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Kidney News

Volume 1 (2009): Issue 6 (Dec 2009)

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Online ISSN:
1943-8052
Print ISSN:
1943-8044
Fatigue may be Life-Threatening for Some Dialysis Patients
Reimbursements May Drop for Some Dialysis Facilities under Bundled Payments
Reimbursements May Drop for Some Dialysis Facilities under Bundled Payments
ASN News
Basic Research with Clinical Applications to Kidney Care Featured in State-of-the-Art Lectures
Podocytes a Focus of Research
Insurers Unlikely to Pay for Life-Prolonging Treatments for Dialysis Patients
A More Paradoxical “Obesity Paradox”: Skinny Dialysis Patients at Increased Risk for Death
U.S. Sees Jump in Survival for Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis
Travel is Linked to Increased Complications in Dialysis Patients
Sickle Cell Trait Is More Common in African Americans on Dialysis
African Americans Have Higher Morbidity after Donating Kidneys than Whites
Group Discussions about Kidney Transplantation Increase Loved Ones’ Willingness to Donate
Lupus Patients Who Receive Kidney Transplants Rarely Develop Lupus Nephritis
Earlier Isn’t Better for Preemptive Kidney Transplants
Recent MDs are Better at Referring Patients For Preemptive Kidney Transplants than Veteran Doctors
Artificially Sweetened Sodas Save Calories but Not Kidneys
Stem Cells Could Prevent AKI after Cardiac Surgery in High-Risk Patients
Sodium and Carotene Affect eGFR
New Renal Week symposium honors Steven C. Hebert, who broke open black box of tubule cells
KDIGO Controversies Conference: Reaches Consensus on Definition, Classification, and Prognosis of Chronic Kidney Disease
Conflicts of Interest: Managing Bias and Creating Transparency
Health Care Delivery: Lessons from Cleveland, Kaiser, and Canada
Antibiotics Yield Modest Decrease in Recurrent UTIs in Children
Serum Amyloid P: A New Inhibitor of Renal Fibrosis?
Erythropoietins Linked to Increased Mortality in Kidney Transplant Patients
Practice Pointers
Amgen Lawsuit Alleges Kickback Scheme to Spur Sales of Aranesp
Toward a Wearable Kidney
NxStage Announces FREEDOM Study Interim Results
Industry Spotlight
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