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  1. Despite vaccination coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated mortality caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) remains high in kidney transplant recipients. Nirmatrelvir is...

    Authors: Johanna Schneider, Rika Wobser, Wolfgang Kühn, Dirk Wagner, Yakup Tanriver and Gerd Walz
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:99
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  2. Membranous glomerulonephritis is the most common primary etiology for the nephrotic syndrome in adults. Beyond the clinical hallmark of nephrotic syndrome such as fluid overloading, dyslipidemia and hypoalbumi...

    Authors: Chih-Hao Chang, Hui-Jung Yu and Yi-Chou Hou
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:98
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  3. Low- and middle-income countries experience an increasing burden of chronic kidney disease. Cardiovascular risk factors, including advancing age, may contribute to this phenomenon. We (i) profiled cardiovascul...

    Authors: A Degenaar, A Jacobs, R Kruger, C Delles, H Mischak and CMC Mels
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:96
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  4. Peritonitis caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is an infrequent but important complication in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). There has been no report of mixed infections with multiple N...

    Authors: Xiangfeng Chen, Jie Zhu, Zhou Liu, Jun Ye, Liqi Yang and Zhenhua Zhang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:95
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  5. Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the common complications of cardiac surgery. Preoperative angiography helps assess heart disease but may increase the risk of AKI. Although more a...

    Authors: Wuhua Jiang, Qiwen Xie, Jiachang Hu, Xialian Xu, Jie Teng, Zhe Luo, Xiaoqiang Ding and Jiarui Xu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:94
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  6. Patients with chronic kidney disease frequently develop neurological complications including confusion and altered consciousness. Non-convulsive status epilepticus, which is characterized by a change in behavi...

    Authors: Saki Bussaka, Takaichi Suehiro, Koji Mitsuiki, Takato Morioka, Tadahisa Shono, Fujio Fujiki and Toshiaki Nakano
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:93
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  7. Crescentic immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy, defined as > 50% of the glomeruli with crescents, often has a poor renal prognosis. Because of the high prevalence of pre-eclampsia in the second trimester of pre...

    Authors: Hisato Shima, Toshio Doi, Takuya Okamoto, Tomoko Inoue, Manabu Tashiro, Seiichiro Wariishi, Kazuhiko Kawahara, Kazuyoshi Okada and Jun Minakuchi
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:92
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  8. Further understanding of adverse clinical event rates in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is required for improved quality of care. This study described baseline characteristics, adverse clinical eve...

    Authors: Dustin J. Little, Matthew Arnold, Katarina Hedman, Ping Sun, Syed Asif Haque and Glen James
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:91
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  9. Fabry disease is a rare hereditary disease involving multiple organs, and there are few reports on how the initial manifestations and renal involvement of these patients with classical and late-onset phenotype...

    Authors: Wenkai Guo, Yuansheng Xie, Pengcheng Ji, Shuang Li, Guangyan Cai and Xiangmei Chen
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:90
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  10. The KBindER (K+ Binders in Emergency Room and hospitalized patients) clinical trial is the first head-to-head evaluation of oral potassium binders (cation-exchange resins) for acute hyperkalemia therapy.

    Authors: Alejandro E. Cañas, Hayden R. Troutt, Luohua Jiang, Sam Tonthat, Omar Darwish, Antoney Ferrey, Shahram Lotfipour, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Ramy Hanna and Wei Ling Lau
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:89
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  11. Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is the gold standard vascular access for effective hemodialysis. There is a growing interest in AVF creations performed by nephrologists to help reduce vascular surgeons’ workload a...

    Authors: Bach Nguyen, Minh Cuong Duong, Huynh Ngoc Diem Tran, Kim Que Do and Kim Thai Thien Nguyen
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:88
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  13. Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in infants and children. In severe cases bilateral nephrectomies are considered but may be associated wit...

    Authors: Dovile Ruzgiene, Lauryna Abraityte, Karolis Azukaitis, Max Christoph Liebau and Augustina Jankauskiene
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:86
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  14. The relationship between obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and renal hyperfiltration is controversial. This study aimed to assess the correlations of body mass index and fatty liver index, respectiv...

