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Happy New Year and 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

S Bianchi, R Bigazzi, V M Campese.
Long-term effects of spironolactone on proteinuria and kidney function in patients with chronic kidney disease.
Kidney Int 2006; 70: 2116–2123.[Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Commentary]
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Estacio RO, Coll JR, Tran ZV, Schrier RW.
Effect of Intensive Blood Pressure Control With Valsartan on Urinary Albumin Excretion in Normotensive Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.
Am J Hypertens 2006; 19:1241-1248 [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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Gluud LL, Kjaer MS, Christensen E.
Terlipressin for hepatorenal syndrome.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006; 4. [Free Abstract] [PDF]
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Hemmelgarn BR, Chou S, Wiebe N, Culleton BF, Manns BJ, Klarenbach S, Khan NA, Gourishankar S, Yeates KE, Gill JS, Tonelli M.
Differences in Use of Peritoneal Dialysis and Survival Among East Asian, Indo Asian, and White ESRD Patients in Canada.
Am J Kidney Dis 2006; 48: 964-71. [Free Abstract] [Full Text Personal Subscriber] [Full Text Institutional Subscriber]

J Karalliedde, R Buckingham, M Starkie, D Lorand, M Stewart, G Viberti.
Effect of Various Diuretic Treatments on Rosiglitazone-Induced Fluid Retention.
J Am Soc Nephrol 2006;17: 3482-3490. [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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M Kats, A M Hawxby, J Barker, M Allon.
Impact of obesity on arteriovenous fistula outcomes in dialysis patients.
Kidney Int 2007; 71: 39-43. [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Commentary]
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P Marckmann, L Skov, K Rossen, A Dupont, MB Damholt, JG Heaf, HS Thomsen.
Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis: Suspected Causative Role of Gadodiamide Used for Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 2359-2362. [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Free ASN Alert]
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JN Nanas, C Matsouka, D Karageorgopoulos, A Leonti, E Tsolakis, SG Drakos, EP Tsagalou, GD Maroulidis, GP Alexopoulos, JE Kanakakis, MI Anastasiou-Nana.
Etiology of Anemia in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006; 48: 2485-2489. [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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M Ozkahya, E Ok, H Toz, G Asci, S Duman, A Basci, T Kose, EJ Dorhout Mees.
Long-term survival rates in haemodialysis patients treated with strict volume control.
Nephrol Dial Transplant 2006; 21: 3506-3513. [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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P Pronovost, D Needham, S Berenholtz, D Sinopoli, H Chu, S Cosgrove, B Sexton, R Hyzy, R Welsh, G Roth, J Bander, J Kepros, C Goeschel.
An Intervention to Decrease Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in the ICU.
N Engl J Med 2006; 355: 2725-2732. [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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Original Research - Transplantation

MD Doshi, LG Hunsicker.
Short- and Long-Term Outcomes with the Use of Kidneys and Livers Donated after Cardiac Death.
Am J of Transplantation 2007; 7 (1); 122-129. [Free Abstract] [Full Text]
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C Sommerer, M Konstandin T Dengler, J Schmidt, S Meuer, M Zeier, T Giese.
Pharmacodynamic Monitoring of Cyclosporine A in Renal Allograft Recipients Shows a Quantitative Relationship Between Immunosuppression and the Occurrence of Recurrent Infections and Malignancies.
Transplantation 2006; 82 (10): 1280-1285. [Free Abstract] [Full Text]
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Q Sun, Z-H Liu, Z Cheng, J Chen, S Ji, C Zeng and L-S Li.
Treatment of early mixed cellular and humoral renal allograft rejection with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil.
Kidney Int 2007; 71 (1): 24-30
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Guidelines

J Bernardini, V Price, A Figueiredo.
Peritoneal Dialysis Patient Training, 2006.
Perit Dial Int 2006; 26: 625–632. [Free Full Text]

Reviews

M Levi.
Do statins have a beneficial effect on the kidney?
Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology 2006; 2: 666-667. [Free Full Text]

GB Appel, M Waldman, J Radhakrishnan.
New approaches to the treatment of glomerular diseases.
Kidney Int 2006; 70: S45-S50. [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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Laura M. Dember.
Amyloidosis-Associated Kidney Disease.
J Am Soc Nephrol 2006: 17: 3458-3471. [Free Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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Cases

GT Hernandez, JM Critchfield, RA Rodriguez.
Interpretation of serologic tests in an HIV-infected patient with kidney disease.
Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology 2006; 2: 708-712. [Free Full Text]

American Journal of Kidney Disease Quiz Page
AJKD 2006; 48(6) [Free Case] [Free Answer]

CJ Das, GS Pangtey.
Arterial Microaneurysms in Polyarteritis Nodosa.
N Engl J Med, 2006; 355: 2574 [Free Full Text]

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