15 March

BMC Nephrol https://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcnephrol/

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  Role of self-management program based on 5A nursing model in quality of life among patients undergoing hemodialysis: a Randomized Clinical Trial - Sahar Keivan, Abdolali Shariati, Mojtaba Miladinia and Mohammad Hosein Haghighizadeh BMC Nephrol
  Various nursing models are usually employed to achieve self-management and improve the quality of life in chronic conditions. Given its person-based characteristics, the 5 A nursing model can improve the quali... -- Research
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  The level of serum albumin is associated with renal prognosis and renal function decline in patients with chronic kidney disease - Tong Cheng, Xiaoyu Wang, Yong Han, Jianbing Hao, Haofei Hu and Lirong Hao BMC Nephrol
  The study’s purpose is to explore the link of serum albumin on renal progression in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). -- Research
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  Effects of receiving renal biopsy on the prognosis of chronic kidney disease patients with impaired renal function - Tianyi Zhang, Xiaoqian Yang, Minfang Zhang, Wenyan Zhou, Yan Jin, Hang Zhou, Yin Zhou, Qin Wang and Shan Mou BMC Nephrol
  Impaired renal function was not a recognized indication for renal biopsy. The effects of receiving renal biopsy on the renal functional prognosis for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with impaired renal f... -- Research
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  Different outcomes following parathyroidectomy in patients with uremic tumoral calcinosis: two case reports - Jialin Li, Xuan Li, Xiuhong Dong, Lin Ma, Zhentao Guo and Xuexun Chen BMC Nephrol
  Uremic tumoral calcinosis (UTC) is a rare complication in hemodialysis patients, whose mechanism remains incompletely understood. We report two cases with UTC who experienced completely different patterns of r... -- Case Report
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  Pathological and clinical characteristics of late-onset oligomeganephronia based on a histomorphometric study - Ya-Li Ren, Yang Li, Jie Gao, Xu-Jie Zhou, Li Yang and Su-Xia Wang BMC Nephrol
  Late-onset oligomeganephronia (OMN) is a rare chronic kidney disease and has no quantitative criteria for diagnosis yet. The current study aimed to explore its clinicopathological features by histomorphometric... -- Research
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  Post-operative recurrence of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis according to pre-transplant treatment after kidney transplantation - Hye Eun Kwon, Young Hoon Kim, Sang Ah Lee, Jae Jun Lee, Youngmin Ko, Sung Shin, Joo Hee Jung, Frances S. Sung, Chung Hee Baek, Hyosang Kim, Su-Kil Park and Hyunwook Kwon BMC Nephrol
  Recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) after kidney transplantation (KT) is a serious complication and a significant risk factor for graft failure. However, there is no clear evidence of the effec... -- Research

14 March

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  A case of acute tubulointerstitial nephritis following administration of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine: a case report - Samuel B. M. Williams, Stephen D. J. Holwill, Rhian L. Clissold and Coralie Bingham BMC Nephrol
  More than 4 billion doses of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine have been administered worldwide but the relationship between the different vaccines and the development of renal disease is unknown. We ... -- Case report

10 March

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  Severe hematuria in a patient receiving bevacizumab and pembrolizumab for metastatic cervical cancer: a case report - Yanxin Liu, Changjiang Dong, Xucheng He, Pan Wu, Yamin Shu and Li Chen BMC Nephrol
  Bevacizumab is a monoclonal antibody drug targeting Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), which binds to VEGF receptors to inhibit vascular endothelial cell proliferation and angiogenesis, thus inhibiting... -- Case report
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  Precise diagnosis and typing of early-stage renal immunoglobulin-derived amyloidosis by label-free quantification of parallel reaction monitoring-based targeted proteomics - Yuan Li, Ying Zhang, Xinjin Zhou, Xinli Xue, Muxi Wang, Dedong Kang, Yali Zhou, Ruimin Hu, Songxia Quan, Guolan Xing and Jinghua Yang BMC Nephrol
  Early diagnosis and typing are crucial for improving the prognosis of patients with renal amyloidosis. Currently, Untargeted proteomics based precise diagnosis and typing of amyloid deposits are crucial for gu... -- Research
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  Prediction of major postoperative events after non-cardiac surgery for people with kidney failure: derivation and internal validation of risk models - Tyrone G. Harrison, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, Matthew T. James, Simon Sawhney, Braden J. Manns, Marcello Tonelli, Shannon M Ruzycki, Kelly B. Zarnke, Todd A. Wilson, Deirdre McCaughey and Paul E. Ronksley BMC Nephrol
  People with kidney failure often require surgery and experience worse postoperative outcomes compared to the general population, but existing risk prediction tools have excluded those with kidney failure durin... -- Research

