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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

Barraclough K et al.
Renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury in pregnancy
Nephrol Dial Transplant 2007; 22: 2395-2397 [Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Feldman L et al.
Gentamicin-induced ototoxicity in hemodialysis patients is ameliorated by N-acetylcysteine.
Kidney Int 2007; 72: 359–363 [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [Commentary] [Discuss]

Ishani A et al.
Time to target haemoglobin concentration (11 g/dl)—risk of hospitalization and mortality among incident dialysis patients
Nephrol Dial Transplant 2007; 22: 2247-2255. [Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Jørgensen L et al.
Albuminuria and Risk of Nonvertebral Fractures
Arch Intern Med 2007; 167: 1379-1385. [Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Minutolo R et al.
Prevalence and clinical correlates of white coat hypertension in chronic kidney disease
Nephrol Dial Transplant 2007; 22: 2217-2223 [Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Oparil S et al.
Efficacy and safety of combined use of aliskiren and valsartan in patients with hypertension: a randomised, double-blind trial.
The Lancet 2007; 370: 221-229 [Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Rudser KD et al.
Fracture Risk after Parathyroidectomy among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients.
J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; 18: 2401-2407. [Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Urowitz MB et al.
Outcomes in Patients with Active Lupus Nephritis Requiring Immunosuppressives Who Never Received Cyclophosphamide.
J Rheumatol 2007; 34: 1491 [Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Zhu B et al.
Mycophenolate mofetil in induction and maintenance therapy of severe lupus nephritis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Nephrol Dial Transplant 2007; 22: 1933-1942. [Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Preliminary Report

Davenport A et al.
Administration of pamidronate helps prevent immediate postparathyroidectomy hungry bone syndrome.
Nephrology 2007; 12: 386–390. [Free Full Text]
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Original Research - Transplantation

Bohl et al.
BK Virus Nephropathy and Kidney Transplantation.
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; Supp 2: S36-S46. [Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Johnston et al.
Nephrectomy After Transplant Failure: Current Practice and Outcomes.
Am J Transplant 2007; 7: 1961-1967. [Free Full Text]
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Paoletti E et al.
ACE Inhibitors and Persistent Left Ventricular Hypertrophy After Renal Transplantation: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Am J Kidney Dis 2007; 50: 133-142. [Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Steinbrook, R
Organ Donation after Cardiac Death.
New England Journal of Medicine 2007; 357: 209-213. [Free Full Text]

Opinions

Glassock, RJ
Prophylactic Anticoagulation in Nephrotic Syndrome: A Clinical Conundrum
J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; 18: 2221-2225. [Free Abstract] [Full Text]

Palomar R et al.
Is abdominal surgery still a contraindication for peritoneal dialysis?
Nephrol Dial Transplant 22: 2360-2361. [Free Extract] [Full Text]

Reviews

Hadtstein C et al.
What adult nephrologists should know about childhood blood pressure
Neph Dial Transplant 2007; 22: 2119-2123. [Free Full Text]

Joannidis M
Clinical review: Patency of the circuit in continuous renal replacement therapy.
Critical Care 2007; 11:218 [Free Full Text]

Keithi-Reddy SR et al.
Uremic Pruritus
Kidney Int 2007; 72: 373–377 [Full Text]

Kestenbaum B
Phosphate Metabolism in the Setting of Chronic Kidney Disease: Significance and Recommendations for Treatment.
Seminars in Dialysis 2007; 20: 286-294 [Free Full Text]
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Swaminathan S et al.
The Role of Iron in Diabetes and Its Complications.
Diabetes Care 2007; 30: 1926-1933. [Free Full Text]

Schrier RW et al.
Appropriate blood pressure control in hypertensive and normotensive type 2 diabetes mellitus: a summary of the ABCD trial
Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology 2007; 3: 428-438 [Free Full Text]

Cases

American Journal of Kidney Diseases Quiz Page
AJKD; Aug 2007. [Free Case]

Hoppes T et al.
Four cases of nafcillin-associated acute interstitial nephritis in one institution
Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology 2007; 3: 456-461. [Free Full Text]

Garovic VD et al.
Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy
N Engl J Med 2007; 357: e2 [Free Full Text]

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