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  1. Collecting patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) via computer-based electronic data capture system may improve feasibility and facilitate implementation in clinical care. We report our initial experience a...

    Authors: Dorothy Wong, Shen Cao, Heather Ford, Candice Richardson, Dmitri Belenko, Evan Tang, Luca Ugenti, Eleanor Warsmann, Amanda Sissons, Yalinie Kulandaivelu, Nathaniel Edwards, Marta Novak, Madeline Li and Istvan Mucsi
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:356
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease in the Western world. Early and accurate identification of DKD offers the best chance of slowing the progression of kidney disease....

    Authors: Amanda Leong, Elif Ilhan Ekinci, Cattram Nguyen, Michele Milne, Mariam Hachem, Matthew Dobson, Richard J. MacIsaac and George Jerums
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:355
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  3. Whether persistent hematuria in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) during clinical remission reflects active disease or chronic glomerular injury is uncertain....

    Authors: Li Lv, Dong-Yuan Chang, Zhi-Ying Li, Min Chen, Zhao Hu and Ming-Hui Zhao
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:354
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  4. Autosomal recessive distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) is a rare hereditary disease caused by pathogenic variants in the ATP6V0A4 gene or ATP6V1B1 gene, and characterized by hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis wi...

    Authors: Tomohiko Yamamura, Kandai Nozu, Yuya Miyoshi, Keita Nakanishi, Junya Fujimura, Tomoko Horinouchi, Shogo Minamikawa, Nobuo Mori, Rika Fujimaru, Koichi Nakanishi, Takeshi Ninchoji, Hiroshi Kaito, Taniguchi-Ikeda Mariko, Ichiro Morioka, Masafumi Matsuo and Kazumoto Iijima
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:353
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  5. End stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on maintenance hemodialysis, are high utilizers of inpatient services. Because of data showing improved outcomes in medical patients admitted to hospitalist-run, non-tea...

    Authors: Ladan Golestaneh, Eran Bellin, William Southern and Michal L. Melamed
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:352
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  6. Acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy (AKI-RRT) is associated with high morbidity, mortality and resource utilization. The type of vascular access placed for AKI-RRT is an important decision,...

    Authors: Mallika L. Mendu, Megan F. May, Arnaud D. Kaze, Dionne A. Graham, Salena Cui, Margaret E. Chen, Naomi Shin, Ayal A. Aizer and Sushrut S. Waikar
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:351
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  7. Differences in cystatin C and creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) can lead to clinical uncertainty. Existing eGFR equations perform poorly in a subset of individuals. This study aims t...

    Authors: Helen Legrand, Karin Werner, Anders Christensson, Mats Pihlsgård and Sölve Elmståhl
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:350
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  8. Kidney stone disease is common in industrialized countries. Recently, it has attracted growing attention, because of its significant association with adverse renal outcomes, including end stage renal disease. ...

    Authors: Harald Seeger, Andrea Kaelin, Pietro M. Ferraro, Damian Weber, Philippe Jaeger, Patrice Ambuehl, William G. Robertson, Robert Unwin, Carsten A. Wagner and Nilufar Mohebbi
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:349
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  9. Renal failure due to the infiltration of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells into the tubulointerstitial area of the kidney is uncommon. Furthermore, granulomatous interstitial nephritis (GIN) is a rare h...

    Authors: Yasuo Suzuki, Kan Katayama, Eiji Ishikawa, Shoko Mizoguchi, Keiko Oda, Yosuke Hirabayashi, Ayumi Haruki, Takayasu Ito, Mika Fujimoto, Tomohiro Murata and Masaaki Ito
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:348
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  10. Nephrotoxicity is a significant adverse side effect of gentamicin. Previous preclinical studies showed that hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) may have beneficial effects by attenuating renal damage in rats su...

    Authors: Matitiahu Berkovitch, Yossi Shain, Eran Kozer, Michael Goldman and Ibrahim Abu-Kishk
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:347
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  11. Hyperchloremia is common in critically ill septic patients. The impact of hyperchloremia on the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) is not well studied. We investigated the association between hyperchloremi...

    Authors: Lenar Yessayan, Javier A. Neyra, Fabrizio Canepa-Escaro, George Vasquez-Rios, Michael Heung and Jerry Yee
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:346
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  12. Anaemia is a commonly diagnosed complication among patients suffering with chronic kidney disease. If left untreated, it may affect patient quality of life. There are several causes for anaemia in this patient...

