Renal Insufficiency

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "What the eyes don't see, the heart doesn't grieve over": epidemiology and risk factors for bloodstream infections following cardiac catheterization. 
  • A case of sustained massive gabapentin overdose without serious side effects. 
  • A multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of aprotinin for reducing blood loss and the requirement for donor-blood transfusion in patients undergoing repeat coronary artery bypass grafting. 
  • A randomized comparison between rasburicase and allopurinol in children with lymphoma or leukemia at high risk for tumor lysis. 
  • ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Renal Failure. 
  • Acute decompensation after removing a central line: practical approaches to increasing safety in the intensive care unit. 
  • Acute pancreatitis and fulminant hepatic failure. 
  • African American-Caucasian American differences in aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis. 
  • Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism predicts the time-course of blood pressure response to angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition in the AASK trial. 
  • Antifibrinolytic agents make alpha1- and beta2-microglobulinuria poor markers of postcardiac surgery renal dysfunction. 
  • Arteriovenous Fistulae for Haemodialysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Efficacy and Safety Outcomes. 
  • Association of tacrolimus time-to-therapeutic range on renal dysfunction and acute cellular rejection after orthotopic heart transplantation in a high use basiliximab population. 
  • Associations between worsening renal function and 30-day outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with heart failure. 
  • Azithromycin use increases the risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with hemodialysis-dependent kidney failure. 
  • Back off baclofen when the kidneys don't work. 
  • Bedside tool for predicting the risk of postoperative dialysis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. 
  • Blockade of tissue factor-factor X binding attenuates sepsis-induced respiratory and renal failure. 
  • Brief Report: Frequency of Monitoring Kidney Function in HIV-Uninfected Persons Using Daily Oral Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Pre-exposure Prophylaxis. 
  • CORR Insights®: Moderate to Severe Renal Insufficiency Is Associated With High Mortality After Hip and Knee Replacement. 
  • Case 24-1998: cholesterol atheroembolism. 
  • Central venous pressure after coronary artery bypass surgery: does it predict postoperative mortality or renal failure? 
  • Characterization of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist Therapy Initiation in High-Risk Patients With Heart Failure. 
  • Class II alloantibody and mortality in simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation. 
  • Clinical Implications of Serum Albumin Levels in Acute Heart Failure: Insights From DOSE-AHF and ROSE-AHF. 
  • Clinical characteristics associated with poor long-term survival among patients with diabetes mellitus undergoing saphenous vein graft interventions. 
  • Clinical relevance of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein as infection markers in renal impairment: a cross-sectional study. 
  • Co-morbidities Associated With Early Mortality in Adults With Spina Bifida. 
  • Combination of voriconazole and caspofungin as primary therapy for invasive aspergillosis in solid organ transplant recipients: a prospective, multicenter, observational study. 
  • Comment on: editorial by Husted et al. "Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs): no longer new or novel". (Thromb Haemost 2014; 111: 781-782). 
  • Community mobility among older adults with reduced kidney function: a study of life-space. 
  • Comparative analysis of antifibrinolytic medications in pediatric heart surgery. 
  • Coronary Thrombosis and Major Bleeding After PCI With Drug-Eluting Stents: Risk Scores From PARIS. 
  • Crescentic IgA nephropathy and acute renal failure in an HIV-positive patient with enteric salmonella infection. 
  • Critical care aspects of lung transplantation. 
  • Current evidence on treatment of patients with chronic systolic heart failure and renal insufficiency: practical considerations from published data. 
  • Development and Validation of a Prediction Model for Kidney Failure in Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cancer. 
  • Diabetic nephropathy: of mice and men. 
  • Distribution of ankle--brachial index and the risk factors of peripheral artery disease in a multi-ethnic Asian population. 
  • Diuretic response in acute heart failure: clinical characteristics and prognostic significance. 
  • Double jeopardy of renal insufficiency and anemia in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions. 
  • Editorial comment: renal insufficiency in HIV-infected patients may not always be HIVAN. 
