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  1. Hyperphosphatemia is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD), associated with higher mortality in dialysis patients. Its impact in non-dialysis patients, especially those with preserved kidney function, remains...

    Authors: Zhongcheng Fan, Rugang Li, Miaoxia Pan, Yangyang Jiang, Ying Li, Li Liu and Yang Li
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:89
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  2. Enterococcus casseliflavus is a rare pathogenic bacterium that is characterized by vancomycin resistance and can lead to multiple infections in the human body. This report describes a rare case of polycystic intr...

    Authors: Senyin Xu, Bin Huang, Youjun Cao, Zhongyong Zhong and Jiazhen Yin
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:88
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  4. There is little economic evidence on different modalities among patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in Iran. This study aimed to assess the cost-utility of peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (H...

    Authors: Mahmood Yousefi, Satar Rezaei, Sakineh Hajebrahimi, Niloofar Falsafi and Fatemeh Keshvari-Shad
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:85
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  5. Ramadan fasting (RF) involves abstaining from food and drink during daylight hours; it is obligatory for all healthy Muslims from the age of puberty. Although sick individuals are exempt from fasting, many wil...

    Authors: Yousef Boobes, Bachar Afandi, Fatima AlKindi, Ahmad Tarakji, Saeed M. Al Ghamdi, Mona Alrukhaimi, Mohamed Hassanein, Ali AlSahow, Riyad Said, Jafar Alsaid, Abdulkareem O. Alsuwaida, Ali A. K. Al Obaidli, Latifa B. Alketbi, Khaled Boubes, Nizar Attallah, Issa S. Al Salmi…
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:84
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  6. Primary caregivers of hemodialysis patients suffer from varying degrees of stress from their patients. Caring for hemodialysis patients can expose caregivers to many problems, leading to an increased burden of...

    Authors: Qianjun Zhang, Qiaoling Liu, Li Zhang, Yabin Jin, Xia Xiang, Xuefang Huang, Jiezhen Mai, Tingfen Zhao and Wen Cui
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:83
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  9. The single-pool model urea clearance index (single-pool Kt/Vurea; spKt/V) is the most commonly used method for dialysis adequacy assessment. However, only a few studies have examined the relationship between spKt...

    Authors: Yan Li, Tingting Xing, Rong Xu, Yan Liu, Xiaoshi Zhong, Yun Liu and Rongshao Tan
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:80
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  10. Sepsis is a life-threatening, systemic inflammatory disease that can lead to a variety of conditions, including septic acute kidney injury (AKI). Recently, multiple circular Rnas (circRNAs) have been implicate...

    Authors: Pan Zhang, Enwei Guo, Limin Xu, Zhenhua Shen, Na Jiang and Xinhui Liu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:79
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  11. The Swedish Renal Registry (SRR) is a unique national quality registry that monitors the clinical trajectory of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We have validated the biopsy data registered in the S...

    Authors: Johanna Rehnberg, MÃ¥rten Segelmark, Jonas F. Ludvigsson and Louise Emilsson
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:78
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  12. The purpose of this study was to explore the separate and combined associations of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) risk and sleep duration with ideal cardiovascular health metrics in hemodialysis (HD) patients.

    Authors: Hui Zhang, Ziwei Zhang, Yinjiao Zhao, Peiyu Song, Xiaoyu Chen, Peipei Han, Wei Ding, Liming Zhang, Chen Yu, Huizhi Ma and Qi Guo
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:77
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  14. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) remains underutilised in Germany, prompting the initiation of the Sustainable Intensification of Peritoneal Dialysis in Schleswig–Holstein (SKIP-SH) project. The SKIP-SH cohort study a...

    Authors: Hauke S. Wülfrath, Thorben Schrumpf, Friedrich A. von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Jakob Voran, Yao Zhang, Grit Esser, Sarah-Yasmin Thomsen, Maja L. Messtorff, Theresa Riebeling, Nassim Kakavand, Roland Schmitt, Kevin Schulte and Benedikt Kolbrink
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:75
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  15. Epidemiologic studies on the effects of long-term exposure to ozone (O3) have shown inconclusive results. It is unclear whether to O3 has an effect on chronic kidney disease (CKD). We investigated the effects of ...

