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Do Hyoung Kim, Young-Ki Lee, Juhee Kim, Hayne Cho Park, Kyu Sang Yun, AJin Cho, Jong-Woo Yoon, Ja-Ryong Koo, Jung-Woo Noh
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KIDNEY RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE
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Yasuhiro Mochida, Akinori Hara, Machiko Oka, Kyoko Maesato, Kunihiro Ishioka, Hidekazu Moriya, Megumi Oshima, Tadashi Toyama, Shinji Kitajima, Yasunori Iwata, Norihiko Sakai, Miho Shimizu, Yoshitaka Koshino, Takayasu Ohtake, Sumi Hidaka, Shuzo Kobayashi, Takashi Wada
Summary: Anti-EPOR antibodies were found to be associated with left ventricular dysfunction in patients undergoing HD.
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Patrick Heindel, Bryan Dieffenbach, Gaurav Sharma, Michael Belkin, C. Keith Ozaki, Dirk M. Hentschel
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Michelle C. Starr, Russell Griffin, Katja M. Gist, Jeffrey L. Segar, Rupesh Raina, Ronnie Guillet, Saudamini Nesargi, Shina Menon, Nekayla Anderson, David J. Askenazi, David T. Selewski
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Evelyn-Jou-Chen Huang, Fung-Chang Sung, Peir-Haur Hung, Chih-Hsin Muo, Meei-Maan Wu, Chih-Ching Yeh
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Zohaa Faiz, Mohammed A. Quazi, Neel Vahil, Charles M. Barrows, Hafiz Abdullah Ikram, Adeel Nasrullah, Asif Farooq, Karthik Gangu, Abu Baker Sheikh
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Aishwarya Raja, Rishi K. Wadhera, Eunhee Choi, Siyan Chen, Changyu Shen, Jose F. F. Figueroa, Robert W. W. Yeh, Eric A. A. Secemsky
Summary: After reimbursement rates for outpatient peripheral vascular intervention were modified in 2008, providers increasingly performed these procedures in privately owned office-based clinics. This study compared the characteristics and outcomes of patients treated in office-based clinics and hospital-based centers and found that the two groups were similar in long-term outcomes.
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Emily S. Wan, Pallavi Balte, Joseph E. Schwartz, Surya P. Bhatt, Patricia A. Cassano, David Couper, Martha L. Daviglus, Mark T. Dransfield, Sina A. Gharib, David R. Jacobs, Ravi Kalhan, Stephanie J. London, Ana Navas Acien, George T. O'Connor, Jason L. Sanders, Benjamin M. Smith, Wendy White, Sachin Yende, Elizabeth C. Oelsner
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JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
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Medicine, General & Internal
Masao Iwagami, Yuka Kanemura, Naru Morita, Toshitaka Yajima, Masafumi Fukagawa, Shuzo Kobayashi
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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Lina Adwan, Tala Al-Sadi, Shorouq Shawakha, Ni'meh A. Al-Shami
Summary: This study investigates the effects of COVID-19 on hemodialysis patients and identifies mortality-related risk factors. The results show that COVID-19 significantly impacts the outcomes and frequency of dialysis for these patients, and comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and myocardial infarction also affect the frequency of dialysis.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
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Won Pyo Hong, Ki Jeong Hong, Sang Do Shin, Kyoung Jun Song, Tae Han Kim, Jeong Ho Park, Young Sun Ro, Seung Chul Lee, Chu Hyun Kim, Joo Jeong
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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
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Thomas Spater, Denise M. S. Worringer, Maximilian M. Menger, Michael D. Menger, Matthias W. Laschke
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JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING
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Medicine, General & Internal
Katia Bruxvoort, Jeff Slezak, Lei Qian, Lina S. Sy, Bradley Ackerson, Kristi Reynolds, Runxin Huang, Zendi Solano, William Towner, Cheryl Mercado, Steven J. Jacobsen
Summary: In this cohort study, it was found that the risk of acute myocardial infarction did not increase significantly in recipients of the HepB-CpG vaccine compared with the HepB-alum vaccine.
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Akio Nakashima, Yoshia Miyawaki, Hirotaka Komaba, Noriaki Kurita, Yoshihiro Onishi, Takashi Yokoo, Masafumi Fukagawa
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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY
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Jing Zheng, Qing Yin, Shi-yuan Wang, Ying-Yan Wang, Jing-jie Xiao, Tao-tao Tang, Wei-jie Ni, Li-qun Ren, Hong Liu, Xiao-liang Zhang, Bi-Cheng Liu, Bin Wang
Summary: Ultrasound-assessed diaphragm dysfunction predicts clinical outcomes in hemodialysis patients, with diaphragm dysfunction associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events and mortality compared to normal diaphragm function.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)