The Association between Prevalence of Peritoneal Dialysis versus Hemodialysis and Patients’ Distance to Dialysis-Providing Facilities.

By Amir Safavi | October 14, 2021 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.34067/KID.0004762021 Authors: Pattharanitima, Pattharawin; El Shamy, Osama; Chauhan, Kinsuk; Saha, Aparna; Wen, Huei Hsun; Sharma, Shuchita; Uribarri, Jaime; Chan, Lili Abstract: Accessibility to dialysis facilities plays a central role when deciding on a patient’s long-term dialysis modality. Studies investigating the effect of distance to nearest dialysis-providing unit on modality choice have yielded conflicting results.…

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Activation of STAT3 signaling pathway in the kidney of COVID-19 patients.

By Amir Safavi | October 9, 2021 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-021-01173-0 Authors: Salem, Fadi; Li, Xue Zhu; Hindi, Judy; Casablanca, Nitzy Munoz; Zhong, Fang; El Jamal, Siraj M; Haroon Al Rasheed, Mohamed Rizwan; Li, Li; Lee, Kyung; Chan, Lili; He, John Cijiang Abstract: Acute kidney injury is common in patients with COVID-19, however mechanisms of kidney injury remain unclear. Since cytokine storm is likely…

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Albuminuria Testing in Hypertension and Diabetes: An Individual-Participant Data Meta-Analysis in a Global Consortium.

By Amir Safavi | August 9, 2021 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17323 Authors: Shin, Jung-Im; Chang, Alex R; Grams, Morgan E; Coresh, Josef; Ballew, Shoshana H; Surapaneni, Aditya; Matsushita, Kunihiro; Bilo, Henk J G; Carrero, Juan J; Chodick, Gabriel; Daratha, Kenn B; Jassal, Simerjot K; Nadkarni, Girish N; Nelson, Robert G; Nowak, Christoph; Stempniewicz, Nikita; Sumida, Keiichi; Traynor, Jamie P; Woodward, Mark; Sang, Yingying; Gansevoort,…

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Obesity, inflammatory and thrombotic markers, and major clinical outcomes in critically ill patients with COVID-19 in the US.

By Amir Safavi | August 6, 2021 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.23245 Authors: Friedman, Allon N; Guirguis, John; Kapoor, Rajat; Gupta, Shruti; Leaf, David E; Timsina, Lava R; , Abstract: This study aimed to determine whether obesity is independently associated with major adverse clinical outcomes and inflammatory and thrombotic markers in critically ill patients with COVID-19. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality in adults with…

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Development of a federated learning approach to predict acute kidney injury in adult hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in New York City.

By Amir Safavi | July 28, 2021 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.25.21261105 Authors: Jaladanki, Suraj K; Vaid, Akhil; Sawant, Ashwin S; Xu, Jie; Shah, Kush; Dellepiane, Sergio; Paranjpe, Ishan; Chan, Lili; Kovatch, Patricia; Charney, Alexander W; Wang, Fei; Glicksberg, Benjamin S; Singh, Karandeep; Nadkarni, Girish N Abstract: Federated learning is a technique for training predictive models without sharing patient-level data, thus maintaining data security while…

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Predictive Approaches for Acute Dialysis Requirement and Death in COVID-19.

By Amir Safavi | May 24, 2021 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.17311120 Authors: Vaid, Akhil; Chan, Lili; Chaudhary, Kumardeep; Jaladanki, Suraj K; Paranjpe, Ishan; Russak, Adam; Kia, Arash; Timsina, Prem; Levin, Matthew A; He, John Cijiang; Böttinger, Erwin P; Charney, Alexander W; Fayad, Zahi A; Coca, Steven G; Glicksberg, Benjamin S; Nadkarni, Girish N; , Abstract: AKI treated with dialysis initiation is a common complication…

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Identification of Distinct Clinical Subphenotypes in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19.

By Amir Safavi | May 6, 2021 |

Link: https://doi.org/S0012-3692(21)00874-6 Authors: Vasquez, Charles R; Gupta, Shruti; Miano, Todd A; Roche, Meaghan; Hsu, Jesse; Yang, Wei; Holena, Daniel N; Reilly, John P; Schrauben, Sarah J; Leaf, David E; Shashaty, Michael G S; , Abstract: Subphenotypes have been identified in patients with sepsis and ARDS and are associated with different outcomes and responses to therapies.…

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