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  1. To access the efficacy of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and arteriovenous fistula reconstruction for immature arteriovenous fistula, compare the long-term patency and post-operative complications betwe...

    Authors: Han Yu, Yanqing Chi and Baoxing Wang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:304
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  3. We aimed to determine the risk factors that may be associated with colistin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) to promote the safer use of colistin in the treatment of nosocomial infections caused by multidrug-...

    Authors: Isa Kilic, Yavuz Ayar, İlkay Ceylan, Pınar Kucukdemirci Kaya and Gulbahar Caliskan
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:302
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  4. Potassium regulation in the body is primarily done in the kidney. In addition to this, hyperkalemia, occurs in approximately 10% of individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is associated with elevated...

    Authors: Yasmin Iman, Robert Balshaw, Mackenzie Alexiuk, Jay Hingwala, Leah Cahill, Rebecca Mollard, Navdeep Tangri and Dylan Mackay
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:301
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  5. Alport syndrome (AS) is caused by mutations in type IV collagen genes that typically target and compromise the integrity of basement membranes in kidney, ocular, and sensorineural cochlear tissues. Type IV and...

    Authors: Ali Kamiar, Qusai Alitter, Jose M. C. Capcha, Ali Saad, Keith A. Webster and Lina A. Shehadeh
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:300
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  6. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a major burden among hospitalized and critical care patients. Among hospitalized patients that progress to severe AKI there is increased risk for morbidity, mortality, and the need...

    Authors: Joseph H. Holthoff, Yanping Harville, Christian Herzog, Luis A. Juncos, Nithin Karakala and John M. Arthur
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:299
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  7. Low levels of Free Triiodothyronine (FT3) are associated with poor survival in chronic kidney disease, and the aim of this study was to further assess the relationship between changes in FT3 levels and renal d...

    Authors: Weihong Li, Zhi Yang, Shengjian Li, Shanshan Jiang, Wan Hu, Zhenying Wan, Ping Tu and Peng Duan
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:298
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  8. As a very rare form of B-cell lymphoma, plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) typically occurs in patients with underlying immunosuppression, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), organ transplantation, and aut...

    Authors: Ling-Yan Ren, Qi Chen, Feng-Ping Qiu, Zhen-Yu Jiang, Xiao-Yi Wang, Xiao-Lan Zhang and Zhan-Qin Shi
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:297
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  9. Studies have proven that the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) increased in patients with malnutrition. Prognostic nutritional index (PNI) and geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) were general tools to pred...

    Authors: Tingting Gao and Xueyuan Yu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:296
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  10. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents a public health burden worldwide and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Most patients with CKD are managed by primary care practitioners and this ed...

    Authors: David S. Weisman, Sumeska Thavarajah and Bernard G. Jaar
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:295
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

  11. We herein described the coexistence of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, alternatively known as the Kikuchi disease (KD), secondary to hemodialysis catheter-re...

    Authors: ZhiPeng Zhao, Jing Li, Liu Yang, GuangWei Ren, LiHong Zhang and Tao Wang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:294
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  12. Parathyroid carcinoma and parathyromatosis are very rare diseases in patients on hemodialysis. Its pathogenesis, clinical features, preoperative diagnosis, and surgery are challenging. We describe a rare case ...

    Authors: Jun Yang, Xili Lu, Pingping Zhou, Hao Liu, Jili Wang and Xinhui Su
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:293
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  13. Acute kidney injury has been described as a common complication in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, which may lead to the need for kidney replacement therapy (KRT) in its most severe forms. Our group devel...

    Authors: Vanessa das Graças José Ventura, Polianna Delfino Pereira, Magda Carvalho Pires, Alisson Alves Asevedo, Alzira de Oliveira Jorge, Ana Carolina Pitanga dos Santos, André Soares de Moura Costa, Angélica Gomides dos Reis Gomes, Beatriz Figueiredo Lima, Bruno Porto Pessoa, Christiane Corrêa Rodrigues Cimini, Claudio Moisés Valiense de Andrade, Daniela Ponce, Danyelle Romana Alves Rios, Elayne Crestani Pereira, Euler Roberto Fernandes Manenti…
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:292
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  15. Castleman’s disease (CD) is a rare disease that has clinical and pathological similarities to lymphoma and is characterized by a high frequency of associated immunological dysfunction. ImmunoglobulinG4-related...

