Vol. 6 — November-December 2011

• Natural antioxidants and vascular calcification: a possible benefit
  

  Pablo Roman-Garcia¹, Sara Barrio-Vazquez¹, Jose Luis Fernandez-Martin¹, Maria Piedad Ruiz-Torres², Jorge B. Cannata-Andia¹

  (1) Bone and Mineral Research Unit, Asturias Central University Hospital, Oviedo, Asturias - Spain and REDinREN del ISCIII, Oviedo University, Asturias - Spain
  (2) REDinREN del ISCIII, Oviedo University, Asturias - Spain and Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alcala, Alcalá, Madrid - Spain

• Should we shift toward higher blood pressure targets in patients with chronic kidney disease?
  

  Giorgio Gentile¹, Giovanni F.M. Strippoli^2,3,4,5

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia - Italy and Diaverum Italy Medical Office, Bari - Italy
  (2) Diaverum Italy Medical Office, Bari - Italy
  (3) Mario Negri Sud Consortium, Santa Maria Imbaro, Chieti - Italy
  (4) School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney - Australia
  (5) Diaverum Medical-Scientific Office, Lund - Sweden

• Targeted therapies in diabetic nephropathy: an update
  

  Ankur Gupta¹, Preeti Gupta², Mohan Biyani¹

  (1) Nephrology Division, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario - Canada
  (2) CGHS, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi - India Nephrology Division, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario - Canada

• What would we like to know, and what do we not know about fibroblast growth factor 23?
  

  Mario Cozzolino¹, Andrea Galassi², Mugurel Apetrii³, Adrian Covic³

  (1) Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry, S. Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Milan - Italy
  (2) Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, Desio Hospital, Desio - Italy
  (3) Department of Internal Medicine, University “Gr T. Popa,” Iasi - Romania and Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Center, “C. I. Parhon” University Hospital, Iasi - Romania

• Lymphocele after renal transplantation, a medical complication
  

  Enrico E. Minetti¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Renal Transplant Unit, Niguarda Ca’ Granda Hospital, Milan - Italy

• Ferumoxytol: a new era of iron deficiency anemia treatment for patients with chronic kidney disease
  

  Mariusz Kowalczyk¹, Maciej Banach², Jacek Rysz¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Family Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz - Poland
  (2) Department of Hypertension, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz - Poland

• Searching for medical information online: a survey of Canadian nephrologists
  

  Salimah Z. Shariff¹, Shayna A.D. Bejaimal², Jessica M. Sontrop³, Arthur V. Iansavichus⁴, Matthew A. Weir⁴, R. Brian Haynes⁵, Mark R. Speechley³, Amardeep Thind³, Amit X. Garg⁶

  (1) Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario - Canada and Division of Nephrology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario - Canada
  (2) Division of Nephrology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario – Canada
  (3) Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario - Canada
  (4) Division of Nephrology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario - Canada
  (5) Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario - Canada and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario - Canada
  (6) Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario - Canada and Division of Nephrology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario - Canada and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario - Canada

• Hypertension management in chronic kidney disease: translating guidelines into daily practice
  

  Luca De Nicola¹, Silvio Borrelli¹, Paolo Chiodini², Pasquale Zamboli¹, Carmela Iodice¹, Francis B. Gabbai³, Giuseppe Conte¹, Roberto Minutolo¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Second University of Naples, Naples - Italy
  (2) Department of Biostatistics, Second University of Naples, Naples - Italy
  (3) Division of Nephrology, University of California in San Diego, San Diego, California - USA

• Calcium mass balances during standard bicarbonate hemodialysis and long-hour slow-flow bicarbonate hemodialysis
  

  Carlo Basile¹, Pasquale Libutti¹, Anna Lucia Di Turo¹, Sergio Tundo², Pasquale Maselli², Francesco Casucci¹, Nicola Losurdo¹, Annalisa Teutonico¹, Luigi Vernaglione³, Carlo Lomonte¹

