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A new supine anterolateral approach to percutaneous ultrasound-guided renal biopsy

scientific article published on 26 February 2008

Abrupt Decline in Kidney Function Precipitating Initiation of Chronic Renal Replacement Therapy.

scientific article published on 23 December 2017

Acetylcysteine In Diabetes (AID): a randomized study of acetylcysteine for the prevention of contrast nephropathy in diabetics

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Activation of the Fas/Fas ligand pathway in hypertensive renal disease in Dahl/Rapp rats

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Acute coronary syndromes after renal transplantation in patients with end-stage renal disease resulting from diabetes

scientific article published on 01 March 2002

Acute phosphate nephropathy

scientific article published on 01 November 2009

Acute renal allograft rejection following pegylated IFN-alpha treatment for chronic HCV in a repeat allograft recipient on hemodialysis: a case report.

scientific article published in July 2006

Acute respiratory distress syndrome after kidney transplantation: epidemiology, risk factors, and outcomes

scientific article published in May 2003

Agreement of immunosuppression regimens described in Medicare pharmacy claims with the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network survey.

scientific article published on 6 July 2006

An OPTN analysis of national registry data on treatment of BK virus allograft nephropathy in the United States

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Analysis of USRDS: incidence and risk factors for Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia

scientific article published in July 2009

Anticoagulation for chronic atrial fibrillation in hemodialysis patients: which fruit from the decision tree?

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

Arteriovenous fistulas among incident hemodialysis patients in Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs facilities

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Assessing achievement in nephrology training: using clinic chart audits to quantitatively screen competency

scientific article published on 23 August 2014

Assessment of racial disparities in chronic kidney disease stage 3 and 4 care in the department of defense health system.

scientific article published on 16 January 2008

Association of incident gout and mortality in dialysis patients

scientific article published on 28 May 2008

Association of oral sodium phosphate purgative use with acute kidney injury

scientific article published on 31 October 2007

Association of prescription of oral sodium polystyrene sulfonate with sorbitol in an inpatient setting with colonic necrosis: a retrospective cohort study.

scientific article published on 09 June 2012

Associations of recipient illness history with hypertension and diabetes after living kidney donation.

scientific article published on June 2011

Asymptomatic autoantibodies associate with future anti-glomerular basement membrane disease

scientific article published on 25 August 2011

Atrial fibrillation in chronic dialysis patients in the United States: risk factors for hospitalization and mortality

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Bariatric surgery among kidney transplant candidates and recipients: analysis of the United States renal data system and literature review

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Biopsy: observation time after kidney biopsy: when to discharge?

scientific article published on 01 October 2009

Blood pressure control and nephroprotection in diabetes

scientific article published on April 2004

Body mass index and peritoneal dialysis: "exceptions to the exception" in reverse epidemiology?

scientific article published on November 2007

Cancer diagnoses after living kidney donation: linking U.S. Registry data and administrative claims

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Cardiac evaluation before kidney transplantation: a practice patterns analysis in Medicare-insured dialysis patients.

scientific article published on 16 April 2008

Cardiac stress testing in patients with end-stage renal disease

scientific article published on 08 July 2014

Cardioprotective medication use after acute myocardial infarction in kidney transplant recipients.

scientific article published on May 2011

Cardiovascular risk assessment among potential kidney transplant candidates: approaches and controversies

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Cardiovascular risk in stage 4 and 5 nephropathy.

scientific article published in April 2004

Chronic dialysis patients have high risk for pulmonary embolism

scientific article published in May 2002

Comparison of trends in colorectal cancer screening in the US end-stage renal disease population and the US Medicare population.

scientific article published on 20 June 2016

Cost-Utility Analysis of Mycophenolate Mofetil versus Azathioprine Based Regimens for Maintenance Therapy of Proliferative Lupus Nephritis

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Cost-effectiveness of antiplatelet therapy to prolong primary patency of hemodialysis graft

scientific article published in January 2014

Cost-utility analysis of sodium polystyrene sulfonate vs. potential alternatives for chronic hyperkalemia

scientific article published on 01 April 2014

Counseling patients for kidney transplantation: awkward conversations?

