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  1. Blood pressure (BP) is currently the main hemodynamic parameter used to assess the influence of fluid removal during hemodialysis session. Since BP is dependent on cardiac output (CO) and total peripheral resi...

    Authors: Yunlin Feng, Yurong Zou, Yifei Zheng, Nathan W. Levin and Li Wang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:310
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  2. Patients with end stage renal disease have a high all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Secondary hyperparathyroidism and vitamin D deficiency are considered part of the mechanism for the excess mortality ob...

    Authors: Jo-Yen Chao, Hsu-Chih Chien, Te-Hui Kuo, Yu-Tzu Chang, Chung-Yi Li, Ming-Cheng Wang and Yea-Huei Kao Yang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:309
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  3. Iodinated contrast media may contribute to acute kidney injury. However, several recent works suggest that this toxicity is minimal in the clinical setting. Recently, urinary G1 cell-cycle arrest proteins tissue ...

    Authors: Emmanuelle Rouve, Karim Lakhal, Charlotte Salmon Gandonnière, Youenn Jouan, Laetitia Bodet-Contentin and Stephan Ehrmann
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:308
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  5. Patients on hemodialysis are at high risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection if measures for effective control of HCV infection in the hemodialysis environment are not implemented. Whereas in developed coun...

    Authors: Xhevat Jakupi, Jana Mlakar, Maja M. Lunar, Katja Seme, Ibrahim Rudhani, Lul Raka, Adriana Vince and Mario Poljak
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:304
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  6. Patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) most commonly complain of gastrointestinal symptoms, such as diarrhea. Diarrhea negatively affects patient quality of life and has miscellaneous etiologies, such as C...

    Authors: Takaaki Higashihara, Akira Okada, Yukiko Kishida, Sayako Maruno, Mimiko Matsumura, Koichi Tamura and Hideki Takano
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:303
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  7. Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) is the most common chronic glomerular disease in children. Approximately 80–90% of patients with childhood INS have steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS), and can obta...

    Authors: Tomoko Horinouchi, Mayumi Sako, Koichi Nakanishi, Kenji Ishikura, Shuichi Ito, Hidefumi Nakamura, Mari Saito Oba, Kandai Nozu and Kazumoto Iijima
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:302
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  8. Autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease (ADTKD) caused by mutations in the UMOD gene (ADTKD-UMOD) is considered rare and often remains unrecognised. We aimed to establish the prevalence of genetic ki...

    Authors: Christine Gast, Anthony Marinaki, Monica Arenas-Hernandez, Sara Campbell, Eleanor G. Seaby, Reuben J. Pengelly, Daniel P. Gale, Thomas M. Connor, David J. Bunyan, Kateřina Hodaňová, Martina Živná, Stanislav Kmoch, Sarah Ennis and G. Venkat-Raman
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:301
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (IVLBCL) is a rare subtype of extranodal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma characterized by proliferation of B cells within small vessels. Herein, we report a case of a 77-year-...

    Authors: Yasuhiro Oda, Kunihiro Ishioka, Takayasu Ohtake, Shuku Sato, Yotaro Tamai, Rikako Oki, Kenji Matsui, Yasuhiro Mochida, Hidekazu Moriya, Sumi Hidaka and Shuzo Kobayashi
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:300
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  10. It is debated whether transperitoneal membrane transport of larger (charged) molecules in peritoneal dialysis can be partially governed by the electrokinetic model. In this model, it is postulated that streami...

    Authors: Anneleen Pletinck, Wim Van Biesen, Clement Dequidt and Sunny Eloot
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:299
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  11. Patients reaching end-stage renal disease must make a difficult decision regarding renal replacement therapy (RRT) options. Because the choice between dialysis modalities should include patient preferences, it...

    Authors: Jarcy Zee, Junhui Zhao, Lalita Subramanian, Erica Perry, Nicole Bryant, Margie McCall, Yanko Restovic, Delma Torres, Bruce M. Robinson, Ronald L. Pisoni and Francesca Tentori
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:298
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  12. Inflammation-based prognostic scores have been used as outcome predictors in patients with cancer or on hemodialysis. However, their role in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) remains...

    Authors: Lu Cai, Jianwen Yu, Jing Yu, Yuan Peng, Habib Ullah, Chunyan Yi, Jianxiong Lin, Xiao Yang and Xueqing Yu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:297
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  14. Early detection and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its risk factors improves outcomes; however, many high-risk individuals lack access to healthcare. The National Kidney Foundation of Illinois (...

