Autumn 1996

Articles


Hypertension

h Enhanced sympathetic nervous system activity: the linchpin between insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, and heart rate (Oct 96 AJH)
h "Inappropriate" physician habits in prescribing oral nifedipine capsules in hospitalized patients (Oct 96 AJH)
h Racial differences in plasma endothelin-1 concentrations in individuals with essential hypertension (Oct 96 HYP)
h Should a moratorium be placed on sublingual nifedipine capsules given for hypertensive emergencies and pseudoemergencies? (Oct 96 JAMA)
h Diagnosis of renovascular disease by intra- and extrarenal Doppler scanning (Oct 96 KI)
h Erectile dysfunction in hypertensive subjects (Nov 96 HYP)
h New staging system of JNC-V alters assessment of the severity and treatment of hypertension (NOv 96 HYP)
h Enigma of fetal/infant-origins hypothesis (Nov 96 LANCET)
h Preeclampsia -- A state of sympathetic overactivity (Nov 96 NEJM)
h Exaggerated blood pressure response to maximal exercise in endurance- trained individuals (Dec 96 AJH)
h Body mass index is associated with differential seasonal change in ambulatory blood pressure levels (Dec 96 AJH)
h Increased accumulation of tissue ACE in human atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (Dec 96 CIRC)
h Double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the effects of carvedilol in patients with moderate to severe heart failure (Dec 96 CIRC)
h Effect of diuretic-based antihypertensive treatment on cardiovascular disease risk in older diabetic patients with isolated systolic hypertension (Dec 96 JAMA)

Dialysis, Chronic Renal Failure

d The safety of intravenous iron dextran in hemodialysis patients (Oct 96 AJKD)
d Impact of the initial levels of laboratory variables on survival in chronic dialysis patients (Oct 96 AJKD)
d A prospective randomized control study of oral nystatin prophylaxis for Candida peritonitis complicating continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (Oct 96 AJKD)
d Prevalence and risk factors for osteopenia in dialysis patients (Oct 96 AJKD)
d Secondary hyperparathyroidism complicated by parathyromatosis (Oct 96 AJKD)
d Randomized cross-over study of adverse reactions and cost implications of intravenous push compared with infusion of iron dextran in hemodialysis patients (Oct 96 AJKD)
d Vision, hearing loss after use of markedly outdated cellulose acetate dialyzers (Oct 96 CDC)
d Predictors of type of vascular access in hemodialysis patients (Oct 96 JAMA)
d Nine episodes of CPD-associated peritonitis with vancomycin resistant enterococci (Oct 96 KI)
d Effects of different membranes and dialysis technologies on patient treatment tolerance and nutritional parameters (Oct 96 KI)
d Relationship of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring data to echocardiographic findings in haemodialysis patients (Oct 96 NDT)
d Brief report. Colchicine toxicity in patients with chronic renal failure (Oct 96 NDT)
d Pruritus and skin hydration during dialysis (Oct 96 NDT)
d The influence of small solute clearance on dietary protein intake in CAPD patients: a methodologic analysis based on cross-sectional and prospective studies (Oct 96 AJKD)
d Screening for extreme postdialysis urea rebound using the Smye method: Patients with access recirculation identified when a slow flow method is not used to draw the postdialysis blood (Nov 96 AJKD)
d Use of low-dose, low molecular weight heparin in hemodialysis (Nov 96 AJKD)
d Dialysis in rats with acute renal failure: evaluation of three different dialyzer membranes (Nov 96 AO)
d Effect of subcutaneous tunneling on internal jugular catheter- related sepsis in critically ill patients (Nov 96 JAMA)
d A clustering of epidural abscesses in chronic hemodialysis patients: risk of salvaging access catheters (Oct 96 JASN)
d HIV-1 survival kinetics in peritoneal dialysis effluent (Nov 96 KI)
d Predictors of stroke in patients receiving chronic hemodialysis (Nov 96 KI)
d Alternative puncture site of implantable permanent hemodialysis catheters (Nov 96 NDT)
d Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, an underestimated tool in chronic renal failure (Nov 96 NDT)
d Creatinine determination in peritoneal dialysis: what method should be used? (Nov 96 NDT)
d An unexpected pregnancy causes poor drainage in automated peritoneal dialysis (Nov 96 NDT)
d Subclinical pulmonary edema and intermittent hemodialysis (Nov 96 NDT)
d Spontaneous tendon ruptures in patients on chronic dialysis (Dec 96 AJKD)
d Effect of apheresis of low-density lipoprotein on peripheral vascular disease in hypercholesterolemic patients with coronary artery disease (Dec 96 AIM)
d Effect of iron status on intestinal absorption of aluminum: a reappraisal (Dec 96 KI)
d Nutritional and prognostic correlates of bioimpedance indices in hemodialysis patients (Dec 96 KI)
d Vancomycin-dependent Enterococcus faecalis (Dec 96 LANCET)
d Randomised crossover trial of naltrexone in uraemic pruritus (Dec 96 LANCET)
d Survival in long-term hemodialysis patients: results from the annual survey of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy (Nov 96 NDT)
d Is it worth performing kidney replacement therapy on patients over 80? (Dec 96 NDT)
d Peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis treatment recommendations: 1996 update (Dec 96 PDI)
d Body surface area limitations in achieving adequate therapy in peritoneal dialysis patients (Dec 96 PDI)
d Gram-negative peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis: improved outcome with intraperitoneal ceftazidime (Dec 96 PDI)

Clinical Nephrology

c Effect of bicarbonate administration on plasma potassium in dialysis patients: interactions with insulin and albuterol (Oct 96 AJKD)
c Histopathology of renal posttransplant lymphoproliferation: comparison with rejection using the Banff Schema (Oct 96 AJKD)
c Significance of the Banff borderline biopsy (Oct 96 AJKD)
c An economic analysis of captopril in the treatment of diabetic nephropaty (Oct 96 DC)
c A clinical approach for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus: An analysis using glycosylated hemoglobin levels (Oct 96 JAMA)
c Plasma homocysteine as a risk factor for atheroembolic events in systemic lupus erythematosus (Oct 96 LANCET)
c A familial syndrome of hypocalcemia with hypercalciuria due to mutations in the calcium-sensing receptor (Oct 96 NEJM)
c Fish oil in diabetic nephropathy (Nov 96 DC)
c Lifetime benefits and costs of intensive therapy as practiced in the diabetes control and complications trial (Nov 96 JAMA)
c Magic mushrooms: hope for a 'cheap high' resulting in end-stage renal failure (Nov 96 NDT)
c Acute on chronic renal failure induced by simvastatin (Nov 96 NDT)
c Long-term outome of adult-onset minimal-change nephropathy (Nov 96 NDT)
c Development and progression of renal disease in Pima Indians with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (Nov 96 NEJM)
c Prevalence and clinical associations of anti-cardiolipin antibodies in a large inception cohort of patients with connective tissue diseases (Dec 96 AJM)
c Calcium and vitamin D3 supplementation prevents bone loss in the spine secondary to low-dose corticosteroids in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (Dec 96 AIM)
c Acute cyclosporine-induced nephrotoxicity in renal transplant recipients: The role of the transplanted kidney (Dec 96 JASN)
c Revision of diagnostic criteria for diabetes (Dec 96 LANCET)
c Successful long-term treatment of post-transplant erythrocytosis with losartan (Dec 96 NDT)
c Hyponatremic renal pseudofailure -- don't forget the possibility of uroperitoneum (Dec 96 NDT)


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