scientific article published on 07 December 2011

Creatine Kinase, Coenzyme Q10, Race, and Risk of Rhabdomyolysis

scientific article published on 6 June 2015

Damned if you do, damned if you don't: potassium binding resins in hyperkalemia.

scientific article published on 26 August 2010

De novo congestive heart failure after kidney transplantation: a common condition with poor prognostic implications

scientific article published in October 2005

Dementia as a predictor of mortality in dialysis patients

scientific article published on 26 July 2006

Derivation of candidates for the combat casualty critical care (C4) database.

scientific article published on April 2014

Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome after renal transplantation in the United States

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Donor hepatitis C seropositivity: clinical correlates and effect on early graft and patient survival in adult cadaveric kidney transplantation

scientific article published on 01 December 2002

Early renal insufficiency and hospitalized heart disease after renal transplantation in the era of modern immunosuppression

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Early renal insufficiency and late venous thromboembolism after renal transplantation in the United States

scientific article published in January 2004

Effect of donor factors on early graft survival in adult cadaveric renal transplantation

scientific article published in January 2002

Effect of smoking on kidney transplant outcomes: analysis of the United States Renal Data System

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Effects of Traumatic Amputation on β-Trace Protein and β2-Microglobulin Concentrations in Male Soldiers

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Effects of urinary tract infection on outcomes after renal transplantation in children

scientific article published on 6 December 2006

Elevated subclinical double-stranded DNA antibodies and future proliferative lupus nephritis

scientific article published on 05 July 2013

Epidemiology of dialysis patients and heart failure patients

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Expanding the role of objectively structured clinical examinations in nephrology training

scientific article published on 7 March 2014

Factors associated with improved short term survival in obese end stage renal disease patients

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

Graft loss and acute coronary syndromes after renal transplantation in the United States

scientific article published in October 2002

HIV-associated nephropathy and end-stage renal disease in children in the United States

scientific article published on 13 May 2004

Heart failure as a cause for hospitalization in chronic dialysis patients

scientific article (publication date: June 2003)

Hepatitis C and renal transplantation in the era of modern immunosuppression

scientific article published in November 2003

Hospitalizations for bacterial endocarditis after initiation of chronic dialysis in the United States

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Hospitalizations for bacterial septicemia after renal transplantation in the united states

Hospitalizations for cytomegalovirus disease after renal transplantation in the United States

scientific article published in August 2002

Hospitalizations for fractures after renal transplantation in the United States

scientific article published on 01 October 2001

Hospitalizations for fungal infections after initiation of chronic dialysis in the United States

scientific article published on 01 December 2001

Hospitalizations for fungal infections after renal transplantation in the United States

scientific article published in December 2001

Hospitalizations for total hip arthroplasty after renal transplantation in the United States

scientific article published in November 2002

Hospitalizations for valvular heart disease in chronic dialysis patients in the United States

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

Hospitalized atrial fibrillation after renal transplantation in the United States

scientific article published in April 2003

Hospitalized avascular necrosis after renal transplantation in the United States

scientific article published on 01 December 2002

Hospitalized congestive heart failure after renal transplantation in the United States

scientific article published in February 2002

Hospitalized nephrolithiasis after renal transplantation in the United States

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Hospitalized psychoses after renal transplantation in the United States: incidence, risk factors, and prognosis

scientific article published in June 2003

Human immunodeficiency virus infection and kidney transplantation in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy and modern immunosuppression

scientific article published in June 2004

Impact of HIV seropositivity on graft and patient survival after cadaveric renal transplantation in the United States in the pre highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) era: an historical cohort analysis of the United States Renal Data System.

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Impact of Poverty and Health Care Insurance on Arteriovenous Fistula Use among Incident Hemodialysis Patients

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Impact of diabetes and hepatitis after kidney transplantation on patients who are affected by hepatitis C virus

scientific article published in December 2004

Impact of isometric handgrip exercises on cephalic vein diameter in non-AVF candidates, a pilot study

scientific article published on 12 December 2012

Impact of renal transplantation on survival in end-stage renal disease patients with elevated body mass index

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

Implementation of nephrology subspecialty curricular milestones.

