HDCN Article Reviews/Hyperlinks by Date -  Winter , 1999  


Hypertension
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 January
Evaluating patients with renal failure for renal artery stenosis with gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography Am J Kidney Dis  
Chelation therapy for patients with elevated body lead burden and progressive renal insufficiency: a randomized, controlled clinical trial Ann Intern Med  
Influence of heart rate on mortality in a French population: role of age, gender, and blood pressure Hypertens  
Postprandial hypotension is associated with asymptomatic cerebrovascular damage in essential hypertensive patients Hypertens  
Obesity-induced hypertension: new concepts from the emerging biology of obesity Hypertens  
Normotensive salt sensitivity: effects of race and dietary potassium Hypertens  
Hormones and vasoprotection Hypertens  
Hyperglycemia and angiotensin-mediated control of the renal circulation in healthy humans Hypertens  
Is gene therapy for hypertension possible? Hypertens  
Binge drinking and ambulatory blood pressure Hypertens  
The cardiac insufficiency bisoprolol study II (CIBIS-II): a randomized trial Lancet  
Arterial stenting and balloon angioplasty in ostial atherosclerotic renovascular disease: a randomised trial Lancet  
 February
Review: Reappraisal of the pathogenesis and consequences of hyperuricemia in hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and renal disease Am J Kidney Dis  
Mediterranean diet, traditional risk factors, and the rate of cardiovascular complications after myocardial infarction: final report of the Lyon diet heart study Circulation  
 March
The prevalence and etiology of impotence in 101 male hypertensive outpatients Am J Hypertens  
Isolated clinic hypertension is not an innocent phenomenon: effect of carotid artery structure Am J Hypertens  
Diuretics and beta-blockers do not have adverse effects at 1 year on plasma lipid and lipoprotein profiles in men with hypertension Arch Intern Med  
Relation of weight and rate of increase in weight during childhood and adolescence to body size, blood pressure, fasting insulin, and lipids in young adults: The Minn. Child. BP Study Circulation  
Magnetic resonance imaging versus duplex sonography for diagnosing renovascular disease Hypertension  
Prevention of a first stroke: A review of guidelines and multidisciplinary consensus statement from the National Stroke Association J Am Med Assoc  
Renal failure predisposes to adverse outcome after coronary artery bypass surgery Kidney Int  
Letters: Bradykinin and inhibition of angiotensin converting enzyme in hypertension N Engl J Med  
Effects of calcium channel blockade in older patients with diabetes and systolic hypertension N Engl J Med  


Dialysis, Chronic Renal Failure
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 January
Calcium balance during pulse alfacalcidol therapy for secondary hyperparathyroidism in CAPD patients treated with 1.0 and 1.25 mmol/L dialysate calcium Am J Kidney Dis  
Lessons from the Hemodialysis (HEMO) Study: an improved measure of actual hemodialysis dose Am J Kidney Dis  
An evidence-based evaluation of intradialytic parenteral nutrition Am J Kidney Dis  
Acute-phase response predicts erythropoietin resistance in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients Am J Kidney Dis  
Intravenous calcitriol regresses myocardial hypertrophy in hemodialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism Am J Kidney Dis  
Neocytolysis contributes to the anemia of renal disease Am J Kidney Dis  
C-reactive protein, a sensitive marker of inflammation, predicts future risk of coronary heart disease in initially healthy middle aged men: Results from the MONICA Augsburg Cohort Study Circulation  
Effects of hemodialyzer reuse on clearances of urea and beta-2- microglobulin J Am Soc Nephrol  
Can renal replacement be deferred by a supplemented very low protein diet? J Am Soc Nephrol  
Comparison of mortality in ESRD patients on convective and diffusive extracorporeal treatments Kidney Int  
RenaGel(R), a nonabsorbed calcium- and aluminum-free phosphate binder, lowers serum phosphorus and parathyroid hormone Kidney Int  
A comparison of two antimicrobial-impregnated central venous catheters N Engl J Med  
The Janus-faced aspect of dry weight Nephrol Dial Transplant  
Sites of stenosis in AV fistulae for hemodialysis access Nephrol Dial Transplant  
 February
Risk factors for vertebral fractures in renal osteodystrophy Am J Kidney Dis  
Review: Pregnancy and chronic renal insufficiency and end-stage renal disease Am J Kidney Dis  
Timely initiation of dialysis: a urea kinetic approach Am J Kidney Dis  
Protective effect of hepatitis B vaccine in chronic hemodialysis patients Am J Kidney Dis  
Clinical course after total parathyroidectomy without autotransplantation in patients with end-stage renal failure Am J Kidney Dis  
Use of cardiovascular procedures among black persons and white persons: a 7-tyear nationwide study in patients with renal disease Ann Intern Med  
Coronary heart disease and iron status: meta-analyses of prospective studies Circulation  
Mortality in end-stage renal disease: A reassessment of differences between patients treated with hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis J Am Soc Nephrol  
Imprecision of the hemodialysis dose when measured directly from urea removal. Hemodialysis Study Group Kidney Int  
Inflammation enhances cardiovascular risk and mortality in hemodialysis patients Kidney Int  
Emergence of vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus N Engl J Med  
Hyperhomocystenemia in children with chronic renal failure Nephrol Dial Transplant  
Validation of hemodialysis recirculation and access blood flow measured by thermodillution Nephrol Dial Transplant  
 March
Serum and effluent chloramphenicol concentrations to aid treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus peritonitis Am J Kidney Dis  
A subdepressor low dose of ramipril lowers urinary protein excretion without increasing plasma potassium Am J Kidney Dis  
Sodium ferric gluconate complex in sucrose is safe and effective in hemodialysis patients: North American Clinical Trial Am J Kidney Dis  
Predialysis blood pressure and mortality risk in a national sample of maintenance hemodialysis patients Am J Kidney Dis  
Review Article: Optimal care of the pediatric end-stage renal disease patient on dialysis Am J Kidney Dis  
Hematocrit level and associated mortality in hemodialysis patients J Am Soc Nephrol  
Value of scintigraphy in chronic peritoneal dialysis patients Kidney Int  
Hemodialysis with high-calcium dialysate impairs cardiac relaxation Kidney Int  
Septicemia in dialysis patients: incidence, risk factors, and prognosis Kidney Int  
Mycophenolate mofetil prevents progressive renal failure induced by 5/6 renal ablation in rats Kidney Int  
Monitoring dialysis efficacy by comparing delivered and predicted Kt/V Nephrol Dial Transplant  
Dialock: a new vascular access device for extracorporeal renal replacement therapy. Preliminary clinical results Nephrol Dial Transplant  
Effect of dialyzer biocompatibility on recovery from acute renal failure after cadaver renal transplantation Nephrol Dial Transplant  