    Authors: Swati Lederer, Laurie Ruggiero, Nicole M. Sisen, Nancy Lepain, Kate Grubbs O’Connor, Yamin Wang, Jinsong Chen, James P. Lash and Michael J. Fischer
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:295
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  15. Recent studies have suggested that cardiometabolic index (CMI), a novel estimate of visceral adipose tissue, could be of use in the evaluation of cardiovascular risk factors. However, the potential utility and...

    Authors: Hao-Yu Wang, Wen-Rui Shi, Xin Yi, Shu-Ze Wang, Si-Yuan Luan and Ying-Xian Sun
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:294
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  16. Icodextrin is a starch-derived, water soluble glucose polymer, which is used as an alternative to glucose in order to enhance dialytic fluid removal in peritoneal dialysis patients. Although the safety and eff...

    Authors: Vassilios Liakopoulos, Panagiotis I Georgianos, Paraskevi Demirtzi, Vasilios Vaios, Theofanis Kalathas and Pantelis E Zebekakis
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:293
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  17. Knowledge on cross-talk between the heart and kidney has been established by basic and clinical research. Nevertheless, the effects of systolic and diastolic heart dysfunctions on the development of acute kidn...

    Authors: Jae Shin Choi, Seon Ha Baek, Ho Jun Chin, Ki Young Na, Dong-Wan Chae, Yon Su Kim, Sejoong Kim and Seung Seok Han
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:292
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  18. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is becoming a major public health problem around the world. But the prevalence has not been reported in South Asian region as a whole. This study aimed to systematically review the...

    Authors: Mehedi Hasan, Ipsita Sutradhar, Rajat Das Gupta and Malabika Sarker
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:291
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  19. Vitamin D, apart from being an important part of the “calcium-vitamin D-parathyroid hormone” endocrine axis, has diverse range of “non-calcemic” biological actions. A high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency has b...

    Authors: Santosh Timalsina, Mahesh Raj Sigdel, Santosh Baniya and Shantos Subedee
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:290
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  20. Laparoscopic abdominal surgery has been widely used to reduce the length of hospital stay and complications from open abdominal surgery. During the operation, the creation of pneumoperitoneum is used for bette...

    Authors: Nattachai Srisawat, Manasnun Kongwibulwut, Passisd Laoveeravat, Nuttha Lumplertgul, Pornlert Chatkaew, Pipat Saeyub, Krittayot Latthaprecha, Sadudee Peerapornratana, Khajohn Tiranathanagul, Somchai Eiam-Ong and Kriang Tungsanga
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:289
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  21. Star fruit is a popular medicinal fruit in the tropics. Its hypoglycaemic properties are considered useful in achieving glycaemic control in diabetes. Star fruit induced nephrotoxicity is a rare cause of acute...

    Authors: Dilushi Rowena Wijayaratne, V. Bavanthan, M. V. C. de Silva, A. L. M. Nazar and Eranga S. Wijewickrama
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:288
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  22. In a recent study we demonstrated that low birth weight (LBW) was associated with increased risk of progressive IgA nephropathy (IgAN). In the present study we investigate whether this could be explained by di...

    Authors: Paschal Ruggajo, Sabine Leh, Einar Svarstad, Hans-Peter Marti and Bjørn Egil Vikse
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:287
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  23. Hantavirus infection is an uncommon cause of acute renal failure with massive proteinuria. Serology tests to support a presumptive diagnosis usually take a few days. During the initial work-up, autoimmune caus...

    Authors: H. W. Zijlstra, A. H. L. Mulder, F. Geeraedts and F. Visser
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:286
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  24. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an inherently systemic disease that refers to a long-term loss of kidney function. The progression of CKD has repercussions for other organs, leading to many kinds of extrarenal...

    Authors: Di Zou, Wen Wu, Yan He, Sichao Ma and Ji Gao
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:285
    Content type: Review Published on:

  25. Arteriovenous fistulae can restrict daily living behaviors involving the upper limbs in hemodialysis patients, but no studies have investigated the detailed effects of an arteriovenous fistula on routine life ...

