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  1. Policies for allocating deceased donor kidneys have recently shifted from allocation based on Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) tissue matching in the UK and USA. Newer allocation algorithms incorporate waiting ti...

    Authors: Michael D Clark, Dennis Leech, Anil Gumber, Domenico Moro, Ala Szczepura, Nick West and Robert Higgins
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:152
  2. Chronic renal disease is a serious complication of long-term intravenous drug use (IVDU). Recent reports have postulated a changing pattern of underlying nephropathy over the last decades.

    Authors: Oliver Jung, Hans Stefan Haack, Maike Buettner, Christoph Betz, Christoph Stephan, Peter Gruetzmacher, Kerstin Amann and Markus Bickel
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:151
  3. Whether paricalcitol (PCT) reduces proteinuria in the presence of intensified inhibition of Renin-Angiotensin-System (RAS) is poorly studied. We evaluated the antiproteinuric effect of PCT in non-dialysis chro...

    Authors: Luca De Nicola, Giuseppe Conte, Domenico Russo, Antonio Gorini and Roberto Minutolo
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:150
  4. Sjögren’s syndrome is a systemic autoimmune disease in which lymphatic cells destroy the salivary and lacrimal glands. Glomerulonephritis is thought to be a rare occurrence in primary Sjögren’s syndrome. Furth...

    Authors: Chang Seong Kim, Yoo Duk Choi, Joon Seok Choi, Eun Hui Bae, Seong Kwon Ma and Soo Wan Kim
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:149
  5. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) plays important roles in kidney disease susceptibility and atherogenesis in experimental models. Relationships between serum MCP-1 concentration and early nephropathy...

    Authors: Mariana Murea, Thomas C Register, Jasmin Divers, Donald W Bowden, J Jeffrey Carr, Caresse R Hightower, Jianzhao Xu, S Carrie Smith, Keith A Hruska, Carl D Langefeld and Barry I Freedman
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:148
  6. Bleeding severity, anatomic location, tissue characteristics, and visibility are common challenges encountered while managing intraoperative bleeding, and conventional hemostatic measures (suture, ligature, an...

    Authors: Ofer Nativ, Bababhai Patel, Jessica Shen, Jonathan Batiller, Sara Horn and James C Hart
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:147
  7. Tunnelled central venous dialysis catheter use is significantly limited by the occurrence of catheter-related infections. This randomised controlled trial assessed the efficacy of a 48 hour 70% ethanol lock vs...

    Authors: Jennifer K Broom, Rathika Krishnasamy, Carmel M Hawley, E Geoffrey Playford and David W Johnson
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:146
  8. Payments for red blood cell (RBC) transfusions are separate from US Medicare bundled payments for dialysis-related services and medications. Our objective was to examine the economic burden for payers when chr...

    Authors: Matthew Gitlin, J Andrew Lee, David M Spiegel, Jeffrey L Carson, Xue Song, Brian S Custer, Zhun Cao, Katherine A Cappell, Helen V Varker, Shaowei Wan and Akhtar Ashfaq
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:145
  9. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality among peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients in Macao. Increased arterial stiffness determined by pulse wave velocity (PWV) has been established as an indepe...

    Authors: Ding-Wei Kuang, Chiu-Leong Li, Un-I Kuok, Kin Cheung, Weng-In Lio and Jing Xin
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:143
  10. A recent meta-analysis described a variant (p.Ile2984Val) in the cubilin gene (CUBN) that is associated with levels of albuminuria in the general population and in diabetics.

    Authors: Shay Tzur, Walter G Wasser, Saharon Rosset and Karl Skorecki
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:142
  11. Oxalosis is a metabolic disorder characterized by deposition of oxalate crystals in various organs including the kidney. Whereas primary forms result from genetic defects in oxalate metabolism, secondary forms...

    Authors: Marc Albersmeyer, Robert Hilge, Angelika Schröttle, Max Weiss, Thomas Sitter and Volker Vielhauer
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:141
  12. Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is associated with mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), but the economic consequences of SHPT have not been adequately studied in the European populatio...

