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The American Journal of Kidney Diseases, the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, is recognized worldwide as a leader in clinical nephrology content. Press releases highlighting an interesting or innovative article scheduled for publication in a forthcoming issue of AJKD are distributed on a regular basis.
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| Kidney Disease Linked to Depression, Even in Early Stages
September 1, 2009
Prevalence of Major Depressive Episode in CKD
, 04 June 2009
S. Susan Hedayati, Abu T. Minhajuddin, Robert D. Toto, David W. Morris, A. John Rush
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
September 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 3, Pages 424-432)
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| Low Birth Weight May Mean Higher Risk for Kidney Disease
August 5, 2009
Is Low Birth Weight an Antecedent of CKD in Later Life? A Systematic Review of Observational Studies
, 02 April 2009
Sarah L. White, Vlado Perkovic, Alan Cass, Choon Lan Chang, Neil R. Poulter, Tim Spector, Leigh Haysom, Jonathan C. Craig, Isa Al Salmi, Steven J. Chadban, Rachel R. Huxley
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
August 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 2, Pages 248-261)
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| Flu Shot May be Less Effective After Transplant
July 1, 2009
Decreased Antibody Response to Influenza Vaccination in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Prospective Cohort Study
, 30 January 2009
Kelly A. Birdwell, Mine R. Ikizler, Edith C. Sannella, Li Wang, Daniel W. Byrne, T. Alp Ikizler, Peter F. Wright
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
July 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 1, Pages 112-121)
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| KDOQI and KDIGO Issue Joint Position Statement on CKD Classification
June 3, 2009
Definition and Classification of CKD: The Debate Should Be About Patient Prognosis—A Position Statement From KDOQI and KDIGO
, 01 May 2009
Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Jeffrey S. Berns, Michael V. Rocco, Bertram L. Kasiske
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
June 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 6, Pages 915-920)
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| "Baking Soda" Prevents Kidney Damage From Intravenous Dye
April 1, 2009
Sodium Bicarbonate Therapy for Prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
, 25 November 2008
Sankar D. Navaneethan, Sonal Singh, Suresh Appasamy, Richard E. Wing, Ashwini R. Sehgal
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
April 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 4, Pages 617-627)
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| Early Detection Aims to Reverse Rising Rate of Kidney Disease
March 12, 2009
Comprehensive Public Health Strategies for Preventing the Development, Progression, and Complications of CKD: Report of an Expert Panel Convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Andrew S. Levey, Anton C. Schoolwerth, Nilka Ríos Burrows, Desmond E. Williams, Karma Rabon Stith, William McClellan
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
March 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 3, Pages 522-535)
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| Kidney Disease in African Americans Goes Undetected Until the Latest Stages
January 21, 2009
Prevalence and Awareness of CKD Among African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study
Michael F. Flessner, Sharon B. Wyatt, Ermeg L. Akylbekova, Sean Coady, Tibor Fulop, Frederick Lee, Herman A. Taylor, Errol Crook
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
February 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 2, Pages 238-247)
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| Dialysis Treatment Clears the Blood, But Does it Cloud the Vision?
December 1, 2008
Visual Impairment in Elderly Patients Receiving Long-term Hemodialysis
, 15 August 2008
Ernest Chiu, Samuel N. Markowitz, Wendy L. Cook, Sarbjit V. Jassal
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
December 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 6, Pages 1131-1138)
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| Fish Swims to the Top of the Diabetic Diet
November 3, 2008
Cross-sectional Association Between Fish Consumption and Albuminuria: The European Prospective Investigation of Cancer–Norfolk Study
, 05 June 2008
Chee-Tin Christine Lee, Amanda I. Adler, Nita G. Forouhi, Robert Luben, Ailsa Welch, Kay-Tee Khaw, Sheila Bingham, Nicholas J. Wareham
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
November 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 5, Pages 876-886)
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| Cost of Home Dialysis Offset by Better Health, Fewer Hospitalizations
October 1, 2008
Hospitalization Rates in Daily Home Hemodialysis Versus Peritoneal Dialysis Patients in the United States
, 27 August 2008
Victoria A. Kumar, Mateo L. Ledezma, Mohammed L. Idroos, Raoul J. Burchette, Scott A. Rasgon
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
October 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 4, Pages 737-744)
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| Hemodialysis Patients Plagues by Insomnia
August 1, 2008
Subjective and Objective Sleep Quality in Patients on Conventional Thrice-Weekly Hemodialysis: Comparison With Matched Controls From the Sleep Heart Health Study
, 10 July 2008
Mark L. Unruh, Mark H. Sanders, Susan Redline, Beth M. Piraino, Jason G. Umans, Hassan Chami, Rohit Budhiraja, Naresh M. Punjabi, Daniel Buysse, Anne B. Newman
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
