DECEMBER HIGHLIGHTS
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS Kidney Function and Population-Based Outcomes of Initiating Oral Atenolol Versus Metoprolol Tartrate in Older Adults Jamie L. Fleet, Matthew A. Weir, Eric McArthur, Sundus Ozair, Philip J. Devereaux, Matthew A. Roberts, Arsh K. Jain, and Amit X. Garg
Angiotensin Blockade and Progressive Loss of Kidney Function in Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial Krista Dybtved Kjaergaard, Christian Daugaard Peters, Bente Jespersen, Ida Nørager Tietze, Jens Kristian Madsen, Birgitte Bang Pedersen, Marija Kristina Novosel, Kathrine Skaaning Laursen, Bo Martin Bibby, Charlotte Strandhave, and Jens Dam Jensen
Hemodialysis Catheter Design and Catheter Performance: A Randomized Controlled Trial Hans Van Der Meersch, Dirk De Bacquer, Stefaan J. Vandecasteele, Barbara Van den Bergh, Pieter Vermeiren, Jan De Letter, and An S. De Vriese
Initial and Extended Use of Femoral Versus Nonfemoral Double-Lumen Vascular Catheters and Catheter-Related Infection During Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Horng-Ruey Chua, Antoine G. Schneider, Norelle L. Sherry, Nadiah Lotfy, Matthew J. Chan, Jonathan Galtieri, Geoffrey R. Wong, Miklos Lipcsey, Cauê de Araujo Matte, Allison Collins, Mercedes Garcia-Alvarez, and Rinaldo Bellomo
Buttonhole Versus Rope-Ladder Cannulation of Arteriovenous Fistulas for Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review Ben Wong, Maliha Muneer, Natasha Wiebe, Dale Storie, Sabin Shurraw, Neesh Pannu, Scott Klarenbach, Alexa Grudzinski, Gihad Nesrallah, and Robert P. Pauly
Patients’ Perspectives on Hemodialysis Vascular Access: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies Jordan R. Casey, Camilla S. Hanson, Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer, Jonathan C. Craig, Suetonia Palmer, Giovanni F.M. Strippoli, and Allison Tong
Vascular Access Type, Inflammatory Markers, and Mortality in Incident Hemodialysis Patients: The Choices for Healthy Outcomes in Caring for End-Stage Renal Disease (CHOICE) Study Tanushree Banerjee, S. Joseph Kim, Brad Astor, Tariq Shafi, Josef Coresh, and Neil R. Powe
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Predicting Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Using Proteinuria Ascertained From Spot Urine Samples Versus Timed Urine Collections Hari Talreja, Ayub Akbari, Christine A. White, Tim O. Ramsay, Swapnil Hiremath, and Greg Knoll
NARRATIVE REVIEW Practice-Based Versus Patient-Level Outcomes Research in Hemodialysis: The DOPPS (Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study) Experience Friedrich K. Port
IN TRANSLATION Peritoneal Solute Transport and Inflammation Simon J. Davies
KIDNEY BIOPSY TEACHING CASE Membranous Nephropathy as a Manifestation of Graft-Versus-Host Disease: Association With HLA Antigen Typing, Phospholipase A2 Receptor, and C4d Cathryn J. Byrne-Dugan, A. Bernard Collins, Albert Q. Lam, and Ibrahim Batal
Proliferative Glomerulonephritis Due to Monoclonal Deposition With Organized Substructures Abdurrahman Hamadah, Mira T. Keddis, Lynn D. Cornell, and Nelson Leung
CORRESPONDENCE Letters to the Editor Catheter-Based Renal Denervation in ADPKD: Just for Pain Control? Eleonora Riccio, Massimo Sabbatini, Giovanni Esposito, and Antonio Pisani
In Reply to ‘Catheter-Based Renal Denervation in ADPKD: Just for Pain Control?’ Niek F. Casteleijn, Peter J. Blankestijn, and Ron T. Gansevoort
Research Letters B7-1 Immunostaining in Proteinuric Kidney Disease Christopher P. Larsen, Nidia C. Messias, and Patrick D. Walker
Viable Podocyturia in Healthy Individuals: Implications for Podocytopathies Silvia Maestroni, Anna Maestroni, Giacomo Dell’Antonio, Daniela Gabellini, Simona Terzi, Alice Spinello, Giancarla Meregalli, Giovanna Castoldi, and Gianpaolo Zerbini -