    Authors: Atsushi Kitazawa and Yoshiharu Fukuda
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:85
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  15. Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), a kind of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody associated vasculitis (AAV), predominantly affects small-sized vessels. MPA is a significant cause of the pulmonary-renal syndr...

    Authors: Cihan Uysal, Tugba Yilmaz, Hafsa Kocyigit, Hulya Akgun and Murat Hayri Sipahioglu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:84
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  16. Altered hemodynamics in liver disease often results in overestimation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) by creatinine-based GFR estimating (eGFR) equations. Recently, we have validated a novel eGFR equation ...

    Authors: Frank Stämmler, Laurence Derain-Dubourg, Sandrine Lemoine, Jeffrey W. Meeusen, Surendra Dasari, John C. Lieske, Andrew Robertson and Eric Schiffer
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:83
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  17. Physical frailty is a major health concern among people receiving haemodialysis (HD) for stage-5 chronic kidney disease (CKD-5). Wearable accelerometers are increasingly being recommended to objectively monito...

    Authors: Tobia Zanotto, Thomas H. Mercer, Marietta L. van der Linden, Jamie P. Traynor and Pelagia Koufaki
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:82
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  18. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most frequent complications in patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support. The aim of this study was to investigate the risk factors of AKI...

    Authors: Wan Chen, Mingyu Pei, Chunxia Chen, Ruikai Zhu, Bo Wang, Lei Shi, Guozheng Qiu, Wenlong Duan, Yutao Tang, Qinwei Ji and Liwen Lv
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:81
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  19. The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is a commonly utilised frailty screening tool that has been associated with hospitalisation and mortality in haemodialysis recipients, but is subject to heterogenous methodolog...

    Authors: Benjamin M Anderson, Muhammad Qasim, Gonzalo Correa, Felicity Evison, Suzy Gallier, Charles J Ferro, Thomas A Jackson and Adnan Sharif
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:80
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  20. Latinx individuals are disproportionally burdened by kidney diseases compared to non-Latinx White individuals and are underrepresented in kidney-related research. We aimed to describe stakeholder perspectives ...

    Authors: Flor Alvarado, Cynthia Delgado, Susanne B. Nicholas, Allison Jaure and Lilia Cervantes
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:79
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  21. Acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease (CKD) after cardiac surgery are associated with poor renal prognosis and increased mortality. The impact of intraoperative hemodialysis (IHD) on postoperative ren...

    Authors: Takahiro Inoue, Hiroshi Kuji, Kanako Nagaoka, Takafumi Akanuma, Junko Fukuda, Hiroki Matsui, Hiroaki Tanabe, Mamiko Ohara and Tomo Suzuki
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:78
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  22. Acute kidney injury is a frequent cause of hospital readmission in kidney transplant recipients (KTR), usually associated with infections and graft rejection. Herein, we report a case of an unusual cause of ac...

    Authors: Luis E. M. Martins, Miguel Moyses-Neto, Roberto S. Costa, Fabiola Traina and Elen A. Romao
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:77
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  23. Oxaliplatin is an anticancer therapy for pancreatic, gastric, and colorectal cancers. It is also used in patients with carcinomas of unknown primary sites. Oxaliplatin is associated with less frequent renal dy...

    Authors: Yu Soma, Taiichi Kawabe, Daiyu Kitaji, Kaoru Hoshino, Sumire Sunohara, Takehisa Iwano and Naomi Kawano
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:76
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  24. In hospitalized patients with acute renal injury (AKI), acute tubulointerstitial nephritis (AIN) constitutes one of the leading etiologies. The objective of this study was to identify clinical and biochemical ...

    Authors: López Giacoman Salvador, González Fuentes Carolina, Robles Dávila Jesús, Soto Abraham María Virgilia, Román Acosta Susana, Chávez Íñiguez Jonathan, Salas Pacheco José Luis and Ronco Claudio
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:75
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  25. Anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease (p-CKDs) may initiate or exacerbate left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). This study aimed to determine whether treatment using long-acting erythropoietin-stimulati...

    Authors: Hiroaki Io, Masahiro Muto, Yu Sasaki, Masanori Ishizaka, Toshiki Kano, Haruna Fukuzaki, Takuya Maeda, Yuki Shimizu, Junichiro Nakata and Yusuke Suzuki
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:74
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  26. The systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) is an emerging prognostic marker of cancer. We aimed to explore the predictive ability of the SII on acute kidney injury (AKI) and prognosis in patients with sponta...

