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Fish Oil Shows Mixed Results on Dialysis Graft Patency Although fish oil supplements did not decrease the proportion of synthetic arteriovenous grafts with loss of patency, other important improvements were observed.
Medscape Medical News, May 2, 2012
Flu Vaccine Lacks Effectiveness in Hemodialysis Patients Influenza vaccine has only minimal effects on morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis patients, according to findings published April 9th in Archives of Internal Medicine.
Reuters Health Information, April 12, 2012

TKIs Safe in Dialysis Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer
Reuters Health Information, March 30, 2012
More Frequent Dialysis Does Not Improve Physical Health
Medscape Medical News, March 16, 2012
Kidney Week Diabetics on Dialysis Do Better With Higher Hemoglobin A1c
Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2011
Kidney Week Poor Glucose Control Ups Mortality in Diabetics on Dialysis
Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2011

Dialysis Perspectives

Will Industry Fund Large Dialysis Trials? Jeffrey Berns asks where the money will come from for funding large multicenter randomized trials on dialysis and suggests that it might come from industry.
Medscape Nephrology, May 16, 2012
Stunning Consequences of Thrice-Weekly In-center Dialysis In his column, Joel Glickman discusses the considerable cardiovascular risks of in-center dialysis.
Medscape Nephrology, April 27, 2012

Citrate vs Heparin in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
Faculty of 1000, April 13, 2012
Peginesatide: Any Better Than ESAs for Dialysis Patients?
Medscape Nephrology, March 27, 2012
Creatinine: A Worthy Predictor of Mortality in Dialysis Patients?
Medscape Nephrology, March 21, 2012
P-4-P and Dialysis Centers: Look Beyond URR
Medscape Nephrology, January 30, 2012

Journals

Bone Turnover Markers and BMD After Parathyroidectomy
Clinical Endocrinology, May 7, 2012
Reducing Bloodstream Infections in a Hemodialysis Center
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, April 17, 2012
Sevelamer for Hyperphosphataemia in Kidney Failure
Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease , March 5, 2012
Glycemic Control and Mortality in Dialysis Patients With DM
Diabetes, February 29, 2012
HIFU Treatment in Uremic Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, February 23, 2012

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