    Authors: Yuuta Hara, Kosuke Sonoda, Koji Hashimoto, Kazuaki Fuji, Yosuke Yamada and Yuji Kamijo
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:284
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  27. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) accounts for 8–10% of end-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients worldwide. In the last decade, the advanced knowledge in genetics and molecular pathob...

    Authors: Antonio Pisani, Eleonora Riccio, Dario Bruzzese and Massimo Sabbatini
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:282
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  28. We investigated the impact of a transvenous cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) placement on outcomes and arteriovenous vascular access (VA) patency among chronic hemodialysis patients.

    Authors: Seonjeong Jeong, Gi Byoung Nam, Jai Won Chang, Min-Ju Kim, Youngjin Han, Tae-Won Kwon and Yong-Pil Cho
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:281
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  29. Previous research suggests that novel biomarkers may be used to identify patients at increased risk of acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship ...

    Authors: Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos, Donald S. Likosky, Michael Rezaee, Kevin Lobdell, Shama Alam, Devin Parker, Sherry Owens, Heather Thiessen-Philbrook, Todd MacKenzie and Jeremiah R. Brown
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:280
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  30. To achieve optimal health outcomes, people with chronic kidney disease must make changes in their everyday lives to self-manage their condition. This can be challenging, and there is a need for self-management...

    Authors: Kathryn Havas, Clint Douglas and Ann Bonner
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:279
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  31. Cystinuria is caused by the defective renal reabsorption of cystine and dibasic amino acids, and results in cystine stone formation. So far, mutations in two genes have been identified as causative. The SLC3A1/rB...

    Authors: Kathrin Olschok, Udo Vester, Sven Lahme, Ingo Kurth and Thomas Eggermann
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:278
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  32. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in cirrhotic patients and is associated with negative outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of AKI and its progression according to KDIGO (Kidney Dise...

    Authors: Paulo Ricardo Gessolo Lins, Wallace Stwart Carvalho Padilha, Carolina Frade Magalhaes Giradin Pimentel, Marcelo Costa Batista and Aécio Flávio Teixeira de Gois
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:277
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  33. Lupus nephritis (LN) is a frequent severe complication of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), especially in patients of non-Caucasian ethnicity. Induction treatment for LN consists in the combination of steroi...

    Authors: Francesco Fontana, Gaetano Alfano, Marco Leonelli, Caterina Cerami, Giulia Ligabue, Amelia Spinella, Giorgia Citriniti, Carlo Umberto Manzini, Clodoveo Ferri and Gianni Cappelli
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:276
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  36. Lenvatinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor with novel binding ability. It is considered the standard of care for metastatic thyroid cancer; moreover, whether it is indicated for other malignant tumors has been ...

    Authors: Yoshitaka Furuto, Hirotsugu Hashimoto, Akio Namikawa, Haruki Outi, Hiroko Takahashi, Hajime Horiuti, Kazuho Honda and Yuko Shibuya
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:273
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  37. Cyst infection is a common and serious complication of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) that is often refractory. Carbapenems are frequently needed to treat to patients with refractory cyst...

    Authors: Satoshi Hamanoue, Tatsuya Suwabe, Yoshifumi Ubara, Koichi Kikuchi, Ryo Hazue, Koki Mise, Toshiharu Ueno, Kenmei Takaichi, Kana Matsumoto and Kunihiko Morita
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:272
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  38. The clinical course of Viridans streptococci (VS) peritonitis in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD) is rarely reported. This study examined the association of clinical factors with VS peritonitis.

    Authors: Ying Liu, Ben-Chung Cheng, Jien-Wei Liu, Chiao-Jung Chen, Li-Chueh Kuo, Wen Xiu Chang and Jin-Bor Chen
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:271
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  39. Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis causes end-stage renal failure in up to a third of cases even with treatment. The disease recurs occasionally after kidney transplantation, but...

    Authors: Michael S. Sagmeister, Max Weiss, Peter Eichhorn, Antje Habicht, Rupert Habersetzer, Michael Fischereder and Ulf Schönermarck
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:270
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  40. Mineral bone disease constitutes a common complication of post-kidney transplantation, leading to great disability. As there is no consensus on the optimal treatment for post-kidney transplant recipients (KTRs...

    Authors: Yan Yang, Shi Qiu, Linghui Deng, Xi Tang, Xinrui Li, Qiang Wei and Ping Fu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:269
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. To evaluate changes in population characteristics and outcomes in a large single-center pediatric patient cohort treated with continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) over a 10 year course, coincident with ...

    Authors: Alyssa A. Riley, Mary Watson, Carolyn Smith, Danielle Guffey, Charles G. Minard, Helen Currier and Ayse Akcan Arikan
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:268
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  42. Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD) Syndrome is a rare genodermatosis caused by a mutation on folliculin gene, with a strong link to renal cancer. To date few patients with such condition have reached dialysis stage, as neph...

    Authors: Joana Coutinho, Joaquim de Sa, Filipe Castro Teixeira, Catarina Reis Santos, Raquel Sa Chorão, Rui Alves Filipe and Ernesto Fernandes Rocha
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:267
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  43. Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported that all of the authors’ names were processed incorrectly so that their given and family names were interchanged.

    Authors: Alain Michel, Adelaide Pladys, Sahar Bayat, Cécile Couchoud, Thierry Hannedouche and Cécile Vigneau
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:266
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Nephrology 2018 19:233

  44. Ingestion of vitamin C is generally regarded as harmless. Oxalate nephropathy is an infrequent condition and is characterized by oxalate deposition in the renal tubules, in some cases resulting in acute kidney...

    Authors: Miguel Moyses-Neto, Bruno Rafael Santos Brito, Dyego José de Araújo Brito, Noelia Dias Carneiro Barros, Márcio Dantas, Natalino Salgado-Filho, Roberto Silva Costa and Gyl Eanes Barros Silva
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:265
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  45. Previous clinical studies found inconsistent relationship between circulating sclerostin levels and treatment outcome in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). Therefore, this study aimed to asses...

    Authors: Aiqun Chen, Ying Sun, Ju Cui, Ban Zhao, Haitao Wang, Xianguang Chen and Yonghui Mao
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:264
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Multicentric Castleman disease (MCD) is an uncommon lymphoproliferative disease characterized by systemic inflammatory reactions associated with the dysregulated production of interleukin-6 (IL-6). In patients...

    Authors: Masatoshi Matsunami, Yoshifumi Ubara, Keiichi Sumida, Yoichi Oshima, Masahiko Oguro, Kazuya Kinoshita, Kiho Tanaka, Yuki Nakamura, Keiichi Kinowaki, Kenichi Ohashi, Takeshi Fujii, Takuro Igawa, Yasuharu Sato and Yasuo Ishii
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:263
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  47. Chronic active antibody-mediated rejection (c-aABMR) is an important cause of allograft failure and graft loss in long-term kidney transplants.

    Authors: Gastón J Piñeiro, Erika De Sousa-Amorim, Manel Solé, José Ríos, Miguel Lozano, Frederic Cofán, Pedro Ventura-Aguiar, David Cucchiari, Ignacio Revuelta, Joan Cid, Eduard Palou, Josep M Campistol, Federico Oppenheimer, Jordi Rovira and Fritz Diekmann
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:261
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  48. Decline of renal function is common in older persons and the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rising with ageing. CKD affects different outcomes relevant to older persons, additionally to morbidit...

    Authors: Andrea Corsonello, Lisanne Tap, Regina Roller-Wirnsberger, Gerhard Wirnsberger, Carmine Zoccali, Tomasz Kostka, Agnieszka Guligowska, Francesco Mattace-Raso, Pedro Gil, Lara Guardado Fuentes, Itshak Meltzer, Ilan Yehoshua, Francesc Formiga-Perez, Rafael Moreno-González, Christian Weingart, Ellen Freiberger…
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:260
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  49. Poor nutritional status of patients with renal disease has been associated with worsening of renal function and poor health outcomes. Simply measuring weight and height for calculation of the body mass index d...

    Authors: Jutta Dierkes, Helene Dahl, Natasha Lervaag Welland, Kristina Sandnes, Kristin Sæle, Ingegjerd Sekse and Hans-Peter Marti
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:259
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Nephrology 2018 19:375

  50. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is age-dependent and has a high prevalence in the general population. Most patients are managed in ambulatory care. This systematic review provides an updated overview of quality a...

    Authors: Gesine F C Weckmann, Sylvia Stracke, Annekathrin Haase, Jacob Spallek, Fabian Ludwig, Aniela Angelow, Jetske M Emmelkamp, Maria Mahner and Jean-François Chenot
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:258
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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