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March Highlights
MARCH HIGHLIGHTS
QUIZ PAGE MARCH 2007 Keith K. Lau, Lavjay Butani, and Maha N. Haddad
EDITORIAL In the Literature: On Clinical Performance Measures and Outcomes Among Patients Receiving Hemodialysis Patrick S. Parfrey
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS Pathogenesis and Treatment of Kidney Disease Lack of Synergistic Effects of Metabolic Syndrome and Plasma Fibrinogen on Coronary Events and Mortality in Moderate CKD Nirupama Ramkumar, Maureen A. Murtaugh, Alfred K. Cheung, and Srinivasan Beddhu
Association of Cystatin C With Poor Exercise Capacity and Heart Rate Recovery: Data From the Heart and Soul Study David McManus, Michael Shlipak, Joachim H. Ix, Sadia Ali, and Mary A. Whooley
Simvastatin for Secondary Prevention of All-Cause Mortality and Major Coronary Events in Patients With Mild Chronic Renal Insufficiency Michel Chonchol, Thomas Cook, John Kjekshus, Terje R. Pedersen, and JoAnn Lindenfeld
Contribution of Acute Kidney Injury Towards Morbidity and Mortality in Burns: A Contemporary Analysis Steven G. Coca, Paul Bauling, Tracy Schifftner, Clancy S. Howard, Isaac Teitelbaum, and Chirag R. Parikh
Kidney Disease as a Predictor of Mortality in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury Mark W. Greenwell, Therese M. Mangold, Elizabeth A. Tolley, and Barry M. Wall
A Genome-Wide Search for Linkage to Renal Function Phenotypes in West Africans With Type 2 Diabetes Guanjie Chen, Adebowale A. Adeyemo, Jie Zhou, Yuanxiu Chen, Ayo Doumatey, Kerrie Lashley, Hanxia Huang, Albert Amoah, Kofi Agyenim-Boateng, Benjamin A. Eghan Jr, Godfrey Okafor, Joseph Acheampong, Johnnie Oli, Olufemi Fasanmade, Thomas Johnson, and Charles Rotimi
Dialysis Aspirin Treatment Is Associated With a Significantly Decreased Risk of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in Hemodialysis Patients With Tunneled Catheters Martin Sedlacek, John M. Gemery, Ambrose L. Cheung, Arnold S. Bayer, and Brian D. Remillard Continued
Highlights, Continued
Distribution of Coronary Artery Disease and Relation to Mortality in Asymptomatic Hemodialysis Patients David Charytan, Richard E. Kuntz, Laura Mauri, and Christopher DeFilippi
Presence of Abdominal Aortic Calcification Is Significantly Associated With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients Senji Okuno, Eiji Ishimura, Kayoko Kitatani, Yoko Fujino, Kaori Kohno, Yoshifumi Maeno, Kiyoshi Maekawa, Tomoyuki Yamakawa, Yasuo Imanishi, Masaaki Inaba, and Yoshiki Nishizawa
Diuretic Use, Residual Renal Function, and Mortality Among Hemodialysis Patients in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Pattern Study (DOPPS) Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham, Rachel B. Fissell, Nancy A. Mason, George R. Bailie, Brenda W. Gillespie, Volker Wizemann, Jose Miguel Cruz, Takashi Akiba, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Sylvia Ramirez, and Eric W. Young
Subclinical Vitamin K Deficiency in Hemodialysis Patients Rachel M. Pilkey, A. Ross Morton, Michael B. Boffa, Curtis Noordhof, Andrew G. Day, Yinghua Su, Lisa M. Miller, Marlys L. Koschinsky, and Sarah L. Booth
Minimodeling Reduces the Rate of Cortical Bone Loss in Patients With Secondary Hyperparathyroidism Aiji Yajima, Masaaki Inaba, Yoshihiro Tominaga, and Akemi Ito
Peritoneal Mast Cells in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients, Particularly in Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis Patients Dominik M. Alscher, Niko Braun, Dagmar Biegger, and Peter Fritz
Transplantation Monitoring Antitumor Efficacy of Rapamycin in Kaposi Sarcoma Salvatore Di Paolo, Annalisa Teutonico, Elena Ranieri, Loreto Gesualdo, and Paolo F. Schena
CASE REPORTS Thirty-Five Years of Hemodialysis Exemplified by Two Case Reports: A Tribute to Nils Alwall Jan Kurkus, Marie Nykvist, Birger Lindergård, and Mårten Segelmark
Successful Treatment of Renal Amyloidosis due to Familial Cold Autoinflammatory Syndrome Using an Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Brian D. Thornton, Hal M. Hoffman, Adarsh Bhat, and Burl R. Don
WORLD KIDNEY FORUM The Early History of Dialysis for Chronic Renal Failure in the United States Christopher R. Blagg
