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  1. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an effective and successful renal replacement therapy. The baseline peritoneal solute transfer rate (PSTR) is related to local membrane inflammation and may be partially genetically...

    Authors: Yue Qian, Li Ding, Liou Cao, Zanzhe Yu, Xinghua Shao, Ling Wang, Minfang Zhang, Qin Wang, Xiajing Che, Na Jiang, Hao Yan, Wei Fang, Yan Jin, Jiaying Huang, Aiping Gu and Zhaohui Ni
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:365
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  2. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an under-recognized disorder, which is associated with a high risk for mortality, development of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

    Authors: Teuwafeu Denis Georges, Halle Marie-Patrice, Tonou Sorel Ingrid, Ronald Gobina Mbua, Fouda Menye Hermine and Ashuntantang Gloria
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:364
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  3. Subjective cognitive complaints refer to self-experienced difficulties with everyday cognitive tasks. Although there has been a fair amount of research on cognitive impairments and cognitive complaints in end-...

    Authors: Frederick H. F. Chan, Stanton Newman, Behram A. Khan and Konstadina Griva
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:363
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  4. Extended-release calcifediol (ERC), active vitamin D hormones and analogs (AVD) and nutritional vitamin D (NVD) are commonly used therapies for treating secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) in adults with stag...

    Authors: Michael J. Germain, Subir K. Paul, George Fadda, Varshasb Broumand, Andy Nguyen, November H. McGarvey, Matthew D. Gitlin, Charles W. Bishop, Philipp Csomor, Stephen Strugnell and Akhtar Ashfaq
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:362
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  5. Sun-protective strategies focusing on skin cancer awareness are needed in immunosuppressed patients at risk of skin cancers. The study aims to determine the effect of an integrated skin cancer education progra...

    Authors: Zaw Thet, Alfred King-yin Lam, Shu-Kay Ng, Soe Yu Aung, Thin Han, Dwarakanathan Ranganathan, Stephanie Newsham, Jennifer Borg, Christine Pepito and Tien K. Khoo
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:361
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  6. Carbapenem-induced neurotoxicity is an unusual side effect, with seizure being the most commonly reported symptom. Among the carbapenems, imipenem-cilastin is classically associated with the most severe neurot...

    Authors: Shamira Shahar, Durga A. Arimuthu and Sadanah Aqashiah Mazlan
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:360
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  7. Predicting allograft survival is vital for efficient transplant success. With dynamic changes in patient conditions, clinical indicators may change longitudinally, and doctors’ judgments may be highly variable...

    Authors: Baoyi Huang, Mingli Huang, Chengfeng Zhang, Zhiyin Yu, Yawen Hou, Yun Miao and Zheng Chen
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:359
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  8. Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN), a rare glomerulonephritis that causes nephrotic syndrome in children, is often difficult to treat. Typical immunofluorescence findings include strong C3 stainin...

    Authors: Yuko Hidaka, Hiroshi Tamura, Keishiro Furuie, Shohei Kuraoka, Hiroko Nagata and Hitoshi Nakazato
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:358
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  9. Subclinical inflammation, including borderline lesions (BL), is very common (30–40%) after kidney transplantation (KT), even in low immunological risk patients, and can lead to interstitial fibrosis/tubular at...

    Authors: Domingo Hernández, Teresa Vázquez-Sánchez, Eugenia Sola, Veronica Lopez, Pedro Ruiz-Esteban, Abelardo Caballero, Eduardo Salido, Myriam Leon, Aurelio Rodriguez, Nuria Serra, Consuelo Rodriguez, Carme Facundo, Manel Perello, Irene Silva, Domingo Marrero-Miranda, Ignacio Cidraque…
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:357
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  10. To examine the association of the screening frequency of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) with the substantial reduction in eGFR (≥ 25%) among type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients with normal (eGFR≥60 ml/...

    Authors: Henry Sundqvist, Eveliina Heikkala, Jari Jokelainen, Giuseppina Russo, Ilona Mikkola and Maria Hagnäs
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:356
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  11. The atherosclerotic state of haemodialysis (HD) patients may be influenced by heavy metals. The purpose of our study was to assess the relationship between serum zinc (Zn) ankle brachial index (ABI) as a non-i...

