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Welcome to Nephrology Now, a monthly list of the most pertinent and/or potentionally controversial articles in clinical Nephrology. These articles are selected from a wide range of journals from throughout the Nephrology and Internal Medicine literature. We also include a selection of review articles, opinion pieces and cases that may be of interest.

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Original Research - General Nephrology

Costanzo MR, Guglin ME, Saltzberg MT et al.
Ultrafiltration versus intravenous diuretics for patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007; 49(6):675-83. [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [Comment]

Deo A, Fogel M, Cowper SE.
Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis: A Population Study Examining the Relationship of Disease Development to Gadolinium Exposure.
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; 2: 264-267. [Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Inaba M, Okuno S, Kumeda Y, et al.
Glycated Albumin Is a Better Glycemic Indicator than Glycated Hemoglobin Values in Hemodialysis Patients with Diabetes: Effect of Anemia and Erythropoietin Injection.
J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; 18: 896-903.[Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Mentzer RM Jr, Oz MC, Sladen RN, et al.
Effects of perioperative nesiritide in patients with left ventricular dysfunction undergoing cardiac surgery:the NAPA Trial.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007; 49: 716-26.[Free Abstract] [Full Text] [Comment]

O'Hare AM, Bertenthal D, Walter LC, et al.
When to refer patients with chronic kidney disease for vascular access surgery: Should age be a consideration?
Kidney International 2007; 71: 555–561. [Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Sedlacek M, Gemery JM, Cheung AL, Bayer AS, Remillard BD
Aspirin Treatment Is Associated With a Significantly Decreased Risk of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in Hemodialysis Patients With Tunneled Catheters.
Am J Kidney Dis. 2007; 49: 401-408. [Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Original Research - Transplantation

Ekberg H, Grinyó J, Nashan B, Vanrenterghem Y, Vincenti F, Voulgari A, Truman M, Nasmyth-Miller C and Rashford M.
Cyclosporine Sparing with Mycophenolate Mofetil, Daclizumab and Corticosteroids in Renal Allograft Recipients: The CAESAR Study.
American Journal of Transplantation 2007; 7: 560-570. [Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Halimi JM, Buchler M, Al-Najjar A, Laouad I, Chatelet V, Marlière JF, Nivet H, Lebranchu Y.
Urinary Albumin Excretion and the Risk of Graft Loss and Death in Proteinuric and Non-proteinuric Renal Transplant Recipients.
American Journal of Transplantation 2007; 7: 618-625 [Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Villeneuve PJ, Schaubel DE, Fenton SS, Shepherd FA, Jiang Y and Mao Y.
Cancer Incidence Among Canadian Kidney Transplant Recipients.
American Journal of Transplantation 2007; 7: 941-948. [Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Reviews

Ward RA.
Worldwide water standards for hemodialysis.
Hemodialysis International 2007; 11: S18-25. [Free Full Text] [Free PDF]
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Rogers NM, Teubner DJO, Coates PTH.
Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy: Advances in Pathogenesis and Treatment.
Seminars In Dialysis 2007; 20; 150-157. [Free Full Text] [Free PDF]
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Schiff J, Cole E, and Cantarovich M.
Therapeutic Monitoring of Calcineurin Inhibitors for the Nephrologist.
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; 2: 374-384. [Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Cases

Bailey H and Wu AHB
Bright Green Serum
N Engl J Med 2007; 356: e10. [Free Full Text] [Free PDF]

Kirmizis D and Biedermann K.
Post-Dialysis Hyperkalemia
Nephrology 2007; 12: 205–206. [Free Full Text]
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Sood MM and Richardson R.
Teaching Case Report: Negative anion gap and elevated osmolar gap due to lithium overdose.
CMAJ 2007; 176: 921-923. [Free Full Text]

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