November, 2011:

• Circuit Survival and Efficacy According to Anticoagulation in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
• Transplant Outcomes Unaffected by High-Dose Erythropoietin
• Rethink Use of Vitamin Supplements to Ward Off Prostate Cancer
• Extended LND Improves Outcomes in Selected Bladder Cancer Patients
• MMF Found Superior for Lupus Nephritis
• ADT Use Declining, Patterns of Use Changing
• Obesity Raises Metastasis Risk in Prostate Cancer Patients on ADT
• Survival Better with Incidentally Detected RCC
• Novel Treatment Promotes Blood Vessel Growth in Diabetics
• Demystifying Medical Codes
• Bone-Targeted Agent Delays Skeletal Metastases in CRPC
• Arterial Stiffness and Calcifications in Incident Renal Transplant Recipients (ASCIT)
• 24 Months Follow-up, Two Arm Study to Compare the Cardiovascular Profile in a Regimen With Everolimus + Mycophenolic Acid (MPA) Versus (vs.) a Regimen of CNI+MPA in Maintenance Renal Transplant Recipients (EVITA)
• The Impact of Magnesium Supplementation on Insulin Resistance and Secretion in Renal Transplant Recipients
• Cytokine Induced Killer Cells Stimulated by DC Immunotherapy for Renal Cell Carcinoma
• Low-Intensity Stem Cell Transplantation With Multiple Lymphocyte Infusions to Treat Advanced Kidney Cancer
• Dutasteride in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer
• Quality of Life Study for Prostate Cancer Patients
• Study of OGX-011 Given Prior to Radical Prostatectomy in Patients With Localized Prostate Cancer
• Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse by PIVS Versus Surgeon Cut Mesh
• Electronic Catheter Stethoscope
• Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy: Long Term Follow-up
• Weaning of Immunosuppression in Nephritis of Lupus (WIN-Lupus)
• Study of the Biological and Physical Manifestations of Spontaneous Uric Acid Kidney Stone Disease (IUAN)
• Intraureteral Lidocaine for Post-Ureteroscopy Pain
• Stone Centre Urine and Serum Bank
• Covered Stents to Treat Hemodialysis Access Stenoses in the Cephalic Arch and Central Veins
• Is it Possible to Screen for Type 2 Diabetes at Day 2 in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Patients Postpartum? (DG4)
• Curcumin to Prevent Complications After Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair
• Personalized Mean Arterial Pressure Management on Renal Function During Septic Shock (DORESEP)
• Supplemental Vitamin D Helps Black Hypertensives
• Exercise May Improve Male Fertility
• Kidney Week Video Survey: Antonino Sidoti, MD
• Kidney Week Video Survey: Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM, FASN
• Kidney Week Video Survey: David S. Goldfarb, MD
• Kidney Week Video Survey: Csaba Kovesdy, MD
• Kidney Week Video Survey: Anil Agarwal, MD
• Kidney Stone Prevention: 'Fact versus Fiction'
• Diabetes Increases Bladder Ca Recurrence, Progression Risk
• Cleveland Clinic Urologist To Receive $2 Million Gift for Research
• Kidney Cancer Linked to Acetaminophen Use
• Antibiotics Could Increase Kidney Stone Risk
• Portable Home Dialysis Unit Improves QoL
• Transitioning to Electronic Health Records
• Novel Therapy for CKD Anemia Advances
• Telephone Intervention Can Help Obese Patients Lose Weight
• Study Challenges Panel's PSA Testing Recommendations
• Abatacept May Benefit Some Lupus Nephritis Patients
• Vascular Biomarkers May Help Predict Lupus Nephritis Flares
• Why Blacks May Be Receiving Fewer Living Donor Kidney Transplants
• Gout Prevalence High in CKD Patients
• Lower CKD Risk Found with High Salt Intake
• Calcifediol May Improve PTH Control, Nutritional Status
• IV Iron Drug Shows Advantages in Head-to-Head Trial
• Once-Monthly ESA Maintains Stable Hemoglobin Levels
• Black Transplant Patients with FSGS Are At Higher Risk
• High Pretransplant Phosphorus Raises Post-Transplant Death Risk
• Live Kidney Donation Raises Hypertension Risk in Blacks
• Cinacalcet Plus Low-Dose Vitamin D Improves SHPT Treatment
• Uncontrolled SHPT On the Rise in Blacks Since Debut of 'Bundling'