    Authors: Qian Peng, Fan Wu, Yuting Shi, Juan Wang, Zhimin Zhai and Zhitao Wang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:290
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  16. This study aimed to analyze low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and their relationship with mortality in order to identify the appropriate lipid profile for older Korean hemodialysis patients.

    Authors: Je Hun Song, Eun Hee Park, Jinsuk Bae, Soon Hyo Kwon, Jang-Hee Cho, Byung Chul Yu, Miyeun Han, Sang Heon Song, Gang-Jee Ko, Jae Won Yang, Sungjin Chung, Yu Ah Hong, Young Youl Hyun, Eunjin Bae, In O. Sun, Hyunsuk Kim…
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:289
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  17. The prognosis of diabetic peritoneal dialysis patients is poor. HbA1c serves as a crucial indicator for monitoring blood glucose control in patients with diabetes. Nevertheless, the relationship between visit-to-...

    Authors: Fengping Zhang, Taotao Shi, Xiaoran Feng, Yunying Shi, Guilin Zhang, Yu Liu and Ping Fu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:288
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  18. Gaucher disease (GD) is a rare autosomal recessive inherited, lysosomal storage disoder that involves liver, spleen, lung, bone, bone marrow even central nervous. However, GD associated membranoproliferative g...

    Authors: Mengjun Liang, Shiyan Zhu, Shaoqin Liu, Jianquan Chen, Danni Li, Chengzhi Luo, Xiaowen Wang and Zongpei Jiang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:287
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  19. Endothelial dysfunction is common in patients undergoing chronic haemodialysis, and is a major cause of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES). Recently, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavi...

    Authors: Yuki Shimamoto, Hirohito Sasaki, Kenji Kasuno, Yuki Watanabe, Sayumi Sakashita, Sho Nishikawa, Kazuhisa Nishimori, Sayu Morita, Yudai Nishikawa, Mamiko Kobayashi, Sachiko Fukushima, Soichi Enomoto, Naoki Takahashi, Tadanori Hamano, Ippei Sakamaki, Hiromichi Iwasaki…
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:286
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  20. Investigate the longitudinal association of use and time of use of proton pump inhibitors (PPI) with incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and kidney function change.

    Authors: Andrêza Soares dos Santos, Sara Teles de Menezes, Isabella Ribeiro Silva, William Neves Oliveira, Mariana Linhares Pereira, José Geraldo Mill, Sandhi Maria Barreto and Roberta Carvalho Figueiredo
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:285
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  21. A kidney recipient's urinary tract infection (UTI) can result in infectious problems and be a risk factor for less successful transplant outcomes. UTI risk factors are still controversial. The present study ai...

    Authors: Masoumeh Hosseinpour, Aiyoub Pezeshgi, Morteza Zaboli Mahdiabadi, Foroogh Sabzghabaei, Hamed Hajishah and Soheila Mahdavynia
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:284
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  22. Membranous nephropathy (MN) is a major pattern of nephrotic syndrome (NS) in adults. Some MN have secondary causes and some may be accompanied with other glomerular diseases. MN patients coexisting with amyloi...

    Authors: Jing Xu, Xinlu Wang, Qinjie Weng, Xiaobei Feng and Xiaoxia Pan
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:283
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  23. Modality transitions represent a period of significant change that can impact health related quality of life (HRQoL). We explored the HRQoL of adults transitioning to new or different dialysis modalities.

    Authors: Chance S. Dumaine, Danielle E. Fox, Pietro Ravani, Maria J. Santana and Jennifer M. MacRae
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:282
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  24. End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients undergoing hemodialysis are faced with serious problems in their lives. Hope, as a multifaceted factor, plays a critical role in these patients’ lives. Given the multifa...