  • Editorial commentary: renal failure after cardiac transplantation: of bravery, wisdom and honesty. 
  • Effect of Age and Renal Function on Survival After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. 
  • Effect of Pretreatment Renal Function on Treatment and Clinical Outcomes in the Adjuvant Treatment of Older Women With Breast Cancer: Alliance A171201, an Ancillary Study of CALGB/CTSU 49907. 
  • Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Kidney Function in Adults with Prediabetes: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial. 
  • Effects of calcitriol and non-calcemic vitamin D analogs on secondary hyperparathyroidism. 
  • Efficacy and Safety of Sacubitril/Valsartan in High-Risk Patients in the PIONEER-HF Trial. 
  • Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair with carbon dioxide-guided angiography in patients with renal insufficiency. 
  • Epidemiology of cardiorenal syndrome. 
  • Epidemiology of cardiorenal syndrome. 
  • Evaluation of Novel Metrics of Symptom Relief in Acute Heart Failure: The Worst Symptom Score. 
  • Evaluation of Variation in the Performance of GFR Slope as a Surrogate End Point for Kidney Failure in Clinical Trials that Differ by Severity of CKD. 
  • Evaluation of dose requirements for prolonged bivalirudin administration in patients with renal insufficiency and suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. 
  • Exploring the Relationship Between Efpeglenatide Dose and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes: Insights From the AMPLITUDE-O Trial. 
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Hemodynamic Support. 
  • Facility-Level Variation in Dialysis Use and Mortality Among Older Veterans With Incident Kidney Failure. 
  • Factors identified as precipitating hospital admissions for heart failure and clinical outcomes: findings from OPTIMIZE-HF. 
  • Factors influencing function of temporary dialysis catheters. 
  • Fatal Henoch-Schonlein purpura in an adult related to bowel perforation: report and review of the literature. 
  • Ferumoxtyol-enhanced MR Angiography for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Planning in Patients with Renal Failure. 
  • Ferumoxytol MRA for transcatheter aortic valve replacement planning with renal insufficiency. 
  • Final conclusions and recommendations of the National Lipid Association Statin Safety Assessment Task Force. 
  • Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: a need for caution in live-related renal transplantation. 
  • Genetic engineering of mesenchymal stem cells and its application in human disease therapy. 
  • Genome-wide association study of kidney function decline in individuals of European descent. 
  • HIV-1 dynamics in haemodialysis patients. 
  • Haemoconcentration, renal function, and post-discharge outcomes among patients hospitalized for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: insights from the EVEREST trial. 
  • Haemodynamic effects of rolofylline in the treatment of patients with heart failure and impaired renal function. 
  • Heart and kidneys: sharing more than just blood. 
  • Hemodialysis vascular access: effect on urea kinetics and the dialysis prescription. 
  • Heparin-dependent platelet factor 4 antibodies and the impact of renal function on clinical outcomes: a retrospective study in hospitalized patients. 
  • Hepatitis B vaccination and booster in predialysis patients: a 4-year analysis. 
  • Heroic Measures for an American Hero: Attempting to Save the Life of General Douglas MacArthur. 
  • Hybrid procedures in the treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms: a systematic review. 
  • Immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients with COVID-19 infection - where do we stand and where are we heading? 
  • Impact of congestive heart failure in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Impact of diabetes on epidemiology, treatment, and outcomes of patients with heart failure. 
  • Impact of early renal recovery on survival after cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury. 
  • Impact of preoperative renal dysfunction on long-term survival for patients undergoing aortic valve replacement. 
  • Impact of renal insufficiency in patients undergoing primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Implications of Alternative Hepatorenal Prognostic Scoring Systems in Acute Heart Failure (from DOSE-AHF and ROSE-AHF). 
  • Implications of Serum Chloride Homeostasis in Acute Heart Failure (from ROSE-AHF). 
  • Infections after upper extremity allotransplantation: a worldwide population cohort study, 1998-2017. 
