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  1. The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing, reflecting the rising incidence of chronic diseases. With the continuous growth of the global geriatric population, a significant portion of indivi...

    Authors: Yelda Deligoz Bildacı, Berfu Korucu, Mehmet Ası Oktan, Caner Cavdar and Serpil Muge Deger
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:474
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  2. To compare the efficacy and safety of rituximab (RTX), calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) and cyclophosphamide (CTX) plus glucocorticoids in the treatment of primary membranous nephropathy (PMN).

    Authors: Luying Lu, Shasha Cai, Huayan Zhu, Guangjun Liu, Yaomin Wang, Pingping Ren, Lan Lan, Xiaoqi Shen, Liangliang Chen, Ying Xu, Jun Cheng, Xiayu Li, Jianghua Chen and Fei Han
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:473
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  3. POEMS syndrome with polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein, and skin changes is an uncommon plasma cell paraneoplastic syndrome involving multiple system. It is relatively rare in clinical pra...

    Authors: Wenlin Liu, Yue Zhou, Lingyan Li, Fan Zhang, Zuying Xiong and Shuang Hou
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:472
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  4. Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is a known complication after coronary angiography (CAG) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Clinical evidence suggests that trimetazidine (TMZ), an anti-...

    Authors: Andrew Lukwaro, Yi Lu, Junzhe Chen and Ying Tang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:471
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  5. The renal renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays a vital part in the control of blood pressure and is known to be affected by aging. This study aimed to investigate the effects of intermittent fasting on age-rel...

    Authors: Firuzeh Badreh, Siyavash Joukar, Mohammad Badavi and Mohammad Rashno
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:470
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  6. Although Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) were mostly prescribed for gastrointestinal (GI) disease widely, there were numerous studies about PPIs and adverse renal outcome. Most evidence was to evaluate the risk ...

    Authors: Chien-Huei Huang, Chih-Jung Tsai, Chien-Chou Su, Chi-Tai Yen, Ju-Ling Chen and Ching-Lan Cheng
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:469
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  8. Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) has been used to characterize patients with fatty liver and metabolic dysfunction. The association between MAFLD and chronic kidney disease (CKD) re...

    Authors: Wanghao Liu and Xiaoying Sun
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:467
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  9. Cognitive impairment is common in haemodialysis patients with no known beneficial interventions. Cooler dialysate slows brain white-matter changes, but its effect on cognition is unknown. This feasibility tria...

    Authors: Indranil Dasgupta, Aghogho Odudu, Jyoti Baharani, Niall Fergusson, Helen Griffiths, John Harrison, Awais Hameed, Paul Maruff, Louise Ryan, Neil Thomas, Gavin Woodhall and George Tadros
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:466
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  12. One of the critical roles of pharmacists in the field of community and hospitals is to provide medication therapy management (MTM) services and reconciliation.

    Authors: Ghader Mohammadnezhad, Sadaf Ehdaivand, Mehrshad Sebty, Behniya Azadmehr, Shadi Ziaie and Hadi Esmaily
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:463
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  13. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive condition affecting more than 800 million individuals worldwide. Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) are questionnaires aimed at evaluating patients’ expe...

    Authors: M. Moharra, A. Llupià, B. Bayés, C. Almazán, A. Busby and M. Herdman
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:462
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  14. Heart failure often leads to hospitalization and can directly impact other organs, such as the kidneys. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart...

    Authors: Yinebeb Mezgebu, Shitaye Alemu, Mohamed Abdulkadir Mohamed, Habtewold Shibru and Workagegnehu Hailu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:461
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  15. The disability of patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and the possibility of reducing the ability to work for patients who are receiving hemodialysis require extensive investigations worldwide. In th...

    Authors: Mahsa Motiei, Mirsaeed Attarchi and Elham Ramezanzadeh
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:460
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  16. Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is a major cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and kidney failure. Necroptosis is a novel type of programmed cell death that has been proved to be associated with the path...

    Authors: Ruikun Hu, Ziyu Liu, Huihui Hou, Jingyu Li, Ming Yang, Panfeng Feng, Xiaorong Wang and Dechao Xu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:459
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  17. This study aimed to develop a nomogram for predicting persistent renal dysfunction in acute kidney injury (AKI) following lung transplantation (LTx).

    Authors: Wenwen Du, Xiaoxing Wang, Dan Zhang, Wenqian Chen, Xianbo Zuo and Pengmei Li
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:458
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  18. Complications following kidney transplantation elevate the risks of readmission and mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the association between the age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index (ACCI) and...

    Authors: Qin Huang, Tongsen Luo, Jirong Yang, Yaxin Lu, Shaoli Zhou, Ziqing Hei and Chaojin Chen
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:457
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  19. Critical bedside ultrasound is widely used in clinical practice, and it can monitor renal perfusion. The reduction of renal perfusion and inflammatory injury are two contributing factors to sepsis-associated a...