• Increasing Phosphate Raises Death, CV Risks in Hemodialysis Patients
• EPO Use Declining After Bundling Introduced
• Predialysis Factors and the Timing of Dialysis Initiation among Older Adults
• Depressive Symptoms after Kidney Transplantation Are Associated with Decreased Survival
• Coronary Artery Calcification an MI Risk Factor in CKD Patients
• Renal and Death Risks Lower with Metformin than Sulfonylureas
• Acute Rejection Risk Higher with Membranous Glomerulonephritis
• Pretransplant ESA Hyporesponsiveness May Worsen Post-Transplant Outcomes
• Worsening Post-Transplant CKD Predicts Higher Graft Failure Risk
• Untreated SHPT Increases Mortality Risk
• Treating SHPT with Cinacalcet Lowers Phosphorus
• Two Vitamin D Analogues Show Similar Efficacy for SHPT
• High FGF-23 in AKI Patients Predicts Worse Outcomes
• IV Iron Use for Anemia Rising, ESA Use Falling
• HD-Related Damage Not a Factor in CKD-Related Anemia
• Response to ESAs Predicts ESRD Risk
• Supplements Found Not to Prevent Prostate Cancer
• ESA Resistance Increases Death Risk More in HD than PD Patients
• Vitamin D Regimen May Treat SHPT in Renal Transplant Patients
• Dialysis-Requiring AKI Rises Sharply
• Rapid Renal Decline in the Elderly Linked to Systolic Blood Pressure
• Predialysis Renal Decline Patterns Identified
• FGF-23 Levels Are Elevated in Children, Adults with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, Preserved Renal Function
• Long-Term Risks of Hospital Readmission, Death in Patients with Kidney Disease
• Predictors of Hospitalizations in Maintenance HD Patients
• EC-MPS, MMF Similar in Efficacy in Tacrolimus-Treated Transplant Patients
• BP Rises with ESAs Not Relate to Vasoconstriction
• Diabetes Boosts CKD Patients' Comorbidities
• High PTH and FGF-23 Predict Vascular Calcification
• Study Identifies Predictors of Cinacalcet Use After Transplantation
• Renal Function Declines in Living Kidney Donors
• Study Hints at Why Diabetics Are Less Likely to Receive a Renal Transplant
• Researchers Find a Risk Factor for LVH in ESRD Patients
• Biopsies May Predict Renal Outcomes in Patients with Lupus Nephritis
• Renal Disease, Diabetes Linked to Uric Acid
• Counseling Improves Sex Life of Prostate Cancer Patients and their Spouses
• Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio Can Upstage Bladder Cancer Patients Prior to Surgery
• Urinary Symptoms in Men Linked to Low Vitamin D
• Stone Type Linked To Obesity
• FDA Finds No Increased Cancer Risk with Vytorin
• Stem Cells May Replace Immunosuppression in Transplant Patients
• Cancer Risk Higher in Transplant Recipients
• Kidney Transplants Fail to Stop Coronary Artery Calcification
• Transitional Urology: Caring for the Urological Needs of Adults and Adolescents Born with Complex Congenital Anomalies
• Nephrologists and Urologists Collaborate on Implantable Artificial Kidney
• CKD Patients Not Receiving Dietitian Intervention
• Study: Bone Risks Lower with NSS
• Fluoroquinolone Use Raises Post-Biopsy Prostatitis Risk
• Bladder Cancer Survival Lowest in Blacks
• Lymph Node Metastases, Low T Linked
• Higher Uric Acid Raises CKD Risk
• CVD Varies by Race in CKD Population
• Long-Acting Drug for Post-Op Pain Approved
• CROWNWeb: Expanding Facilities' Ability to Report Patient-Based Data
• Improving CV Risk Factors Eases ED
• ACOs and Productivity Metrics in Medicine
• Immediate Post-Operative Creatinine Values Improve AKI Prediction
• Gene for Increased Calcium Absorption Raises PCa Risk
• FGF-23 Predicts Death and CV Events in CKD
• Invasive GFR Test Not Better than eGFR
• Regional Anesthesia Benefits Kidney Recipients
• Putting Money Into Mutual Funds
• Pennsylvania Woman Awarded $23 Million in Malpractice Case
• N.C. Governor Vetoes Medical Malpractice Reform Bill
• Medical Error Risk Similar in Doctors' Offices, Hospitals
• West Virginia Court Upholds Malpractice Damages Cap
• Overactive Bladder Linked to Metabolic Syndrome in Women
• Better Lithotripsy On the Horizon: Interview with James Lingeman, MD
• Examining the Pharmacoeconomics of Advanced Prostate Cancer