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Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD

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Andrea Bucceri, PhD


Welcome to BMC Nephrology published by BioMed Central
BMC Nephrology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of kidney and associated disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology. BMC Nephrology (ISSN 1471-2369) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.



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BMC Nephrology 2009, 10:12
Adrian Covic and and Paul Gusbeth-Tatomir discuss the implications of imbalance of trace elements caused by hemodialysis in patients with end-stage renal disease, based on a paper published this month in BMC Medicine.
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BMC Nephrology 2009, 10:7
Using citrate instead of acetate as a dialysate in bicarbonate hemodialysis improves both efficiency and hemodynamics, by decreasing peripheral resistance and reducing blood pressure, especially in hypertensive patients, without adversely affecting coagulation.
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BMC Nephrology 2009, 10:6
Long-term survival during treatment with maintenance hemodialysis is maximized in patients with relatively high hemoglobin levels and enhanced by moderate treatment with intravenous iron but epoetin-alpha gives only a minor further improvement.


BMC  Latest articles published in BMC Nephrology        [more info]


Research article
Age-related associations of hypertension and diabetes mellitus with chronic kidney disease
Tareq M Islam, Caroline S Fox, Devin Mann, Paul Muntner
BMC Nephrology 2009, 10:17 (30June2009)
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Research article
Accuracy and limitations of equations for predicting of the glomerular filtration rate during follow-up of patients with non-diabetic nephropathies
Guy Rostoker, Pierre Andrivet, Isabelle Pham, Mireille Griuncelli, Serge Adnot
BMC Nephrology 2009, 10:16 (25June2009)
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Study protocol
Assessment of arterial stiffness, oxidative stress and inflammation in acute kidney injury
Robert G Fassett, Vincent D'Intini, Helen Healy, John Gowardman, Jay-Sen Gan, James E Sharman, Jeff S Coombes
BMC Nephrology 2009, 10:15 (18June2009)
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Study protocol
Intravenous versus oral iron supplementation for correction of post-transplant anaemia in renal transplant patients
David W Mudge, Ken-Soon Tan, Rhianna Miles, David W Johnson, Scott B Campbell, Carmel M Hawley, Nicole M Isbel, Carolyn L Van Eps, David L Nicol
BMC Nephrology 2009, 10:14 (6June2009)
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Database
A human glomerular SAGE transcriptome database
Jenny Nystrom, Wolfgang Fierlbeck, Anna Granqvist, Stephen C Kulak, Barbara J Ballermann
BMC Nephrology 2009, 10:13 (5June2009)
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Commentary
Trace elements in end-stage renal disease unfamiliar territory to be revealed
Adrian Covic, Paul Gusbeth-Tatomir
BMC Nephrology 2009, 10:12 (2June2009)
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Research article
Diagnostic yield of renal biopsies: a retrospective single center review
Bari Scheckner, Alexandra Peyser, Jacob Rube, Freya Tarapore, Rachel Frank, Suzanne Vento, Cathy Hoffman, Elsa Valderrama, Douglas Charney, Beatrice Goilav, Howard Trachtman
BMC Nephrology 2009, 10:11 (21May2009)
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Research article
Offspring of parents with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy have higher C-reactive protein levels suggestive of inflammatory processes: a longitudinal study
Wilfried Karmaus, Plamen Dimitrov, Valeri Simeonov, Svetla Tsolova, Vecihi Batuman
BMC Nephrology 2009, 10:10 (28April2009)
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Research article
Genetic polymorphisms of angiotensin-2 type 1 receptor and angiotensinogen and risk of renal dysfunction and coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Julie Lin, Frank B Hu, Lu Qi, Gary C Curhan
BMC Nephrology 2009, 10:9 (27March2009)
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Study protocol
Comparison of markers of oxidative stress, inflammation and arterial stiffness between incident hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients an observational study
Robert G Fassett, Ritza Driver, Helen Healy, Dwarakanathan Ranganathan, Sharad Ratanjee, Iain K Robertson, Dominic P Geraghty, James E Sharman, Jeff S Coombes
BMC Nephrology 2009, 10:8 (12March2009)
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Research
Serum Interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 are early biomarkers of acute kidney injury and predict prolonged mechanical ventilation in children undergoing cardiac surgery: a case-control study
Kathleen D Liu, Christopher Altmann, Gerard Smits, Catherine D Krawczeski, Charles L Edelstein, Prasad Devarajan, Sarah Faubel
Critical Care 2009, 13:R104 (1July2009)
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Research
N-acetylcysteine does not prevent contrast-induced nephropathy after cardiac catheterization in patients with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease: a randomized clinical trial
Manouchehr Amini, Mojtaba Salarifar, Alireza Amirbaigloo, Farzad Masoudkabir, Fatemeh Esfahani
Trials 2009, 10:45 (29June2009)
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Review
Possible mechanisms of kidney repair
Paola Romagnani, Raghu Kalluri
Fibrogenesis & Tissue Repair 2009, 2:3 (26June2009)
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Research
Effect of a supplement rich in alkaline minerals on acid-base balance in humans
Daniel Knig, Klaus Muser, Hans-Hermann Dickhuth, Aloys Berg, Peter Deibert
Nutrition Journal 2009, 8:23 (10June2009)
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Research article
Anti-C1q antibodies antedate patent active glomerulonephritis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Olivier C Meyer, Pascale Nicaise-Roland, Nolwenn Cadoudal, Sabine Grootenboer-Mignot, Elisabeth Palazzo, Gilles Hayem, Philippe Dieud, Sylvie Chollet-Martin
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2009, 11:R87 (10June2009)
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Research
Hepatitis B and C in dialysis units in Kosova
Skender Telaku, Hajrullah Fejza, Ymer Elezi, Teuta Bicaj
Virology Journal 2009, 6:72 (4June2009)
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Research article
Factors associated with low bone mass in the hemodialysis patients a cross-sectional correlation study
Guey-Shiun Huang, Tzong-Shinn Chu, Meei-Fang Lou, Shiow-Li Hwang, Rong-Sen Yang
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2009, 10:60 (4June2009)
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Study protocol
Rationale, design, and baseline characteristics of the Acetylcystein for Contrast-Induced nephropaThy (ACT) Trial: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of acetylcysteine for the prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy
The ACT Trial Investigators
Trials 2009, 10:38 (4June2009)
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Study protocol
VITA-D: Cholecalciferol substitution in vitamin D deficient kidney transplant recipients: A randomized, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the post-transplant outcome
Ursula Thiem, Georg Heinze, Rudolf Segel, Thomas Perkmann, Franz Kainberger, Ferdinand Mhlbacher, Walter Hrl, Kyra Borchhardt
Trials 2009, 10:36 (29May2009)
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Research article
Trace elements in hemodialysis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Marcello Tonelli, Natasha Wiebe, Brenda Hemmelgarn, Scott Klarenbach, Catherine Field, Braden Manns, Ravi Thadhani, John Gill, The Alberta Kidney Disease Network
BMC Medicine 2009, 7:25 (19May2009)
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