Vol. 4 — July-August 2007

• Macroalbuminuria and microalbuminuria: do both predict renal and cardiovascular events with similar strength?
  

  P.E. De Jong¹, R.T. Gansevoort¹, S.J.L. Bakker¹

  (1) Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen - Th

• Methodological considerations for research in nocturnal home hemodialysis
  

  R.P. Pauly¹, J.-F. Boivin², C.T. Chan¹

  (1) Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Toronto General Hospital-University Health Network,
  (2) Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec - Canada

• Surgical salvage of the autogenous arteriovenous fistula (AVF)
  

  L.M. Spergel¹, Pietro Ravani², P. Roy-Chaudhury³, A. Asif⁴, A. Besarab⁵

  (1) Dialysis Management Medical Group, San Francisco, California - USA
  (2) Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland - Canada a
  (3) Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio - USA
  (4) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miam
  (5) Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan - USA

• Interventional nephrology: from episodic to coordinated vascular access care
  

  A. Asif¹, A. Besarab², P. Roy-Chaudhury³, L.M. Spergel⁴, Pietro Ravani⁵

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miam
  (2) Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan - USA
  (3) Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio - USA
  (4) Dialysis Management Medical Group, San Francisco, California - USA
  (5) Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland - Canada a

• Effect of early corticosteroid therapy on development of Henoch-Schnlein nephritis
  

  U.S. Bayrakci¹, R. Topaloglu¹, O. Soylemezoglu², M. Kalyoncu¹, S. Ozen¹, N. Besbas¹, A. Bakkaloglu¹

  (1) Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara - Turkey
  (2) Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara - Turkey

• Will the addition of pentoxifylline reduce proteinuria in patients with diabetic glomerulosclerosis refractory to maxima
  

  C.J. Diskin¹, T.J. Stokes¹, L.M. Dansby¹, L. Radcliff¹, T.B. Carter¹

  (1) Hypertension, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Clinic, Auburn University, Opelika, Alabama -

• Warfarin and aortic valve calcification in hemodialysis patients
  

  R.M. Holden¹, A.S. Sanfilippo², W.M. Hopman³, D. Zimmerman⁴, J.S. Garland¹, A.R. Morton¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario - Canada
  (2) Division of Cardiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario - Canada
  (3) Clinical Research Centre, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario - Canada
  (4) Department of Nephrology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario - Canada

• Inflammation, malnutrition and vascular contraction in experimental chronic kidney disease
  

  A. Brymora¹, M. Flisinski¹, G. Grzesk², L. Szadujkis-Szadurski², G. Odrowaz-Sypniewska³, J. Manitius¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Internal Diseases, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicola
  (2) Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus Uni
  (3) Department of Clinical Chemistry, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University, To

• Evaluation of renal function in human visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar): a prospective study on 50 patients from Brazil
  

  F.A.A. Lima Verde¹, F.A. Lima Verde², I.A. Lima Verde¹, G.B. Silva Junior³, E.F. Daher⁴, E.M. Lima Verde⁵

  (1) Instituto de Nefrologia do Cear (INECE), Fortaleza, CE - Brazil
  (2) Instituto de Nefrologia do Cear (INECE), Fortaleza, CE and Division of Internal Medicine, Hospital G
  (3) Division of Internal Medicine, Hospital Geral Dr. Csar Cals (HGCC), Fortaleza, CE - Brazil
  (4) Division of Internal Medicine, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza (HGF), Fortaleza, CE and Department of In
  (5) Instituto de Nefrologia do Cear (INECE), Fortaleza, CE and Department of Internal Medicine, School o

• Cystatin C as a marker of early changes of renal function in Fabry nephropathy
  

  S. Feriozzi¹, D.P. Germain², R. Di Vito³, A. Legrand⁴, R. Ricci⁵, F. Barbey⁶

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Ospedale Belcolle, Viterbo - Italy
  (2) Centre de reference pour la maladie de Fabry et les maladies hereditaires du tissu conjonctif, AP-HP
  (3) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Ospedale Bernabeo, Ortona, Chieti - Italy
  (4) Department of Biochemistry, CHU Kremlin Bicetre Cedex- France
  (5) Institute of Clinical Pediatrics, Universit Cattolica S. Cuore, Rome - Italy
  (6) Department of Nephrology, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne - Switzerland

