Skip to main content

Articles

Page 51 of 90

  1. 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:

  2. 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:

  3. Utilization of home hemodialysis (HHD) is low in Europe. The Knowledge to Improve Home Dialysis Network in Europe (KIHDNEy) is a multi-center study of HHD patients who have used a transportable hemodialysis ma...

    Authors: Shashidhar Cherukuri, Maria Bajo, Giacomo Colussi, Roberto Corciulo, Hafedh Fessi, Maxence Ficheux, Maria Slon, Eric Weinhandl and Natalie Borman
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:262
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. 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
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. 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
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  6. 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

  7. 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:

  8. Estimates of the incidence of glomerulonephritis (GN) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in an Iraqi population are compared with the United States (US) and Jordan.

    Authors: Alaa A Ali, Dana A Sharif, Safa E Almukhtar, Kais Hasan Abd, Zana Sidiq M Saleem and Michael D Hughson
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:257
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. The development of proteinuria and reduced glomerular filtration rate is associated with higher mortality among patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). AA amyloidosis, also associated with increased mortality...

    Authors: Ann Bugeja, Paula Blanco, Edward G. Clark and Manish M. Sood
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:256
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  10. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is common and its prevalence has increased steadily over several decades. Monitoring of rates and severity of CKD across populations is critical for policy development and resource...

    Authors: Mariette J Chartier, Navdeep Tangri, Paul Komenda, Randy Walld, Ina Koseva, Charles Burchill, Kari-Lynne McGowan and Allison Dart
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:255
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. ABO-incompatible living related kidney transplantation (ABO-iLKT) has increased the possibilities for kidney transplantation in patients with end stage renal disease. Due to advancements in immunosuppressive a...

    Authors: Hiroaki Nishimura, Yasutoshi Yamada, Satoshi Hisano, Akihiko Mitsuke, Syuichi Tatarano, Takenari Gotanda, Hiroshi Hayami, Masayuki Nakagawa and Hideki Enokida
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:254
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  12. High-circulating level of parathyroid hormone (PTH) is associated with elevated mortality in dialysis patients. The Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy guideline suggests a lower PTH target than other intern...

    Authors: Suguru Yamamoto, Angelo Karaboyas, Hirotaka Komaba, Masatomo Taniguchi, Takanobu Nomura, Brian A. Bieber, Patricia De Sequera, Anders Christensson, Ronald L. Pisoni, Bruce M. Robinson and Masafumi Fukagawa
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:253
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Anaemia after kidney transplantation may reduce quality of life, graft or patient survival. We aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors for anaemia in the initial 12 months after transplantation.

    Authors: Andy K.H. Lim, Arushi Kansal and John Kanellis
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:252
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. The pathophysiologic role of exogenous granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) administration is reportedly linked to the progression of glomerulonephritis. However, the relationship between endogenous G...

    Authors: Seigo Ito, Takahiro Uchida, Naoki Oshima, Takashi Oda and Hiroo Kumagai
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:251
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  15. The possibility of clearing Cell-free Plasma Hemoglobin (CPH) from human plasma may appear attractive, especially when considering the noxious effects that CPH has on the immune function and the renal damage c...

    Authors: David Cucchiari, Enric Reverter, Miquel Blasco, Alicia Molina-Andujar, Adriá Carpio, Miquel Sanz, Angels Escorsell, Javier Fernández and Esteban Poch
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:250
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  16. Patients with Alport syndrome (AS) develop progressive kidney dysfunction due to a hereditary type IV collagen deficiency. Survival of the kidney allograft in patients with AS is reportedly excellent because A...

    Authors: Ai Katsuma, Yasuyuki Nakada, Izumi Yamamoto, Shigeru Horita, Miyuki Furusawa, Kohei Unagami, Haruki Katsumata, Masayoshi Okumi, Hideki Ishida, Takashi Yokoo and Kazunari Tanabe
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:249
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. We recently reported on the enhanced tubular expression of two discrete isoforms of the MMP-2 (full length and N-terminal truncated, FL-MMP-2, NTT-MMP-2) in a murine model and human diabetic kidneys. In the pr...

