Live Kidney Organ Donation: Is It Time for a Different Approach?:

Why We Should Develop a Regulated System of Kidney Sales: A Call for Action!

Arthur J. Matas
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1129-1132. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kidney Vending: The "Trojan Horse" of Organ Transplantation

Gabriel M. Danovitch and Alan B. Leichtman
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1133-1135. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iranian Model of Paid and Regulated Living-Unrelated Kidney Donation

Ahad J. Ghods and Shekoufeh Savaj
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1136-1145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Payment for Kidneys: A Government-Regulated System Is Not Ethically Achievable

William Harmon and Francis Delmonico
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1146-1147. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Creating a Medical, Ethical, and Legal Framework for Complex Living Kidney Donors

Peter P. Reese, Arthur L. Caplan, Aaron S. Kesselheim, and Roy D. Bloom
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1148-1153. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acid/Base and Electrolyte Disorders:

Successful Long-Term Treatment of Hyponatremia in Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion with Satavaptan (SR121463B), an Orally Active Nonpeptide Vasopressin V₂-Receptor Antagonist

Alain Soupart, Peter Gross, Jean-Jacques Legros, Sándor Alföldi, Djillali Annane, Hassan M. Heshmati, and Guy Decaux
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1154-1160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Nephrology:

Sodium Thiosulfate Treatment for Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy in Children and Young Adults

Carlos E. Araya, Robert S. Fennell, Richard E. Neiberger, and Vikas R. Dharnidharka
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1161-1166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Efficacy of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Children and Adults with IgA Nephropathy Is Dosage- and Size-Dependent

Ronald J. Hogg, Lisa Fitzgibbons, Carolyn Atkins, Nancy Nardelli, R. Curtis Bay for the North American IgA Nephropathy Study Group
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1167-1172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycophenolate Mofetil in Children with Frequently Relapsing Nephrotic Syndrome: A Report from the Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group

Ronald J. Hogg, Lisa Fitzgibbons, Joy Bruick, Martin Bunke, Bettina Ault, Noosha Baqi, Howard Trachtman, and Rita Swinford
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1173-1178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Staphylococcus Infection-Associated Glomerulonephritis Mimicking IgA Nephropathy

Anjali A. Satoskar, Gyongyi Nadasdy, Jose Antonio Plaza, Daniel Sedmak, Ganesh Shidham, Lee Hebert, and Tibor Nadasdy
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1179-1186. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diabetes and the Kidney:

Relationship between Urinary Albumin Excretion and Left Ventricular Mass with Mortality in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Niloofar Nobakhthaghighi, Mohammed Kamgar, Mir R. Bekheirnia, Kim McFann, Raymond Estacio, and Robert W. Schrier
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1187-1190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dialysis:

Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis: Patients’ Assessment of Their Satisfaction with Therapy and the Impact of the Therapy on Their Lives

Erika Juergensen, Diane Wuerth, Susan H. Finkelstein, Peter H. Juergensen, Ambek Bekui, and Fredric O. Finkelstein
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1191-1196. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Falls and Fall-Related Injuries in Older Dialysis Patients

Wendy L. Cook, George Tomlinson, Meghan Donaldson, Samuel N. Markowitz, Gary Naglie, Boris Sobolev, and Sarbjit V. Jassal
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1197-1204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hemoglobin Level Variability: Associations with Comorbidity, Intercurrent Events, and Hospitalizations

James P. Ebben, David T. Gilbertson, Robert N. Foley, and Allan J. Collins
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1205-1210. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Intravenous and Subcutaneous Continuous Erythropoietin Receptor Activator (C.E.R.A.) in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Iain C. Macdougall, Richard Robson, Sylvie Opatrna, Xavier Liogier, Anne Pannier, Paul Jordan, Frank C. Dougherty, and Bruno Reigner
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1211-1215. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dialysis-Induced Regional Left Ventricular Dysfunction Is Ameliorated by Cooling the Dialysate

Nicholas M. Selby, James O. Burton, Lindsay J. Chesterton, and Christopher W. McIntyre
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1216-1225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparison of Infectious Complications between Incident Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Nabeel Aslam, Judith Bernardini, Linda Fried, Renee Burr, and Beth Piraino
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1226-1233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Economics:

