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Innovative papers

Nephrology is an evolving field—and we want to share some of its highlights with you. Every two weeks, our distinguished nephrologist consultants from around the globe choose an exemplary and influential article about dialysis, and a co-author of the paper writes a summary for Home Dialysis Central. A commentary on the merits of the article is made by one of our consultants.

  • Agar JW, Mahadevan K, Knight R, Antonis ML, Somerville CA. 'Flexible' or 'lifestyle' dialysis: is this the way forward? Nephrology (Carlton) 2005;10,525-9.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20060217/
  • Agar JW, Pierratos A. Changes in hemoglobin and albumin concentration during nocturnal home hemodialysis. Hemodial Int 2007 Jul;11(3):303-8.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20080128/
  • Agar JWM, Somerville CA, Dwyer KD, Simmonds RE, Boddington JM, Waldron JM. Nocturnal hemodialysis in Australia. Hemodial Int 2003;7:278-89.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050819/
  • Ayus JC, Mizani MR, Achinger SG, Thadhani R, Go AS, Lee S. Effects of short daily versus conventional hemodialysis on left ventricular hypertrophy and inflammatory markers: a prospective, controlled study. J Am Soc Neph 2005;16:2778-88.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20051014/
  • Bakir AA. Citrate and aluminum interaction in chronic renal failure: a historic note.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20051222/
  • Bernardini J, Bender F, Florio T, Sloand J, PalmMontalbano L, Fried L, Piraino B. Randomized double blinded trial of antibiotic exit site cream for prevention of exit site infection in peritoneal dialysis patients. J Am Soc Neph 2005;16:539-45.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050610/
  • Blagg CR, Kjellstrand CM, Ting GO, Young BA. Comparison of survival between short-daily hemodialysis and conventional hemodialysis using the standardized mortality ratio. Hemodialysis International 2006;10:371-4.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20070126/
  • Block GA, Hubert-Sheraton TE, Levin NW, Port FK. Association of serum phosphorus and calcium x phosphate product with mortality risk in chronic hemodialysis patient: a national study. Am J Kidney Dis 1998;31(4):607-17.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050527/
  • Chan CT. Cardiovascular impact of nocturnal hemodialysis.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20051007/
  • Charra B, Bergstrom J, Scribner BH. Blood pressure control in dialysis patients: the importance of the lag phenomenon. Am J Kidney Dis 1998;32:720-4.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20060120/
  • Charra B, Calemard E, Ruffet M, Chazot C, Terra JC, Vanel T, Laurent G. Survival as an index of dialysis. Kidney Int 1992;41:1286-91.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050624/
  • Charra B, Chazot C. The neglect of sodium restriction in dialysis patients: a short review. Hemodial Int 2003;7:342-7.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050429/
  • Fadem SZ. Can aluminum in antiperspirants harm me? aakpRENALIFE 2005;21:20.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20051130/
  • Galland R, Traeger J. Short daily hemodialysis and nutritional status in patients with chronic renal failure. Semin Dial 2004;17:104-8.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20060421/
  • Hansen S. Sorbent dialysis in the third millennium. Nephrol News Issues 2006;20:43-45.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20070705/
  • Hauk M, Kuhlmann MK, Riegel W, Kohler H. In vivo effects of dialysate flow rate on Kt/V in maintenance hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis 2000;35:105-11.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050415/
  • Hussain S, Savin V, Piering W, Tomasi J, Blumenthal S. Phosphorus-enriched hemodialysis during pregnancy: two case reports. Hemodial Int 2005;9:147-52.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050826/
  • Katz A, Bock GH, Mauer M. Improved growth velocity with intensive dialysis. Consequence or coincidence? Pediatr Nephrol 2000;14:710-2.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050701/
  • Katzarski KS, Divino Filho JC, Bergstrom J. Extracellular volume changes and blood pressure levels in hemodialysis patients. Hemodial Int 2003;7:135-42.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20060303/
  • Kjellstrand CM, Evans RL, Petersen RJ, Shideman JR, von Hartitzsch B, Buselmeier TJ. The "unphysiology" of dialysis: a major cause of dialysis side effects? Kidney Int 1975;Suppl 2:30-4.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050617/
  • Lanning L. Optimal versus adequate hemodialysis: experience of a pre-pubescent female teenager. Nephrol News Issues 2007;21:10.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20070424/
  • Ledebo, I. What limits the expansion of self-care dialysis at home? Hemodial Int. 2008 Jul;12 Suppl 1:S55-60.
    Read | Read on PubMedhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18638243
  • Lockridge RS, Spencer M, Craft V, Pipkin M, Campbell D, McPhatter L, Albert J, Anderson H, Jennings F, Barger T. Nightly home hemodialysis: five and one-half years of experience in Lynchburg, Virginia. Hemodial Int 2004;8:61-69.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20071207/
  • Lopot F, Nejedl B, Sulková S. Physiology in daily hemodialysis in terms of the time average concentration/time average deviation concept. Hemodial Int 2004;8:39-44.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20051104/
