Vol. 5 — September-October 2010

• Diuretic therapy: key aspects in hypertension and renal disease
  

  Michael E. Ernst¹, Joel A. Gordon²

  (1) Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, and Department of Family Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa - USA
  (2) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa - USA

• Back to the future: extended dialysis for treatment of acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit
  

  Jan T. Kielstein¹, Mario Schiffer¹, Carsten Hafer¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School Hannover, Hannover - Germany

• Old age and frailty in the dialysis population
  

  Edwina A. Brown¹, Lina Johansson¹

  (1) Imperial College Kidney and Transplant Institute, Hammersmith Hospital, London - UK

• Potential role of the (pro)renin receptor in cardiovascular and kidney diseases
  

  Christelle Cousin¹, Diane Bracquart¹, Aurelie Contrepas¹, Geneviève Nguyen¹

  (1) Inserm Unité 833 and Collège de France, Paris - France

• Vitamin D receptor activators and response to injury in kidney diseases
  

  Theodoros Eleftheriadis¹, Georgia Antoniadi², Vassilios Liakopoulos³, Nikolaos Antoniadis⁴, Ioannis Stefanidis³, Grammati Galaktidou⁵

  (1) Department of Nephrology, General Hospital of Serres, Serres - Greece and Research Institute, Theagenion Anticancer Hospital, Thessaloniki - Greece
  (2) Department of Nephrology, General Hospital of Serres, Serres - Greece
  (3) Department of Nephrology, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa - Greece
  (4) Organ Transplant Unit, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki - Greece
  (5) Research Institute, Theagenion Anticancer Hospital, Thessaloniki - Greece

• Challenge of phosphorus control in hemodialysis patients: a problem of adherence?
  

  María Dolores Arenas¹, Tamara Malek¹, María Teresa Gil¹, Analía Moledous¹, Fernando Alvarez-Ude², Abilio Reig-Ferrer³

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Hospital Perpetuo Socorro, Alicante - Spain
  (2) Department of Nephrology, Hospital General Segovia, Segovia - Spain
  (3) Department of Health Psychology, University of Alicante, Alicante - Spain

• Cardiorenal protective effect of the oral uremic toxin absorbent AST-120 in chronic heart disease patients with moderate
  

  Hiroshi Shibahara¹, Nami Shibahara²

  (1) Blood Purification Center, Sagamihara Kyodo Hospital, Kanagawa - Japan
  (2) Hashimoto Minami Internal Medicine Clinic, Kanagawa - Japan

• Effect of phlorizin on SGLT2 expression in the kidney of diabetic rats
  

  Horacio Osorio¹, Rocío Bautista², Amelia Rios³, Martha Franco³, Abraham Arellano³, Hilda Vargas-Robles², Eunice Romo², Bruno Escalante⁴

  (1) Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Center for Advanced Research and Study of the National Polytechnical Institute (CINVESTAV) Mexico City and Department of Nephrology, Ignacio Chavez National Cardiology Institute, Mexico City - Mexico
  (2) Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Center for Advanced Research and Study of the National Polytechnical Institute (CINVESTAV) Mexico City - Mexico
  (3) Department of Nephrology, Ignacio Chavez National ?Cardiology Institute, Mexico City - Mexico
  (4) Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Center for Advanced Research and Study of the National Polytechnical Institute (CINVESTAV) Mexico City and Center for Advanced Research and Study of the National Polytechnical Institute (CINVESTAV) Monterrey, Apodaca - Mexico.

• Pattern of urinary sediments and comparison with dipstick urinalysis in hypertensive Nigerians
  

  Timothy O. Olanrewaju¹, Ademola Aderibigbe¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin - Nigeria

• Impact of calcium, phosphate, PTH abnormalities and management on mortality in hemodialysis: Results from the RISCAVID s
  

  Vincenzo Panichi¹, Roberto Bigazzi², Sabrina Paoletti¹, Emanuela Mantuano³, Sara Beati⁴, Valentina Marchetti⁵, Giada Bernabini⁴, Giovanni Grazi⁵, Riccardo Giust⁶, Alberto Rosati⁶, Massimiliano Migliori⁴, Antonio Pasquariello⁶, Erica Panicucci⁷, Giuliano Barsotti⁸, Antonio Bellasi⁹, On behalf of the RISCAVID Study Group