9 March

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  Immune checkpoint inhibitors associated granulomatous small vessel vasculitis accompanied with tubulointerstitial nephritis: a case report - Kenta Tominaga, Kazuhiro Takeuchi, Shoichiro Takakuma, Emi Sakamoto, Saeko Hatanaka, Yusuke Kajimoto, Etsuko Toda, Yasuhiro Terasaki, Shinobu Kunugi, Mika Terasaki and Akira Shimizu BMC Nephrol
  Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have provided significant benefits in cancer treatment, but they could develop immune-related adverse events (irAE). ICI-associated renal adverse effects are rare and tubulo... -- Case report
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  A cost-effectiveness analysis of patiromer in the UK: evaluation of hyperkalaemia treatment and lifelong RAASi maintenance in chronic kidney disease patients with and without heart failure - Thomas Ward, Ruth D. Lewis, Tray Brown, Garth Baxter and Antonio Ramirez de Arellano BMC Nephrol
  Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with and without heart failure (HF) often present with hyperkalaemia (HK) leading to increased risk of hospitalisations, cardiovascular related events and cardiovascular-r... -- Research

2 March

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  Development of a Risk Score for AKI onset in COVID-19 Patients: COV-AKI Score - Henrique Palomba, Daniel Cubos, Fernando Bozza, Fernando Godinho Zampieri and Thiago Gomes Romano BMC Nephrol
  Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in COVID-19 patients is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. In the present study, we aimed to develop a prognostic score to predict AKI development in these patients. -- Research

27 February

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  The application of new complex indicators in the detection of urine - Ying-xiang Li, Yang Li, Si-yu Bao, Ning Xue, Xiao-qiang Ding and Yi Fang BMC Nephrol
  Accurate diagnosis and assessment of hematuria is crucial for the early detection of chronic kidney disease(CKD). As instability of urinary RBC count (URBC) often results with clinical uncertainty, therefore n... -- Research

25 February

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  Prognostic value of C-reactive protein to albumin ratio for mortality in acute kidney injury - Baohua Liu and Dezhao Lv BMC Nephrol
  Inflammation plays an important role in the development of acute kidney injury (AKI). However, there are few studies exploring the prognostic influence of C-reactive protein to albumin ratio (CAR) among AKI pa... -- Research article

24 February

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  Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial of fistula vs. graft arteriovenous vascular access in older adults with end-stage kidney disease on hemodialysis: the AV access trial - Mariana Murea, Ali I. Gardezi, Mathew P. Goldman, Caitlin W. Hicks, Timmy Lee, John P. Middleton, Roman Shingarev, Tushar J. Vachharajani, Karen Woo, Lama M. Abdelnour, Kyla M. Bennett, Duvuru Geetha, Lee Kirksey, Kevin W Southerland, Carlton J. Young, William M. Brown… BMC Nephrol
  Treatment of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) with hemodialysis requires surgical creation of an arteriovenous (AV) vascular access—fistula (AVF) or graft (AVG)—to avoid (or limit) the use of a central venous c... -- Study Protocol
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  Prevalence and risk factors of antibodies towards HLA Class I and Class II in Malaysian renal transplant candidates - Norfarhana Khairul-Fahmy, Jamiila Ismail, Bee Tee Koay, Muhammad Zhafri Md-Zakariah, Salawati Mansor, Nordalila Zulkifli, Siti Fatimah Mat-Ali, Rozinah Mohamed, Norhazlin Mustafa and Masita Arip BMC Nephrol
  Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) still persists as the major hurdle towards successful renal allograft survival. This paper aims to report on the HLA antibody landscape of renal transplant candidates in Malaysi... -- Research

22 February

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  Role of foetal kidney size on kidney function in childhood: the born in bradford cohort renal study - Nida Ziauddeen, Robin F Jeffrey, Dagmar Waiblinger, Simon DS Fraser, Nisreen A Alwan, Ho M Yuen, Rafaq Azad, Dan Mason, John Wright, Richard JM Coward and Paul J Roderick BMC Nephrol
  Foetal and early childhood development contributes to the risk of adult non-communicable diseases such as hypertension and cardiovascular disease. We aimed to investigate whether kidney size at birth is associ... -- Research