    Authors: Ejin Kim, Hyuk Huh, Yongwon Mo, Jae Yoon Park, Jiyun Jung, Hajeong Lee, Sejoong Kim, Dong Ki Kim, Yon Su Kim, Chun Soo Lim, Jung Pyo Lee, Yong Chul Kim and Ho Kim
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:74
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  17. Diabetic nephropathy (DN) and atherosclerosis (AS) are prevalent and severe complications associated with diabetes, exhibiting lesions in the basement membrane, an essential component found within the glomerul...

    Authors: Yude Lou, Peng Hui Li, Xiao Qi Liu, Tian Xiang Wang, Yi Lan Liu, Chen Chen Chen and Kun Ling Ma
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:72
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  18. There is a lack of prognostic information to guide the prediction of short-term all-cause mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The aim was to review the risk factors that influenced the r...

    Authors: Wanfen Yip, Sheryl Hui Xian Ng, Palvinder Kaur, Pradeep Paul George, Jennifer Huey Chen Guan, Guozhang Lee, Timothy Jee Kam Koh, Woan Shin Tan and Allyn Yin Mei Hum
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:71
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  19. In chronic kidney disease (CKD), there are historical inequities in multiple stages of the pathway for organ transplantation. Women have been recognized as disadvantaged within this process even after several ...

    Authors: Laura Nino-Torres, Jessica Pinto-Ramirez, Fernando Giron-Luque and Alejandro Nino-Murcia
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:70
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  20. Nafamostat mesylate is an anticoagulant used for critically ill patients during continuous kidney replacement therapy (CKRT), characterised by its short half-life. However, its optimal dosage remains unclear. ...

    Authors: Shinya Kameda, Akinori Maeda, Shun Maeda, Yutaro Inoue, Kazunari Takahashi, Akira Kageyama, Kent Doi and Tomoko Fujii
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:69
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  22. In Tunisia, the prevalence of diabetes mellitus increased from 15.5% on 2016 to 23% by 2023. While Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) stills the most dreaded complications of diabetes, studies on the prevalence of c...

    Authors: Jannet Labidi, Amel Harzallah, Badereddine Ben Kaab, Ikram Mami, Sahar Agrebi, Awatef Azzabi, Soumaya Chargui, Mayssa Hadj-Brahim, Mouna Hammouda, Saifeddine Azaiez, Syrine Tlili, Olfa Lajili, Hela Antit, Yosra Hasni, Sarra Chenik, Farhat Chelbi…
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:67
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  23. IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a fibroinflammatory disease that affects multiple organs, including the pancreas, lacrimal glands, salivary glands, periaortic/retroperitoneum, and kidney. Interstitial nephri...

    Authors: Yusuke Ushio, Taro Akihisa, Kazunori Karasawa, Momoko Seki, Shizuka Kobayashi, Yoei Miyabe, Hiroshi Kataoka, Naoko Ito, Sekiko Taneda, Shin’ichi Akiyama, Akira Hebisawa, Mitsuhiro Kawano, Kazuho Honda and Junichi Hoshino
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:66
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  24. We devoted ourselves to proving that the initial transthoracic echocardiography score (TTES) had predictive significance for patients with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).

    Authors: Sheng Wan, Yanglin Hu, Li Cheng, Da He, Zengsi Wang and Yanmin Zhang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:65
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  25. Oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease (CKD), prompting the exploration of antioxidants as a potential therapeutic avenue for mitigating disease progression. This st...

    Authors: Beibei Liu, Yanling Hu, Danyang Tian, Jianlong Dong and Bing-Feng Li
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:64
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  26. It is well known that asymptomatic hyperuricemia and gout play an important role in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the effect of uric acid-lowering therapy (ULT) on the prognosis of CKD p...

    Authors: Yuxin Luo, Qirong Song, Jiaxiao Li, Sha Fu, Wenjuan Yu, Xiaofei Shao, Jinxiang Li, Yuliang Huang, Junzhe Chen and Ying Tang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:63
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  27. The composition of organ preservation solutions is crucial for maintaining graft integrity and early graft function after transplantation. The aim of this study is to compare new organ preservation solution PE...