    Authors: Silvia Chiroli, Caroline Mattin, Vasily Belozeroff, Louise Perrault, Dominic Mitchell and Ioanna Gioni
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:140
  13. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing public health problem and end stage renal disease (ESRD) represents a large human and economic burden. It is important to identify patients at high risk of ESRD. In or...

    Authors: Naïke Bigé, Pierre Patrick Lévy, Patrice Callard, Jean-Manuel Faintuch, Valérie Chigot, Virginie Jousselin, Pierre Ronco and Jean-Jacques Boffa
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:139
  14. Many countries have started screening and prevention programs for chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, one of the main concerns of health authorities is whether management strategies for diagnosed CKD patien...

    Authors: Mitra Mahdavi-Mazdeh, Zinat Nadia Hatmi and Sara Shahpari-Niri
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:138
  15. Despite evidence implicating dietary sodium in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in chronic kidney disease (CKD), quality intervention trials in CKD patients are lacking. This study aims to inve...

    Authors: Emma J McMahon, Judith D Bauer, Carmel M Hawley, Nicole M Isbel, Michael Stowasser, David W Johnson, Rachael E Hale and Katrina L Campbell
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:137
  16. Tissue injury due to hypoxia and/or free radicals is common in a variety of disease processes. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate effect of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) and hemodialysis (HD) on h...

    Authors: Enas A Hamed, Taghrid B El-Abaseri, Amany O Mohamed, Ahmed R Ahmed and Tarek H El-Metwally
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:136
  17. Living related kidney transplantation (LRT) is underutilized, particularly among African Americans. The effectiveness of informational and financial interventions to enhance informed decision-making among Afri...

    Authors: Patti L Ephraim, Neil R Powe, Hamid Rabb, Jessica Ameling, Priscilla Auguste, LaPricia Lewis-Boyer, Raquel C Greer, Deidra C Crews, Tanjala S Purnell, Bernard G Jaar, Nicole DePasquale and L Ebony Boulware
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:135
  18. Pro-inflammatory cytokines play a key role in bone remodeling. Inflammation is highly prevalent in CKD-5D patients, but the relationship between pro-inflammatory cytokines and fractures in CKD-5D patients is u...

    Authors: Vincenzo Panuccio, Giuseppe Enia, Rocco Tripepi, Roberta Aliotta, Francesca Mallamaci, Giovanni Tripepi and Carmine Zoccali
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:134
  19. Non-equivalence in serum creatinine (SCr) measurements across Dutch laboratories and the consequences hereof on chronic kidney disease (CKD) staging were examined.

    Authors: Iefke Drion, Christa Cobbaert, Klaas H Groenier, Cas Weykamp, Henk JG Bilo, Jack FM Wetzels and Nanne Kleefstra
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:133
  20. Experimentally, erythropoietin (EPO) has nephroprotective as well as immunomodulatory properties when administered after ischemic renal injury. We tested the hypothesis that different doses of recombinant huma...

    Authors: Sophie de Seigneux, Belen Ponte, Lucien Weiss, Jérôme Pugin, Jacques André Romand, Pierre-Yves Martin and Patrick Saudan
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:132
  21. Diabetes is the most common risk factor for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and has been associated with increased risk of death. In order to better understand the influence of diabetes on outcomes in hemodialy...

    Authors: Abdus Sattar, Christos Argyropoulos, Lisa Weissfeld, Nizar Younas, Linda Fried, John A Kellum and Mark Unruh
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:130
  22. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is more prevalent in Taiwan than in most countries. This population-based cohort study evaluated the dementia risk associated with CKD.

    Authors: Kao-Chi Cheng, Yu-Lung Chen, Shih-Wei Lai, Chih-Hsin Mou, Pang-Yao Tsai and Fung-Chang Sung
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:129
  23. Since the term chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) was removed from the Banff scheme in 2005, transplant glomerulopathy (TG) has been regarded as a clinicopathological entity that is one of the major causes of...

    Authors: Qiquan Sun, Xianghua Huang, Song Jiang, Caihong Zeng and Zhihong Liu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:128
  24. In patients with chronic kidney disease studies focusing on platelet function and properties often are non-conclusive whereas only few studies use functional platelet tests. In this study we evaluated a recent...

