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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 both the Nephrology and Internal Medicine literature.
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Original Research - General Nephrology
E Balk, G Raman, M Chung, S Ip, A Tatsioni, A Alonso, P Chew, SJ Gilbert and J Lau
Systematic Review: Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Renal Artery Stenosis. (Early Release)
Ann Intern Med 2006; 145: 60520-40. [Free Abstract] [Full Text]
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Cardoso de Carvalho F, Bregagnollo E, Santos Silva V, Brunie A, da Silva Franco RJ, Martin LC, Gavras I, Gavras H.
Frequency of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Renal Artery Stenosis Without Clinical Manifestations of Coronary Insufficiency
American Journal of Hypertension 2006; 19: 1125-1128 [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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TB Drüeke, F Locatelli, N Clyne, K Eckardt,, IC Macdougall, D Tsakiris, H Burger, A Scherhag.
Normalization of Hemoglobin Level in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Anemia.
N Engl J Med 2006;355:2071-2084 [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Commentary]
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AX Garg, AV Iansavichus, M Kastner, LA Walters, N Wilczynski, KA McKibbon, RC Yang, F Rehman, RB Hayne.
Lost in publication: Half of all renal practice evidence is published in non-renal journals.
Kidney Int 2006, 70: 1995-2005. [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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DW Johnson, J Wong, KJ Wiggins, R Kirwan, A Griffin, J Preston, D Wall, SB Campbell, NM Isbel, DW Mudge, CM Hawley, DL Nicol.
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Coiled Versus Straight Swan-Neck Tenckhoff Catheters in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients.
AJKD 2006; 84(5):812-821 [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Text for Institutional Subscribers]
D Karakitsos, N Labropoulos, E De Groot, AP Patrianakos, G Kouraklis, J Poularas, G Samonis, DA Tsoutsos, MM Konstadoulakis, A Karabinis.
Real-time ultrasound guided catheterization of the internal jugular vein: a prospective comparison to the landmark technique in critical care patients.
Critical Care 2006, 10:R162 [Free Abstract] [Free Full Text] [Free PDF] [Free Commentary Abstract]
RH Mehta, JD Grab, SM O ’Brien, CR Bridges, JS Gammie, CK Haan, TB Ferguson, ED Peterson.
Bedside Tool for Predicting the Risk of Postoperative Dialysis in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery.
Circulation 2006; 114: 2208 - 2216. [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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AK Saxena, BR Panhotra, DS Sundaram, A Al-Hafiz, M Naguib, CK Venkateshappa, BA Abu-Oun, SMN Hussain and AMA-A Al Ghamdi.
Tunneled catheters’ outcome optimization among diabetics on dialysis through antibiotic-lock placement.
Kidney Int 2006; 70: 1629–1635. [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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RW Schrier, P Gross, M Gheorghiade, T Berl, JG Verbalis, FS Czerwiec, C Orlandi.
Tolvaptan, a Selective Oral Vasopressin V2-Receptor Antagonist, for Hyponatremia.
N Engl J Med 2006;355:2099-2112 [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Commentary]
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AK Singh, L Szczech,KL Tang, H Barnhart, S Sapp, M Wolfson D Reddan.
Correction of Anemia with Epoetin Alfa in Chronic Kidney Disease.
N Engl J Med 2006;355:2085-2098 [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Commentary]
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Strippoli GFM, Tong A, Palmer SC, Elder G, Craig JC.
Calcimimetics for secondary hyperparathyroidism in chronic kidney disease patients.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006 Oct 18;(4) [Free Abstract] [PDF]
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N Yamamoto, E Sasaki, K Goda, K Nagata, H Tanaka, J Terasaki, H Yasuda, A Imagawa, T Hanafusa.
Treatment of post-dialytic orthostatic hypotension with an inflatable abdominal band in hemodialysis patients.
Kidney Int 70: 1793-1800. [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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Original Research - Transplantation
L Frimat, E Cassuto-Viguier, B Charpentier, C Noël, F Provôt, L Rostaing, D Glotz, JD Sraer, B Bourbigot, B Moulin, P Lang, D Ducloux, C Pouteil-Noble, S Girardot-Seguin, M Kessler.
Impact of Cyclosporine Reduction With MMF: A Randomized Trial in Chronic Allograft Dysfunction. The 'Reference' Study.
American Journal of Transplantation 2006; 6: 2725. [Free Abstract] [Full Text]
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Brennan D. C., Daller J. A., Lake K. D., Cibrik D., Del Castillo D.
Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin versus Basiliximab in Renal Transplantation.
N Engl J Med 2006; 355:1967-1977. [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Commentary]
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G Opelz, M Zeier, Gu Laux, C Morath, B Döhler.
No Improvement of Patient or Graft Survival in Transplant Recipients Treated with Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors or Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers: A Collaborative Transplant Study Report.
J Am Soc Nephrol 2006;17: 3257-3262 [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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Reviews
Berliner AR, Haas M, Choi MJ.
Sarcoidosis: The Nephrologist’s Perspective.
AJKD 2006;48(5):856-870. [Full Text] [Full Text for Institutional Subscribers]
T Rahman, L Harper.
Plasmapheresis in nephrology: an update.
Current Opinion Neph and Hypertension 2006 [Full Text] [PDF]
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MW Taal, RJ Fluck; CW McIntyre.
Preventing catheter related infections in haemodialysis patients.
Current Opinion Neph and Hypertension 2006; 70: 1403-1412. [Full Text] [PDF]
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Cases
American Journal of Kidney Disease Quiz Page
AJKD 2006; 48(5) [Free Case] [Free Answer]
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