    Authors: Ashraf Mikhail, Christopher Brown, Jennifer Ann Williams, Vinod Mathrani, Rajesh Shrivastava, Jonathan Evans, Hayleigh Isaac and Sunil Bhandari
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:345
    Content type: Correspondence Published on:

  14. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) represents a great burden for the patient and the health system, particularly if diagnosed at late stages. Consequently, tools to identify patients at high risk of having CKD are n...

    Authors: Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, J. Jaime Miranda, Robert H. Gilman, Josefina Medina-Lezama, Julio A. Chirinos-Pacheco, Paola V. Muñoz-Retamozo, Liam Smeeth, William Checkley and Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:343
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  15. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a leading cause of death before and after onset of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Knowing treatments that can delay disease progression will lead to reduced mortality. We there...

    Authors: Phisitt Vejakama, Atiporn Ingsathit, Gareth J. McKay, Alexander P. Maxwell, Mark McEvoy, John Attia and Ammarin Thakkinstian
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:342
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  16. Estimating equations are recommended by clinical guidelines as the preferred method for assessment of glomerular filtration rate (GFR). The aim of the study was to compare population-based prevalence estimates...

    Authors: Pietro Trocchi, Matthias Girndt, Christa Scheidt-Nave, Silke Markau and Andreas Stang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:341
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  17. Studies on B-cell subtypes and V(D)J gene usage of B-cell receptors in kidney transplants are scarce. This study aimed to investigate V(D)J gene segment usage in ABO-incompatible (ABOi) kidney transplant (KT) ...

    Authors: Hee Jung Jeon, Kwangsoo Kim, Jae-Ghi Lee, Joon Young Jang, Seongmin Choi, Taishi Fang, Ji-Jing Yan, Miyeun Han, Jong Cheol Jeong, Kyoung-Bun Lee, Tae Jin Kim, Curie Ahn and Jaeseok Yang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:340
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  18. Adult patients with minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS) are often associated with acute kidney injury (AKI). To assess the mechanisms of AKI, we examined whether tubular cell injuries unique to MCNS patie...

    Authors: Yoshihide Fujigaki, Yoshifuru Tamura, Michito Nagura, Shigeyuki Arai, Tatsuru Ota, Shigeru Shibata, Fukuo Kondo, Yutaka Yamaguchi and Shunya Uchida
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:339
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  20. Anaemia is a common complication of patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated renal vasculitis. Nevertheless, the cause and degree of such cases of anaemia have not been elucidated in...

    Authors: Tetsuya Kawamura, Joichi Usui, Shuzo Kaneko, Ryoya Tsunoda, Eri Imai, Hirayasu Kai, Naoki Morito, Chie Saito, Michio Nagata and Kunihiro Yamagata
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:337
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  21. Anaemia is a very common problem in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and the use of erythropoietin-stimulating agents (ESA) has revolutionised its treatment. Residual renal function (RRF) is assoc...

    Authors: Elizabeth Helene Louw and Mogamat-Yazied Chothia
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:336
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  22. The study objective is to assess the effectiveness and economic impact of a structured programme to support patient involvement in centre-based haemodialysis and to understand what works for whom in what circu...

    Authors: James Fotheringham, Tania Barnes, Louese Dunn, Sonia Lee, Steven Ariss, Tracey Young, Stephen J. Walters, Paul Laboi, Andy Henwood, Rachel Gair and Martin Wilkie
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:335
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  24. These guidelines cover all aspects of the care of patients who are treated with peritoneal dialysis. This includes equipment and resources, preparation for peritoneal dialysis, and adequacy of dialysis (both i...

    Authors: Graham Woodrow, Stanley L. Fan, Christopher Reid, Jeannette Denning and Andrew Neil Pyrah
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:333
    Content type: Correspondence Published on:

  25. The requirement of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is increasing with the growing incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI). The decision to initiate CRRT is not difficult if an adequate medical histo...

    Authors: Harin Rhee, Gum Sook Jang, Miyeun Han, In Seong Park, Il Young Kim, Sang Heon Song, Eun Young Seong, Dong Won Lee, Soo Bong Lee and Ihm Soo Kwak
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:332
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  26. Predictive abilities of cardiovascular biomarkers to renal function decline are more significant in Chinese community-dwelling population without glomerular filtration rate (GFR) below 60 ml/min/1.73m2, and long-...

