Editorials:

Can We Rely on Blood Urea Nitrogen as a Biomarker to Determine When to Initiate Dialysis?

Sushrut S. Waikar and Joseph V. Bonventre
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 903-904. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reverse Race and Ethnic Disparities in Survival Increase with Severity of Chronic Kidney Disease: What Does This Mean?

Neil R. Powe
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 905-906. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Corticosteroids and Kidney Transplantation

John Curtis
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 907-908. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acid/Base and Electrolyte Disorders:

Age-Related Increase in Plasma Urea Level and Decrease in Fractional Urea Excretion: Clinical Application in the Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone

Wim Musch, Lies Verfaillie, and Guy Decaux
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 909-914. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acute Renal Failure:

Timing of Initiation of Dialysis in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Kidney Injury

Kathleen D. Liu, Jonathan Himmelfarb, Emil Paganini, T. Alp Ikizler, Sharon H. Soroko, Ravindra L. Mehta, and Glenn M. Chertow
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 915-919. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Immunology and Pathology:

Giant Cell Tubulitis with Tubular Basement Membrane Immune Deposits: A Report of Two Cases after Cardiac Valve Replacement Surgery

Anthony Chang, Carine J. Peutz-Kootstra, Jolanta Kowalewska, Christine M. Logar, Jeremy J. Gitomer, Connie L. Davis, Stuart J. Shankland, Charles E. Alpers, and Kelly D. Smith
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 920-924. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Nephrology:

A Randomized Pilot Trial Comparing Cyclosporine and Azathioprine for Maintenance Therapy in Diffuse Lupus Nephritis over Four Years

Gabriella Moroni, Andrea Doria, Marta Mosca, Ornella Della Casa Alberighi, Gianfranco Ferraccioli, Silvano Todesco, Carlo Manno, Paolo Altieri, Roberto Ferrara, Simona Greco, and Claudio Ponticelli
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 925-932. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is Body Size a Biomarker for Optimizing Dosing of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in the Treatment of Patients with IgA Nephropathy?

James V. Donadio, Eric J. Bergstralh, Douglas M. Bibus, and Joseph P. Grande
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 933-939. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diabetes and the Kidney:

Selective Aldosterone Blockade with Eplerenone Reduces Albuminuria in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Murray Epstein, Gordon H. Williams, Myron Weinberger, Andrew Lewin, Scott Krause, Robin Mukherjee, Rajiv Patni, and Bruce Beckerman
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 940-951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dialysis:

Minutes to Recovery after a Hemodialysis Session: A Simple Health-Related Quality of Life Question That Is Reliable, Valid, and Sensitive to Change

Robert M. Lindsay, Paul A. Heidenheim, Gihad Nesrallah, Amit X. Garg, Rita Suri on behalf of the Daily Hemodialysis Study Group London Health Sciences Centre
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 952-959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hemodialysis Blood Access Flow Rates Can Be Estimated Accurately from On-Line Dialysate Urea Measurements and the Knowledge of Effective Dialyzer Urea Clearance

Robert M. Lindsay, Jan Sternby, Bo Olde, Roland Persson, Mary Ellen Thatcher, and Kim Sargent
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 960-964. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Relationship between Blood Flow in Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Adequacy

Louise M. Moist, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, and Charmaine E. Lok
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 965-971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Influence of Luminal Diameters on Flow Surveillance of Hemodialysis Grafts: Insights from a Mathematical Model

John J. White, Sunanda J. Ram, Steven A. Jones, Steve J. Schwab, and William D. Paulson
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 972-978. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines in Chronic Pediatric Dialysis Patients: Effect of Aspirin

Stuart L. Goldstein, Jocelyn C. Leung, and Douglas M. Silverstein
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 979-986. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Course Associated with Vascular Access Type in a National Cohort of Adolescents Who Receive Hemodialysis: Findings from the Clinical Performance Measures and US Renal Data System Projects

Jeffrey J. Fadrowski, Wenke Hwang, Diane L. Frankenfield, Barbara A. Fivush, Alicia M. Neu, and Susan L. Furth
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 987-992. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Epidemiology and Outcomes:

Survival Advantage of Black Patients with Kidney Disease after Acute Myocardial Infarction

Britt B. Newsome, William M. McClellan, Christopher S. Coffey, Jeroan J. Allison, Catarina I. Kiefe, and David G. Warnock
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 993-999. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dementia as a Predictor of Mortality in Dialysis Patients

Daniel A. Rakowski, Sophie Caillard, Lawrence Y. Agodoa, and Kevin C. Abbott
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1000-1005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Design and Methods of the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Prospective Cohort Study

Susan L. Furth, Stephen R. Cole, Marva Moxey-Mims, Frederick Kaskel, Robert Mak, George Schwartz, Craig Wong, Alvaro Muñoz, and Bradley A. Warady
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1006-1015. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Incidence of ANCA-Associated Primary Renal Vasculitis in the Miyazaki Prefecture: The First Population-Based, Retrospective, Epidemiologic Survey in Japan

Shouichi Fujimoto, Shigehiro Uezono, Shuichi Hisanaga, Keiichi Fukudome, Shigeto Kobayashi, Kazuo Suzuki, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Nakao, and Hiroyuki Nunoi
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1016-1022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ethics:

Facilitating Advance Care Planning for Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease: The Patient Perspective

Sara N. Davison
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1023-1028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Transplantation:

Effect of Prednisone versus No Prednisone as Part of Maintenance Immunosuppression on Long-Term Renal Transplant Function

Lorenzo G. Gallon, Johan Winoto, Joseph R. Leventhal, Michele A. Parker, and Dixon B. Kaufman
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1029-1038. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mini-Reviews:

Aldosteronism and Hypertension

David A. Calhoun
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1039-1045. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Renin Angiotensin System Blockade and Nephropathy: Why Is It Being Called into Question, and Should It Be?

Norman K. Hollenberg and Murray Epstein
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1046-1048. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Properties Permitting the Renal Cortex to Be the Oxygen Sensor for the Release of Erythropoietin: Clinical Implications

Mitchell L. Halperin, Surinder Cheema-Dhadli, Shih-Hua Lin, and Kamel S. Kamel
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1049-1053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

In-Depth Reviews:

Progression of Renal Disease: Renoprotective Specificity of Renin-Angiotensin System Blockade

Karen A. Griffin and Anil K. Bidani
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1054-1065. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hepatorenal Syndrome: Pathophysiology and Management

Hani M. Wadei, Martin L. Mai, Nasimul Ahsan, and Thomas A. Gonwa
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1066-1079. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steroid Sparing in Kidney Transplantation: Changing Paradigms, Improving Outcomes, and Remaining Questions

Joshua J. Augustine and Donald E. Hricik
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1080-1089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Management of Dyslipidemias in Patients with Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease

Mark E. Molitch
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1090-1099. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

TNF- Bioactivity-Inhibiting Therapy in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: Clinical and Experimental Considerations

Dennis Huugen, Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert, and Peter Heeringa
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1100-1107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diagnostic & Therapeutic Corner:

Diagnostic Approach in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

York Pei
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1108-1114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Special Features:

Clinical Research Methods in CJASN

Chi-yuan Hsu and Harold I. Feldman
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1115-1116. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cohort Studies: Marching Forward

Ravi Thadhani and Marcello Tonelli
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1117-1123. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Studying the Prevention of Acute Kidney Injury: Lessons from an 18th-Century Mathematician

Glenn M. Chertow, Paul M. Palevsky, and Thomas Greene
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1124-1127. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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