End-Stage Renal Disease Journal Articles

• High-Protein Diet is Bad for Kidney Health High-protein dieting has risen in popularity, but could it actually harm the kidneys? This editorial explores the issue.
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, February 19, 2020
• Renal Effects of SGLT2 Inhibitors: An Update SGLT2 inhibitors are commonly used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, but what do we know about the renal effects of these drugs?
  Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, February 19, 2020
• Periodontal Therapy and Inflammation in Dialysis Patients Might non-surgical periodontal therapy reduce systemic inflammatory levels and improve metabolism in patients with end-stage renal disease?
  BMC Oral Health, February 17, 2020
• SGLT2 Inhibition: A New Avenue to Protect the Kidney Could SGLT2 inhibitors have a role in the management of patients with kidney disease? What are the benefits of these agents?
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, February 12, 2020
• Tackling the Weight List Problem Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy may help improve kidney transplant candidacy among morbidly obese patients, but important questions remain.
  American Journal of Transplantation, February 12, 2020
• GFR: When To Measure and in Which Patients? Which CKD patients may need measured GFR -- and why? A new review examines the question.
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, January 29, 2020
• Improving Medication Adherence in Kidney Transplant Patients Could this novel intervention help improve immunosuppressive medication adherence among adult kidney transplant recipients?
  American Journal of Transplantation, January 20, 2020
• Review of DOACs and Guide for Effective Drug Utilization This article reviews the pharmacology, indications, and contraindications of currently available direct oral anticoagulants, with a focus on selecting the appropriate DOACs in clinical practice.
  American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs, January 10, 2020
• Perioperative Acute Kidney Injury Review the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and diagnosis of perioperative kidney injury in this article. What are the therapeutic options for acute kidney injury in the perioperative setting?
  Anesthesiology, January 09, 2020
• Pharmacists: Models of Care to Improve Chronic Disease Have pharmacists been underused in chronic care management? A new collaborative initiative demonstrates how expansion of pharmacist models of care can improve chronic disease outcomes.
  Preventing Chronic Disease, December 23, 2019
• Split-Thickness Skin Grafting for Foot and Ankle Wounds What have we learned about lower extremity wound healing among patients with peripheral arterial disease who underwent split-thickness skin grafting?
  Wounds, December 18, 2019
• When Are You Too Old to Get a Kidney Transplant? When it comes to kidney transplant eligibility, is there or should there be an age limit?
  Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, November 28, 2019
• Transplantation of Kidneys From HCV-Infected Donors Is kidney transplantation from HCV-infected donors to HCV-negative recipients a safe and feasible strategy? This article reports the real-world experience of one transplant center.
  American Journal of Transplantation, November 26, 2019
• HCV-Infected Donor Kidney Transplant as Standard Practice Should hepatitis C-infected kidneys be transplanted into uninfected recipients as standard practice? This editorial explores the issues.
  American Journal of Transplantation, November 12, 2019
• Undocumented Patients in the Emergency Department Undocumented immigrants face many barriers to healthcare access, but ED providers are in a unique position to address their medical needs.
  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, November 06, 2019
• PPIs: Placing Putative Adverse Effects in Proper Perspective Are doctors modifying PPI therapy based on solid scientific evidence? Most serious adverse effects attributed to PPIs are based on observational data.
  Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, October 30, 2019
• A Donor Risk Index for Pediatric Kidney Transplantation A newly developed pediatric living kidney donor profile index may aid in organ selection by comparing donor characteristics.
  American Journal of Transplantation, October 29, 2019
• Impact of Urate-Lowering Drugs on CKD Among Gout Patients A new study examines the impact of different classes of urate-lowering drugs on CKD progression among patients with gout.
  Arthritis Research & Therapy, October 28, 2019
• Ambulatory BP Monitoring in Kidney Transplant Recipients Is 24-hour ambulatory monitoring a more accurate measurement of blood pressure status among kidney transplant recipients?
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, October 16, 2019
• AL Amyloidosis: Advances in Diagnostics and Treatment Recent advances have led to promising new diagnostic strategies and treatment options for AL amyloidosis.
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, October 02, 2019