    Authors: Maša Knehtl, Nejc Piko, Robert Ekart, Radovan Hojs and Sebastjan Bevc
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:355
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Nephrology 2022 23:397

  13. The presence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in pre-eclampsia complicates treatment including; increasing length of hospital stay and a need to access services like dialysis which are largely expensive in resourc...

    Authors: Mariam Hassan, Roland Mayanja, Wasswa G.M Ssalongo, Natumanya Robert, Lugobe Henry Mark, Okello Samson and Rose Muhindo
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:353
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  15. Hyperkalemia increases the risk of mortality and cardiovascular-related hospitalizations in patients with hemodialysis. Predictors of hyperkalemia are yet to be identified. We aimed at developing a nomogram ab...

    Authors: Ziwei Mei, Jun Chen, Peipei Chen, Songmei Luo, Lie Jin and Limei Zhou
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:351
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  16. Muscle dysfunction is prevalent in dialysis patients. Gait speed and handgrip strength are simple and reliable methods of assessing muscle function. Numerous observational studies have linked 25-hydroxy vitami...

    Authors: Chen Fu, Fengqin Wu, Fang Chen, Enhong Han, Yuehua Gao and Yongxing Xu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:350
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  17. Obesity is a major health problem worldwide and is associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Body mass index (BMI) is a common method of diagnosing obesity, but there are concerns about its accuracy and ab...

    Authors: Younghoon Song, Jeong Ah Hwang, Jaeun Shin, Eunjung Cho, Shin Young Ahn, Gang Jee Ko, Young Joo Kwon and Ji Eun Kim
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:349
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  18. Vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors (VEGFIs) are used to treat malignant neoplasms and ocular diseases by inhibiting angiogenesis. Systemic use of VEGFIs has various side effects, including hypertens...

    Authors: Yawara Kikuchi, Yoshimi Odashima, Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, Tomoyasu Oda, Fumitaka Tanaka, Hiroki Oikawa, Yasushi Ishigaki and Koichi Asahi
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:348
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Nephrology 2022 23:380

  19. The factors associated with estimated glomerular filtrate rate (eGFR) decline in low risk adults remain relatively unknown. We hypothesized that a polygenic risk score (PRS) will be associated with eGFR decline.

    Authors: Farrukh M. Koraishy, Frank D. Mann, Monika A. Waszczuk, Pei-Fen Kuan, Katherine Jonas, Xiaohua Yang, Anna Docherty, Andrey Shabalin, Sean Clouston, Roman Kotov and Benjamin Luft
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:347
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  21. There are few studies assessing the quality of life of patients with chronic and end stage kidney disease in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to describe the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients unde...

    Authors: Gloria Shumbusho, Celestin Hategeka, Marianne Vidler, Jules Kabahizi and Marla McKnight
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:345
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  22. Hemodialysis patients are followed by routine laboratory testing. There is uncertainty whether these tests always lead to a change in decision-making. This study aims to discover the number of yearly intervent...

    Authors: Claudia Chidiac, Dania Chelala, Dany Nassar, Chadia Beaini, Hiba Azar, Serge Finianos, Celine Boueri, Jenny Hawi, Ibrahim Abdo and Mabel Aoun
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:344
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  23. The incidence of end stage kidney disease (ESKD) is increasing in Ghana as with the rest of the world. This study compared the sociodemographic, diagnostic characteristics (clinical, biochemical and imaging) a...

    Authors: Perditer Okyere, Isaac Okyere, Grace Essuman, Joseph Attakora, Dorcas Serwaa, Irene Esi Donkoh and Richard K.D. Ephraim
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:343
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  24. New lipid-lowering therapy at the start of dialysis and measurement of lipid parameters over the follow-up period is not recommended in dialysis patients, which seems unappropriated in clinical practice. We ai...

    Authors: Xiaoran Feng, Xiaojiang Zhan, Yueqiang Wen, FenFen Peng, Xiaoyang Wang, Niansong Wang, Xianfeng Wu and Junnan Wu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:342
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  25. Data on the functional status (FS) of patients on maintenance haemodialysis (MHD) and their caregiver burden (CGB) in SSA where patients have fewer weekly dialysis sessions and pay out-of-pocket for dialysis-r...