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Incidence of sodium polystyrene sulfonate-associated colonic necrosis

scientific article published in September 2013

Incidence, predictors and associated outcomes of renal cell carcinoma in long-term dialysis patients.

scientific article published on 03 April 2011

Incidence, predictors and associated outcomes of rhabdomyolysis after kidney transplantation.

scientific article published on 3 September 2009

Incidence, predictors and outcomes of transplant renal artery stenosis after kidney transplantation: analysis of USRDS.

scientific article published on 24 September 2009

Incidence, predictors, and associated outcomes of atrial fibrillation after kidney transplantation

scientific article published on 28 December 2005

Incidence, predictors, and associated outcomes of prostatism after kidney transplantation

scientific article published on 28 January 2009

Incidence, predictors, costs, and outcome of renal cell carcinoma after kidney transplantation: USRDS experience

scientific article published on 01 October 2010

Incident acute coronary syndromes in chronic dialysis patients in the United States

scientific article (publication date: November 2002)

Increased serum free light chains precede the presentation of immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis

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Induction sirolimus and delayed graft function after deceased donor kidney transplantation in the United States

scientific article published on 14 July 2004

Infection frequency and profile in different age groups of kidney transplant recipients

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Influence of race on kidney transplantation in the Department of Defense healthcare system

scientific article published on 10 October 2008

Initiating and completing the kidney transplant evaluation process: the Red Queen's race

scientific article published on 13 September 2012

Interpreting body composition in kidney transplantation: weighing candidate selection, prognostication, and interventional strategies to optimize health

scientific article published on 12 May 2011

Isn't it ironic? Cost-effectiveness and willingness to pay for tolvaptan in the prevention of kidney failure in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Late urinary tract infection after renal transplantation in the United States

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

Maintenance immunosuppression use and the associated risk of avascular necrosis after kidney transplantation in the United States

scientific article published in February 2005

Making the crooked way straight: interpreting geography and health care delivery in CKD.

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Medication compliance in transplantation

scientific article published on 09 October 2007

Milestones for nephrology training programs: a modest proposal

scientific article published on 20 August 2013

Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection incidence in hospitalized renal transplant patients in the United States, 1998-2000.

scientific article published in September 2004

Myeloma, Hodgkin disease, and lymphoid leukemia after renal transplantation: characteristics, risk factors and prognosis

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

New-onset diabetes after hemodialysis initiation: impact on survival

scientific article published on 13 January 2010

New-onset gout after kidney transplantation: incidence, risk factors and implications

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Nothing to sneeze at: efficacy and cost-effectiveness of the influenza vaccine in patients receiving long-term dialysis

scientific article published on 01 May 2011

Novel methods for tracking long-term maintenance immunosuppression regimens.

scientific article published on 12 December 2007

Obesity and cardiac risk after kidney transplantation: experience at one center and comprehensive literature review.

scientific article published on July 2008

Outcomes After Post-Traumatic AKI Requiring RRT in United States Military Service Members.

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Outcomes associated with influenza vaccination in the first year after kidney transplantation

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Outcomes in African-Americans vs. Caucasians using thymoglobulin or interleukin-2 receptor inhibitor induction: analysis of USRDS database

scientific article published on 05 December 2008

Parathyroidectomy versus cinacalcet hydrochloride-based medical therapy in the management of hyperparathyroidism in ESRD: a cost utility analysis

scientific article published on 01 June 2007

Patient and graft survival implications of simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation from old donors.

scientific article published in June 2007

Poor outcomes associated with neutropenia after kidney transplantation: analysis of United States Renal Data System.

