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A secondary analysis of the CHOIR trial shows that comorbid conditions differentially affect outcomes during anemia treatment.

Szczech LA, Barnhart HX, Sapp S, Felker GM, Hernandez A, Reddan D, Califf RM, Inrig JK, Patel UD, Singh AK.

Kidney Int. 2009 Nov 4. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19890274 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Decreased pulse pressure during hemodialysis is associated with improved 6-month outcomes.

Inrig JK, Patel UD, Toto RD, Reddan DN, Himmelfarb J, Lindsay RM, Stivelman J, Winchester JF, Szczech LA.

Kidney Int. 2009 Nov;76(10):1098-107. Epub 2009 Sep 2.PMID: 19727063 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Assessing the economic attractiveness of coronary artery revascularization in chronic kidney disease patients.

Eisenstein EL, Sun JL, Anstrom KJ, DeLong ER, Szczech LA, Mark DB.

J Med Syst. 2009 Aug;33(4):287-97.PMID: 19697695 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association of blood pressure increases during hemodialysis with 2-year mortality in incident hemodialysis patients: a secondary analysis of the Dialysis Morbidity and Mortality Wave 2 Study.

Inrig JK, Patel UD, Toto RD, Szczech LA.

Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Nov;54(5):881-90. Epub 2009 Jul 30.PMID: 19643520 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Proteinuria, creatinine clearance, and immune activation in antiretroviral-naive HIV-infected subjects.

Gupta SK, Komarow L, Gulick RM, Pollard RB, Robbins GK, Franceschini N, Szczech LA, Koletar SL, Kalayjian RC.

J Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 15;200(4):614-8.PMID: 19591572 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Resolved: Targeting a higher hemoglobin is associated with greater risk in patients with CKD anemia: con.

Himmelfarb J, Szczech LA.

J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Jul;20(7):1441-3. No abstract available. PMID: 19579287 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The effects of HIV type-1 viral suppression and non-viral factors on quantitative proteinuria in the highly active antiretroviral therapy era.

Gupta SK, Smurzynski M, Franceschini N, Bosch RJ, Szczech LA, Kalayjian RC; AIDS Clinical Trials Group Longitudinal Linked Randomized Trials Study Team.

Antivir Ther. 2009;14(4):543-9.PMID: 19578239 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Renal disease: the effects of HIV and antiretroviral therapy and the implications for early antiretroviral therapy initiation.

Szczech LA.

Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2009 May;4(3):167-70. Review.PMID: 19532045 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The development of urinary biomarkers for kidney disease is the search for our renal troponin.

Szczech LA.

J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Aug;20(8):1656-7. Epub 2009 Jun 11. No abstract available. PMID: 19520749 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

World Kidney Day 2009: problems and challenges in the emerging epidemic of kidney disease.

Szczech LA, Harmon W, Hostetter TH, Klotman PE, Powe NR, Sedor JR, Smedberg P, Himmelfarb J.

J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Mar;20(3):453-5. Epub 2009 Feb 25. No abstract available. PMID: 19244576 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Do income level and race influence survival in patients receiving hemodialysis?

Eisenstein EL, Sun JL, Anstrom KJ, Stafford JA, Szczech LA, Muhlbaier LH, Mark DB.

Am J Med. 2009 Feb;122(2):170-80.PMID: 19185093 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Acute kidney injury in HIV-infected patients.

Kalim S, Szczech LA, Wyatt CM.

Semin Nephrol. 2008 Nov;28(6):556-62. Review.PMID: 19013326 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Phosphate binders in chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease: a patient-centered approach.

Novak JE, Szczech LA.

Semin Dial. 2009 Jan-Feb;22(1):56-63. Epub 2008 Oct 16. Review.PMID: 19000107 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Triumph and tragedy: anemia management in chronic kidney disease.

Novak JE, Szczech LA.

Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2008 Nov;17(6):580-8. Review.PMID: 18941350 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Renal dysfunction and tenofovir toxicity in HIV-infected patients.

Szczech LA.

Top HIV Med. 2008 Oct-Nov;16(4):122-6. Review.PMID: 18838746 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

HIV-related renal disease and the utility of empiric therapy: not everyone needs to be biopsied.

Szczech LA.

Nat Clin Pract Nephrol. 2009 Jan;5(1):20-1. Epub 2008 Sep 30. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 18825153 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenomics of efavirenz and lopinavir/ritonavir in HIV-infected persons requiring hemodialysis.

Gupta SK, Rosenkranz SL, Cramer YS, Koletar SL, Szczech LA, Amorosa V, Hall SD.

AIDS. 2008 Oct 1;22(15):1919-27.PMID: 18784455 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Secondary analysis of the CHOIR trial epoetin-alpha dose and achieved hemoglobin outcomes.