  • Misra M. The basics of hemodialysis equipment. Hemodial Int 2005;9:30-6.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050902/
  • Ouwendyk M, Leitch R, Freitas T. Daily hemodialysis: a nursing perspective. Adv Ren Replace Ther 2001;8(4):256-67.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050520/
  • Pierratos A. Daily (quotidian) nocturnal home hemodialysis: Nine years later. Hemodial Int 2004;8:45-50.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050708/
  • Popovich RP, Moncrief JW, Nolph KD, Ghods AJ, Twardowski ZJ, Pyle WK. Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Ann Intern Med 1978;88(4):449-56.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050513/
  • Rigby AL, Scribner BH, Ahmad S. Sodium, not fluid, controls interdialytic weight gain. Nephrol News Issues 2000;14:21-2.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20080114/
  • Scribner BH, Cole JJ, Ahmad S, Blagg CR. Why thrice weekly dialysis? Hemodial Int 2004;8:188-92.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050729/
  • Shaldon S. An explanation for the "lag phenomenon".
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20060317/
  • Sherman RA. Modifying the dialysis prescription to reduce intradialytic hypotension. Am J Kidney Dis 2001; 38(Suppl 4):S18-25.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.ishd.org/abstracts/20060908/
  • Sherman RA, Cody RP, Rogers ME, Solanchick JC. The effect of dialyzer reuse on dialysis delivery. Am J Kidney Dis 1994;24:924-6.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050715/
  • Sherman RA, Torres F, Cody RP. Postprandial blood pressure changes during hemodialysis. Am J Kidney Dis 1988;12:37-9.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050603/
  • Shurraw S, Zimmerman D. Vascular access complications in daily hemodialysis: a systemic review of the literature. Minerva Urol Nefrol 2005;57(3):151-63.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20051209/
  • Smithies, B. These people are buying their lives for three years at a cost of £7,000 each. Whatever happened to the welfare state? (and whatever happens to those without £7,000?) Nova 1967;7:64-70.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20060623/
  • Szeto CC, Wong TY, Chow KM, et al. Independent effects of renal and peritoneal clearances on the mortality of peritoneal dialysis patients. Perit Dial Int 2004;24:58-64.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20060522/
  • Tang SC, Lam B, Ku PP, Leung WS, Chu CM, Ho YW, Ip MS, Lai KN. Alleviation of sleep apnea in patients with chronic renal failure by nocturnal cycler-assisted peritoneal dialysis compared with conventional ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. J Am Soc Nephrol 2006;17:2607-16.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20070724/
  • Ting GO, Kjellstrand C, Freitas T, Carrie BJ, Zarghamee S. Long-term study of high-comorbidity ESRD patients converted from conventional to short daily hemodialysis. Am J Kidney Dis 2003;42:1020-35.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050812/
  • Toma S, Shinzato T, Fukui H, Nakai S, Miwa M, Takai I, Maeda K. A timesaving method to create a fixed puncture route for the buttonhole technique. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2003;18:2118-21. (Updated the latter part of 2005.)
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20060203/
  • Traeger J, Galland R, Delawari E, Arkouche W, Hadden R. Six years' experience with short daily hemodialysis: do the early improvements persist in the mid and long term? Hemodial Int 2004;8(2):151-158.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20070329/
  • Twardowski ZJ. Constant site (buttonhole) method of needle insertion for hemodialysis. Dial Transplant 1995;24:559-60, 576.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050422/
  • Twardowski ZJ. Effect of long-term increase in the frequency and/or prolongation of dialysis duration on certain clinical manifestations and results of laboratory investigations in patients with chronic renal failure. Hemodialysis International 2004;8:30-8. Published in the section: Historical Milestones in Daily Dialysis. Republished from Acta Med Pol 1975; 16:31-44.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20060728/
  • Twardowski ZJ. Presternal peritoneal catheter. Adv Renal Replace Ther 2002;9:125-32. (Abstract updated 2004.)
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050806/
  • Twardowski ZJ. Short, thrice-weekly hemodialysis is inadequate regardless of small molecule clearance. Int J Artif Organs 2004;27:452-66.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050408/
  • Twardowski ZJ. Treatment time and ultrafiltration rate are more important in dialysis prescription than small molecule clearance. Blood Purif 2007;25(1):90-8.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20070615/
  • Twardowski ZJ, Nolph KD, Khanna R, Prowant BF, Ryan LP, Moore HL, Nielsen MP. Peritoneal equilibration test. Peritoneal Dialysis Bulletin 1987;7:138-47.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050506/
  • Williams AW, Chebrolu SB, Ing TS, Ting G, Blagg, CR, Twardowski ZJ, Woredekal Y, Delano, B, Gandhi VC, Kjellstrand, CM, for the Daily Hemodialysis Study Group. Early clinical, quality-of-life, and biochemical changes of "daily hemodialysis" (6 dialyses per week). Am J Kidney Dis 2004;43:90-102.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20050923/
  • Zimmerman DL, Swedko PJ, Posen GA, Burns KD. Daily hemofiltration with a simplified method of delivery. ASAIO J 2003;49:426-9.
    Read | Downloadhttp://www.homedialysis.org/pros/abstracts/20061215/

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