  • Influence of clinical trial enrollment on the quality of care and outcomes for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Influence of preoperative renal dysfunction on one-year bypass graft patency and two-year outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. 
  • Influence of renal function on the use of guideline-recommended therapies for patients with heart failure. 
  • International Myeloma Working Group Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Myeloma-Related Renal Impairment. 
  • International consensus definitions of clinical trial outcomes for kidney failure: 2020. 
  • Intracardiac Echinococcal Cyst Causing Biventricular Cavity Obliteration. 
  • Is it quinine TTP/HUS or quinine TMA? ADAMTS13 levels and implications for therapy. 
  • Isavuconazole treatment for rare fungal diseases and for invasive aspergillosis in patients with renal impairment: Challenges and lessons of the VITAL trial. 
  • Kidney disease other than renal crisis in patients with diffuse scleroderma. 
  • Kidney transplantation with rabbit antithymocyte globulin induction and sirolimus monotherapy. 
  • Late-onset kidney failure in survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. 
  • Long-term outcomes after isolated aortic valve replacement in octogenarians: a modern perspective. 
  • Long-term outcomes of medicare beneficiaries with worsening renal function during hospitalization for heart failure. 
  • Long-term outcomes of simultaneous heart and kidney transplantation in pediatric recipients. 
  • Low Risk of Proximal Tubular Dysfunction Associated With Emtricitabine-Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Preexposure Prophylaxis in Men and Women. 
  • Low-flow sevoflurane compared with low-flow isoflurane anesthesia in patients with stable renal insufficiency. 
  • Lower urine sodium predicts longer length of stay in acute heart failure patients: Insights from the ROSE AHF trial. 
  • Lung transplantation in telomerase mutation carriers with pulmonary fibrosis. 
  • Lupus nephritis study--questions. 
  • Management of immune dysfunction after adult cardiac surgery. 
  • MicroRNAs relate to early worsening of renal function in patients with acute heart failure. 
  • Mispredicting and misremembering: patients with renal failure overestimate improvements in quality of life after a kidney transplant. 
  • Mode of death and hospitalization from the Second Follow-up Serial Infusions of Nesiritide (FUSION II) trial and comparison of clinical events committee adjudicated versus investigator reported outcomes. 
  • Moyamoya vasculopathy in a child after hemolytic uremic syndrome: a possible etiopathogenesis. 
  • Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: possible association with a predisposing infection. 
  • No heroic measures: how soon is too soon to stop? 
  • Nutritional intake in children with renal insufficiency: a report of the growth failure in children with renal diseases study. 
  • Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting outcomes stratified by preoperative renal function. 
  • Outcomes and cost-effectiveness of initiating dialysis and continuing aggressive care in seriously ill hospitalized adults. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments. 
  • Outcomes of Medicare beneficiaries undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. 
  • Outcomes of cardiac surgery in patients > or = 80 years: results from the National Cardiovascular Network. 
  • PTH/PTHrP Receptor Mediates Cachexia in Models of Kidney Failure and Cancer. 
  • Paraquat ingestion: a challenging diagnosis. 
  • Partial nephrectomy: technique, complications and pathological findings. 
  • Patient journey after admission for acute heart failure: length of stay, 30-day readmission and 90-day mortality. 
  • Patient-specific antithrombotic strategies: lessons not yet learned from the renal insufficiency paradigm. 
  • Perspectives of African-American Family Members about Kidney Failure Treatment. 
  • Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of sorafenib in patients with hepatic or renal dysfunction: CALGB 60301. 
  • Physician-determined worsening heart failure: a novel definition for early worsening heart failure in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure--association with signs and symptoms, hospitalization duration, and 60-day outcomes. 
  • Physicians' stated trade-off preferences for chronic hepatitis B treatment outcomes in Germany, France, Spain, Turkey, and Italy. 
  • Population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of rivaroxaban in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: results from ROCKET AF. 
  • Posaconazole as salvage treatment of invasive fungal infections in patients with underlying renal impairment. 