    Authors: Masoume Rambod, Nilofar Pasyar and Ali Mohammad Parviniannasab
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:281
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  25. Rituximab (RTX) and cyclophosphamide (CYC) based treatments are both recommended as first-line therapies in idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) by KDIGO 2021 guideline. However, the efficacy of RTX vs. CYC...

    Authors: Cheng Xue, Jian Wang, Jinyan Pan, Congdie Liang, Chenchen Zhou, Jun Wu, Shuwei Song, Linlin Cui, Liming Zhang, Yawei Liu and Bing Dai
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:280
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  26. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious health problem in critically ill children. It is associated with poor treatment outcomes and high morbidity and mortality rates. Globally, one in three critically ill chi...

    Authors: Mulualem Keneni, Rajalakshmi Murugan, Ketema Bizuwork, Tesfaye Asfaw, Sosina Tekle, Gadissa Tolosa and Assefa Desalew
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:279
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  27. Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMAs) are rare but can be severe in kidney transplant.

    Authors: Florent Von Tokarski, Alexandre Fillon, Valentin Maisons, Benjamin Thoreau, Guillaume Bayer, Philippe Gatault, Hélène Longuet, Bénédicte Sautenet, Matthias Buchler, Cécile Vigneau, Fadi Fakhouri and Jean-Michel Halimi
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:278
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  28. Hemodialysis (HD) patients commonly receive polypharmacy leading to increased likelihood of drug related problems (DRPs) and poor quality of life. Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services discover and reso...

    Authors: Yasmine Salah Naga, Noha Alaa Hamdy, Amany El Bassiouny, Mohamed Selim and Samar Samy Abd ElHafeez
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:277
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  29. Patients with kidney failure experience derangements of circulating markers of mineral metabolism and dysregulation of skeletal and cardiovascular physiology which results in high mortality rate in these patie...

    Authors: Mohammad Ali Tabibi, Kenneth R. Wilund, Nasrin Salimian, Saghar Nikbakht, Mahsa Soleymany, Zahra Roshanaeian, Farzad Nazemi and Saghar Ahmadi
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:276
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  30. Good knowledge of and attitudes toward hemodialysis and its complications might be expected to promote good practices and improve adherence. This study investigated, the knowledge, attitude, and practice of pa...

    Authors: Fangfang Xu, Bing Zhuang, Zhongxia Wang, Hao Wu, Xin Hui, Hongyan Peng, Xueqin Bian and Hong Ye
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:275
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  31. Patients with treatment resistant hypertension (TRH) are at particular risk of cardiovascular disease. Life style modification, including sodium restriction, is an important part of the treatment of these pati...

    Authors: Bodil G. Hornstrup, Nikolai Hoffmann-Petersen, Thomas Guldager Lauridsen and Jesper N. Bech
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:274
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  32. Maintenance haemodialysis patients have increased morbidity and mortality which is mainly driven by an elevated inflammation level due to the uraemic milieu. A major part of this increased inflammation level i...

    Authors: Kristina Boss, Margret Paar, Katja Waterstradt, Kerstin Schnurr, Philipp Ickerott, Ulrike Wieneke, Ralf Spitthöver, Karl Oettl and Andreas Kribben
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:273
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  33. Patient education for the management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is attracting attention. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze changes in body weight, uric acid, and estimated-glomerular filtration rate ...

    Authors: Azumi Hotta and Hirotsugu Iwatani
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:272
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  34. Although testosterone has a pivotal role in bone health, its correlation with bone mineral density (BMD) is understudied in kidney transplant recipients who are at high risk of osteoporosis. This study aimed t...

    Authors: Yasmine Salah Naga, Ola Atef Sharaki, Eman Zaki Azzam, Eman Mohamed Mostafa Farag and Montasser Mohamed Hussein Zeid
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:271
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  35. Few drug dosing recommendations for patients receiving home hemodialysis (HHD) have been published which has hindered the adoption of HHD. HHD regimens vary widely and differ considerably from conventional, th...

