Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has had devastating effects worldwide. Patients with kidney failure on dialysis may have a higher risk of worse outcomes. Reports from China found that these patients with SARS-CoV-2 had fewer
emodialysis. The impact of hemodiafiltration on beta-2-microglobulin levels was evaluated by modeling four randomized studies of hemodiafiltration vs. hemodialysis. The impact of residual kidney function…
distribution measures are associated with long-term kidney function after donor nephrectomy. We hypothesized that higher BMI, waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) were associated…
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for ApoL1 risk variants. Transplant programs have highly variable ApoL1 testing practices and need guidance on essential ApoL1 clinical policy questions. Methods We conducted a…
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mone, bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BALP), intact procollagen type I N-terminal propeptide (PINP), and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase isoform 5b (TRAP5b) measured at 0, 3, and 12…
sing a large-scale epidemiological cohort. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 4,311,393 adults enrolled in the JMDC Claims Database (previously known as the Japan Medical Data Center…
s. Patients were grouped based on the presence of adhesions observed during catheter insertion. The primary outcome was the composite of PD never starting, termination…
