Issue 2/2021
Content (42 Articles)
A sad anniversary, one year of COVID-19 epidemics—in this issue: from COVID-19 to membranous nephropathy
Giorgina B. Piccoli
SARS-CoV-2 and Hemodialysis: diffusion and mortality in patients and health care team. Reflections from the Lombardy experience
Giuseppe Rombolà, Marco Heidempergher, Marina Cornacchiari, Ivano Baragetti, Federico Pieruzzi, Giuseppe Rombolà, Marco Heidempergher, Marina Cornacchiari, Ivano Baragetti, Federico Pieruzzi
Far di Necessità Virtù, using rare tubulopathies, Gitelman’s and Bartter’s syndromes, to inform the fight against COVID-19
Lorenzo A. Calò, Paul A. Davis
Severe acute kidney injury in critically ill COVID-19 patients
Gaston J. Piñeiro, Alicia Molina-Andújar, Evelyn Hermida, Miquel Blasco, Luis F. Quintana, Guido Muñoz Rojas, Jordi Mercadal, Pedro Castro, Elena Sandoval, Rut Andrea, Javier Fernández, Joan Ramon Badia, Alex Soriano, Esteban Poch, A. Almuedo, J. R. Alonso, R. Andrea, F. Aziz, J. R. Badia, E. Barbeta, X. Borrat, E. Bragulat, I. Carmona, M. Castellà, P. Castro, O. De Diego, M. Farrero, J. Fernández, S. Fernández, C. Ferrando, M. Ferrer, M. Forga, E. Guasch, M. Hernández-Tejero, A. Jacas, P. Leyes, T. López, J. A. Martínez, G. Martínez-Palli, R. Mellado, J. Mercadal, G. Muñoz, J. Muñoz, R. Navarro, J. M. Nicolás, J. Ortiz, E. Poch, M. Pujol, E. Quintana, E. Reverter, I. Rovira, P. Ruiz, E. Sandoval, S. Schneider, F. Seguí, O. Sibila, C. A. Soriano, D. Soy, M. Suárez, A. Téllez, N. D. Toapanta, A. Torres, X. Urra
Acute kidney injury and mortality risk in older adults with COVID-19
Hong Xu, Sara Garcia-Ptacek, Martin Annetorp, Annette Bruchfeld, Tommy Cederholm, Peter Johnson, Miia Kivipelto, Carina Metzner, Dorota Religa, Maria Eriksdotter
Role of blood pressure dysregulation on kidney and mortality outcomes in COVID-19. Kidney, blood pressure and mortality in SARS-CoV-2 infection
Chiara Lanzani, Marco Simonini, Teresa Arcidiacono, Elisabetta Messaggio, Romina Bucci, Paolo Betti, Monica Avino, Giulia Magni, Chiara Maggioni, Caterina Conte, Patrizia Rovere Querini, Fabio Ciceri, Antonella Castagna, Giuseppe Vezzoli, Paolo Manunta, Nicola Farina, Luigi De Filippo, Marco Battista, Domenico Grosso, Francesca Gorgoni, Carlo Di Biase, Alessio Grazioli Moretti, Lucio Granata, Filippo Bonaldi, Giulia Bettinelli, Elena Delmastro, Damiano Salvato, Chiara Maggioni, Giulia Magni, Monica Avino, Paolo Betti, Romina Bucci, Iulia Dumoa, Simona Bossolasco, Federica Morselli
Identifying prognostic risk factors for poor outcome following COVID-19 disease among in-centre haemodialysis patients: role of inflammation and frailty
Heidy Hendra, Gisele Vajgel, Marilina Antonelou, Aegida Neradova, Bethia Manson, Sarah Grace Clark, Ioannis D. Kostakis, Ben Caplin, Alan D. Salama
Risk factors and action thresholds for the novel coronavirus pandemic. Insights from the Italian Society of Nephrology COVID-19 Survey