    Authors: Alex Tatang Mambap, Innocent Abong Che, Maimouna Mahamat and Gloria Enow Ashuntantang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:341
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  26. We developed machine learning models to understand the predictors of shorter-, intermediate-, and longer-term mortality among hemodialysis (HD) patients affected by COVID-19 in four countries in the Americas.

    Authors: Adrián M. Guinsburg, Yue Jiao, María Inés Díaz Bessone, Caitlin K. Monaghan, Beatriz Magalhães, Michael A. Kraus, Peter Kotanko, Jeffrey L. Hymes, Robert J. Kossmann, Juan Carlos Berbessi, Franklin W. Maddux, Len A. Usvyat and John W. Larkin
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:340
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  27. Prior studies support a genetic basis for postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI). We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS), assessed the clinical utility of a polygenic risk score (PRS), and estima...

    Authors: Daniel B. Larach, Adam Lewis, Lisa Bastarache, Anita Pandit, Jing He, Anik Sinha, Nicholas J. Douville, Michael Heung, Michael R. Mathis, Jonathan D. Mosley, Jonathan P. Wanderer, Sachin Kheterpal, Matthew Zawistowski, Chad M. Brummett, Edward D. Siew, Cassianne Robinson-Cohen…
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:339
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  28. The Tablo® Hemodialysis System (Tablo) is an all in one, easy-to-learn device featuring integrated water purification, on demand dialysate production and two-way wireless data transmission and is approved for ...

    Authors: Tahir Zaman, Kasadi Moore, Jennifer Jellerson, Yaadveer Chahal, Joshua Schumacher, Cynthia Dalessandri-Silva and Michael Aragon
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:338
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  31. Malnutrition is common in critically ill patients, but nutrition status in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) has been poorly studied. Our study aimed to investigate the relationship betwee...

    Authors: Na Wang, Ping Wang, Wen Li, Li Jiang, Meiping Wang, Bo Zhu and Xiuming Xi
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:335
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  32. Tolvaptan was approved in the United States in 2018 for patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) at risk of rapid progression as assessed in a 3-year phase 3 clinical trial (TEMPO 3:4...

    Authors: Gregory Mader, Deirdre Mladsi, Myrlene Sanon, Molly Purser, Christine L. Barnett, Dorothee Oberdhan, Terry Watnick and Stephen Seliger
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:334
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  33. Immunoglobulin A dominant postinfectious glomerulonephritis (IgA PIGN) is a unique medical entity that is rare in the paediatric population. It usually presents with severe renal failure, heavy proteinuria, hy...

    Authors: A. Saghar, G. Klaus, B. Trutnau, M. Kömhoff, H. J. Gröne and S. Weber
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:333
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  34. Patients who need a live donor kidney transplant (LDKT) must often ask potential donors (PLDs) themselves. This is a difficult task and healthcare could unburden them by making this first contact, ensuring als...

    Authors: Eva Lagging, Kjerstin Larsson, Jonas Wadström, Linda Gyllström Krekula and Annika Tibell
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:332
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  35. There are major gaps in the implementation of guideline-concordant care for persons with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The CKD Cascade of Care (C3) initiative seeks to improve CKD care by improving detection and ...

    Authors: Julio A. Lamprea-Montealegre, Priya Joshi, Abigail S. Shapiro, Erin Madden, Krista Navarra, O. Alison Potok, L. Parker Gregg, Tanya Podchiyska, Amy Robinson, Mary K. Goldstein, Carmen A. Peralta, Simerjot K. Jassal, Sankar D. Navaneethan, Dena. E. Rifkin, Virginia Wang, Michael G. Shlipak…
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:331
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  36. The relationship between the coexistence of depression and moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD) and mortality is unclear. We aimed to investigate whether there is a synergistic effect of depression and modera...

    Authors: Fanchao Meng, Yanjie Qi, Xu Chen, Xiuping Yan, Huanhuan Huang and Fan He
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:330
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  37. Two alleles (G1 and G2) of the apolipoprotein 1 gene (APOL1) predispose people of African descent to developing or accelerating the course of certain types of kidney disease. Population studies to determine the f...