Hospital Resource Utilization That Occurs with, Rather than Because of, Kidney Failure in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease

Edward A. Ross, Rita E. Alza, and Neerav N. Jadeja
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1234-1240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Epidemiology and Outcomes:

Outcome and Prognosis Factors in HIV-Infected Hemodialysis Patients

Jérôme Tourret, Isabelle Tostivint, Sophie Tézenas du Montcel, Jennifer Bragg-Gresham, Svétlana Karie, Cécile Vigneau, Jean-Baptiste Guiard-Schmid, Gilbert Deray, and Corinne Isnard Bagnis
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1241-1247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Use of Hospice in the United States Dialysis Population

Anne M. Murray, Cheryl Arko, Shu-Cheng Chen, David T. Gilbertson, and Alvin H. Moss
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1248-1255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ethics:

Nephrologists’ Reported Preparedness for End-of-Life Decision-Making

Sara N. Davison, Gian S. Jhangri, Jean L. Holley, and Alvin H. Moss
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1256-1262. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ICU Nephrology:

Pharmacokinetics of Moxifloxacin and Levofloxacin in Intensive Care Unit Patients Who Have Acute Renal Failure and Undergo Extended Daily Dialysis

David Czock, Cordula Hüsig-Linde, Anita Langhoff, Timo Schöpke, Carsten Hafer, Kirsten de Groot, Stefanie Swoboda, Ernst Kuse, Hermann Haller, Danilo Fliser, Frieder Keller, and Jan T. Kielstein
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1263-1268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nephrolithiasis:

Comparative Value of Orange Juice versus Lemonade in Reducing Stone-Forming Risk

Clarita V. Odvina
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1269-1274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Transplantation:

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Related to Physical Inactivity, Metabolic Risk Factors, and Atherosclerotic Burden in Glucose-Intolerant Renal Transplant Recipients

Kirsten Armstrong, Dhrubo Rakhit, Leanne Jeffriess, David Johnson, Rodel Leano, John Prins, Luke Garske, Thomas Marwick, and Nicole Isbel
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1275-1283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Children and Young Adults after Renal Transplantation

Rachel Becker-Cohen, Amiram Nir, Choni Rinat, Sofia Feinstein, Nurit Algur, Benjamin Farber, and Yaacov Frishberg
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1284-1292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

In-Depth Reviews:

Advanced Glycation End Products and Nephrotoxicity of High-Protein Diets

Jaime Uribarri and Katherine R. Tuttle
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1293-1299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bone Disease after Renal Transplantation

José R. Weisinger, Raúl G. Carlini, Eudocia Rojas, and Ezequiel Bellorin-Font
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1300-1313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mini-Review:

Defining Acute Renal Failure: RIFLE and Beyond

Wim Van Biesen, Raymond Vanholder, and Norbert Lameire
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1314-1319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Moving Points in Nephrology:

Light Chains, Casts, Sheets and Fibrils: Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Diseases and Immunotactoid/Fibrillary Glomerulopathy

Laura M. Dember
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1320-1321. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Multiple Myeloma

Seema Singhal and Jayesh Mehta
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1322-1330. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Light-Chain (AL) Amyloidosis: Diagnosis and Treatment

Vaishali Sanchorawala
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1331-1341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Immunoglobulin Light (Heavy)-Chain Deposition Disease: From Molecular Medicine to Pathophysiology-Driven Therapy

Pierre Ronco, Emmanuelle Plaisier, Béatrice Mougenot, and Pierre Aucouturier
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1342-1350. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Immuotactoid Glomerulopathy (Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis)

Stephen M. Korbet, Melvin M. Schwartz, and Edmund J. Lewis
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1351-1356. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diagnostic & Therapeutic Corner:

Should Dialysis Patients Ever Receive Warfarin and for What Reasons?

William M. Bennett
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1357-1359. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Special Feature:

A Primer on the Design, Conduct, and Interpretation of Clinical Trials

Lawrence J. Appel
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 1: 1360-1367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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