    Authors: Susan J. Lewis, Soo Min Jang and Bruce A. Mueller
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:270
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  36. Shrunken Pore Syndrome (SPS), defined as a reduced ratio between two estimated filtration rates (based on cystatin C and creatinine) is an increasingly recognized risk factor for long-term mortality. Although ...

    Authors: Lauris Avotins, Juta Kroica, Aivars Petersons, Dace Zentina, Zaiga Kravale, Anna Saulite and Karlis Racenis
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:269
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  37. Optimal vascular access is critical to successful haemodialysis. Acute thrombosis of haemodialysis access often leads to unplanned hospital admissions and interventions to restore patency.

    Authors: Dana Forcey, Dan Tran, Jenny Connor, Piriya Kusuma Na Ayudhya, Christian Ocampo, Craig Nelson and Sandra Crikis
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:268
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  38. Assessment of donor renal function is made by the measurement of Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR). Exogenous markers are preferred over creatinine clearance and are widely used for measuring GFR. However, they...

    Authors: Chee Keong Thye, Yee Wan Lee, Maisarah Jalalonmuhali, Soo Kun Lim and Kok Peng Ng
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:267
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  40. Among those elements establishing decent quality of care from a patient perspective, opportunities to participate in accord with one’s individual needs and preferences are central. To date, little is known the...

    Authors: Caroline Hurtig, Marcus Bendtsen, Liselott Ã…restedt, Fredrik Uhlin and Ann Catrine Eldh
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:265
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  42. Hispanic ethnic density (HED) is a marker of better health outcomes among Hispanic patients with chronic disease. It is unclear whether community HED is associated with mortality risk among ethnically diverse ...

    Authors: Ayana K. April-Sanders, Angelo Karaboyas, Milagros Yunes, Keith C. Norris, Mary Dominguez, Ryung S. Kim, Carmen R. Isasi and Ladan Golestaneh
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:263
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  43. The 2017 Oxford classification of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) recently reported that crescents could predict a worse renal outcome. Early prediction of crescent formation can help physicians determine ...

    Authors: Zaoqiang Lin, Liuchang Feng, Huan Zeng, Xuefei Lin, Qizhan Lin, Fuhua Lu, Lixin Wang, Jianling Mai, Pingjun Fang, Xusheng Liu, Qinxiang Tan and Chuan Zou
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:262
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  44. In chronic kidney disease, IgA nephropathy, and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction have prognostic significance as well. However, the relationship between diastolic dysfunction, arterial stiffness, and ren...

    Authors: Balázs Sági, István Késői, Tibor Vas, Botond Csiky, Judit Nagy and Tibor József Kovács
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:261
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  47. Frailty is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients and becomes more prevalent as kidney disease progresses. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of physical frailty and quantify the relations...

    Authors: Fan Zhang, Hui Wang, Yan Bai, Ying Zhang, Liuyan Huang and Huachun Zhang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:258
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  48. Delayed cerebral ischemia is a clinical entity commonly encountered in patients presenting with acute neurological injury and is often complicated by dysnatremias, such as the cerebral salt wasting syndrome. I...

    Authors: Pape-Mamadou Sene, Ahmad Gebai, Tal Kopel, Jean-François Cailhier, Dominique Lafrance and Jean-Maxime Côté
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:257
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  49. The majority of cases of Dent’s disease are caused by pathogenic variants in the CLCN5 gene, which encodes a voltage-gated chloride ion channel (ClC-5), resulting in proximal tubular dysfunction. We present three...

    Authors: S Hayward, J Norton, L Bownass, C Platt, H Campbell, E Watson, N Forrester, S Smithson and A Menon
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:256
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  50. Diabetes mellitus (DM), either preexisting or developing after transplantation, remains a crucial clinical problem in kidney transplantation. To obtain insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying PTDM de...

    Authors: Anne Kipp, Hans-Peter Marti, Janka Babickova, Sigrid Nakken, Sabine Leh, Thea A. S. Halden, Trond Jenssen, Bjørn Egil Vikse, Anders Åsberg, Giulio Spagnoli and Jessica Furriol
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2023 24:254
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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