    Authors: Shihui Fu, Chunling Liu, Leiming Luo and Ping Ye
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:331
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  27. Anemia management protocols in hemodialysis (HD) units differ conspicuously regarding optimal intravenous (IV) iron dosing; consequently, patients receive markedly different cumulative exposures to IV iron and...

    Authors: Bruce M. Robinson, Maria Larkina, Brian Bieber, Werner Kleophas, Yun Li, Francesco Locatelli, Keith P. McCullough, Jackie G. Nolen, Friedrich K. Port and Ronald L. Pisoni
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:330
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  28. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s first report into acute kidney injury demonstrated a significant increase in the incidence of acute-tubulo interstitial nephritis, the ICD-10 code representing ...

    Authors: Gregory J. Wilson, Adrian L. Kark, Leo P. Francis, Wendy Hoy, Helen G. Healy and Andrew J. Mallett
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:329
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  29. Hyponatremia (serum sodium concentration < 135 mmol/L) is the most common electrolyte abnormality and is a predictor of the mortality of hospitalized patients in Western countries. However, hyponatremia data a...

    Authors: Jinling Hao, Yang Li, Xuehan Zhang, Cheng Pang, Yi Wang, Sagar U. Nigwekar, Ling Qiu and Limeng Chen
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:328
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  30. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is used as renal replacement therapy in patients with end-stage kidney disease. However, peritoneal membrane failure remains problematic and constitutes a critical cause of PD disconti...

    Authors: Masaaki Nakayama, Wan-Jun Zhu, Kimio Watanabe, Ayano Gibo, Ali M. Sherif, Shigeru Kabayama and Sadayoshi Ito
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:327
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  31. Uric acid (UA) plays important roles in inducing renal inflammation, intra-renal vasoconstriction and renal damage. Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a well-known profibrotic factor in the kidney and is associated with f...

    Authors: Muhammad Mansyur Romi, Nur Arfian, Untung Tranggono, Wiwit Ananda Wahyu Setyaningsih and Dwi Cahyani Ratna Sari
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:326
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  32. Alport syndrome is an inherited renal disorder characterized by glomerular basement membrane lesions with hematuria, proteinuria and frequent hearing defects and ocular abnormalities. The disease is associated...

    Authors: C. Cervera-Acedo, A. Coloma, E. Huarte-Loza, M. Sierra-Carpio and E. Domínguez-Garrido
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:325
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  33. The differential diagnosis of thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is complex however the rapid diagnosis of the underlying condition is vital to inform urgent treatment decisions. A survey was devised with the ob...

    Authors: T. Sakari Jokiranta, Ondrej Viklicky, Saleh Al Shorafa, Rosanna Coppo, Christoph Gasteyger, Manuel Macia, Tatiana Pankratenko, Mohan Shenoy, OÄŸuz Soylemezoglu, Michel Tsimaratos, Jack Wetzels and Hermann Haller
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:324
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  34. We studied whether endothelin receptor antagonist and calcimimetic treatments influence renal damage and kidney renin-angiotensin (RA) components in adenine-induced chronic renal insufficiency (CRI).

    Authors: Suvi Törmänen, Ilkka Pörsti, Päivi Lakkisto, Ilkka Tikkanen, Onni Niemelä, Timo Paavonen, Jukka Mustonen and Arttu Eräranta
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:323
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  35. Efficient and safe delivery of care to dialysis patients is essential. Concerns have been raised regarding the ability of accountable care organizations to adequately serve this high-risk population. Little is...

    Authors: Bjorg Thorsteinsdottir, Priya Ramar, LaTonya J. Hickson, Megan S. Reinalda, Robert C. Albright, Jon C. Tilburt, Amy W. Williams, Paul Y. Takahashi, Molly M. Jeffery and Nilay D. Shah
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:322
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  36. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common comorbid condition in coronary heart disease (CHD). CKD predisposes the patient to acute kidney injury (AKI) during hospitalization. Data on awareness of kidney dysfunc...

    Authors: Martin Wagner, Christoph Wanner, Martin Schich, Kornelia Kotseva, David Wood, Katrin Hartmann, Georg Fette, Viktoria Rücker, Mehmet Oezkur, Stefan Störk and Peter U. Heuschmann
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:321
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  37. Caveolae are membrane invaginations measuring 50–100 nm. These organelles, composed of caveolin and cavin proteins, are important for cellular signaling and survival. Caveolae play incompletely defined roles i...