    Authors: Feng Zheng, Yi-lan Wang, Wei-yi Zhou, Jing Zhang, Min Lu, Ni-fang Pan, Jian He, Qian Zhang, Lan Cao, Jiang-song Wu, Yan Gu, Li-hua Qiu and Hong-wei Ye
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:456
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  20. The relationship between serum klotho level and albuminuria is unknown in middle-aged and elderly participants without diabetes mellitus (DM). Therefore, we will investigate the association between serum kloth...

    Authors: Dawei Chen, Mengxing Chen, Zhixiang Qi, Yumei Tang and Xin Wan
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:455
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  21. Hyperkalaemia is one of the common electrolyte disorders among hospital patients, affected by many risk factors including medications and medical conditions. Prompt treatment is important given its impact on p...

    Authors: Yalin Yu, Venkat N. Vangaveti, Rudolf J. Schnetler, Benjamin J. Crowley and Andrew J. Mallett
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:454
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  23. Individualized patient education is one of the new approaches that have attracted much attention in recent years. In line with individualized care, individualized education is designed and implemented based on...

    Authors: Seyyede Leila Sajjadi, Mansour Ghafourifard and Hamid Tayebi Khosroshahi
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:452
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  24. Recently, the incidence of caffeine intoxication has been on an upward trend, with severe outcomes. However, acute kidney injury (AKI) resulting from renal pathologies secondary to caffeine intoxication is rar...

    Authors: Ayaka Mitomo, Kunihiro Ishioka, Mitsuru Yanai, Takayasu Ohtake, Sumi Hidaka and Shuzo Kobayashi
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:451
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  25. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a common severe complication after radical nephrectomy in patients with renal cancer. The timely and accurate prediction of the long-term progression of renal function post-surg...

    Authors: Yongchao Yan, Qihang Sun, Haotian Du, Wenming Sun, Yize Guo, Bin Li and Xinning Wang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:450
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  26. MUC1 and UMOD pathogenic variants cause autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease (ADTKD). MUC1 is expressed in kidney, nasal mucosa and respiratory tract, while UMOD is expressed only in kidney. Due t...

    Authors: Kendrah O. Kidd, Adrienne H. Williams, Abbigail Taylor, Lauren Martin, Victoria Robins, John A. Sayer, Eric Olinger, Holly R. Mabillard, Gregory Papagregoriou, Constantinos Deltas, Christoforos Stavrou, Peter J. Conlon, Richard Edmund Hogan, Elhussein A.E. Elhassan, Drahomíra Springer, Tomáš Zima…
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:449
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  28. A retrospective observational study was conducted at 3 health care organizations to identify clinical gaps in care for patients with stage 3 or 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD), and financial opportunity from U....

    Authors: Mark Fung, Aya Haghamad, Elizabeth Montgomery, Kathleen Swanson, Myra L. Wilkerson, Kimon Stathakos, Richard VanNess, Sarah A. Nowak, Clayton Wilburn, Haluk Kavus, Mohammed Amer Swid, Nkemakonam Okoye, Yonah C. Ziemba, Girish Ramrattan, Jonathan Macy, John McConnell…
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:447
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  29. Fanconi syndrome is a disorder of the proximal tubule that leads to malabsorption of various electrolytes and substances and is a common consequence of drug-induced nephrotoxicity. However, cases of dietary su...

    Authors: Masato Habuka, Michihiro Hosojima, Yusuke Yata, Kenshiro Kurumada, Moeri Yamagiwa, Masataka Yonezawa, Masanori Sudo, Hideyuki Kabasawa, Asa Ogawa, Hitomi Hama, Yumi Ito, Naofumi Imai, Suguru Yamamoto, Akihiko Saito and Shin Goto
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:446
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  30. Renal impairment and rhabdomyolysis are rare in transplant patients receiving sirolimus. We report the case of a 54-year-old male who underwent liver transplantation and was initially treated with tacrolimus, ...

    Authors: Chang Gao, Zhi-Yu Chen, Liang Ma and Shen-Ju Gou
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:445
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  32. Sodium polystyrene sulfonate (SPS) is a cation-exchange resin used to treat hyperkalemia. Although colorectal ulcers are known side effects of long-term SPS use, few studies have reported SPS-associated gastri...

    Authors: Yukiko Yasui, Akio Nakashima, Kosuke Sasuga, Kentaro Koike, Izumi Yamamoto, Yoshimi Ueda, Goro Tokudome, Ichiro Ohkido and Takashi Yokoo
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:443
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  33. Alpha blockers (ABs) are frequently prescribed to patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), which is often complicated by refractory hypertension (HT). Although there have been several reports on the associa...

    Authors: Keisuke Sunohara, Chikao Onogi, Akihito Tanaka, Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Jun Matsumoto, Keita Hattori, Akiko Owaki, Akihisa Kato, Tomohiro Kawazoe, Yu Watanabe, Eri Koshi-Ito and Shoichi Maruyama
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:442
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  34. Aim of this questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was to compare self-efficacy, social support, oral hygiene-related self-efficacy (OHRSE) and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) between patients ...

