Dialysis Journal Articles

• Comorbidities and Co-Medications Among People With HIV How prevalent are comorbidities and the use of non-ART co-medications among people living with HIV?
  HIV Medicine, May 19, 2022
• Optimal Patient Selection for Heart-Kidney Transplant A decision-analytic model identifies the costs and benefits of simultaneous heart-kidney transplant compared with single-organ transplant with a safety net strategy.
  American Journal of Transplantation, May 10, 2022
• Acute Kidney Injury is Linked to Neurocognitive Impairments A new study finds that an episode of acute kidney injury could have negative impacts on neurocognitive functioning.
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, May 04, 2022
• Diminishing mRNA Vaccine Responses in Dialysis Patients Immune responses towards SARS-CoV-2 vaccines among patients undergoing hemodialysis may decrease over time, highlighting the potential need for additional doses in this group.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 27, 2022
• Pharmacologic Agents to Reverse Common Anticoagulants This review describes the various anticoagulants in use today, summarizing their characteristics and presenting a primer on how to appropriately reverse the effects of these drugs.
  Southern Medical Journal, March 23, 2022
• Serum Hb and Risk of Renal Function Decline in Early DKD What could serum hemoglobin concentrations tell us about the potential risk of diabetic kidney disease progression?
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, March 22, 2022
• E-Nose vs Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry for Identifying HCV This study suggests that E-Nose technology can be an economical, easy-to-use, portable and non-invasive tool for screening and early diagnosis of HCV infection.
  Journal of Viral Hepatitis, March 07, 2022
• CKD, Chronic Heart Failure, and CKD Progression A new review examines the question of whether CKD can lead to chronic heart failure, and in turn, whether worsening chronic heart failure could lead to CKD progression.
  Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, March 03, 2022
• Predicting Severe Adverse Events in Inpatients With CAP Could this newly developed prediction system accurately identify which community-acquired pneumonia inpatients are at high risk for severe adverse events?
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, February 25, 2022
• Trends in ICU Mortality From Coronavirus Disease 2019 How have mortality rates among critically ill COVID-19 patients changed since the initial surge? This article examines the trends.
  Critical Care Medicine, February 25, 2022
• Unfractionated Heparin Improves the Clinical Efficacy in Sepsis This study evaluated the clinical efficacy of unfractionated heparin in sepsis, septic shock, and disseminated intravascular coagulation in adult patients.
  BMC Anesthesiology, February 18, 2022
• Update on Gout Management: What Is Old and What Is New Get up-to-date on the most recent advances in the management of gout.
  Current Opinion in Rheumatology, February 16, 2022
• Prevention of CV and Renal Events in Patients With AF and DM What medical therapies are effective in preventing cardiovascular and renal events in patients with concomitant AF and diabetes? This paper reviews possible clinical approaches for these patients.
  Europace, January 18, 2022
• Timing of Revascularization for Symptomatic CA Stenosis This study compared outcomes among three carotid revascularization procedures performed at urgent, early, and late time points after symptom onset. What is the optimal timing for each?
  Stroke, January 17, 2022
• TRAPS-Related AA Amyloidosis This paper describes the frequency and prognosis of AA amyloidosis in TNF receptor-1-associated periodic syndrome. What is known about this potentially severe complication?
  Rheumatology, January 07, 2022
• Dapagliflozin in Patients With CKD, With and Without HF Heart failure is common in patients with chronic kidney disease. Might the SGLT-2 inhibitor dapagliflozin reduce the risk of kidney failure and cardiovascular death in these patients?
  JACC: Heart Failure, January 03, 2022
• Laxative Use in CKD Patients Transitioning to Dialysis Prescribed laxatives are often required for managing constipation among CKD patients transitioning to dialysis. A new study examines the prevalence and patterns of its use in this population.
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, December 28, 2021
• COVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients What have we learned about the clinical course and outcome of COVID-19 infection in kidney transplant recipients?
  American Journal of Transplantation, December 20, 2021
• Ambient Air Pollution and Kidney Transplant Outcomes Might air pollution exposure negatively affect outcomes among kidney transplant recipients? A new study examines the potential impact.
  American Journal of Transplantation, November 18, 2021
• CGM in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients Requiring IV Insulin A new study describes a hybrid strategy for monitoring blood glucose among ICU COVID-19 patients who require IV insulin.
  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, November 18, 2021