Scholars@Duke
Benjamin Peter Catanese

Benjamin Peter Catanese

Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine
Medicine, Nephrology
benjamin.catanese@duke.edu
300 W. Morgan Street, Office 821, Durham, NC 27701

Selected Publications

Cardiac Arrest in Outpatient Hemodialysis Units: A National Cross-Sectional Survey of Dialysis Technicians.

Journal Article Am J Kidney Dis · July 2025 RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE: Cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death for hemodialysis patients and often occurs within outpatient dialysis units. Approximately one-fifth of dialysis unit resuscitations are not initiated until emergency medical service perso ... Full text Link to item Cite

Point-of-Care Kidney and Genitourinary Ultrasound in Adults: Image Acquisition.

Journal Article J Vis Exp · June 21, 2024 A range of conditions involving the kidneys and urinary bladder can cause organ-threatening complications that are preventable if diagnosed promptly with diagnostic imaging. Common imaging modalities include either computed tomography or diagnostic ultraso ... Full text Link to item Cite

A pilot study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of treprostinil in the treatment of calcinosis in systemic sclerosis

Journal Article Rheumatology · May 30, 2022 AbstractObjectivesWe evaluated the safety and efficacy of oral treprostinil in preventing progression of SSc-associated calcinosis. Full text Cite

Obesity and survival in the neoadjuvant breast cancer setting: Role of tumor subtype and race.

Journal Article Journal of Clinical Oncology · May 20, 2017 e12136 Background: Obesity may adversely influence survival in breast cancer; however, studies are conflicting and limited in the neoadjuvant setting. Results may also vary by tumor subtype and race/ethnicity. Our study seeks to ... Full text Cite

Concurrent use of capecitabine with radiation therapy and survival in breast cancer (BC) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Journal Article Journal of Clinical Oncology · May 20, 2017 e12117 Background: Capecitabine has been studied as a radiosensitizer in rectal cancer, but its role in BC is unclear. Our study seeks to examine the association of concurrent capecitabine/radiation therapy (RT) on survival in wo ... Full text Cite