QUIZ PAGE MARCH 2007 Keith K. Lau, Lavjay Butani, and Maha N. Haddad
EDITORIAL In the Literature: On Clinical Performance Measures and Outcomes Among Patients Receiving Hemodialysis Patrick S. Parfrey
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS Pathogenesis and Treatment of Kidney Disease Lack of Synergistic Effects of Metabolic Syndrome and Plasma Fibrinogen on Coronary Events and Mortality in Moderate CKD Nirupama Ramkumar, Maureen A. Murtaugh, Alfred K. Cheung, and Srinivasan Beddhu
Association of Cystatin C With Poor Exercise Capacity and Heart Rate Recovery: Data From the Heart and Soul Study David McManus, Michael Shlipak, Joachim H. Ix, Sadia Ali, and Mary A. Whooley
Simvastatin for Secondary Prevention of All-Cause Mortality and Major Coronary Events in Patients With Mild Chronic Renal Insufficiency Michel Chonchol, Thomas Cook, John Kjekshus, Terje R. Pedersen, and JoAnn Lindenfeld
Contribution of Acute Kidney Injury Towards Morbidity and Mortality in Burns: A Contemporary Analysis Steven G. Coca, Paul Bauling, Tracy Schifftner, Clancy S. Howard, Isaac Teitelbaum, and Chirag R. Parikh
Kidney Disease as a Predictor of Mortality in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury Mark W. Greenwell, Therese M. Mangold, Elizabeth A. Tolley, and Barry M. Wall
A Genome-Wide Search for Linkage to Renal Function Phenotypes in West Africans With Type 2 Diabetes Guanjie Chen, Adebowale A. Adeyemo, Jie Zhou, Yuanxiu Chen, Ayo Doumatey, Kerrie Lashley, Hanxia Huang, Albert Amoah, Kofi Agyenim-Boateng, Benjamin A. Eghan Jr, Godfrey Okafor, Joseph Acheampong, Johnnie Oli, Olufemi Fasanmade, Thomas Johnson, and Charles Rotimi
Dialysis Aspirin Treatment Is Associated With a Significantly Decreased Risk of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in Hemodialysis Patients With Tunneled Catheters Martin Sedlacek, John M. Gemery, Ambrose L. Cheung, Arnold S. Bayer, and Brian D. Remillard Continued
Highlights, Continued
Distribution of Coronary Artery Disease and Relation to Mortality in Asymptomatic Hemodialysis Patients David Charytan, Richard E. Kuntz, Laura Mauri, and Christopher DeFilippi
Presence of Abdominal Aortic Calcification Is Significantly Associated With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients Senji Okuno, Eiji Ishimura, Kayoko Kitatani, Yoko Fujino, Kaori Kohno, Yoshifumi Maeno, Kiyoshi Maekawa, Tomoyuki Yamakawa, Yasuo Imanishi, Masaaki Inaba, and Yoshiki Nishizawa
Diuretic Use, Residual Renal Function, and Mortality Among Hemodialysis Patients in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Pattern Study (DOPPS) Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham, Rachel B. Fissell, Nancy A. Mason, George R. Bailie, Brenda W. Gillespie, Volker Wizemann, Jose Miguel Cruz, Takashi Akiba, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Sylvia Ramirez, and Eric W. Young
Subclinical Vitamin K Deficiency in Hemodialysis Patients Rachel M. Pilkey, A. Ross Morton, Michael B. Boffa, Curtis Noordhof, Andrew G. Day, Yinghua Su, Lisa M. Miller, Marlys L. Koschinsky, and Sarah L. Booth
Minimodeling Reduces the Rate of Cortical Bone Loss in Patients With Secondary Hyperparathyroidism Aiji Yajima, Masaaki Inaba, Yoshihiro Tominaga, and Akemi Ito
Peritoneal Mast Cells in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients, Particularly in Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis Patients Dominik M. Alscher, Niko Braun, Dagmar Biegger, and Peter Fritz
Transplantation Monitoring Antitumor Efficacy of Rapamycin in Kaposi Sarcoma Salvatore Di Paolo, Annalisa Teutonico, Elena Ranieri, Loreto Gesualdo, and Paolo F. Schena
CASE REPORTS Thirty-Five Years of Hemodialysis Exemplified by Two Case Reports: A Tribute to Nils Alwall Jan Kurkus, Marie Nykvist, Birger Lindergård, and Mårten Segelmark
Successful Treatment of Renal Amyloidosis due to Familial Cold Autoinflammatory Syndrome Using an Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Brian D. Thornton, Hal M. Hoffman, Adarsh Bhat, and Burl R. Don
WORLD KIDNEY FORUM The Early History of Dialysis for Chronic Renal Failure in the United States Christopher R. Blagg