Maurizio Nordio, Gianpaolo Reboldi, Anteo Di Napoli, Giuseppe Quintaliani, Federico Alberici, Maurizio Postorino, Filippo Aucella, Piergiorgio Messa, Giuliano Brunori, Giuliano Brunori, Piergiorgio Messa, Filippo Aucella, Manuela Bosco, Fabio Malberti, Marcora Mandreoli, Sandro Mazzaferro, Ezio Movilli, Giuseppe Quintaliani, Maura Ravera, Mario Salomone, Domenico Santoro, Maurizio Aurelio PostorinoLimido, M. Bonomini, A. Stingone, M. Maccarone, E. Di Loreto, L. Stacchiotti, R. Malandra, S. Chiarella, F. D’Agostino, G. Fuiano, L. Nicodemo, R. Bonofiglio, S. Greco, F. Mallamaci, E. Barreca, C. Caserta, V. Bruzzese, D. Galati, D. Tramontana, M. Viscione, L. Chiuchiolo, S. Tuccillo, M. Sepe, F. Vitale, E. Ciriana, D. Santoro, V. Martignetti, D. Caserta, A. Stizzo, A. Romano, G. Iulianiello, E. Cascone, P. Minicone, D. Chiricone, G. Delgado, A. Barbato, S. Celentano, I. Molfino, S. Coppola, I. Raiola, M. Abategiovanni, S. Borrelli, C. Margherita, F. Bruno, M. Ida, E. Aliperti, D. Potito, G. Cuomo, M. De Luca, M. Merola, C. Botta, G. Garofalo, P. Alinei, C. Paglionico, M. Roano, S. Vitale, R. Ierardi, V. Fimiani, G. Conte, G. Di Natale, M. Romano, V. Di Marino, A. Scafarto, S. Meccariello, C. Pecoraro, E. Di Stazio, E. Di Meglio, A. Cuomo, B. Maresca, E. Rotaia, G. Capasso, M. Auricchio, C. Pluvio, L. Maddalena, A. De Maio, G. Palladino, F. Buono, G. Gigliotti, M. Mandreoli, E. Mancini, G. La Manna, A. Storari, G. Mosconi, G. Cappelli, R. Scarpioni, M. Gregorini, A. Rigotti, W. Mancini, F. Bianco, G. Boscutti, G. Amici, M. Tosto, R. Fini, G. Pace, A. Cioffi, E. Boccia, L. Di Lullo, G. Di Zazzo, R. Simonelli, F. Bondatti, L. Miglio, N. Rifici, A. Treglia, M. Muci, G. Baldinelli, E. Rizzi, M. Lonzi, C. De Cicco, F. Forte, P. De Paolis, G. Grandaliano, C. Cuzziol, V. M. Torre, P. Sfregola, V. Rossi, G. Fabio, A. Flammini, A. Filippini, L. Onorato, F. Vendola, N. Di Daniela, C. Alfarone, L. Scabbia, M. Ferrazzano, B. Della Grotta, M. Gamberini, L. Fazzari, P. Menè, A. Morgia, A. Catucci, R. Palumbo, M. Puliti, R. Marinelli, P. Polito, F. Marrocco, S. Morabito, R. Rocca, L. Nazzaro, R. Lavini, V. Iamundo, M. Chiappini, M. Casarci, M. Morosetti, S. Hassan, C. Alfarone, M. Ferrazzano, G. Firmi, M. Galliani, M. Serraiocco, S. Feriozzi, W. Valentini, P. Sacco, G. Garibotto, V. Cappelli, C. Saffioti, M. Repetto, D. Rolla, M. Lorenz, L. Pedrini, D. Polonioli, E. Galli, P. Ruggenenti, F. Scolari, S. Bove, E. Costantino, M. Bracchi, S. Mangano, G. Depetri, F. Malberti, V. La Milia, M. Farina, S. Zecchini, R. Savino, M. Melandri, C. Guastoni, M. Paparella, M. Gallieni, E. Minetti, S. Bisegna, P. Messa, M. Righetti, S. Badalamenti, C. Guastoni, E. Alberghini, S. Bertoli, P. Fabbrini, P. Albrizio, T. Rampino, C. Colturi, G. Rombolà, A. Lucatello, E. Guerrini, A. Ranghino, F. Lenci, E. Fanciulli, S. Santarelli, C. Damiani, D. Garofalo, F. Sopranzi, A. Santoferrara, M. Di Luca, P. Galiotta, M. Brigante, M. Manganaro, S. Maffei, I. Berto, L. Besso, G. Viglino, L. Besso, S. Cusinato, D. F. ChiarinottiChiappero, G. Tognarelli, B. Gianoglio, M. Salomone, G. Forneris, L. Biancone, S. Savoldi, C. Vitale, R. Boero, O. Filiberti, M. Borzumati, L. Gesualdo, C. Lomonte, G. Gernone, G. Pallotta, S. Di Paolo, L. Vernaglione, A. Specchio, G. Stallone, R. Dell’Aquila, F. Aucella, G. Sandri, F. Russo, M. Napoli, A. Marangi, L. Morrone, C. Di Stratis, A. Fresu, F. Cicu, S. Murtas, O. Manca, A. Pani, M. Pilloni, R. Pistis, M. Cadoni, B. Contu, F. Logias, R. Ivaldi, S. Fancello, M. Cossu, G. Lepori, G. Lepori, S. Vittoria, E. Battiati, M. Arnone, M. Romè, A. Barbera, A. Granata, G. Collura, C. Lo