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
- Dialysis-Requiring AKI Rises Sharply
- Rapid Renal Decline in the Elderly Linked to Systolic Blood Pressure
- Predialysis Renal Decline Patterns Identified
- Vitamin D Regimen May Treat SHPT in Renal Transplant Patients
- 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
- Better Lithotripsy On the Horizon: Interview with James Lingeman, MD
- Overactive Bladder Linked to Metabolic Syndrome in Women
- Examining the Pharmacoeconomics of Advanced Prostate Cancer
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