    Authors: Mohamed Bejaoui, Chérifa Slim, Carmen Peralta and Hassen Ben Abdennebi
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:62
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  28. Fabry disease (FD) is an uncommon, X-linked, lysosomal storage disease that causes defects in the glycosphingolipid metabolic pathway due to deficient or absent lysosomal α-galactosidase (α-Gal A) activity. Th...

    Authors: Zewei Chen, Bo Yin, Juan Jiao and Tianyang Ye
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:61
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  29. The consequences of chronic kidney disease (CKD) can be addressed with a range of pharmacotherapies primarily prescribed by nephrologists. More accurate information regarding future CKD-related pharmacotherapy...

    Authors: Eleni Stamellou, Turgay Saritas, Marc Froissart, Florian Kronenberg, Peter Stenvinkel, David C. Wheeler, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Jürgen Floege and James Fotheringham
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:60
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  30. In Saudi Arabia (SA), there has been an alarming increase in the prevalence of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) over the last three decades. Despite being one of the largest countries in the Middle East, renal co...

    Authors: Mohammed Tawhari, Moustafa Alhamadh, Abdulrahman Alhabeeb, Abdulaziz Ureeg, Suliman Alghnam, Fayez Alhejaili, Lubna A. Alnasser and Abdullah Sayyari
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:59
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  31. Recent studies have suggested that ferroptosis participates in various renal diseases. However, its effect on focal segmental glomerulosclerosis remains unclear. This study analyzed the GSE125779 and GSE121211...

    Authors: Yanbin Lin, Jinxuan He, Zhixiang Mou, Huiting Chen, Wenkang You, Tianjun Guan and Lan Chen
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:58
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  32. Chronic kidney disease affects more than 10% of the world’s population and is a non-communicable disease of global concern and priority. There is a significant implementation gap between best practice guidelin...

    Authors: Hannah Wallace, Qiumian Wang, Tanita Botha, Barbara Hunter, Natalie Lumsden and Craig Nelson
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:57
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  33. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the leading inheritable cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Mortality data specific to patients with ADPKD is currently lacking; thus, the aim of th...

    Authors: Deirdre Mladsi, Xiaolei Zhou, Gregory Mader, Myrlene Sanon, Jinyi Wang, Christine Barnett, Cynthia Willey and Stephen Seliger
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:56
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  34. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding system is the industry standard tool for billing, disease classification, and epidemiology purposes. Prior research has demonstrated ICD codes to have ...

    Authors: Kabir Jalal, Andre Charest, Xiaoyan Wu, Richard J. Quigg and Shirley Chang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:55
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  35. Intravenous iron is commonly used in patients with non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (CKD). Modern intravenous iron compounds (e.g. ferric derisomaltose (FDI), ferric carboxymaltose (FCM)) are incr...

    Authors: Xenophon Kassianides and Sunil Bhandari
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:54
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  36. Minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS) can be complicated by thymoma; however, no standard therapy for thymoma-associated MCNS has yet been established. We herein describe a case of steroid-resistant MCNS as...

    Authors: Yusaku Watanabe, Keiji Hirai, Momoko Hirata, Taisuke Kitano, Kiyonori Ito, Susumu Ookawara, Hisashi Oshiro and Yoshiyuki Morishita
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:53
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  37. The aim of this study was to investigate whether bioactive adrenomedullin (bio-ADM) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) are related to acute kidney injury (AKI) and severe illness in COVID-19 patients.

    Authors: Simon B. Leininger, Stephan T. Staudner, Manuel J. Vogel, Julian Mustroph, Ute Hubauer, Stefan Wallner, Petra Lehn, Ralph Burkhardt, Christine Meindl, Frank Hanses, Markus Zimmermann, Lars S. Maier, Julian Hupf and Carsten G. Jungbauer
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:52
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  38. Recent studies have focused on immune checkpoint inhibitors. Renal complications associated with the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors are uncommon compared with other immune-related adverse events. Acute in...