Dico, G. Pugliese, E. Di Natale, G. Rizzari, L. Cottone, N. Longo, G. Battaglia, C. Marcantoni, G. Giannetto, G. Tumino, F. Randazzo, L. Bellissimo, F. Lo Faro, F. Grippaldi, S. Urso, G. Quattrone, I. Todaro, D. Vincenzo, A. Murgo, M. Masuzzo, A. Pisacane, P. Monardo, D. Santoro, M. Pontorierro, C. Quari, A. Bauro, R. R. Chimenz, D. Alfio, F. Girasole, A. Lo Cascio, A. Caviglia, F. Tornese, F. Sirna, C. Altieri, R. Cusumano, V. Saveriano, A. La Corte, G. Locascio, U. Rotolo, M. Romè, S. Musso, L. Risuglia, G. Blanco, G. Minardo, S. Castellino, Z. Zappulla, S. Randone, M. Di Francesca, C. C. Cassetti, G. Oddo, G. Buscaino, F. Mucaria, V. Ignazio Barraco, A. Di Martino, F. Mucaria, D. Rallo, L. Dani, G. Campolo, F. Manescalchi, M. Biagini, M. Agate, V. Panichi, A. Casani, L. Traversari, G. Garosi, G. Brunori, M. Tabbì, A. Selvi, L. Cencioni, R. Fagugli, F. Timio, A. Leveque, M. Manes, G. Mennella, L. Calò, F. Fiorini, C. Abaterusso, P. Calzavara, M. Nordio, G. Meneghel, C. Bonesso, G. Gambaro, L. Gammaro, C. Rugiu, R. Dell’Aquila, R. Dell’Aquila, C. Ronco, C. Rugiu
The Impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of dialysis patients
Anna A. Bonenkamp, Theresia A. Druiventak, Anita van Eck van der Sluijs, Frans J. van Ittersum, Brigit C. van Jaarsveld, Alferso C. Abrahams
Targeting COVID-19 prevention in hemodialysis facilities is associated with a drastic reduction in central venous catheter-related infections
Marco Heidempergher, Gianmarco Sabiu, Maria Antonietta Orani, Giovanni Tripepi, Maurizio Gallieni
Proteinuria in COVID-19: prevalence, characterization and prognostic role
Justine Huart, Antoine Bouquegneau, Laurence Lutteri, Pauline Erpicum, Stéphanie Grosch, Guillaume Résimont, Patricia Wiesen, Christophe Bovy, Jean-Marie Krzesinski, Marie Thys, Bernard Lambermont, Benoît Misset, Hans Pottel, Christophe Mariat, Etienne Cavalier, Stéphane Burtey, François Jouret, Pierre Delanaye
A call to optimize haemodialysis vascular access care in healthcare disrupted by COVID-19 pandemic
Carlo Basile, Carlo Lomonte, Christian Combe, Adrian Covic, Dimitrios Kirmizis, Vassilios Liakopoulos, Sandip Mitra, Valerie Luyckx, Rukshana Shroff, Mehemet Kankay, Frank van der Sande
Lesson for the clinical nephrologist: Kidney transplant, COVID-19 and pregnancy
Sarah Gleeson, Muna Noori, Liz Lightstone, Philip Webster
COVID-19-related collapsing glomerulopathy revealing a rare risk variant of APOL1: lessons for the clinical nephrologist
Timothée Laboux, Jean-Baptiste Gibier, Nicolas Pottier, François Glowacki, Aghilès Hamroun
Correction to: COVID-19-related collapsing glomerulopathy revealing a rare risk variant of APOL1: lessons for the clinical nephrologist
Timothée Laboux, Jean-Baptiste Gibier, Nicolas Pottier, François Glowacki, Aghilès Hamroun
Living Well with Kidney Disease by patient and care-partner empowerment: Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Philip Kam-Tao Li, Ekamol Tantisattamo, Latha Kumaraswami, Vassilios Liakopoulos, Siu-Fai Lui, Ifeoma Ulasi, Sharon Andreoli, Alessandro Balducci, Sophie Dupuis, Tess Harris, Anne Hradsky, Richard Knight, Sajay Kumar, Maggie Ng, Alice Poidevin, Gamal Saadi, Allison Tong