    Authors: Esther R van Bladel, Rosa L de Jager, Daisy Walter, Loes Cornelissen, Carlo A Gaillard, Leonie A Boven, Mark Roest and Rob Fijnheer
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:127
  25. Early recognition and management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are associated with better outcomes. Internal medicine residency should prepare physicians to diagnose and manage CKD.

    Authors: Michelle M Estrella, Stephen D Sisson, Jennifer Roth and Michael J Choi
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:126
  26. No studies on continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) have analyzed nutritional status in children. The objective of this study was to assess the association between mortality and nutritional status of chi...

    Authors: Ana Castillo, Maria J Santiago, Jesús López-Herce, Sandra Montoro, Jorge López, Amaya Bustinza, Ramón Moral and Jose M Bellón
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:125
  27. A high dose of anti-infective agents is recommended when treating infectious meningitis. High creatinine clearance (CrCl) may affect the pharmacokinetic / pharmacodynamic relationships of anti-infective drugs ...

    Authors: Alexandre Lautrette, Thuy-Nga Phan, Lemlih Ouchchane, Ali AitHssain, Vincent Tixier, Anne-Elisabeth Heng and Bertrand Souweine
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:124
  28. Sepsis is a common syndrome in critically ill patients and easily leads to the occurrence of acute kidney injury (AKI), with high mortality rates. This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic value of urine ...

    Authors: Longxiang Su, Lin Feng, Changting Liu, Zhaoxu Jiang, Ming Li, Kun Xiao, Peng Yan, Yanhong Jia, Dan Feng and Lixin Xie
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:123
  29. Elderly patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are usually at a high risk of fractures due to both osteoporosis and CKD-mineral bone disease (MBD). A new marker is needed to prevent fractures and control C...

    Authors: Eiichiro Kanda, Masayuki Yoshida and Sei Sasaki
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:122
  30. In kidney transplant (Kt) recipients , hypertension is a major risk for cardiovascular complications but also for graft failure. Blood pressure (BP) control is therefore mandatory. Office BP (OBP) remains freq...

    Authors: Annie Saint-Remy, Mélanie Somja, Karen Gellner, Laurent Weekers, Catherine Bonvoisin and Jean-Marie Krzesinski
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:121
  31. Bioimpedance analysis (BIA) has been reported as helpful in identifying hypervolemia. Observation data showed that hypervolemic maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients identified using BIA methods have higher ...

    Authors: Li Liu, Gang Long, Jianwei Ren, Jijun Li, Jinsheng Xu, Jinghong Lei, Mao Li, Moyan Qiu, Ping Yuan, Weiming Sun, Shan Lin, Wenjun Liu, Yi Sun, Yingchun Ma, Yonghui Mao, Yulan Shen…
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:120
  32. Uremic pruritus (UP) is a significant complication in ESRD patients and substantially impairs their quality of life. UP is considered to be a skin manifestation of chronic inflammation. Because sericin can sup...

    Authors: Pornanong Aramwit, Orathai Keongamaroon, Tippawan Siritientong, Nipaporn Bang and Ouppatham Supasyndh
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:119
  33. The kidney is a major target organ for systemic amyloidosis that often affects the kidney including proteinura, and elevated serum creatinine (Cr). The correlation between amount of amyloid deposits and clinic...

    Authors: Takeshi Kuroda, Naohito Tanabe, Daisuke Kobayashi, Yoko Wada, Shuichi Murakami, Masaaki Nakano and Ichiei Narita
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:118
  34. Urolithiasis is one of the most common conditions seen in emergency departments (ED) worldwide, with an increasing frequency in geriatric patients (>65 years). Given the high costs of emergency medical urolith...

    Authors: Spyridon Arampatzis, Gregor Lindner, Filiz Irmak, Georg-Christian Funk, Heinz Zimmermann and Aristomenis K Exadaktylos
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:117
  35. Mineral and bone disorder (MBD) in patients with chronic kidney disease is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Studies regarding the status of MBD treatment in developing countries, especially i...