  • Positive association of renal insufficiency with agriculture employment and unregulated alcohol consumption in Nicaragua. 
  • Postoperative Renal Failure, Shunt Type, and Mortality After Norwood Palliation. 
  • Predictive Factors of Renal Adaptation After Nephrectomy in Kidney Donors. 
  • Predictors of Increased Length of Hospital Stay Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. 
  • Predictors of prolonged length of stay after lobectomy for lung cancer: a Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database risk-adjustment model. 
  • Predictors of proteinuria and renal failure among women with HIV infection. 
  • Preliminary report on the association of apolipoprotein E polymorphisms, with postoperative peak serum creatinine concentrations in cardiac surgical patients. 
  • Preoperative Renal Insufficiency: Underreporting and Association With Readmission and Major Postoperative Morbidity in an Academic Medical Center. 
  • Preoperative renal insufficiency predicts postoperative adverse outcomes in a mixed surgical population: a retrospective matched cohort study using the NSQIP database. 
  • Preoperative β-blocker use in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: national database analysis. 
  • Prescription of Guideline-Recommended Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Among Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure and Varying Degrees of Renal Function. 
  • Prevalence of Pre-Existing Hearing Loss Among Patients With Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa. 
  • Prevention of stroke and systemic embolism with rivaroxaban compared with warfarin in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation and moderate renal impairment. 
  • Primary renal artery stenting: characteristics and outcomes after 363 procedures. 
  • Prognostic implications of abnormalities in renal function in patients with acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Quality of care and outcomes among patients with heart failure and chronic kidney disease: A Get With the Guidelines -- Heart Failure Program study. 
  • Race, Ancestry, and Genetic Risk for Kidney Failure. 
  • Racial differences in hepatitis C treatment eligibility. 
  • Rates of and factors associated with infection in 200 909 Medicare implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implants: results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Re-Operative Aortic Arch Surgery in a Contemporary Series. 
  • Recurrent hyperparathyroidism and forearm parathyromatosis after total parathyroidectomy. 
  • Regional and Racial Disparities in HIV-Related Kidney Disease. 
  • Relation of serum uric acid levels and outcomes among patients hospitalized for worsening heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (from the efficacy of vasopressin antagonism in heart failure outcome study with tolvaptan trial). 
  • Relationship between heart failure treatment and development of worsening renal function among hospitalized patients. 
  • Relationship between renal function and outcomes in high-risk patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: results from SYNERGY. 
  • Renal failure in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Predictors, clinical and angiographic features, and outcomes. 
  • Renal function after low central venous pressure-assisted liver resection: assessment of 2116 cases. 
  • Renal pathology patterns in type II diabetes mellitus: relationship with retinopathy. The Collaborative Study Group. 
  • Report from the 94th Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting, October 11, 2001. 
  • Retinal microvascular abnormalities and risk of renal failure in Asian populations. 
  • Right-Sided Cardiac Dysfunction in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction and Worsening Renal Function. 
  • Risk Analysis and Outcomes of Postoperative Renal Failure After Aortic Valve Surgery in the United States. 
  • Risk Factors for Rapid Kidney Function Decline Among African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study (JHS). 
  • Risk factors for lower extremity amputation among patients with diabetes in Singapore. 
  • Risk factors for renal impairment revealed after unilateral adrenalectomy in patients with primary aldosteronism. 
  • Risk index for perioperative renal dysfunction/failure: critical dependence on pulse pressure hypertension. 
  • Rivaroxaban in Patients With Recent Peripheral Artery Revascularization and Renal Impairment: The VOYAGER PAD Trial. 
  • Safety and efficacy of adjusted-dose eptifibatide in patients with acute coronary syndromes and reduced renal function. 
  • Safety of aprotinin in congenital heart operations: results from a large multicenter database. 
  • Secondary analysis of the CHOIR trial epoetin-alpha dose and achieved hemoglobin outcomes. 
  • Secondary hyperoxaluria: a risk factor for kidney stone formation and renal failure in native kidneys and renal grafts. 