Multicentric study comparing cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil and azathioprine in the maintenance therapy of lupus nephritis: 8 years follow up
Lorenza Maria Argolini, Giulia Frontini, Elena Elefante, Francesca Saccon, Valentina Binda, Chiara Tani, Isabella Scotti, Linda Carli, Mariele Gatto, Ciro Esposito, Maria Gerosa, Roberto Caporali, Andrea Doria, Piergiorgio Messa, Marta Mosca, Gabriella Moroni
Calcineurin inhibitors in lupus nephritis
Claudio Ponticelli, Manuel Alfredo Podestà
The relationship between intra-parenchymal renal resistive index variation and renal functional reserve in healthy subjects
Sara Samoni, Gianluca Villa, Silvia De Rosa, Mauro Neri, Lorenzo Tofani, Faeq Husain-Syed, Massimo De Cal, Federico Nalesso, Mario Meola, Claudio Ronco
Urinary strips for protein assays: easy to do but difficult to interpret!
Guillaume Résimont, Laurence Piéroni, Edith Bigot-Corbel, Etienne Cavalier, Pierre Delanaye
Lower serum bicarbonate is associated with an increased risk of acute kidney injury
Jessica Kendrick, Michel Chonchol, Zhiying You, Anna Jovanovich
Association between nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use and major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with end-stage renal disease: a population-based cohort study
Yu-Chen Liao, Chuen-Chau Chang, Ta-Liang Chen, Chih-Chung Liu, Hsi-Hsien Chen, Yuan-Wen Lee
Increased circulating Cathepsin-K levels reflect PTH control in chronic hemodialysis patients
Davide Bolignano, Marta Greco, Valentina Arcidiacono, Omar Tripolino, Caterina Vita, Michele Provenzano, Cinzia Donato, Salvatore Chiarella, Giorgio Fuiano, Giovambattista De Sarro, Emilio Russo, Michele Andreucci, Daniela Patrizia Foti, Giuseppe Coppolino
The lacking equation that estimates the protein catabolic rate in patients on once-weekly haemodialysis
Francesco Gaetano Casino, Salvatore Domenico Mostacci, Andrea Sabato, Manuela Montemurro, Clelia Procida, Angelo Saracino, Giovanni Santarsia, Carlo Basile
Feasibility of computed tomography-based assessment of skeletal muscle mass in hemodialysis patients
Tomoaki Takata, Aki Motoe, Katsumi Tanida, Sosuke Taniguchi, Ayami Ida, Kentaro Yamada, Shintaro Hamada, Masaya Ogawa, Marie Yamamoto, Yukari Mae, Takuji Iyama, Munehiro Taniguchi, Akihisa Nakaoka, Hajime Isomoto
Serum β2-microglobulin as a predictor of residual kidney function in peritoneal dialysis patients
David A. Jaques, Andrew Davenport
Hand function assessment in peritoneal dialysis patient: a pilot study
Mathilde Beaumier, Alexis Ruet, Annabel Boyer, Antoine Lanot, Sonia Guillouet, Thierry Lobbedez, Clémence Béchade
The impact of the superficial cuff position on the exit site and tunnel infections in CAPD patients
Luca Nardelli, Antonio Scalamogna, Piergiorgio Messa
The osmo-metabolic approach: a novel and tantalizing glucose-sparing strategy in peritoneal dialysis
Mario Bonomini, Victor Zammit, José C. Divino-Filho, Simon J. Davies, Lorenzo Di Liberato, Arduino Arduini, Mark Lambie
Association of kidney transplantation with mortality on hemodialysis after graft failure
Takehiko Kawaguchi, Takayuki Hamano, Ikuto Masakane, Atsushi Wada, Eri Okada, Moritoshi Kadomura, Toshiyuki Imasawa
Everolimus for BKV nephropathy in kidney transplant recipients: a prospective, controlled study.