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Miulli General Hospital, Acquaviva delle Fonti - Italy
  (2) Laboratory Medicine, Miulli General Hospital, Acquaviva delle Fonti - Italy
  (3) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Giannuzzi Hospital, Manduria - Italy

• Acute kidney injury in patients presenting with hyponatremia
  

  Denise Adams¹, Robert de Jonge², Tischa van der Cammen¹, Robert Zietse¹, Ewout J. Hoorn¹

  (1) Departments of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - The Netherlands
  (2) Clinical Chemistry, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - The Netherlands

• One-year results of an open-label study on antiproteinuric effect of benidipine in elderly patients with chronic kidney
  

  Yasuhiko Tomino¹, Yoshio Shimizu¹, Chieko Hamada¹, Atsushi Kurusu¹, Isao Ohsawa¹, Yusuke Suzuki¹, Toshinao Tsuge¹, Hiroaki Io¹, Noriyoshi Kobayashi¹, Yukihiko Takeda¹, Katsuhiko Asanuma¹, Yuichi Tanaka¹, Hitoshi Suzuki¹, Jun-ichiro Nakata¹, Katsuhiko Takara¹, Satoshi Horikoshi¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo - Japan

• Preoperative left ventricular dysfunction predisposes to postoperative acute kidney injury and long-term mortality
  

  Jan-Peter van Kuijk¹, Willem-Jan Flu¹, Tabita M. Valentijn², Michel Chonchol³, Michiel T. Voûte¹, Ruud J. Kuiper¹, Hence J.M. Verhagen¹, Jeroen J. Bax⁴, Don Poldermans¹

  (1) Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - The Netherlands
  (2) Department of Cardiology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein - The Netherlands
  (3) Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Health Sciences Center, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado - USA
  (4) Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden - The Netherlands

• LDL particle size and number compared with LDL cholesterol and risk categorization in end-stage renal disease patients
  

  Rodney G. Bowden¹, Ronald L. Wilson², A. Alexander Beaujean³

  (1) Department of Health, Human Performance, and Recreation, School of Education, Baylor University, Waco, Texas - USA
  (2) Central Texas Nephrology Associates, Waco, Texas - USA
  (3) Baylor Psychometric Laboratory, Baylor University, Waco, Texas - USA

• Gene expression profiling in ethnic Malays with type 2 diabetes mellitus, with and without diabetic nephropathy
  

  Faradianna E. Lokman¹, Norhashimah A. Seman¹, Aziz al-Safi Ismail², Nor Azwany Yaacob², Norlaila Mustafa³, Amir S.M. Khir⁴, Zanariah Hussein⁵, Wan Nazaimoon Wan Mohamud¹

  (1) Cardiovascular, Diabetes and Nutrition Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
  (2) School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu - Malaysia
  (3) Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
  (4) Penang Medical College, Malaysia, Penang - Malaysia
  (5) Putrajaya Hospital, Putrajaya - Malaysia

• Implementation of exercise training programs in a hemodialysis unit: effects on physical performance
  

  Massimo Bulckaen¹, Alessandro Capitanini², Sara Lange¹, Andrea Caciula¹, Franco Giuntoli¹, Adamasco Cupisti³

  (1) Rehabilitation Medicine Unit, Pescia Hospital, Pescia - Italy
  (2) Nephrology Unit, Pescia Hospital, Pescia - Italy
  (3) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa - Italy

• Altered expression of nerve growth factor and its receptors in the kidneys of diabetic rats
  

  Luigi Aloe¹, Simona Rossi¹, Luigi Manni¹

  (1) Institute of Neurobiology and Molecular Medicine, NGF Section, National Research Council (CNR), Rome - Italy

• Simultaneous multicystic kidney and Anderson-Fabry disease: 2 separate entities or same side of the coin
  

  Antonio Pisani¹, Eleonora Riccio¹, Bruno Cianciaruso¹, Massimo Imbriaco²

  (1) Department of Nephrology, University Federico II, Naples - Italy
  (2) Department of Radiology, University Federico II, Naples - Italy