    Authors: Dona Jeanne Alladagbin, Carlos Gustavo Regis da Silva, Luciano Kalabric Silva, Washington LC dos-Santos and Geraldo Gileno de Sá Oliveira
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:329
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  39. Chronic kidney disease—mineral and bone disorders (CKD-MBD) is characterised by generalised vascular calcification (VC) and impaired bone health. We aimed to investigate the relationship between VC and bone mi...

    Authors: Jana Uhlinova, Anne Kuudeberg, Kaja Metsküla, Margus Lember and Mai Rosenberg
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:327
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  40. This study aimed to evaluate the etiologies, comorbidities, and outcomes of acute kidney injury (AKI) in Turkey and determine any potential differences among different geographical parts of the country.

    Authors: Meltem Gursu, Itir Yegenaga, Serhan Tuglular, Belda Dursun, Sibel Gokcay Bek, Simge Bardak, Engin Onan, Serap Demir, Ulver Derici, Ayhan Dogukan, Mustafa Sevinc, Ismail Kocyigit, Eda Altun, Ali Burak Haras, Mehmet Riza Altiparmak and Halil Zeki Tonbul
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:326
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  41. The Chinese Government initiated the Donation after Citizens' Death policy in 2010. To now, it has been a major source of organs for transplant. Since it is still a young policy, corresponding clinical evidenc...

    Authors: Xiao Fang, Yan Wang, Rong Liu, Changyan Zhu, Chenguang Wu, Fuqiang He, Shunliang Yang and Dong Wang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:325
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  42. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common complication after liver transplantation and is traditionally considered to be secondary to calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs). However, several studies have reported that t...

    Authors: Haijiao Jin, Yuehan Wei, Yongbing Qian, Jiang Zhang, Yao Xu, Hang Zhou, Minfang Zhang, Wenyan Zhou, Chaojun Qi, Wei Jin, Shan Mou, Qin Wang and Jianjun Zhang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:324
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  43. Kidney stones have become a worldwide public health problem. The purpose of this research is to study the relationship between plasma cadmium level and the prevalence of kidney stones in an adult population.

    Authors: You Li, Kailian He, Liang Cao, Xu Tang, Ruoyu Gou, Tingyu Luo, Song Xiao, Ziqi Chen, Tingjun Li, Jian Qin, Zhiyong Zhang and Jiansheng Cai
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:323
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  44. Physical and emotional symptoms are prevalent in patients with kidney-dysfunction requiring dialysis (KDRD) and the rigors of thrice-weekly hemodialysis (HD) may contribute to deteriorated health-related quali...

    Authors: Mariana Murea, Benjamin R. Highland, Wesley Yang, Emily Dressler and Gregory B. Russell
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:322
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  46. Electronic health records can be used for population-wide identification and monitoring of disease. The Territory Kidney Care project developed algorithms to identify individuals with chronic kidney disease (C...

    Authors: Winnie Chen, Asanga Abeyaratne, Gillian Gorham, Pratish George, Vijay Karepalli, Dan Tran, Christopher Brock and Alan Cass
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:320
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  47. Sarcopenia is associated with various adverse outcomes in hemodialysis patients. However, current tools for assessing and diagnosing sarcopenia have limited applicability. In this study, we aimed to develop a ...

    Authors: Genlian Cai, Jinping Ying, Mengyan Pan, Xiabing lang, Weiping Yu and Qinqin Zhang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:319
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  49. In centre haemodialysis (ICHD) patients have been identified as high risk of contracting Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection due to frequent healthcare contact and poor innat...

    Authors: Louise Rachel Moore, Noor Al-Jaddou, Harsha Wodeyar, Asheesh Sharma, Michael Schulz, Anirudh Rao and Kottarathil Abraham
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:317
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  50. The co-administration of loop diuretics with thiazide diuretics is a therapeutic strategy in patients with hypertension and volume overload. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of treat...

    Authors: Fabio Solis-Jimenez, Lucia Monserrat Perez-Navarro, Ricardo Cabrera-Barron, Jesus Antonio Chida-Romero, Geovana Martin-Alemañy, Edgar Dehesa-López, Magdalena Madero and Rafael Valdez-Ortiz
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2022 23:316
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