Elisabetta Bussalino, Luigina Marsano, Angelica Parodi, Rodolfo Russo, Fabio Massarino, Maura Ravera, Gabriele Gaggero, Iris Fontana, Giacomo Garibotto, Gianluigi Zaza, Giovanni Stallone, Ernesto Paoletti
Immunosuppression-related neurological disorders in kidney transplantation
Irene Faravelli, Daniele Velardo, Manuel Alfredo Podestà, Claudio Ponticelli
Towards optimizing use of PLA2R antibody testing in membranous nephropathy
Jonathan J. Hogan, Jarcy Zee, Laurence H. Beck
Membranous nephropathy: setting the bar for hypothesis-driven, selective therapies in nephrology
Andrea Angeletti, Jeremy S. Leventhal, Paolo Cravedi
Efficacy of low or standard rituximab-based protocols and comparison to Ponticelli’s regimen in membranous nephropathy
Roberta Fenoglio, Simone Baldovino, Savino Sciascia, Emanuele De Simone, Giulio Del Vecchio, Michela Ferro, Giacomo Quattrocchio, Carla Naretto, Dario Roccatello
Diagnostic accuracy of anti-phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R) antibodies in idiopathic membranous nephropathy: an Italian experience
Brunetta Porcelli, Andrea Guarnieri, Fabio Ferretti, Guido Garosi, Lucia Terzuoli, Francesca Cinci, Antonella Tabucchi, Marilina Tampoia, Letizia Abbracciavento, Chiara Villani, Gaia Deleonardi, Ana Gabriela Grondona, Marcello Mazzolini, Gaetano La Manna, Marisa Santostefano, Maria Infantino, Mariangela Manfredi, Giuseppe Spatoliatore, Alberto Rosati, Chiara Somma, Nicola Bizzaro
Clinical significance of glomerular C3 deposition in primary membranous nephropathy
Ozgur Akin Oto, Erol Demir, Safak Mirioglu, Ahmet Burak Dirim, Yasemin Ozluk, Egemen Cebeci, Taner Basturk, Ali Riza Ucar, Lala Soltanova, Kanan Nuriyev, Isin Kilicaslan, Halil Yazici, Yasar Caliskan
Long-term renal survival and related risk factors for primary membranous nephropathy in Chinese children: a retrospective analysis of 217 cases
Ren Wang, Meiqiu Wang, Zhengkun Xia, Chunlin Gao, Zhuo Shi, Xiang Fang, Heyan Wu, Yingchao Peng
Identical twins with idiopathic membranous nephropathy
Tian Tao, Jue Wang, Song Lei, Zhangxue Hu
Successful treatment of PLA2R1-antibody positive membranous nephropathy with ocrelizumab
Tilman Schmidt, Matthias Schulze, Sigrid Harendza, Elion Hoxha
From tuberous sclerosis complex to end stage renal disease: who are these patients?
Elsa Vabret, Cécile Couchoud, Mathilde Lassalle, Cécile Vigneau
Systemic sclerosis and end-stage renal disease: study of patient characteristics, follow-up and outcomes in France
Aurélie Lavergne, Adelaïde Pladys, Cécile Couchoud, Mathilde Lassalle, Cécile Vigneau