• Serum matrix metalloproteinases MMP-2 and MMP-9 and metalloproteinase tissue inhibitors TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 in diabetic ne
  

  J. Rysz¹, M. Banach², R.A. Stolarek¹, J. Pasnik³, A. Cialkowska-Rysz⁴, R. Koktysz⁵, M. Piechota⁶, Z. Baj⁷

  (1) Second Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz - Poland
  (2) Department of Cardiology, First Chair of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Lodz,
  (3) Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz - Poland
  (4) Department of Oncology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz - Poland
  (5) Department of Pathology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz - Poland
  (6) Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz - Poland
  (7) Department of Pathophysiology and Clinical Immunology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz - Poland

• Consequences of the implementation of K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines for Bone Metabolism and Disease in Chronic Kid
  

  M.D. Arenas¹, F. Alvarez-Ude², V. Torregrosa³, M.T. Gil¹, M.A. Carreton¹, A. Moledous¹, C. Nunez¹, R. Devesa¹, B. Albiach¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Perpetuo Socorro Hospital, Alicante - Spain
  (2) Department of Nephrology, Segovia General Hospital, Segovia - Spain
  (3) Department of Nephrology, Hospital Clnico, Barcelona - Spain

• Identification of central venous hemodialysis catheter-related infection by a semiquantitative culture method
  

  H.-P. Brodersen¹, B. Beckers², M Clauss¹, J. vom Dahl¹, J. Floege³, U. Janssen¹

  (1) Department of Cardiology, Nephrology and Intensive Care Medicine, Krankenhaus St. Franziskus, Klinik
  (2) Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Mnchengladbach - Germany
  (3) Division of Nephrology and Immunology, University of Aachen, Aachen - Germany

• Cystatin C as marker of residual renal function in patients on peritoneal dialysis: relation with parameters of peritone
  

  S. Ros¹, A. Bajo¹, G. Del Peso¹, A. Garcia de Miguel¹, S. Santacruz², E. Fernandez¹, R. de Garcia¹, R. Selgas¹

  (1) Nephrology and Biochemistry Unit, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid - Spain
  (2) Instituto Reina Sofa de Investigacin Nefrolgica (FRIAT), Madrid - Spain

• Chloride, but not unmeasured anions, is correlated with renal bone disease markers
  

  A.B. Liborio¹, D.T. Noritomi¹, M.C. Martins de Castro¹

  (1) Nephrology Division, University of So Paulo School of Medicine, Hospital das Clnicas, So Paulo - Bra

• Vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats: is enzyme elevation a consistent finding in tubular injury?
  

  B. Naghibi¹, T. Ghafghazi², V. Hajhashemi², A. Talebi³

  (1) Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Kerman University of Medical Sciences
  (2) Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Me
  (3) Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan - Iran

• Rifampicin-associated segmental necrotizing glomerulonephritis in staphylococcal endocarditis
  

  K.J. Wiggins¹, J.W. Galanos², P.A. Hill³, K.V. Scott², R.G. Langham¹

  (1) Department of Renal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria and The University of Melb
  (2) Department of Renal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria - Australia
  (3) Department of Anatomical Pathology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria - Australia

• Nephrotic syndrome resulting from focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in a peripheral blood stem cell transplant patient
  

  M. Heras¹, A. Saiz², R. Sanchez¹, M.J. Fernandez-Reyes¹, F. Mampaso², J.A. Queizan³, A. Molina¹, L. Vazquez⁴, F. Alvarez-Ude¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Segovia General Hospital, Segovia - Spain
  (2) Department of Pathological Anatomy, Ramon y Cajal Hospital, Madrid - Spain
  (3) Department of Hematology, General Hospital, Segovia - Spain
  (4) Department of Hematology, University Hospital, Salamanca - Spain