    Authors: Il Young Kim, Sang Soo Kim, Hye Won Lee, Sun Sik Bae, Hong Koo Ha, Eun Soon Jung, Min Young Lee, Miyeun Han, Harin Rhee, Eun Young Seong, Dong Won Lee, Soo Bong Lee, David H. Lovett and Sang Heon Song
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:248
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Vitamin D deficiency is common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and is associated with endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular disease. We performed a meta-analysis to assess the effect of vit...

    Authors: Kristina Lundwall, Stefan H. Jacobson, Gun Jörneskog and Jonas Spaak
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:247
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. Increased monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and decreased epidermal growth factor (EGF) are promising biomarkers to predict progressive decline in kidney function in non-diabetic kidney diseases. We a...

    Authors: Bancha Satirapoj, Rattanawan Dispan, Piyanuch Radinahamed and Chagriya Kitiyakara
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:246
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Sodium nitrite (NaNO2) causes vasodilation, presumably by enzymatic conversion to nitric oxide (NO). Several enzymes with nitrite reducing capabilities have been discovered in vitro, but their relative importance...

    Authors: Jeppe B. Rosenbaek, Erling B. Pedersen and Jesper N. Bech
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:244
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Evidence suggests that alkaline phosphatase attenuates inflammatory response in sepsis by lipopolysaccharide detoxification and adenosine triphosphate dephosphorylation. We sought to determine changes in alkal...

    Authors: Seung Don Baek, Jae-Young Kang, Hoon Yu, Seulgi Shin, Hyang-Sook Park, Mi-Soon Kim, Eun Kyoung Lee, So Mi Kim and Jai Won Chang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:243
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Although the efficacy of iron sucrose (IS) and ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) in treating anemia in hemodialysis (HD) patients has been studied individually, a comparison of these two intravenous iron formulation...

    Authors: Jesse M. G. Hofman, Michele F. Eisenga, Adry Diepenbroek, Ilja M. Nolte, Bastiaan van Dam, Ralf Westerhuis, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Casper F. M. Franssen and Carlo A. J. M. Gaillard
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:242
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. Anti-glomerular basement-membrane (anti-GBM) disease (or Goodpasture disease) is characterized by severe kidney and lung involvement. Prognoses have improved with treatments that combine plasma exchange and im...

    Authors: M. Heitz, P. L. Carron, G. Clavarino, T. Jouve, N. Pinel, F. Guebre-Egziabher and L. Rostaing
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:241
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. This report comments on the relevance and utility of the recently published (2017) KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline Update for the diagnosis, evaluation, prevention and treatment of mineral bone disease in pa...

    Authors: James O. Burton, David J. Goldsmith, Nicki Ruddock, Rukshana Shroff and Mandy Wan
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:240
    Content type: Guidelines Published on:

  26. Few investigations have evaluated the incremental usefulness of multiple biomarkers representing varying physiological pathways for predicting risk of renal outcomes in African Americans.

    Authors: Stanford E. Mwasongwe, Bessie Young, Aurelian Bidulescu, Mario Sims, Adolfo Correa and Solomon K. Musani
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:239
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. Liver cirrhosis is characterized by avid sodium retention where the activation of the renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) is considered to be the hallmark of the sodium retaining mechanisms. The direct...

    Authors: A. D. Fialla, O. B. Schaffalitzky de Muckadell, P. Bie and H. C. Thiesson
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:238
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. Conversion from calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) therapy to a mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor following kidney transplantation may help to preserve graft function. Data are sparse, however, concernin...

    Authors: Claudia Sommerer, Oliver Witzke, Frank Lehner, Wolfgang Arns, Petra Reinke, Ute Eisenberger, Bruno Vogt, Katharina Heller, Johannes Jacobi, Markus Guba, Rolf Stahl, Ingeborg A. Hauser, Volker Kliem, Rudolf P. Wüthrich, Anja Mühlfeld, Barbara Suwelack…
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:237
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been established as a risk for cardiovascular diseases and mortality in hemodialysis patients. Energy intake (EI) is an important nutritional therapy for preventing MetS. We exami...

    Authors: Tuyen Van Duong, Te-Chih Wong, Hsi-Hsien Chen, Tzen-Wen Chen, Tso-Hsiao Chen, Yung-Ho Hsu, Sheng-Jeng Peng, Ko-Lin Kuo, Hsiang-Chung Liu, En-Tzu Lin, Chi-Sin Wang, I-Hsin Tseng, Yi-Wei Feng, Tai-Yue Chang, Chien-Tien Su and Shwu-Huey Yang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:236
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. The effect of pretransplant peritoneal dialysis (PD) or hemodialysis (HD) modality on outcomes of kidney transplantation (KT) for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is debatable. We evaluated the outcomes these mo...

