Relationship of Estimated GFR and Albuminuria to Concurrent Laboratory Abnormalities: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis in a Global Consortium.

Link: https://doi.org/S0272-6386(18)30916-8 Authors: Inker, Lesley A; Grams, Morgan E; Levey, Andrew S; Coresh, Josef; Cirillo, Massimo; Collins, John F; Gansevoort, Ron T; Gutierrez, Orlando M; Hamano, Takayuki; Heine, Gunnar H; Ishikawa, Shizukiyo; Jee, Sun Ha; Kronenberg, Florian; Landray, Martin J; Miura, Katsuyuki; Nadkarni, Girish N; Peralta, Carmen A; Rothenbacher, Dietrich; Schaeffner, Elke; Sedaghat, Sanaz; Shlipak,…

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Genome-wide association study of primary open-angle glaucoma in continental and admixed African populations.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-018-1943-7 Authors: Bonnemaijer, Pieter W M; Iglesias, Adriana I; Nadkarni, Girish N; Sanyiwa, Anna J; Hassan, Hassan G; Cook, Colin; , ; Simcoe, Mark; Taylor, Kent D; Schurmann, Claudia; Belbin, Gillian M; Kenny, Eimear E; Bottinger, Erwin P; van de Laar, Suzanne; Wiliams, Susan E I; Akafo, Stephen K; Ashaye, Adeyinka O; Zangwill, Linda…

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National Trends in Emergency Room Visits of Dialysis Patients for Adverse Drug Reactions.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1159/000489703 Authors: Chan, Lili; Saha, Aparna; Poojary, Priti; Chauhan, Kinsuk; Naik, Nidhi; Coca, Steven; Garimella, Pranav S; Nadkarni, Girish N Abstract: Various medications are cleared by the kidneys, therefore patients with impaired renal function, especially dialysis patients are at risk for adverse drug events (ADEs). There are limited studies on ADEs in maintenance dialysis…

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Pediatric heart transplantation at adult-specialty centers in the United States: A multicenter registry analysis.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.14930 Authors: Duong, Son Q; Yabes, Jonathan G; Teuteberg, Jeffrey J; Shellmer, Diana A; Feingold, Brian Abstract: Recent Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network bylaw revisions mandate that US transplant programs have an “approved pediatric component” in order to perform heart transplantation (HT) in patients

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National Trends and Outcomes in Dialysis-Requiring Acute Kidney Injury in Heart Failure: 2002-2013.

Link: https://doi.org/S1071-9164(18)30170-2 Authors: Correa, Ashish; Patel, Achint; Chauhan, Kinsuk; Shah, Harshil; Saha, Aparna; Dave, Mihir; Poojary, Priti; Mishra, Abhishek; Annapureddy, Narender; Dalal, Shaman; Konstantinidis, Ioannis; Nimma, Renu; Agarwal, Shiv Kumar; Chan, Lili; Nadkarni, Girish; Pinney, Sean Abstract: Dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury (D-AKI) is a serious complication in hospitalized heart failure (HF) patients. However, data on…

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The Authors Reply.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2018020164 Authors: Coca, Steven G; Nadkarni, Girish N; Chauhan, Kinsuk; Parikh, Chirag R Abstract:

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The prognostic importance of duration of AKI: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-018-0876-7 Authors: Mehta, Swati; Chauhan, Kinsuk; Patel, Achint; Patel, Shanti; Pinotti, Rachel; Nadkarni, Girish N; Parikh, Chirag R; Coca, Steven G Abstract: Acute kidney injury (AKI), as defined by peak increase in serum creatinine, is independently associated with increased risk of mortality and length of stay. Studies have suggested that the duration of AKI…

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National Landscape of Unplanned 30-Day Readmissions in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.

Link: https://doi.org/S0002-9149(18)30852-X Authors: Patel, Shanti; Poojary, Priti; Pawar, Sumeet; Saha, Aparna; Patel, Achint; Chauhan, Kinsuk; Correa, Ashish; Mondal, Pratik; Mahajan, Kanika; Chan, Lili; Ferrandino, Rocco; Mehta, Dhruv; Agarwal, Shiv Kumar; Annapureddy, Narender; Patel, Jignesh; Saunders, Paul; Crooke, Gregory; Shani, Jacob; Ahmad, Tariq; Desai, Nihar; Nadkarni, Girish N; Shetty, Vijay Abstract: The number of patients with…

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