    Authors: Ryosuke Saiki, Kan Katayama, Haruko Saiki, Ayumi Fukumori, Kayo Tsujimoto, Masahiro Yamawaki, Fumika Tanaka, Daisuke Takahashi, Keiko Oda, Yasuo Suzuki, Tomohiro Murata and Kaoru Dohi
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:51
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  39. If any benefit is to be derived from the use of the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaires in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, they should be validated and culturally adapted to the target...

    Authors: Moustapha Faye, Florian Manneville, Adama Faye, Luc Frimat and Francis Guillemin
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:50
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  40. Sarcopenia is a common problem in hemodialysis (HD) patients, and it is diagnosed by low muscle mass, strength and/or low physical performance. Muscle ultrasound (US) is a non-invasive portable tool that might...

    Authors: Eman Nagy, Emad Samaan, Mohamed El-Gamal, Muhammed Shamsuddin and Samar Tharwat
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:49
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  41. This study aimed to investigate the association between cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4*22 and cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (POR)*28 variations and the pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus.

    Authors: Ze Li, Xiaozhen Wang, Dandan Li, Sheng Cheng, Zhe Li, Heng Guo, Yiwen Dong, Yingming Zheng and Xingang Li
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:48
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  42. Chronic inflammation, reflected by an increased blood C-reactive protein (CRP) level, is common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is involved in the development of renal anemia. This systematic...

    Authors: Xiaoyu Luo, Guoli Li, Hongyu Yang, Lang Chen, Yinyan Gao, Jing Cong, Hui Luo and Weiru Zhang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:47
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  43. The psychological problems of hemodialysis (HD) patients are prominent, and benefit finding (BF) have been proven beneficial to physical and mental health, fewer researchers explored BF in HD patients. The aim...

    Authors: Jie Yang, Hong-Li Yan, Yong-Qi Li, Lei Zhang, Xiao-Yan Qiu, Yi-He Tian, Yan-Lin Gong, Chen-Ling Luo, Jing Wu and Jing Chu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:46
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  44. Individuals with chronic kidney disease experience difficult physical and psychological symptoms, that impact quality of life, and are at increased risk of anxiety and depression. Access to specialist psycholo...

    Authors: Anna Wilson, Claire Carswell, Clare McKeaveney, Karen Atkinson, Stephanie Burton, Clare McVeigh, Lisa Graham-Wisener, Erika Jääskeläinen, William Johnston, Daniel O’Rourke, Joanne Reid, Soham Rej, Ian Walsh and Helen Noble
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:45
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  45. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health issue with an increasing incidence and prevalence worldwide. In CKD, hematological parameters are influenced, and the effect increases with CKD stage. Thus...

    Authors: Melaku Shenkut, Fekadu Urgessa, Rahel Alemu and Bezaye Abebe
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:44
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  46. NGAL and Cystatin C (CysC) as biomarkers for the early detection of AKI are subject to both pathophysiological, as well as patient related heterogeneity. The aim of this study was to investigate the timeline o...

    Authors: Daniela Jou-Valencia, Meint Volbeda, Jan G. Zijlstra, Jenny E Kootstra-Ros, Jill Moser, Matijs van Meurs and Jacqueline Koeze
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:43
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  47. Despite several clinical trials, the use of corticosteroid therapy for treating immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) remains controversial. We aimed to describe the use of corticosteroid therapy combined with s...

    Authors: Mariell Rivedal, Yngvar Lunde Haaskjold, Øystein Eikrem, Rune Bjørneklett, Hans Peter Marti and Thomas Knoop
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:42
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  48. Respiratory sarcopenia is characterized by the weakness of respiratory muscles associated with sarcopenia due to aging or systemic diseases such as chronic kidney disease (CKD). Patients with CKD undergoing di...

    Authors: Francini Porcher Andrade, Sheila Borges, César Alencar da Silva Filho, Taís Ferreira Martins, Heloíse Benvenutti, Júlia de Melo Cardoso de Freitas, Fernando Saldanha Thomé, Cristina Karohl, Gabriela Correa Souza, Graziella França Bernardelli Cipriano and Paula Maria Eidt Rovedder
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:41
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