    Authors: Qiang Wang, Shifang Li, Meifeng Sun, Junwei Ma, Jian Sun and Mingchao Fan
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:73
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  27. Idiopathic systemic capillary leak syndrome (ISCLS) is a rare disease characterized by recurrent episodes of acute life-threatening attacks of shock, hemoconcentration, and hypoalbuminemia. Increase in capilla...

    Authors: Hyang-yun Lee, Jungho Shin, Su-Hyun Kim and Jin Ho Hwang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:72
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  28. The microinflammatory state can influence the occurrence of dialysis-related complications in dialysis patients. Chronic periodontitis (CP), in which plaque biofilm is considered to be the initiating factor, i...

    Authors: Zhihao Chen, Hai Deng, Kristine Sun, Zehui Huang, Shan Wei, Yunyao Lin, Zhongchen Song and Yingli Liu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:71
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  30. The coinfection between cytomegalovirus (CMV) and either human herpesvirus‐6 (HHV‐6) or HHV-7 in renal transplant recipients is well known; however, there have been few reports of coinfection of CMV associated...

    Authors: Sik Lee, Kyoung Min Kim, Hong Pil Hwang and Jeong-Hwan Hwang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:69
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  31. Hypertensive emergency is a critical disease that causes multifaceted sequelae, including end-stage kidney disease and cardiovascular disease. Although the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone (RAA) system is enormou...

    Authors: Keita Endo, Koichi Hayashi, Yuki Hara, Akihiro Miyake, Keisuke Takano, Takehiro Horikawa, Kaede Yoshino, Masahiro Sakai, Koichi Kitamura, Shinsuke Ito, Naohiko Imai, Shigeki Fujitani and Toshihiko Suzuki
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:68
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  32.  End-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis (ESRD) patients are at high risk for contracting COVID-19. In this propensity matched cohort study, we examined the prevalence of COVID-19 in emergency room (E...

    Authors: Claire S. Baptiste, Esther Adegbulugbe, Divya Shankaranarayanan, Zahra Izzi, Samir Patel, Rasha Nakity, Richard L. Amdur and Dominic Raj
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:67
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  33. Guidelines on chronic kidney disease (CKD) recommend that nephrologists use clinical prediction models (CPMs). However, the actual use of CPMs seems limited in clinical practice. We conducted a national survey...

    Authors: Dorinde E. M. van der Horst, Noel Engels, Jos Hendrikx, Marinus A. van den Dorpel, Arwen H. Pieterse, Anne M. Stiggelbout, Cornelia F. van Uden–Kraan and Willem jan W. Bos
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:66
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  34. Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is known to be a complication of using intravascular contrast injection. Unfortunately, it is associated with adverse outcomes such as prolonged length of hospital...

    Authors: Iman Ibrahim Sarhan, Yasser A. Abdellatif, Rania Elsayed Saad and Nahla Mohamed Teama
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:65
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  35. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has a significant impact on global health. Studies have shown that subclinical thyroid dysfunction may be related to CKD, but the association between subclinical thyroid dysfunctio...

    Authors: Hye Jeong Kim, Sang Joon Park, Hyeong Kyu Park, Dong Won Byun, Kyoil Suh and Myung Hi Yoo
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:64
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  36. Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common primary glomerulopathy worldwide, and lacks the effective treatment. The study was aimed to investigate the clinical efficacy of fluticasone propionate ae...

    Authors: Liping Sun, Xinyi Zi, Zhen Wang and Xinzhou Zhang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:63
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  37. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a globally significant non-communicable disorder. CKD prevalence varies between countries and within a country. We compared the prevalence rates of CKD in South Africa with sub-...

    Authors: Sudesh Hariparshad, Rajendra Bhimma, Louansha Nandlal, Edgar Jembere, Saraladevi Naicker and Alain Assounga
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:62
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  38. In context of increasing complexity and risk of deceased kidney donors and transplant recipients, the impact of center volume (CV) on the outcomes of high-risk kidney transplants(KT) has not been well determined.

    Authors: Massini Merzkani, Su-Hsin Chang, Haris Murad, Krista L. Lentine, Munis Mattu, Mei Wang, Vangie Hu, Bolin Wang, Yazen Al-Hosni, Obadah Alzahabi, Omar Alomar, Jason Wellen and Tarek Alhamad
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:61
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  39. IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is a major cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Renal interstitial fibrosis is a hallmark of CKD progression. Non-invasive biomarkers are needed to dynamically evaluate renal fibrosis....

    Authors: Jie Guan, Meiling Wang, Man Zhao, Wentao Ni and Man Zhang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:60
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  40. People’s lifestyles and, especially, their eating habits affect their health and the functioning of the organs in their bodies, including the kidneys. One’s diet influences the cells’ responses to stressful co...

    Authors: Alireza Raji-Amirhasani, Mohammad Khaksari, Zahra Soltani, Shadan Saberi, Maryam Iranpour, Fatemeh Darvishzadeh Mahani, Zahra Hajializadeh and Nazanin Sabet
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:59
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  41. Various nursing models are usually employed to achieve self-management and improve the quality of life in chronic conditions. Given its person-based characteristics, the 5 A nursing model can improve the quali...

    Authors: Sahar Keivan, Abdolali Shariati, Mojtaba Miladinia and Mohammad Hosein Haghighizadeh
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:58
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  43. Impaired renal function was not a recognized indication for renal biopsy. The effects of receiving renal biopsy on the renal functional prognosis for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with impaired renal f...

    Authors: Tianyi Zhang, Xiaoqian Yang, Minfang Zhang, Wenyan Zhou, Yan Jin, Hang Zhou, Yin Zhou, Qin Wang and Shan Mou
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:56
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  44. Uremic tumoral calcinosis (UTC) is a rare complication in hemodialysis patients, whose mechanism remains incompletely understood. We report two cases with UTC who experienced completely different patterns of r...

    Authors: Jialin Li, Xuan Li, Xiuhong Dong, Lin Ma, Zhentao Guo and Xuexun Chen
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:55
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  45. Late-onset oligomeganephronia (OMN) is a rare chronic kidney disease and has no quantitative criteria for diagnosis yet. The current study aimed to explore its clinicopathological features by histomorphometric...

    Authors: Ya-Li Ren, Yang Li, Jie Gao, Xu-Jie Zhou, Li Yang and Su-Xia Wang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:54
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  46. Recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) after kidney transplantation (KT) is a serious complication and a significant risk factor for graft failure. However, there is no clear evidence of the effec...

    Authors: Hye Eun Kwon, Young Hoon Kim, Sang Ah Lee, Jae Jun Lee, Youngmin Ko, Sung Shin, Joo Hee Jung, Frances S. Sung, Chung Hee Baek, Hyosang Kim, Su-Kil Park and Hyunwook Kwon
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:53
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  47. More than 4 billion doses of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine have been administered worldwide but the relationship between the different vaccines and the development of renal disease is unknown. We ...

    Authors: Samuel B. M. Williams, Stephen D. J. Holwill, Rhian L. Clissold and Coralie Bingham
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:52
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  48. Bevacizumab is a monoclonal antibody drug targeting Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), which binds to VEGF receptors to inhibit vascular endothelial cell proliferation and angiogenesis, thus inhibiting...

    Authors: Yanxin Liu, Changjiang Dong, Xucheng He, Pan Wu, Yamin Shu and Li Chen
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:51
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  49. Early diagnosis and typing are crucial for improving the prognosis of patients with renal amyloidosis. Currently, Untargeted proteomics based precise diagnosis and typing of amyloid deposits are crucial for gu...

    Authors: Yuan Li, Ying Zhang, Xinjin Zhou, Xinli Xue, Muxi Wang, Dedong Kang, Yali Zhou, Ruimin Hu, Songxia Quan, Guolan Xing and Jinghua Yang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:50
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  50. People with kidney failure often require surgery and experience worse postoperative outcomes compared to the general population, but existing risk prediction tools have excluded those with kidney failure durin...

    Authors: Tyrone G. Harrison, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, Matthew T. James, Simon Sawhney, Braden J. Manns, Marcello Tonelli, Shannon M Ruzycki, Kelly B. Zarnke, Todd A. Wilson, Deirdre McCaughey and Paul E. Ronksley
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:49
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