Szczech LA, Barnhart HX, Inrig JK, Reddan DN, Sapp S, Califf RM, Patel UD, Singh AK.

Kidney Int. 2008 Sep;74(6):791-8. Epub 2008 Jul 2.PMID: 18596733 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Death or hospitalization of patients on chronic hemodialysis is associated with a physician-based diagnosis of depression.

Hedayati SS, Bosworth HB, Briley LP, Sloane RJ, Pieper CF, Kimmel PL, Szczech LA.

Kidney Int. 2008 Oct;74(7):930-6. Epub 2008 Jun 25.PMID: 18580856 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Highly active antiretroviral therapy reduces urinary albumin excretion in women with HIV infection.

Szczech LA, Golub ET, Springer G, Augenbraun M, Young M, Gandhi M, Gillepsie BS, Anastos K.

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008 Jul 1;48(3):360-1. No abstract available. PMID: 18580338 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Sensitivity of International Classification of Diseases codes for hyponatremia among commercially insured outpatients in the United States.

Shea AM, Curtis LH, Szczech LA, Schulman KA.

BMC Nephrol. 2008 Jun 18;9:5.PMID: 18564417 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Negative trials in nephrology: what can we learn?

Novak JE, Inrig JK, Patel UD, Califf RM, Szczech LA.

Kidney Int. 2008 Nov;74(9):1121-7. Epub 2008 Jun 18. Review.PMID: 18563051 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Re-evaluating the volume-outcome relationship in hemodialysis patients.

Eisenstein EL, Sun JL, Anstrom KJ, Stafford JA, Szczech LA, Muhlbaier LH, Mark DB.

Health Policy. 2008 Dec;88(2-3):317-25. Epub 2008 May 27.PMID: 18502534 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prognostic value of troponins in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes and chronic kidney disease.

Melloni C, Alexander KP, Milford-Beland S, Newby LK, Szczech LA, Pollack CV, Kirk JD, Christenson RH, Harrington RA, Gibler WB, Ohman EM, Peterson ED, Roe MT; Crusade Investigators.

Clin Cardiol. 2008 Mar;31(3):125-9.PMID: 18383049 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The efficacy and safety of short- and long-term dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with mild or moderate chronic kidney disease: results from the Clopidogrel for the Reduction of Events During Observation (CREDO) trial.

Best PJ, Steinhubl SR, Berger PB, Dasgupta A, Brennan DM, Szczech LA, Califf RM, Topol EJ; CREDO Investigators.

Am Heart J. 2008 Apr;155(4):687-93. Epub 2008 Feb 21.PMID: 18371477 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cockcroft-Gault versus modification of diet in renal disease: importance of glomerular filtration rate formula for classification of chronic kidney disease in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes.

Melloni C, Peterson ED, Chen AY, Szczech LA, Newby LK, Harrington RA, Gibler WB, Ohman EM, Spinler SA, Roe MT, Alexander KP.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Mar 11;51(10):991-6.PMID: 18325437 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Suppression of HIV-1 replication by antiretroviral therapy improves renal function in persons with low CD4 cell counts and chronic kidney disease.

Kalayjian RC, Franceschini N, Gupta SK, Szczech LA, Mupere E, Bosch RJ, Smurzynski M, Albert JM.

AIDS. 2008 Feb 19;22(4):481-7.PMID: 18301060 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

World Kidney Day 2008: think globally, speak locally.

Davis CL, Harmon WE, Himmelfarb J, Hostetter T, Powe N, Smedberg P, Szczech LA, Aronson PS; American Society of Nephrology Public Policy Board.

J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Mar;19(3):413-6. Epub 2008 Feb 13. No abstract available. PMID: 18272837 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Medical costs of abnormal serum sodium levels.

Shea AM, Hammill BG, Curtis LH, Szczech LA, Schulman KA.

J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Apr;19(4):764-70. Epub 2008 Jan 23.PMID: 18216314 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Tenofovir nephrotoxicity: focusing research questions and putting them into clinical context.

Szczech LA.

J Infect Dis. 2008 Jan 1;197(1):7-9. No abstract available. PMID: 18171278 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Renal complications of HIV/AIDS.

Szczech LA.

BETA. 2007 Summer;19(4):27-34.PMID: 18069154 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Research in HIV-related renal diseases lags behind their burden to the 'positive' community.

Szczech LA.

Kidney Int. 2007 Dec;72(11):1303-5.PMID: 18004309 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Feast and famine: epidemiology and clinical trials in chronic kidney disease.

Novak JE, Szczech LA.

J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Jan;19(1):2-4. Epub 2007 Nov 14. No abstract available. PMID: 18003784 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cystatin C level as a marker of kidney function in human immunodeficiency virus infection: the FRAM study.

Odden MC, Scherzer R, Bacchetti P, Szczech LA, Sidney S, Grunfeld C, Shlipak MG.

