End-Stage Renal Disease Journal Articles

• 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
• Machine Learning vs Physicians' Prediction of AKI Is this new machine-learning-based model a better predictor of acute kidney injury in ICU patients?
  Critical Care, September 30, 2019
• Impact of US PHS Increased Risk Deceased Donor Designation In what ways have the US Public Health Service recommendations impacted the utilization rates for increased risk deceased donor organs?
  American Journal of Transplantation, September 26, 2019
• Age Disparities Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Should certain populations be targeted for type 2 diabetes screening earlier than the usually recommended age of 45?
  Preventing Chronic Disease, September 25, 2019
• What Happens to the Live Donor in the Years After Donation? What do we currently know about the long-term effects of donor nephrectomy on living kidney donors?
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, September 17, 2019
• Noncarbapenems for UTIs Caused by ESBL-Producing Bacteria Carbapenems are considered first-line agents for ESBL urinary tract infections, but their use is associated with increased multidrug resistance. Are there effective noncarbapenem alternatives?
  Southern Medical Journal, September 06, 2019
• Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Receiving Cancer Treatment Which conditions and drugs increase the risk of acute kidney disease in patients with cancer? How long after anticancer therapy do patients remain at risk?
  Journal of the National Cancer Institute, September 04, 2019
• ECG for Cardiac Risk Prediction in Chronic and ESKD Sudden cardiac death is among the most common CVD causes of death in advanced kidney disease. Is electrocardiographic assessment currently under-utilized for risk prediction for these patients?
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, August 13, 2019
• Adrenalectomy Improves ESRD Risk and Aldosteronism Mortality Find out how adrenalectomy can impact the incidence of ESRD and mortality among patients with primary aldosteronism.
  Journal of the Endocrine Society, August 02, 2019
• Nutrition in CKD: Notable Advances in 2018 This editorial explores the most recent advances in the approaches to nutrition for CKD patients.
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, July 17, 2019
• Does My Patient Have HFpEF, and Does It Matter? Is it clinically relevant to diagnose HFpEF in elderly patients with comorbidities?
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, July 12, 2019
• NPWT and a Dressing With Through Holes for Complex Wounds What benefits might this method provide in the early-stage management of complex wounds?
  Wounds, July 10, 2019
• Medicare Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage Bills The failure to pass Medicare immunosuppressant coverage affects the lives of transplant recipients. It's time to implement change.
  American Journal of Transplantation, July 10, 2019
• Medication Appropriateness in Vulnerable Older Adults Is there such a thing as "appropriate" polypharmacy in older adults? This brief article explores the debate and suggests steps to evaluate medication appropriateness in the elderly.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, July 05, 2019