HDCN Article Reviews/Hyperlinks by Date -  Winter , 1997  


Hypertension
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 January
Plasma renin activity: a risk factor for myocardial infarction in hypertensive patients Am J Hypertens  
Accuracy of the diagnosis of hypertensive nephrosclerosis in African Americans: A report from the AASK Trial Kidney Int  
Ambulatory blood pressure in pregnancy and fetal growth Lancet  
 February
Prospective study of moderate alcohol consumption and risk of peripheral arterial disease in US male physicians Circulation  
Additive effects of losartan and enalapril on blood pressure and plasma active renin Hypertens  
Different concepts in first-line treatment of essential hypertension: comparison of a low-dose reserpine-thiazide combination with nitrendipine monotherapy Hypertens  
Achievement and safety of a low blood pressure goal in chronic renal disease: The MDRD Study Group Hypertens  
Additive beneficial effects of beta-blockers to ACE inhibitors in the survival and ventricular enlargement (SAVE) study J Am Coll Cardiol  
Calcium-channel blockers and the risk of cancer Lancet  
Blood pressure control in the hypertensive population Lancet  
Treatment of ostial renal artery stenoses with vascular endoprostheses after unsuccessful balloon angioplasty New Engl J Med  
The effect of digoxin on mortality and morbidity in patients with heart failure New Engl J Med  
 March
Endogenous erythropoietin correlates with blood pressure in essential hypertension Am J Kidney Dis  
Randomised trial of losartan vs. captopril in patients over 65 with heart failure (Evaluation of Losartan in the Elderly Study, ELITE) Lancet  
Postmarketing surveillance for angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor use during the first trimester of pregnancy Morb Mortal Weekly Rep  
Effects of hormone replacement therapy on fibrinolysis in postmenopausal women New Engl J Med  


Dialysis, Chronic Renal Failure
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 January
Xanthomonas maltophilia peritonitis in uremic patients receiving CAPD Am J Kidney Dis  
Eradication of Helicobacter pylori in patients with end-stage renal disease under dialysis treatment Am J Kidney Dis  
Predicting mortality in intensive care patients with acute renal failure treated with dialysis J Am Soc Nephrol  
Stenting of central venous stenoses in hemodialysis patients: Long-term results Kidney Int  
Randomised trial of plasma exchange, intravenous immunoglobulin, and combined treatments in Guillain-Barre syndrome Lancet  
 February
The relationship of recirculation to access blood flow Am J Kidney Dis  
Safety and efficacy of low-dose subcutaneous erythropoietin in dialysis patients J Am Soc Nephrol  
Randomised controlled trial of hydroquinine in muscle cramps Lancet  
 March
Prognostic value of serum cardiac troponin I and T in chronic dialysis patients: A 1-year outcomes analysis Am J Kidney Dis  
Dialysate sodium delivery can alter chronic blood pressure management Am J Kidney Dis  
Pseudopulmonary embolism: Acute respiratory distress in the syndrome of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Am J Kidney Dis  
Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis associated with CAPD: surgical management Am J Kidney Dis  
Paradoxical cerebral air embolism from a hemodialysis catheter Am J Kidney Dis  
Acquired perforating dermatosis in renal and diabetic patients Lancet  
High-dose alfacalcidol improves anemia in patients on hemodialysis Nephrol Dial Transplant  
Icodextrin instead of glucose during the daytime dwell in CCPD increases ultrafiltration and 24-h dialysate creatinine clearance Nephrol Dial Transplant  
The effect of arteriovenous fistulae in hemodialysis patients on whole body and segmental bioelectrical impedance Nephrol Dial Transplant  
The heart rate response pattern to dialysis hypotension in hemodialysis patients Nephrol Dial Transplant  
The role of curettage in the care of persistent exit-site infection in CAPD patients Perit Dial Int  


Clinical Nephrology
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 January
A new classification for renal defects in net acid excretion Am J Kidney Dis  
Hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis with hypomagnesuric hypermagnesemia and severe hypocalciuria: a new syndrome? Am J Kidney Dis  
Outcome of patients with ANCA associated vasculitis following cadaveric kidney transplantation Am J Kidney Dis  
Myelinolysis after correction of hyponatremia Ann Int Med  
Postoperative hyponatremia despite near isotonic saline infusion: a phenomenom of desalination Ann Int Med  
Development of donor-derived prostate cancer in a recipient following orthotopic heart transplantation J Am Med Assoc  
Loss of the polycystic kidney disease (PKD1) region of chromosome 16p13 in renal cyst cells supports a loss-of-function model for cyst pathogenesis J Clin Invest  
Podocyte loss and progressive glomerular injury in type II diabetes J Clin Invest  
Are younger children at higher risk of renal sequelae after pyelonephritis ? Lancet  
Outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections and cryptosporidiosis associated with drinking unpasteurized apple cider Morb Mortal Weekly Rep  
Quantitative detection of immune activation transcripts as a diagnostic tool in kidney transplantation Proc Natl Acad Sci  
 February
Treatment of lupus nephritis: a meta-analysis of clinical trials Am J Kidney Dis  
Idiopathic membranous nephropathy in the elderly: a comparative study Am J Kidney Dis  
Use of testosterone to prevent cyclophosphamide-induced azoospermia Ann Int Med  
Evidence for linkage of a candidate chromosome 1 region to human systemic lupus erythematosus J Clin Invest  
Does hyperphosphaturia underlie hypercalciuria Lancet  
 March
Age-specific incidence rates of myocardial infarction and angina in women with systemic lupus erythematosus: comparison with the Framinghan Study Am J Epidemiol  
Profound hypophosphatemia and isolated hyperphosphaturia in two cases of multiple myeloma Am J Kidney Dis  
Renal sonography: Can it be used more selectively in the setting of an elevated serum creatinine level? Am J Kidney Dis  
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis associated with nephrotic syndrome in cholesterol atheroembolism: clinicopathologic correlations Am J Kidney Dis  
Antiphospholipid antibodies in pediatric lupus nephritis Am J Kidney Dis  
Danaparoid sodium lowers proteinuria in diabetic nephropathy J Am Soc Nephrol  
Mycophenolate mofetil for systemic vasculitis and IgA nephropathy Lancet  
Duration of fecal shedding of Escherichia coli O157:H7 among children in day-care centers Lancet  
Management of hepatitis C NIH Consensus Panel Report  
Infection of human cells by an endogenous retrovirus of pigs Nature Med  

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