    Authors: Bero Luke Vincent Ernst, Deborah Kreher, Daniel Patschan, Rainer Haak, Thomas Ebert, Jonathan de Fallois and Gerhard Schmalz
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:441
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  35. The interplay between cardiac and kidney functions is mediated by the autonomic nervous system. Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is a well-documented dysfunction of this system, with heart rate variab...

    Authors: Hideaki Kuno, Go Kanzaki, Rina Oba, Takaya Sasaki, Kotaro Haruhara, Kentaro Koike, Nobuo Tsuboi and Takashi Yokoo
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:440
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  36. Peritonitis is a frequent complication of PD that can lead to technique discontinuation and increase morbidity and mortality. It is caused mainly by gram-positive bacteria (up to 70%); however, gram-negative o...

    Authors: R. Haridian Sosa Barrios, Reiny S. Verastegui Albites, Mariana López Quiroga, Cristina Campillo Trapero, Milagros Fernández Lucas and Maite E. Rivera Gorrín
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:439
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  37. The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of mesangial IgM deposition in a long-term follow-up cohort of patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN).

    Authors: Li Gao, Xuan Zhang, Dongrong Yu, Mengjie Jiang, Can Yu, Xiaohong Li and Qin Zhu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:438
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  39. Globally, diabetic kidney disease (DKD) has become the leading cause of end-stage renal disease, imposing substantial social and economic costs. This meta-analysis was designed to provide valuable insights int...

    Authors: Binura Taurbekova, Kymbat Mukhtarova, Zhandos Salpynov, Kuralay Atageldiyeva and Antonio Sarria-Santamera
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:436
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  40. Alterations in electrolytes are associated with a number of clinical problems and prompt diagnosis of electrolyte disorder and treatment are crucial in the management of patients with chronic illness. Even tho...

    Authors: Worku Chekol Tassew, Yeshiwas Ayale Ferede and Agerie Mengistie Zeleke
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:435
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  41. Cognitive impairment and cognitive complaints are highly prevalent in haemodialysis patients and are associated with adverse health outcomes. Currently, there is no established guideline on cognitive screening...

    Authors: Frederick H. F. Chan, Pearl Sim, Phoebe X. H. Lim, Behram A. Khan, Jason C. J. Choo and Konstadina Griva
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:434
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  42. The outcome of kidney transplant recipients with a history of complement-mediated thrombotic microangiopathy (cTMA) and those who develop post-transplant de novo TMA (dnTMA) is largely unknown.

    Authors: Kanza Haq, Shanshan Lin, Alana Dasgupta, Zainab Obaidi, Serena Bagnasco, Umberto Maggiore and Nada Alachkar
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:433
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  43. The number of peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter-related infections and peritonitis caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) has been increasing. Nonetheless, the optimal timing for the relocation of the exi...

    Authors: Nozomi Kadota, Kazuhiro Ishikawa, Yuta Kubono, Kasumi Konishi, Takuya Fujimaru, Yugo Ito, Masahiko Nagahama, Fumika Taki, Fujimi Kawai, Nobuyoshi Mori and Masaaki Nakayama
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:432
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  45. Renal disease is associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), a common inherited neurological disorder. Three forms of CMT have been identified: CMT1 of the demyelinating type, CMT2 of the axonal defect ...

    Authors: Yin Ding, Zejun Wu, Xuanli Tang and Xianfa Li
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:430
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  46. Proteinuria during treatment of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) was another renal adverse event besides from acute kidney injury. We aim to investigate the incidence and associated factors of proteinuria a...

    Authors: Jianan Su, Zhuofei Bi, Pengwei Chen, Ziqing Gao, Qiongqiong Yang and Min Feng
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:429
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  48. The primary aim of this study is to explore the relationship between serum levels of LOX-1, hs-cTnT, and NGAL, and renal function in patients with CKD, as well as to evaluate their diagnostic value for early d...

    Authors: Liyin Chai, Jun Zeng, Li Gong, Zhuhong Li, Fang Wang, Zhengyang Liu, Wang Fan and Bingbing Shen
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:427
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  49. Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are susceptible to vascular calcification and vitamin K deficiency. Matrix gla protein (MGP) is a potent inhibitor of calcification requiring vitamin K for activation...

    Authors: Jakob Nyvad, Kent Lodberg Christensen, Gratien Andersen, Mark Reinhard, Bjarne Linde Nørgaard, Jonna Skov Madsen, Sebastian Nielsen, Martin Bjergskov Thomsen, Jesper Møller Jensen, Christian Daugaard Peters and Niels Henrik Buus
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:426
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  50. Mortality prognostic tools exist to aid in shared decision making with kidney failure patients but are underutilized. This study aimed to elucidate nephrology providers’ practice patterns and understand barrie...

    Authors: Jennifer Bergeron, Christina Marchese, Colton Jensen, Sean Meagher, Amanda G. Kennedy, Bradley Tompkins and Katharine L. Cheung
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2024 25:425
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