Arch Intern Med. 2007 Nov 12;167(20):2213-9.PMID: 17998494 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Mortality, kidney disease and cardiac procedures following acute coronary syndrome.

Inrig JK, Patel UD, Briley LP, She L, Gillespie BS, Easton JD, Topol EJ, Szczech LA.

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008 Mar;23(3):934-40. Epub 2007 Nov 4.PMID: 17984102 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk for cardiovascular outcomes among subjects with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and greater-than-normal estimated glomerular filtration rate.

Inrig JK, Gillespie BS, Patel UD, Briley LP, She L, Easton JD, Topol E, Szczech LA.

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Nov;2(6):1215-22. Epub 2007 Oct 17.PMID: 17942781 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Mortality by dialysis modality among patients who have end-stage renal disease and are awaiting renal transplantation.

Inrig JK, Sun JL, Yang Q, Briley LP, Szczech LA.

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006 Jul;1(4):774-9. Epub 2006 May 3.PMID: 17699286 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Relationship between clinical outcomes and vascular access type among hemodialysis patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.

Inrig JK, Reed SD, Szczech LA, Engemann JJ, Friedman JY, Corey GR, Schulman KA, Reller LB, Fowler VG Jr.

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006 May;1(3):518-24. Epub 2006 Mar 22.PMID: 17699254 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

What is the nephrologist's role as a primary care provider? We all have different answers.

Berns JS, Szczech LA.

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 May;2(3):601-3. Epub 2007 Apr 11. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 17699469 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Hemoglobin normalization studies.

Reddan D, Lappin DW, Tierney M, Szczech LA.

Perit Dial Int. 2007 Jul-Aug;27(4):395-9. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 17602145 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Relationship between interdialytic weight gain and blood pressure among prevalent hemodialysis patients.

Inrig JK, Patel UD, Gillespie BS, Hasselblad V, Himmelfarb J, Reddan D, Lindsay RM, Winchester JF, Stivelman J, Toto R, Szczech LA.

Am J Kidney Dis. 2007 Jul;50(1):108-18, 118.e1-4.PMID: 17591530 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Microalbuminuria in HIV infection.

Szczech LA, Grunfeld C, Scherzer R, Canchola JA, van der Horst C, Sidney S, Wohl D, Shlipak MG.

AIDS. 2007 May 11;21(8):1003-9.PMID: 17457094 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Anemia management in chronic kidney disease.

Gillespie BS, Inrig JK, Szczech LA.

Hemodial Int. 2007 Jan;11(1):15-20. Review.PMID: 17257350 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association of intradialytic blood pressure changes with hospitalization and mortality rates in prevalent ESRD patients.

Inrig JK, Oddone EZ, Hasselblad V, Gillespie B, Patel UD, Reddan D, Toto R, Himmelfarb J, Winchester JF, Stivelman J, Lindsay RM, Szczech LA.

Kidney Int. 2007 Mar;71(5):454-61. Epub 2007 Jan 10.PMID: 17213873 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Use of vancomycin or first-generation cephalosporins for the treatment of hemodialysis-dependent patients with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.

Stryjewski ME, Szczech LA, Benjamin DK Jr, Inrig JK, Kanafani ZA, Engemann JJ, Chu VH, Joyce MJ, Reller LB, Corey GR, Fowler VG Jr.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Jan 15;44(2):190-6. Epub 2006 Dec 8.PMID: 17173215 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A multi-dose pharmacokinetic study of dalteparin in haemodialysis patients.

Perry SL, O'Shea SI, Byrne S, Szczech LA, Ortel TL.

Thromb Haemost. 2006 Dec;96(6):750-5.PMID: 17139369 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

HIV and the kidneys. How to know when something is wrong and why it is important.

Szczech LA.

Posit Aware. 2006 Sep-Oct;17(5):32-5. No abstract available. PMID: 17017465 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The uncertain significance of anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody among HIV-infected persons with kidney disease.

Szczech LA, Anderson A, Ramers C, Engeman J, Ellis M, Butterly D, Howell DN.

Am J Kidney Dis. 2006 Oct;48(4):e55-9.PMID: 16997046 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Associations between CMS's Clinical Performance Measures project benchmarks, profit structure, and mortality in dialysis units.

Szczech LA, Klassen PS, Chua B, Hedayati SS, Flanigan M, McClellan WM, Reddan DN, Rettig RA, Frankenfield DL, Owen WF Jr.

Kidney Int. 2006 Jun;69(11):2094-100.PMID: 16732194 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Immunosuppression, hepatitis C infection, and acute renal failure in HIV-infected patients.

Franceschini N, Napravnik S, Finn WF, Szczech LA, Eron JJ Jr.

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006 Jul;42(3):368-72.PMID: 16639352 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles