dietary survey is associated with the progression of chronic kidney disease

Koji Toba, Michihiro Hosojima, Hideyuki Kabasawa, Shoji Kuwahara, Toshiko Murayama, Keiko Yamamoto-Kabasawa, Ryohei Kaseda, Eri Wada, Reiko Watanabe, Naohito Tanabe, Yoshiki Suzuki, Ichiei Narita, Akihiko Saito

Open Access Arteriovenous Fistula Research article

Effects of patient age on patency of chronic hemodialysis vascular access

Seonjeong Jeong, Hyunwook Kwon, Jai Won Chang, Min-Ju Kim, Khaliun Ganbold, Youngjin Han, Tae-Won Kwon, Yong-Pil Cho

Open Access Peripheral Arterial Disease Research article

Risk factors for foot ulceration in adults with end-stage renal disease on dialysis: a prospective observational cohort study

Michelle R. Kaminski, Katrina A. Lambert, Anita Raspovic, Lawrence P. McMahon, Bircan Erbas, Peter F. Mount, Peter G. Kerr, Karl B. Landorf

Open Access Research article

The new complement inhibitor CRIg/FH ameliorates lupus nephritis in lupus-prone MRL/lpr mice

Yu Shi, Wen Yao, Li Sun, Guomin Li, Haimei Liu, Peipei Ding, Weiguo Hu, Hong Xu

Open Access Hyperparathyroidism Case report

A hemodialysis patient with bone disease after pregnancy: a case report

Hannelore Sprenger-Mähr, Emanuel Zitt, Andreas Kronbichler, Manfred Cejna, Karl Lhotta

Open Access Heart Surgery Research article

Evaluation of five different renal recovery definitions for estimation of long-term outcomes of cardiac surgery associated acute kidney injury

Jiarui Xu, Xialian Xu, Bo Shen, Yamin Zhuang, Lan Liu, Yimei Wang, Yi Fang, Zhe Luo, Jie Teng, Chunsheng Wang, Claudio Ronco, Jiawei Yu, Xiaoqiang Ding

Open Access Xanthine Alkaloid Case report

Rare crystalline nephropathy leading to acute graft dysfunction: a case report

Sahil Bagai, Dinesh Khullar, Bhavna Bansal

Open Access Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research article

Susceptibility of BAFF-var allele carriers to severe SLE with occurrence of lupus nephritis

Justa Friebus-Kardash, Marten Trendelenburg, Ute Eisenberger, Camillo Ribi, Carlo Chizzolini, Uyen Huynh-Do, Karl Sebastian Lang, Benjamin Wilde, Andreas Kribben, Oliver Witzke, Sebastian Dolff, Cornelia Hardt

Open Access Stroke Research article

Impact of prior stroke on major clinical outcome in chronic kidney disease: the Salford kidney cohort study

James Tollitt, Aghogho Odudu, Emma Flanagan, Rajkumar Chinnadurai, Craig Smith, Philip A. Kalra

Open Access Glucocorticoid Research article

Compositional alterations of gut microbiota in children with primary nephrotic syndrome after initial therapy

Yulin Kang, Dan Feng, Helen Ka-wai Law, Wei Qu, Ying Wu, Guang-hua Zhu, Wen-yan Huang

Open Access Pituitary Adenoma Case report

Delayed diagnosis of acromegaly in a patient with focal segmental Glomerulosclerosis: a rare case report and literature review

Jia Zheng, Zhao Cui, Ji-cheng Lv, Hong-zhou Duan, Su-xia Wang, Jun-qing Zhang, Fu-de Zhou, Xiao-hui Guo, Ming-hui Zhao

Open Access Dyslipidemia Research article

Calcium-sensing receptor gene (CASR) polymorphisms and CASR transcript level concerning dyslipidemia in hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study

Alicja E. Grzegorzewska, Bartosz A. Frycz, Monika Świderska, Leszek Niepolski, Adrianna Mostowska, Paweł P. Jagodziński

Open Access Positron Emission Tomography Research article

Renal vascular resistance is increased in patients with kidney transplant

Johanna Päivärinta, Vesa Oikonen, Anne Räisänen-Sokolowski, Tuula Tolvanen, Eliisa Löyttyniemi, Hidehiro Iida, Pirjo Nuutila, Kaj Metsärinne, Niina Koivuviita

Open Access Ribavirin Research article

Efficacy and tolerability of sofosbuvir and daclatasvir for treatment of hepatitis C genotype 1 & 3 in patients undergoing hemodialysis- a prospective interventional clinical trial

Shafiq Ur Rehman Cheema, Muhammad Salman Rehman, Ghulam Hussain, Sidra Shafiq Cheema, Nooman Gilani

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

Abdominal aortic calcification is superior to other arteries calcification in predicting the mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients – a 8 years cohort study

Qingyu Niu, Huiping Zhao, Bei Wu, Shihming Tsai, Jian Wu, Meng Zhang, Lixia Lu, Jie Qiao, Chuncui Men, Li Zuo, Mei Wang

Open Access Research article

The improvement of QRS-T angle as a manifestation of reverse electrical remodeling following renal transplantation in end-stage kidney disease patients on haemodialysis

Andrzej Jaroszyński, Jacek Furmaga, Tomasz Zapolski, Tomasz Zaborowski, Sławomir Rudzki, Wojciech Dąbrowski

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Relationship between early proteinuria and long term outcome of kidney transplanted patients from different decades of donor age

Davide Diena, Maria Messina, Consuelo De Biase, Fabrizio Fop, Edoardo Scardino, Maura M. Rossetti, Antonella Barreca, Aldo Verri, Luigi Biancone

Open Access Peritonitis Case report

Rhodococcus induced false-positive galactomannan (GM), a biomarker of fungal presentation, in patients with peritoneal dialysis: case reports

Tamonwan Chamroensakchai, Wasin Manuprasert, Asada Leelahavanichkul, Kullaya Takkavatakarn, Nisa Thongbor, Bunpring Jaroenpattrawut, Talerngsak Kanjanabuch

Open Access Research article

Graft failure of IgA nephropathy in renal allografts following living donor transplantation: predictive factor analysis of 102 biopsies

Jin Zhang, Guo-dong Chen, Jiang Qiu, Guo-chang Liu, Li-zhong Chen, Kai Fu, Zi-xuan Wu

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Preventing acute kidney injury in high-risk patients by temporarily discontinuing medication – an observational study in general practice

Suzanne J. Faber, Nynke D. Scherpbier, Hans J. G. Peters, Annemarie A. Uijen

Open Access Research article

Standardising the measurement of physical activity in people receiving haemodialysis: considerations for research and practice

Hannah M. L. Young, Mark W. Orme, Yan Song, Maurice Dungey, James O. Burton, Alice C. Smith, Sally J. Singh

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Validation of the kidney failure risk equation for end-stage kidney disease in Southeast Asia

Yeli Wang, Francis Ngoc Hoang Long Nguyen, John C. Allen, Jasmine Quan Lan Lew, Ngiap Chuan Tan, Tazeen H. Jafar

Open Access Alkalosis Research article

Flexitrate regional citrate anticoagulation in continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration: a retrospective analysis

Ilan Lenga, Wilma M. Hopman, Adam J. O’Connell, Francesca Hume, Charles C. Y. Wei

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Effects of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation and kidney transplantation alone on the outcome of peripheral vascular diseases

Robert Sucher, Sebastian Rademacher, Nora Jahn, Max Brunotte, Tristan Wagner, Athanasios Alvanos, Elisabeth Sucher, Daniel Seehofer, Uwe Scheuermann, Hans-Michael Hau

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

The efficacy of managing fluid overload in chronic peritoneal dialysis patients by a structured nurse-led intervention protocol

Man Ching Law, Bonnie Ching-Ha Kwan, Janny Suk-Fun Fung, Kai Ming Chow, Jack K.C. Ng, Wing-Fai Pang, Phyllis Mei-Shan Cheng, Chi Bon Leung, Cheuk Chun Szeto

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Study protocol

Protocol for a prospective, cluster randomized trial to evaluate routine and deferred dialysis initiation (RADDI) in Chinese population

Xinju Zhao, Pei Wang, Lining Wang, Xiaonong Chen, Wen Huang, Yonghui Mao, Rihong Hu, Xiaohong Cheng, Caili Wang, Li Wang, Ping Zhang, Detian Li, Yuzhu Wang, Wenling Ye, Yuqing Chen, Qiang Jia, Xiaoyan Yan, Li Zuo

Open Access Kidney Transplantation Research article

Transplant outcomes in positive complement-dependent cytotoxicity- versus flow cytometry-crossmatch kidney transplant recipients after successful desensitization: a retrospective study

Deok Gie Kim, Juhan Lee, Younhee Park, Myoung Soo Kim, Hyeon Joo Jeong, Soon Il Kim, Yu Seun Kim, Beom Seok Kim, Kyu Ha Huh

Open Access Ankylosing Spondylitis Research article

Gender and chronic kidney disease in ankylosing spondylitis: a single-center retrospectively study

Wenling Ye, Jing Zhuang, Yang Yu, Hang Li, Xiaomei Leng, Jun Qian, Yan Qin, Limeng Chen, Xue-mei Li

Open Access Heart Surgery Research article

Postoperative diastolic perfusion pressure is associated with the development of acute kidney injury in patients after cardiac surgery: a retrospective analysis

Jifu Jin, Jiawei Yu, Su Chi Chang, Jiarui Xu, Sujuan Xu, Wuhua Jiang, Bo Shen, Yamin Zhuang, Chunsheng Wang, Xiaoqiang Ding, Jie Teng

Open Access Glomerulonephritis Case report

Monoclonal immunoglobulin mediates complement activation in monoclonal gammopathy associated-C3 glomerulonephritis

Lin-Lin Li, Zhi-Ying Li, Su-Xia Wang, Xiao-Juan Yu, Ying Tan, Yu Wang, Feng Yu, Ming-Hui Zhao

Open Access Tuberculosis Research article

Risk factors and outcomes of acute kidney injury in South African critically ill adults: a prospective cohort study

Ryan E. Aylward, Elizabeth van der Merwe, Sisa Pazi, Minette van Niekerk, Jason Ensor, Debbie Baker, Robert J. Freercks

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Use of the KDQOL-36™ for assessment of health-related quality of life among dialysis patients in the United States

Dena E. Cohen, Andrew Lee, Scott Sibbel, Deborah Benner, Steven M. Brunelli, Francesca Tentori

Open Access Malnutrition Research article

Significance of serum Myostatin in hemodialysis patients

Pasquale Esposito, Yuri Battaglia, Edoardo La Porta, Maria Antonietta Grignano, Elena Caramella, Alessando Avella, Sabrina Peressini, Nicodemo Sessa, Riccardo Albertini, Giuseppe Di Natali, Claudio Lisi, Marilena Gregorini, Teresa Rampino

Open Access Multiple Myeloma Case report

Tubulointerstitial nephritis with monotypic lympho-plasmacytic infiltrates in a patient with primary Sjögren’s syndrome accompanied by IgA-type monoclonal gammopathy

Takako Saeki, Takashi Kuroha, Yuya Sato, Maasa Tamura, Akira Iguchi, Tomoyuki Ito, Hajime Yamazaki, Yumi Ito, Kazuhiro Yoshita, Naofumi Imai, Ichiei Narita, Hiroyuki Usuda

Open Access Research article

A comparison between the combined effect of calcium carbonate with sucroferric oxyhydroxide and other phosphate binders: an in vitro and in vivo experimental study

Atsushi Yaguchi, Kenji Akahane, Kumi Tsuchioka, Saori Yonekubo, Shota Yamamoto, Yasuaki Tamai, Satoshi Tatemichi, Hiroo Takeda

Open Access Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Research article

Cerebrovascular events in hemodialysis patients; a retrospective observational study

Ruya Ozelsancak, Hasan Micozkadioglu, Dilek Torun, Nihan Tekkarismaz

Open Access Research article

Clinical and pathological features of idiopathic membranous nephropathy with focal segmental sclerosis

Jiatong Li, Bing Chen, Caifeng Gao, Jing Huang, Yongmei Wang, Shiyin Zhang, Ying Xu, Wenkai Guo, Rong Wang

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Epidemiology of acute kidney injury in intensive care units in Beijing: the multi-center BAKIT study

Li Jiang, Yibing Zhu, Xuying Luo, Ying Wen, Bin Du, Meiping Wang, Zhen Zhao, Yanyan Yin, Bo Zhu, Xiuming Xi, Yuan Xu, Jianxin Zhou, Ang Li, Jingyuan Liu, Wenxiong Li, Wenjin Chen, Jianguo Jia, Xi Zhu, Penglin Ma, Wei Chen, Dongxin Wang, Youzhong An, Qingyuan Zhan, Gang Li, Haitao Zhang, Bo Ning, Zhongjie He, Zhicheng Zhang, Yaxiong Sun, Shijie Jia, Yalin Liu, Rui Cheng, Qing Song, Jinning Liu, Yangong Chao, Huizhen Li, Li Feng, Ruochun Shi, Xiuming Xi, Li Jiang, Ying Wen, Bo Zhu, Meiping Wang, Qi Jiang, Peng Wang, Yujie Deng, Yan Sun, Yanyan Yin, Xin Zhang, Li Zhang, Zhen Zhao, Ying Wang, Ran Lou, Jing Wang

Open Access Nephrotic Syndrome Case report

Effectiveness of immunosuppressive therapy for nephrotic syndrome in a patient with late-onset Fabry disease: a case report and literature review

Hironobu Fujisawa, Yosuke Nakayama, Shoichiro Nakao, Ryo Yamamoto, Yuka Kurokawa, Nao Nakamura, Akiko Nagata, Takahiro Tsukimura, Tadayasu Togawa, Hitoshi Sakuraba, Kei Fukami

Open Access ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Case report

Crescentic poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis accompanied by small vessel vasculitis: case report of an elderly male

Keiko Yano, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Takashi Oda, Yoshihiko Ueda, Tatsuo Tsukamoto, Eri Muso

Open Access Research article

Modified regional citrate anticoagulation is optimal for hemodialysis in patients at high risk of bleeding: a prospective randomized study of three anticoagulation strategies

Ting Lin, Li Song, Renwei Huang, Ying Huang, Shuifu Tang, Qizhan Lin, Ying Zhang, Xingbo Wu, Hui Liang, Yuchi Wu, Yuanhan Chen, Huaban Liang, Jianchao Ma, Zhonglin Feng, Zhuo Li, Lixia Xu, Xia Fu, Zhiming Ye, Shuangxin Liu, Xinling Liang

Open Access Hypotension Research article

Intradialytic hypotension is an important risk factor for critical limb ischemia in patients on hemodialysis

Ryo Matsuura, Sumi Hidaka, Takayasu Ohtake, Yasuhiro Mochida, Kunihiro Ishioka, Kyoko Maesato, Machiko Oka, Hidekazu Moriya, Shuzo Kobayashi

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Research article

Circulating microRNAs (miR-126, miR-197, and miR-223) are associated with chronic kidney disease among elderly survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Ryosuke Fujii, Hiroya Yamada, Mirai Yamazaki, Eiji Munetsuna, Yoshitaka Ando, Koji Ohashi, Hiroaki Ishikawa, Haruki Shimoda, Kiyomi Sakata, Akira Ogawa, Seiichiro Kobayashi, Koji Suzuki

Open Access Liver Transplantation Research article

The SURF (Italian observational study for renal insufficiency evaluation in liver transplant recipients): a post-hoc between-sex analysis

Delia Colombo, Alessandro Zullo, Lucia Simoni, Emanuela Zagni, Stefano Fagiuoli, Paolo De Simone, Donato Donati, Mauro Salizzoni, Paolo Angeli, Patrizia Burra, Umberto Cillo, Pierluigi Toniutto, Massimo Rossi, Giovanni Vennarecci, Luciano De Carlis, Francesca Donato, Matteo Cescon, Alfredo Di Leo, Giovanni Giuseppe Di Costanzo, Alfonso Avolio

Open Access Amyloidosis of the Kidney Case report

Typing of hereditary renal amyloidosis presenting with isolated glomerular amyloid deposition

Danyang Li, Dan Liu, Hui Xu, Xiao-juan Yu, Fu-de Zhou, Ming-hui Zhao, Su-xia Wang

Open Access Exercise Therapy Research article

Physical activity and somatic symptoms among hemodialysis patients: a multi-center study in Zhejiang, China

Xiaowei Lou, Yiwen Li, Huajuan Shen, Jin Juan, Qiang He

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research article

Evaluation of long-term intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections on renal function in patients with and without diabetic kidney disease

Rachael Ann O’Neill, Patrick Gallagher, Tricia Douglas, Julie-Anne Little, Alexander Peter Maxwell, Giuliana Silvestri, Gareth McKay

Open Access Pyelonephritis Research article

Urinary tract infections in renal transplant recipients at a quaternary care centre in Australia

Simon OLENSKI, Carla SCUDERI, Alex CHOO, Aneesha Kaur BHAGAT SINGH, Mandy WAY, Lakshmanan JEYASEELAN, George JOHN

Open Access Peritoneal Dialysis Research article

Fewer hospitalizations and prolonged technique survival with home hemodialysis– a matched cohort study from the Swedish Renal Registry

Helena Rydell, Kerstin Ivarsson, Martin Almquist, Naomi Clyne, Mårten Segelmark