Posts by Amir Safavi
Trends of Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Dialysis Among Hospitalized Patients Undergoing Invasive Electrophysiology Procedures.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1097/HPC.0000000000000214 Authors: Wen, Yumeng; Hosseini Dehkordi, Seyed Hamed; Wei, Xin; Lucas, Claire Huang; Paranjpe, Ishan; Yan, Dexi; Gholitabar, Farid; Mehta, Davendra; Chan, Lili; Meisels, Ira Abstract: Electrophysiology (EP) procedures carry the risk of kidney injury due to contrast/hemodynamic fluctuations. We aim to evaluate the national epidemiology of acute kidney injury requiring dialysis (AKI-D) in…
Read MorePotential kidney toxicity from the antiviral drug tenofovir: new indications, new formulations, and a new prodrug.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1097/MNH.0000000000000392 Authors: Chan, Lili; Asriel, Benjamin; Eaton, Ellen F; Wyatt, Christina M Abstract: The antiviral agent tenofovir is highly effective for the treatment of HIV and hepatitis B virus infections, and the older prodrug tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) is also a component of daily preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce the risk of HIV infection…
Read MoreApplications of machine learning methods in kidney disease: hope or hype?
Link: https://doi.org/10.1097/MNH.0000000000000604 Authors: Chan, Lili; Vaid, Akhil; Nadkarni, Girish N Abstract: The universal adoption of electronic health records, improvement in technology, and the availability of continuous monitoring has generated large quantities of healthcare data. Machine learning is increasingly adopted by nephrology researchers to analyze this data in order to improve the care of their patients.…
Read MoreAnalysis of Biomarkers Within the Initial 2 Years Posttransplant and 5-Year Kidney Transplant Outcomes: Results From Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation-17.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0000000000002026 Authors: Faddoul, Geovani; Nadkarni, Girish N; Bridges, Nancy D; Goebel, Jens; Hricik, Donald E; Formica, Richard; Menon, Madhav C; Morrison, Yvonne; Murphy, Barbara; Newell, Kenneth; Nickerson, Peter; Poggio, Emilio D; Rush, David; Heeger, Peter S; , Abstract: An early posttransplant biomarker/surrogate marker for kidney allograft loss has the potential to guide targeted interventions.…
Read MoreAnesthesia Informatics Grows Up.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000003431 Authors: Hofer, Ira S; Levin, Matthew A; Simpao, Allan F; McCormick, Patrick J; Rothman, Brian S Abstract:
Read MoreIn Response.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000003952 Authors: Hofer, Ira S; Levin, Matthew A; Simpao, Allan F; McCormick, Patrick J; Rothman, Brian Abstract:
Read MoreProne Positioning and Survival in Mechanically Ventilated Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019-Related Respiratory Failure.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000004938 Authors: Mathews, Kusum S; Soh, Howard; Shaefi, Shahzad; Wang, Wei; Bose, Sonali; Coca, Steven; Gupta, Shruti; Hayek, Salim S; Srivastava, Anand; Brenner, Samantha K; Radbel, Jared; Green, Adam; Sutherland, Anne; Leonberg-Yoo, Amanda; Shehata, Alexandre; Schenck, Edward J; Short, Samuel A P; Hernán, Miguel A; Chan, Lili; Leaf, David E; , Abstract: Therapies for…
Read MoreAPOL1 renal risk variants are associated with obesity and body composition in African ancestry adults: An observational genotype-phenotype association study.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000027785 Authors: Nadkarni, Girish N; Fei, Kezhen; Galarneau, Genevieve; Gao, Yan; Wilson, James G; Cooper, Richard; Madden, Ebony B; Denny, Joshua C; Richardson, Lynne D; Pollak, Martin; Loos, Ruth J F; Horowitz, Carol R Abstract: While increased obesity prevalence among persons of African ancestry (AAs) compared to persons of European ancestry (EAs) is linked…
Read MoreGenetic hallmarks of recurrent/metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma.
Link: https://doi.org/128227 Authors: Ho, Allen S; Ochoa, Angelica; Jayakumaran, Gowtham; Zehir, Ahmet; Valero Mayor, Cristina; Tepe, Justin; Makarov, Vladimir; Dalin, Martin G; He, Jie; Bailey, Mark; Montesion, Meagan; Ross, Jeffrey S; Miller, Vincent A; Chan, Lindsay; Ganly, Ian; Dogan, Snjezana; Katabi, Nora; Tsipouras, Petros; Ha, Patrick; Agrawal, Nishant; Solit, David B; Futreal, P Andrew; El…
Read MoreAuthor Correction: The effect of LRRK2 loss-of-function variants in humans.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-01185-6 Authors: Whiffin, Nicola; Armean, Irina M; Kleinman, Aaron; Marshall, Jamie L; Minikel, Eric V; Goodrich, Julia K; Quaife, Nicholas M; Cole, Joanne B; Wang, Qingbo; Karczewski, Konrad J; Cummings, Beryl B; Francioli, Laurent; Laricchia, Kristen; Guan, Anna; Alipanahi, Babak; Morrison, Peter; Baptista, Marco A S; Merchant, Kalpana M; , ; , ; Ware,…
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