June 14, 2011
Hippen BE, Thistlethwaite JR Jr, Ross LF. N Engl J Med. 2011 Apr 7;364(14):1285-7
This “Perspective” article and the accompanying piece Risk, Prognosis, and Unintended Consequences in Kidney Allocation look at a recent proposal to change the allocation of deceased donor kidneys in the United States. The new system would use models which estimates a patient’s risk of death and a kidney’s risk of graft failure, and then allocates [...]
November 20, 2010
This editorial provides critical analysis of the paper “In-Center Hemodialysis Six Times per Week versus Three Times per Week”. Free full text provided by the New England Journal of Medicine.
November 8, 2010
This editorial provides critical analysis and commentary on the article ‘Mycophenolate Mofetil vs Azathioprine for Remission Maintenance in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial’. Free full text provided by JAMA.
June 27, 2010
This editorial provides insight into the interpretation of the article ‘A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Early versus Late Initiation of Dialysis‘.
January 11, 2010
Unger EF, Thompson AM, Blank MJ, Temple R. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jan 21;362(3):189-92
This NEJM “Perspectives” article from the Food and Drug Administration discusses the data driving a need to re-evaluate the use of ESAs in the treatment of anemia due to chronic kidney disease.
January 11, 2010
Singh AK. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010 Jan;21(1):2-6
This editorial by Dr. Ajay Singh discusses the implications of TREAT in the context of the existing evidence base on the management of anemia due to chronic kidney disease.
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