    Authors: Xianglei Kong, Luxia Zhang, Ling Zhang, Nan Chen, Yong Gu, Xueqing Yu, Wenhu Liu, Jianghua Chen, Liren Peng, Weijie Yuan, Hua Wu, Wei Chen, Minhua Fan, Liqun He, Feng Ding, Xiangmei Chen…
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:116
  36. In common with Indigenous populations elsewhere, Indigenous Australians have higher incidence of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), but lower transplantation rates than their non-Indigenous counterparts. Underst...

    Authors: Kate Anderson, Joan Cunningham, Jeannie Devitt, Cilla Preece and Alan Cass
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:114
  37. The inevitable post-inflammatory fibrosis and adhesion often compromises future treatment in peritoneal dialysis patients. Here, we describe a patient who experienced an unusual form of peritoneal adhesion tha...

    Authors: Jiun-Chi Huang, Szu-Chia Chen, Tsung-Kun Yang, Fang-Jung Yu, Fu Ou-Yang and Jer-Ming Chang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:113
  38. Medical, ethical and financial dilemmas may arise in treating undocumented-uninsured patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Hereby we describe the 10-year experience of treating undocumented-uninsured E...

    Authors: Gil Chernin, Amir Gal-Oz, Idit F Schwartz, Moshe Shashar, Doron Schwartz and Talia Weinstein
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:112
  39. Administration of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins), prior to ischemia or prior to reperfusion has been shown to decrease ischemia-reperfusion renal injury in animal studies. It is unknown whether this pr...

    Authors: Janske Reiling, David W Johnson, Peter S Kruger, Peter Pillans and Daryl R Wall
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:111
  40. The clinical outcomes of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are poor in patients with renal insufficiency. This study investigated changes in the likelihood that patients received optimal medic...

    Authors: Joon Seok Choi, Chang Seong Kim, Eun Hui Bae, Seong Kwon Ma, Myung Ho Jeong, Young Jo Kim, Myeong Chan Cho, Chong Jin Kim and Soo Wan Kim
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:110
  41. Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) kidneys exhibit increased extracellular matrix (ECM) collagen expression and metalloproteinases (MMPs) activity. We investigated the role of these increases on cystic disease pr...

    Authors: Bin Liu, Chenghai Li, Zijuan Liu, Zonghan Dai and Yunxia Tao
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:109
  42. Many patients with advanced chronic kidney disease are referred late to renal units. This is associated with negative aspects. The purpose of the present study was to characterize late versus early referrals f...

    Authors: Kristine Hommel, Mette Madsen and Anne-Lise Kamper
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:108
  43. Patients with nephrotic syndrome are at an increased risk of thromboembolic events (TEs). However, this association has not been thoroughly investigated in adult patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy...

    Authors: Sanjeev Kumar, Ananda Chapagain, Dorothea Nitsch and Muhammad M Yaqoob
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:107
  44. Hemodiafiltration (HDF), as a convective blood purification technique, has been associated with favorable outcomes improved phosphate control, removal of middle-molecules such as Beta2-microglobulin and the oc...

    Authors: Franklin G Mora-Bravo, Guadalupe De-La-Cruz, Sonia Rivera, Alfonso Mariscal Ramírez, Jochen G Raimann and Héctor Pérez-Grovas
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:106
  45. Bone marrow (BM) stem cells have been reported to contribute to tissue repair after kidney injury model. However, there is no direct evidence so far that BM cells can trans-differentiate into renal stem cells.

    Authors: Xiaohua Jia, Xiaoqiang Xie, Guowei Feng, He Lű, Qinjun Zhao, Yongzhe Che, Yizhou Zheng, Zhongchao Han, Yong Xu, Zongjin Li and Deling Kong
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:105
  46. The relationship between glycemic control and lipid abnormalities with urinary albumin-creatinine ratio (ACR) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) is unknown. We sought to inves...

    Authors: Subhasish Bose, Andrew S Bomback, Nehal N Mehta, Shu-Cheng Chen, Suying Li, Adam Whaley-Connell, Joseph Benjamin and Peter A McCullough
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:104
  47. The vitamin D receptor activator paricalcitol has been shown to reduce albuminuria. Whether this is a unique property of paricalcitol, or common to all vitamin D analogues, is unknown. The primary aim of this ...

    Authors: Hanne Skou Jørgensen, Simon Winther, Johan Vestergaard Povlsen and Per Ivarsen
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2012 13:102

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