    Authors: Krzysztof M. Krawczyk, Jennifer Hansson, Helén Nilsson, Katarzyna K. Krawczyk, Karl Swärd and Martin E. Johansson
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:320
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  38. Latinos in the U.S. are almost twice as likely to progress to End Stage Renal disease (ESRD) compared to non-Latino whites. Patients with ESRD on dialysis experience high morbidity, pre-mature mortality and re...

    Authors: Karla Gonzalez, Jesus G. Ulloa, Gerardo Moreno, Oscar Echeverría, Keith Norris and Efrain Talamantes
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:319
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  39. Dietary modification is an important component of the management of end stage kidney disease (ESKD). The diet for ESKD involves modifying energy and protein intake, and altering sodium, phosphate, potassium an...

    Authors: Kelly Lambert, Judy Mullan and Kylie Mansfield
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:318
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  40. Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) has evoked much interest over the past decade and is reported to be associated with high inpatient mortality. Preventable death and increased readmission rates related to AKI have bee...

    Authors: Nerissa Jurawan, Tanya Pankhurst, Charles Ferro, Peter Nightingale, Jamie Coleman, David Rosser and Simon Ball
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:317
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  41. Even with abundant evidence for osmotic demyelination in patients with hyponatremia, the risk factors for overcorrection have not been fully investigated. Therefore the purpose of this study is to clarify the ...

    Authors: Sae Aratani, Masahiko Hara, Masahiko Nagahama, Fumika Taki, Miyuki Futatsuyama, Shuichi Tsuruoka and Yasuhiro Komatsu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:316
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  42. Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is a common complication in patients receiving chronic dialysis therapy. Although cinacalcet can control parathyroid function and bone turnover, preventing ectopic calcific...

    Authors: Daisuke Takada, Tatsuo Tsukamoto, Miho Fuse, Shinpei Kada and Motoko Yanagita
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:315
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  43. Thymosin β4 (Tβ4) is closely associated with the cytoskeleton, inflammation, wound healing, angiogenesis, apoptosis, and myocardial regeneration, but the effects of Tβ4 treatment on chronic renal tubular inter...

    Authors: Jing Yuan, Yan Shen, Xia Yang, Ying Xie, Xin Lin, Wen Zeng, Yingting Zhao, Maolu Tian and Yan Zha
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:314
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  45. Complications of peritoneal dialysis (PD) such as pain and catheter leakage are frequently reported. Delayed bowel perforation of a PD catheter is a rare adverse event but a serious complication associated wit...

    Authors: Maki Fujiwara, Takeshi Soda, Takuya Okada, Hiroshi Kanamaru, Takahiro Inoue and Osamu Ogawa
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:312
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  46. This study aimed to compare clinical features and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the Chinese chronic kidney disease (CKD) 3 population and determined the necessity of the subdivision of CKD3 in Chin...

    Authors: Zhangzhe Peng, Jinwei Wang, Qiongjing Yuan, Xiangcheng Xiao, Hui Xu, Yanyun Xie, Wei Wang, Ling Huang, Yong Zhong, Xiang Ao, Luxia Zhang, Minghui Zhao, Lijian Tao and Qiaoling Zhou
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:311
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  47. Indigenous Australians suffer a disproportionate burden of end stage kidney disease (ESKD) but are significantly less likely to receive a transplant. This study explores Indigenous ESKD patients’ views on tran...

    Authors: Jeannie Devitt, Kate Anderson, Joan Cunningham, Cilla Preece, Paul Snelling and Alan Cass
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:310
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  48. Arrhythmia-related complications and sudden death are common in dialysis patients. However, routine cardiac monitoring has so far not been feasible. Miniaturization of implantable cardiac monitors offers a new...

    Authors: Naya El Hage, Bernard G. Jaar, Alan Cheng, Chloe Knight, Elena Blasco-Colmenares, Luis Gimenez, Eliseo Guallar and Tariq Shafi
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:309
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  49. Authors: Sandra Wagner, Marie Metzger, Martin Flamant, Pascal Houillier, Jean-Philippe Haymann, François Vrtovsnik, Eric Thervet, Jean-Jacques Boffa, Ziad A. Massy, Bénédicte Stengel and Patrick Rossignol
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2017 18:308
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