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis, Versilia Hospital, Lido di Camaiore - Italy
  (2) Nephrology and Dialysis, Livorno Hospital, Livorno - Italy
  (3) Nephrology and Dialysis, Livorno Hospital, Livorno – Italy
  (4) Nephrology and Dialysis, Versilia Hospital, Lido di Camaiore – Italy
  (5) Internal Medicine, Pontedera Hospital, Pontedera - Italy
  (6) Nephrology and Dialysis, Lucca Hospital, Lucca - Italy
  (7) Biomedicine and Statistics, University of Pisa, Pisa - Italy
  (8) Internal Medicine Department, University of Pisa, Pisa - Italy
  (9) Nephrology, dialysis and Hypertension Department, S. Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic, University Hospital, Bologna - Italy

• Dihydropyridine calcium antagonists are associated with increased albuminuria in treatment-resistant hypertensives
  

  Diana Hummel¹, Ulrike Raff¹, Thomas K. Schwarz¹, Markus P. Schneider¹, Roland E. Schmieder¹, Bernhard M.W. Schmidt

  (1) Medical Department 4, Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen - Germany

• A protocolized approach to vancomycin dosing in conventional hemodialysis
  

  Raphael Panais¹, David Jay Hirsch¹, Christine Dipchand¹, Leroy Storsley², Simon Neil Finkle¹

  (1) Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia - Canada
  (2) Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba - Canada

• A new index of hemodialysis adequacy: clearance x dialysis time / bioelectrical resistance
  

  Carlo Basile¹, Luigi Vernaglione², Carlo Lomonte¹, Vincenzo Bellizzi³, Nicola Dambrosio⁴, Biagio Di Iorio³

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, “Miulli” General Hospital, Acquaviva delle Fonti, Bari - Italy
  (2) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, “Giannuzzi” Hospital, Manduria, Taranto - Italy
  (3) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, “Landolfi” Hospital, Solofra, Avellino - Italy
  (4) Diaverum Renal Services, Acquaviva delle Fonti, Bari - Italy

• The impact of peritransplant warfarin use on renal transplant outcome
  

  Dervla M. Connaughton¹, Paul J. Phelan¹, Jansen Scheult¹, Marwan Ma'ayeh¹, Patrick O'Kelly¹, Joseph J. Walshe¹, Colm Magee¹, Dilly Little², David Hickey², Jiri Slaby³, Peter J. Conlon¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin - Ireland
  (2) Department of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin - Ireland
  (3) Department of Haematology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin - Ireland

• Correlation between endothelin-1 and atherosclerosis in chronic hemodialysis patients
  

  Hong Liu¹, Youming Peng¹, Fuyou Liu¹, Yinghong Liu¹, Lin Ouyang¹, Weiwei Xiao¹, Meichu Cheng¹, Xing Chen¹, Lei Gao

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Second Xiangya Hospital,Central South University, Nephrology Instituteof Central South University, Changsha – PRC

• Survey of determinants and effects of timing of referral to a nephrologist: the patient's point of view
  

  Anteo Di Napoli¹, Sabrina Valle¹, Gianna d'Adamo², Patrizio Pezzotti¹, Serena Chicca¹, Marco Pignocco¹, Cosimo Spinelli², Salvatore Di Giulio³, Domenico Di Lallo¹, Predialysis Study Group of Lazio

  (1) Lazio Dialysis Registry, Agency for Public Health of Lazio Region, Rome - Italy
  (2) Department of Nephrology, Santo Spirito Hospital, Rome - Italy
  (3) Department of Nephrology, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome - Italy

• Resistant arterial hypertension: association with syncronous kidney cancer and adrenal adenoma
  

  Loretta Pittavini¹, Andrea De Gaetano², Giuseppe Solano², Attilio Losito²

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis Division, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia – Italy
  (2) Nephrology and Dialysis Division, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia - Italy

• Gitelman syndrome with mental retardation: a case report
  

  Gonca Aylin Tuhta¹, Alparslan Tuhta², Murat Erdogan²

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Siirt, Siirt - Turkey
  (2) Department of Orthopaedics, General Hospital of Siirt, Siirt - Turkey