August 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 2, Pages 305-313)
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| Kidney Disease Linked to Dementia
August 1, 2008
Albuminuria and Dementia in the Elderly: A Community Study
, 13 May 2008
Joshua I. Barzilay, Annette L. Fitzpatrick, Jose Luchsinger, Sevil Yasar, Charles Bernick, Nancy S. Jenny, Lewis H. Kuller
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
August 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 2, Pages 216-226)
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| Loss of Smell May Be Associated with Severe Malnutrition in Kidney Dialysis Patients
July 1, 2008
Relationship of Impaired Olfactory Function in ESRD to Malnutrition and Retained Uremic Molecules
, 23 April 2008
Amanda C. Raff, Sung Lieu, Michal L. Melamed, Zhe Quan, Manish Ponda, Timothy W. Meyer, Thomas H. Hostetter
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
July 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 1, Pages 102-110)
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| Recycled Hemodialysis Water a Boon to Drought-Stricken Areas
July 1, 2008
Recycling Wastewater After Hemodialysis: An Environmental Analysis for Alternative Water Sources in Arid Regions
Faissal Tarrass, Meryem Benjelloun, Omar Benjelloun
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
July 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 1, Pages 154-158)
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| Painful Kidney Stones Tied to Metabolic Syndrome
May 1, 2008
Metabolic Syndrome and Self-Reported History of Kidney Stones: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) 1988-1994
, 25 March 2008
Bradford West, Amy Luke, Ramon A. Durazo-Arvizu, Guichan Cao, David Shoham, Holly Kramer
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
May 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 5, Pages 741-747)
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| Top Killers Triggered by Kidney Disease
April 2, 2008
CKD and Cardiovascular Disease in Screened High-Risk Volunteer and General Populations: The Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004
Peter A. McCullough, Suying Li, Claudine T. Jurkovitz, Lesley A. Stevens, Changchun Wang, Allan J. Collins, Shu-Cheng Chen, Keith C. Norris, Samy I. McFarlane, Bruce Johnson, Michael G. Shlipak, Chamberlain I. Obialo, Wendy Weinstock Brown, Joseph A. Vassalotti, Adam T. Whaley-Connell, Kidney Early Evaluation Program Investigators
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
April 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 4, Supplement 2, Pages S38-S45)
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| For Kidney Disease, Early Outreach Works
April 2, 2008
Participant Follow-up in the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) After Initial Detection
Allan J. Collins, Suying Li, Shu-Cheng Chen, Joseph A. Vassalotti
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
April 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 4, Supplement 2, Pages S69-S76)
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| Kidney Disease is Below the Radar Screen Even for Those at Risk
April 1, 2008
Attitudes and Behaviors of African Americans Regarding Early Detection of Kidney Disease
, 07 March 2008
Amy D. Waterman, Teri Browne, Brian M. Waterman, Elisa H. Gladstone, Thomas Hostetter
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
April 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 4, Pages 554-562)
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| Kidney Disease Common in China
March 3, 2008
Prevalence and Factors Associated With CKD: A Population Study From Beijing
LuXia Zhang, PuHong Zhang, Fang Wang, Li Zuo, Ying Zhou, Ying Shi, Gang Li, ShuFang Jiao, ZeJun Liu, WanNian Liang, HaiYan Wang
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
March 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 3, Pages 373-384)
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| Black Men Most at Risk in Kidney, Cardiovascular Disease
February 1, 2008
Race and Sex Differences in Hypertension Control in CKD: Results From the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP)
, 03 January 2008
Obidiugwu Kenrik Duru, Suying Li, Claudine Jurkovitz, George Bakris, Wendy Brown, Shu-Cheng Chen, Allan Collins, Michael Klag, Peter A. McCullough, Janet McGill, Andrew Narva, Pablo Pergola, Ajay Singh, Keith Norris
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
February 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 2, Pages 192-198)
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| Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Still Common Among Kidney Dialysis Patients
Hit by Katrina
October 1, 2007
Prevalence and Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Hemodialysis Patients Following Hurricane Katrina
Amanda D. Hyre, Andrew J. Cohen, Nancy Kutner, Arnold B. Alper, Paul Muntner
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
October 2007 (Vol. 50, Issue 4, Pages 585-593)
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| Two Simple Tests Protect Patients from Common Killer
August 8, 2007
Testing for Chronic Kidney Disease: A Position Statement From the National Kidney Foundation
Joseph A. Vassalotti, Lesley A. Stevens, Andrew S. Levey
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
August 2007 (Vol. 50, Issue 2, Pages 169-180)
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| Rehab Aids Recovery in Dialysis Patients
July 1, 2007
Quality Improvement Through the Introduction of Interdisciplinary Geriatric Hemodialysis Rehabilitation Care
Marilyn Li, Eveline Porter, Robert Lam, Sarbjit V. Jassal
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
July 2007 (Vol. 50, Issue 1, Pages 90-97)
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