Although there is a perception that the use of peritoneal dialysis is declining worldwide,
compilations of global data are unavailable to test this hypothesis. We assessed longitudinal …

In the March 2007 issue of JASN, Hemmelgarn et al. 1 reported a 50% reduction in the risk
for all-cause mortality for patients who had chronic kidney disease (CKD) and attended …

Context Laboratory reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) has been widely
implemented, with limited evaluation. Objective To examine trends in nephrologist visits and …

Background: Acute kidney injury is a serious complication of elective major surgery. Acute
dialysis is used to support life in the most severe cases. We examined whether rates and …

Background Many patients start renal replacement therapy urgently on in-center hemodialysis
via a central venous catheter, which is considered suboptimal. An alternative approach to …

Statins abrogate ischemic renal injury in animal studies but whether they are renoprotective
in humans is unknown. We conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study that …

Results Between 1995 and 2009, 13,120 incident adult PD patients were identified from the
Canadian Organ Replacement Register. Compared with the 1995–2000 cohort (n= 5183), …

BACKGROUND: Clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) have the potential to improve
kidney-related drug prescribing by supporting the appropriate initiation, modification, …

Purpose of review: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an increasingly common problem among
hospitalized patients. Patients who survive an AKI-associated hospitalization are at higher risk …

Background Haemodialysis centres have conventionally provided maintenance haemodialysis
using a standard dialysate temperature (eg, 36·5C) for all patients. Many centres now …