    Authors: Xiajing Che, Xiaoqian Yang, Jiayi Yan, Yanhong Yuan, Qing Ma, Liang Ying, Minfang Zhang, Qin Wang, Ming Zhang, Zhaohui Ni and Shan Mou
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:235
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. Kidney transplantation is the preferred renal replacement therapy for patients with end-stage renal disease, but the waiting list for kidneys continues to grow because of a shortage of donor organs. The reuse ...

    Authors: Wen-Hsin Tseng, Yu-Feng Tian, Alex Chien-Hwa Liao, Ming-Jenn Chen, Hsuan-Ying Ho, Jinn-Rung Kuo and Steven K. Huang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:234
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  32. Emergency start (ES) of dialysis has been associated with worse outcome, but remains poorly documented. This study aims to compare the profile and outcome of a large cohort of patients starting dialysis as an ...

    Authors: Alain Michel, Adelaide Pladys, Sahar Bayat, Cécile Couchoud, Thierry Hannedouche and Cécile Vigneau
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:233
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Nephrology 2018 19:266

  33. In low-immunological risk kidney transplant recipients (KTRs), reduced exposure to calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) appears particularly attractive for avoiding adverse events, but may increase the risk of developi...

    Authors: S. Girerd, J. Schikowski, N. Girerd, K. Duarte, H. Busby, N. Gambier, M. Ladrière, M. Kessler, L. Frimat and A. Aarnink
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:232
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. End-stage renal disease (ESRD) although rare among infants presents many management challenges. We sought to evaluate factors associated with PD catheter failure among infants initiated on chronic PD.

    Authors: Peace D. Imani, Jennifer L. Carpenter, Cynthia S. Bell, Mary L. Brandt, Michael C. Braun and Sarah J. Swartz
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:231
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Patients on dialysis are physically inactive, with most reporting activity levels below the fifth percentile of healthy age-matched groups. Several small studies have reported efficacy of diverse exercise inte...

    Authors: Ram Jagannathan, Susan Lynn Ziolkowski, Mary Beth Weber, Jason Cobb, Nhat Pham, Jin Long, Shuchi Anand and Felipe Lobelo
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:230
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  36. Long-term outcomes in kidney transplantation (KT) have not significantly improved during the past twenty years. Despite being a leading cause of graft failure, glomerular disease (GD) recurrence remains poorly...

    Authors: Audrey Uffing, Maria José Pérez-Sáez, Gaetano La Manna, Giorgia Comai, Clara Fischman, Samira Farouk, Roberto Ceratti Manfro, Andrea Carla Bauer, Bruno Lichtenfels, Juliana B. Mansur, Hélio Tedesco-Silva, Gianna M. Kirsztajn, Anna Manonelles, Oriol Bestard, Miguel Carlos Riella, Silvia Regina Hokazono…
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:229
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  37. Anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) antibodies are highly specific for Goodpasture’s or anti-GBM disease, in which they are generally directed against the non-collagenous (NC1) domain of the alpha 3 chain ...

    Authors: Omid Sadeghi-Alavijeh, Scott Henderson, Paul Bass, Terence Cook, Kirsten DeGroot and Alan David Salama
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:228
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  38. The present increase in life span has been accompanied by an even higher increase in the burden of comorbidity. The challenges to healthcare systems are enormous and performance measures have been introduced t...

    Authors: Jean Philippe Coindre, Romain Crochette, Conrad Breuer and Giorgina Barbara Piccoli
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:227
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  40. Iron deficiency is highly prevalent in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. In clinical practice, iron deficiency is defined based on a combination of two commonly used markers, ferritin and transferrin satu...

    Authors: Michele F. Eisenga, Ilja M. Nolte, Peter van der Meer, Stephan J. L. Bakker and Carlo A. J. M. Gaillard
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:225
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Paraneoplastic glomerulonephritis is rare in haematological malignancies and tends to manifest as minimal change disease, membranous glomerulonephritis or membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. We present t...

    Authors: Monica Suet Ying Ng, Leo Francis, Elango Pillai and Andrew John Mallett
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:224
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  42. Eighty percent of children with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) relapse within 2 years and 40–50% patients show frequently-relapsing nephrotic syndrome (FRNS). Patients showing a relapse within 6 m...