Clinical Nephrology
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 January
Unique changes in interstitial extracellular matrix composition are associated with rejection and cyclosporine toxicity in human renal allograft biopsies Am J Kidney Dis  
Renal biopsy teaching case: Acute nonoliguric renal failure after renal transplantation Am J Kidney Dis  
Review article: Current thinking on chronic renal allograft rejection: issues, concerns and recommendations from a 1997 roundtable discussion Am J Kidney Dis  
Absence of hypoalbuminemia despite massive proteinuria in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis secondary to hyperfiltration Am J Kidney Dis  
Journal Club: The syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (ADH) secretion of unknown origin Am J Kidney Dis  
Bone loss in hypercalciuria: cause or consequence? Am J Kidney Dis  
Update in rheumatology Ann Intern Med  
Prevalence and risk factors of carotid plaque in women with systemic lupus erythematosus Arthritis Rheum  
Renal thrombotic microangiopathy associated with anticardiolipin antibodies in hepatitis C-positive renal allograft recipients J Am Soc Nephrol  
The dysregulated podocyte phenotype: a novel concept in the pathogenesis of collapsing idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and HIV-associated nephropathy J Am Soc Nephrol  
A controlled clinical trial of combined therapy for newly diagnosed severe childhood IgA nephropathy J Am Soc Nephrol  
Interferon alpha and survival in metastatic renal carcinoma: early results of a randomized controlled trial Lancet  
Letters: Treatment of hypokalemia N Engl J Med  
Mechanism of intravenous immune globulin therapy in antibody-mediated autoimmune diseases N Engl J Med  
Antiproteinuric efficacy of verapamil in comparison to trandolapril in non-diabetic renal disease Nephrol Dial Transplant  
 February
Journal club: Beverages, diet and prevention of kidney stones Am J Kidney Dis  
NKF white paper: Drug substitution for transplantation Am J Kidney Dis  
An outbreak of Eschericial coli O157:H7 from unpasteurized commercial apple juice Ann Intern Med  
Editorial: Difficult asthma or Churg Strauss syndrome? Br Med J  
Hypocomplementemia discloses genetic predisposition to hemolytic uremic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: Role of factor H abnormalities J Am Soc Nephrol  
Pathophysiology of edema formation in children with nephrotic syndrome not due to minimal change disease J Am Soc Nephrol  
Are biphosphonates useful in the management of corticosteroid- induced osteoporosis in transplant patients? J Nephrol  
Post-transplantation polyomavirus infection J Nephrol  
Coadministration of albumin and furosemide in patients with the nephrotic syndrome Kidney Int  
Low-protein diet and kidney function in insulin-dependent diabetic patients with diabetic nephropathy Kidney Int  
The Banff 97 working classification of renal allograft pathology Kidney Int  
Reduced kidney transplant rejection rate and pharmacoeconomic advantage of mycophenolate mofetil Nephrol Dial Transplant  
 March
Review: Blood flow rate: an important determinant of urea clearance and delivered Kt/V Adv Ren Repl Therap  
Hypertension, antihypertensive medication use, and risk of renal carcinoma Am J Epidemiol  
Plasmapheresis as the sole therapy for rapidly progressive Henoch- Schonlein purpura nephritis in children Am J Kidney Dis  
Nephrotic range proteinuria and hematuria in a white bisexual male Am J Kidney Dis  
A more accurate method to estimate glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine: a new prediction equation Ann Intern Med  
The intrarenal vascular lesions with primary antiphospholipid syndrome J Am Soc Nephrol  
The FSGS factor: enrichment and in vivo effect of activity from focal segmental glomerulosclerosis plasma J Am Soc Nephrol  
HIV-associated nephropathy is a late, not early, manifestation of HIV -1 infection Kidney Int  
Corticosteroids in IgA nephropathy: a randomized controlled trial Lancet  
Fomepizole for the treatment of ethylene glycol poisoning N Engl J Med  
Letter: Interstitial nephritis in a patient taking creatine N Engl J Med  
Liposomal amphotericin B for empirical therapy in patients with persistent fever and neutropenia N Engl J Med  
Mycophenolic acid plasma concentrations in kidney allograft recipients with or without cyclosporin: a cross-sectional study Nephrol Dial Transplant  

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