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Poor outcomes in elderly kidney transplant recipients receiving alemtuzumab induction

scientific article published on 18 November 2011

Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders after renal transplantation in the United States in era of modern immunosuppression

scientific article published in November 2005

Practice patterns in evaluation of living kidney donors in United Network for Organ Sharing-approved kidney transplant centers

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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and use of mycophenolate mofetil after kidney transplantation

scientific article published in November 2008

Racial Disparities in Poverty Account for Mortality Differences in US Medicare Beneficiaries

scientific article published in December 2016

Racial Variation in Medical Outcomes among Living Kidney Donors

scientific article published on August 19, 2010

Racial differences and income disparities are associated with poor outcomes in kidney transplant recipients with lupus nephritis

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Racial variation in the development of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders after renal transplantation

scientific article published in July 2011

Rate of kidney function decline associates with mortality

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Re: Ought dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation be treated with oral anticoagulants?

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

Relation between asymptomatic proteinase 3 antibodies and future granulomatosis with polyangiitis

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Renal cell carcinoma as a cause of end-stage renal disease in the United States: patient characteristics and survival

scientific article published in July 2003

Response to 'viral hepatitis guidelines for transplant recipients'.

scientific article published in June 2005

Resuscitative hyperkalemia in noncrush trauma: a prospective, observational study

scientific article published on 17 January 2007

Retransplantation after BK virus nephropathy in prior kidney transplant: an OPTN database analysis

scientific article published on 26 March 2010

Risk factors for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in US chronic dialysis patients

scientific article published on 12 September 2006

Risk factors for hospitalization for bacterial or viral infection in renal transplant recipients--an analysis of USRDS data.

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Risk of intracranial hemorrhage associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in patients with end stage renal disease.

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SCr and SCysC concentrations before and after traumatic amputation in male soldiers: a case-control study

scientific article published on 17 September 2013

Sensitivity of billing claims for cardiovascular disease events among kidney transplant recipients

scientific article published on 18 June 2009

Survival Disparity of African American Versus Non-African American Patients With ESRD Due to SLE.

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The impact of kidney transplantation on heart failure risk varies with candidate body mass index

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The impact of transplantation with deceased donor hepatitis c-positive kidneys on survival in wait-listed long-term dialysis patients

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

The life-years saved by a deceased organ donor

scientific article published in September 2005

The map is not the territory--mapping out the course and cost of CKD

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

The prevalence of BK polyomavirus infection in outpatient kidney transplant recipients followed in a single center

scientific article published on 22 July 2008

Therapeutic plasma exchange as a nephrological procedure: a single-center experience

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Thrombotic microangiopathy in United States long-term dialysis patients

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Transjugular biopsy in patients with combined renal and liver disease: making every organ count

scientific article published on 01 June 2001

Transplantation of A2 kidneys into B and O recipients leads to reduction in waiting time: USRDS experience

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

Treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism with parathyroidectomy instead of cinacalcet: time to pick the low-hanging fruit?

scientific article published on 01 August 2012

Treatment of the diabetic patient: focus on cardiovascular and renal risk reduction.

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Trends in renal transplantation in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection: an analysis of the United States renal data system.

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US Renal Data System 2014 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States.

scientific article published in June 2015

US Renal Data System 2015 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States.

scientific article published in March 2016

US Renal Data System 2016 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States.

scientific article published in March 2017

US Renal Data System 2017 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States

scientific article published in March 2018

Update on guidelines for prevention and management of mycobacterium tuberculosis infections after transplant

scientific article published on 01 May 2005

Use of Surrogate Outcomes for Cardiovascular Disease After Renal Transplantation

scientific article published on 01 November 2003

Use of beta-blockers and aspirin after myocardial infarction by patient renal function in the Department of Defense health care system

scientific article (publication date: April 2006)

Use of recommended medications after myocardial infarction--is kidney function really the problem?

scientific article published on 14 June 2006

Variations in the risk for cerebrovascular events after kidney transplant compared with experience on the waiting list and after graft failure

scientific article published on 2 April 2008

Venous thromboembolism in renal transplant recipients

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

What have we learned from the current trials?

scientific article published on January 2004

beta-Blocker use in long-term dialysis patients: association with hospitalized heart failure and mortality

scientific article published in December 2004