    Authors: Taketsugu Hama, Koichi Nakanishi, Kenji Ishikura, Shuichi Ito, Hidefumi Nakamura, Mayumi Sako, Mari Saito-Oba, Kandai Nozu, Yuko Shima, Kazumoto Iijima and Norishige Yoshikawa
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:223
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  43. Corticosteroids are widely used to reduce the urine protein levels of patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN). However, their potential preventive effects on end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) are unclear.

    Authors: Ryoya Tsunoda, Joichi Usui, Junichi Hoshino, Takayuki Fujii, Satoshi Suzuki, Kenmei Takaichi, Yoshifumi Ubara and Kunihiro Yamagata
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:222
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. Transcriptome analysis is emerging as emerging as a promising tool to enhance precision of diagnosis and monitoring in solid organ transplantation. Clinical progress has however been hampered by the current re...

    Authors: Øystein Eikrem, Tedd C. Walther, Arnar Flatberg, Vidar Beisvag, Philipp Strauss, Magnus Farstad, Christian Beisland, Even Koch, Thomas F. Mueller and Hans-Peter Marti
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:221
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  46. Nephrotoxicity is a major hazard complicating the use of platinum based drugs (PBD), which can hinder using higher doses protocols to maximize the therapeutic gain. Shortage of serum creatinine level as an acc...

    Authors: Mostafa Abdelsalam, Ekramy Elmorsy, Hassan Abdelwahab, Osman Algohary, Mahmoud Naguib, Ahmed Abd El Wahab, Ahmed Eldeeb, Ehab Eltoraby, Adel Abdelsalam, Alaa Sabry, Mohamed El-Metwally, Mohamed Akl, Nahla Anber, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Fahad Almutairi and Tamer Mansour
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:219
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. Previous studies have reported a wide range of prevalence of post-donation anxiety, depression, and regret in living kidney donors (LKDs). It is also unclear what risk factors are associated with these outcomes.

    Authors: Courtenay M. Holscher, Joseph Leanza, Alvin G. Thomas, Madeleine M. Waldram, Christine E. Haugen, Kyle R. Jackson, Sunjae Bae, Allan B. Massie and Dorry L. Segev
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:218
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. Following publication of the original article [1], an error in one of the author names was reported. In this Correction the incorrect and correct author names are listed.

    Authors: Eunjeong Kang, Joongyub Lee, Hyo Jin Kim, Miyeun Han, Soo Wan Kim, Kyu-Beck Lee, Suah Sung, Tae-Hyun Yoo, Wookyung Chung, Curie Ahn and Kook-Hwan Oh
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:217
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Nephrology 2018 19:203

  49. The risk of infective endocarditis (IE) is markedly increased in patients receiving chronic hemodialysis compared with the general population, but outcome data are sparse. The present study investigated causes...

    Authors: Mavish S. Chaudry, Gunnar H. Gislason, Anne-Lise Kamper, Marianne Rix, Anders Dahl, Lauge Østergaard, Emil L. Fosbøl, Trine K. Lauridsen, Louise B. Oestergaard, Christian Hassager, Christian Torp-Pedersen and Niels E. Bruun
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:216
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. The clinical outcome varies considerably in primary membranous nephropathy (pMN). Risk factors for kidney prognosis include ageing, male gender, persistent heavy proteinuria, decreased eGFR at presentation, pe...

    Authors: Xiao-dan Zhang, Zhao Cui, Mu-fan Zhang, Jia Wang, Yi-miao Zhang, Zhen Qu, Xin Wang, Jing Huang, Fang Wang, Li-qiang Meng, Xu-yang Cheng, Su-xia Wang, Gang Liu and Ming-hui Zhao
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2018 19:215
    Content type: Research article Published on:
Submit manuscript

Affiliated with

Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    2.3 - 2-year Impact Factor
    2.8 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.064 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.746 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    28 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    158 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    3,053,628 downloads
    3,742 Altmetric mentions 

Peer-review Terminology

  • The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:

    Identity transparency: Single anonymized

    Reviewer interacts with: Editor

    Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication

    More information is available here

Follow

Sign up for article alerts and news from this journal

BMC Nephrology

ISSN: 1471-2369

Contact us