  • Serelaxin in addition to standard therapy in acute heart failure: rationale and design of the RELAX-AHF-2 study. 
  • Smoking and risk of kidney failure in the Singapore Chinese health study. 
  • Spironolactone in Acute Heart Failure Patients With Renal Dysfunction and Risk Factors for Diuretic Resistance: From the ATHENA-HF Trial. 
  • Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia, hyponatremia, hypertension, proteinuria, and hematuria in a 14-year-old boy. 
  • Statins--is there potential for uncovering new benefits (or detriments)? 
  • Temporal Trends of Digoxin Use in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure: Analysis From the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. 
  • Testicular cancer survivorship: research strategies and recommendations. 
  • The Burden of Congestion in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. 
  • The PROTECT in-hospital risk model: 7-day outcome in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure and renal dysfunction. 
  • The PROTECT pilot study: a randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-finding study of the adenosine A1 receptor antagonist rolofylline in patients with acute heart failure and renal impairment. 
  • The Treatment of Metabolic Acidosis: An Interactive Case-Based Learning Activity. 
  • The efficacy and safety of lenalidomide plus dexamethasone in relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma patients with impaired renal function. 
  • The experience and self-management of fatigue in patients on hemodialysis. 
  • The impact of diabetes mellitus and renal insufficiency on the outcome of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. 
  • The prognostic importance of different definitions of worsening renal function in congestive heart failure. 
  • The risk of valve surgery for endocarditis in patients with dialysis-dependent renal failure. 
  • The safety of an adenosine A(1)-receptor antagonist, rolofylline, in patients with acute heart failure and renal impairment: findings from PROTECT. 
  • The significance of elevated troponin T in patients with nondialysis-dependent renal insufficiency: a validation with coronary angiography. 
  • Thin-section multidetector CT angiography of renal artery stents. 
  • Thromboprophylaxis with fondaparinux in high-risk postoperative patients with renal insufficiency. 
  • Ticlopidine- and clopidogrel-associated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP): review of clinical, laboratory, epidemiological, and pharmacovigilance findings (1989-2008). 
  • Transcranial Doppler emboli count predicts rise in creatinine after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. 
  • Transient and persistent worsening renal function during hospitalization for acute heart failure. 
  • Transthoracic versus transhiatal esophagectomy: a prospective study of 945 patients. 
  • Trends and Characteristics of Hospitalizations in Patients With Heart Transplant. 
  • Trends in Mineral Metabolism Treatment Strategies in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis in the United States. 
  • Troponin T levels in patients with acute coronary syndromes, with or without renal dysfunction. 
  • Use of High-Sensitivity Troponin T to Identify Patients With Acute Heart Failure at Lower Risk for Adverse Outcomes: An Exploratory Analysis From the RELAX-AHF Trial. 
  • Use of renin-angiotensin system blockers in acute coronary syndromes: findings from Get With the Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease Program. 
  • Utilization of hospice and predicted mortality risk among older patients hospitalized with heart failure: findings from GWTG-HF. 
  • Validation of the kidney failure risk equation for end-stage kidney disease in Southeast Asia. 
  • Vestibulotoxicity in a patient without renal failure after inhaled tobramycin. 
  • Vitamin D in patients with renal failure: a summary of observational mortality studies and steps moving forward. 
  • Weekend/holiday versus weekday hospital discharge and guideline adherence (from the American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines--Coronary Artery Disease database). 
  • Worsening renal function and outcome in heart failure patients with reduced and preserved ejection fraction and the impact of angiotensin receptor blocker treatment: data from the CHARM-study programme. 
  • Worsening renal function during decongestion among patients hospitalized for heart failure: Findings from the Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness (ESCAPE) trial. 
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  • Curtis, Lesley H., Professor in Population Health Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
  • Granger, Christopher Bull, Professor of Medicine, School of Nursing
  • O'Connor, Christopher Michael, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology
  • Patel, Uptal Dinesh, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology