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Lok CE, Sontrop JM, Tomlinson G, Rajan D, Cattral M, Oreopoulos G, Harris J, Moist L. Cumulative patency of contemporary fistulas versus grafts (2000-2010). Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013 May;8(5):810-8. doi: 10.2215/CJN.00730112. Epub 2013 Jan 31. PubMed PMID: 23371955; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3641610.

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Paulson WD, Moist L, Lok CE. Vascular access surveillance: case study of a false paradigm. Semin Dial. 2013 May-Jun;26(3):281-6. doi: 10.1111/sdi.12049. Epub 2013 Jan 17. PubMed PMID: 23330813.

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Moist LM, Lee TC, Lok CE, Al-Jaishi A, Xi W, Campbell V, Graham J, Wilson B, Vachharajani TJ. Education in vascular access. Semin Dial. 2013 Mar-Apr;26(2):148-53. doi: 10.1111/sdi.12055. Epub 2013 Feb 25. PubMed PMID: 23432319.

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Moist LM, Lok CE, Vachharajani TJ, Xi W, AlJaishi A, Polkinghorne KR, Vazquez M, Lee TC. Optimal hemodialysis vascular access in the elderly patient. Semin Dial. 2012 Nov-Dec;25(6):640-8. doi: 10.1111/sdi.12037. Review. PubMed PMID: 23173892; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3999348.

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Lok CE, Davidson I. Optimal choice of dialysis access for chronic kidney disease patients: developing a life plan for dialysis access. Semin Nephrol. 2012 Nov;32(6):530-7. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2012.10.003. PubMed PMID: 23217332.

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Zimmerman D, Lok CE. Accessing the access. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012 Oct;7(10):1548-50. doi: 10.2215/CJN.08670812. Epub 2012 Sep 13. PubMed PMID: 22977211.

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Lok CE, Allon M, Moist L. Predicting successful arteriovenous fistula creation. Am J Kidney Dis. 2012 Sep;60(3):498; author reply 498-9. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.05.021. PubMed PMID: 22901633.

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McQuillan R, Trpeski L, Fenton S, Lok CE. Modifiable risk factors for early mortality on hemodialysis. Int J Nephrol. 2012;2012:435736. doi: 10.1155/2012/435736. Epub 2012 Jul 24. PubMed PMID: 22888426; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3409533.

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Chan CT, Lok CE. Confronting diagnostic dilemmas in ESRD-"the doctor is in the house". Semin Dial. 2012 Jul;25(4):369. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2012.01123.x. PubMed PMID: 22809003.

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Vegter S, Tolley K, Keith MS, Lok CE, Soroka SD, Morton AR. Cost-effectiveness of lanthanum carbonate in the treatment of hyperphosphatemia in dialysis patients: a Canadian payer perspective. Clin Ther. 2012 Jul;34(7):1531-43. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2012.06.006. Epub 2012 Jun 27. PubMed PMID: 22742885.

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Garg AX, Pouget J, Young A, Huang A, Boudville N, Hodsman A, Adachi JD, Leslie WD, Cadarette SM, Lok CE, Monroy-Cuadros M, Prasad GV, Thomas SM, Naylor K, Treleavan D. Fracture risk in living kidney donors: a matched cohort study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2012 Jun;59(6):770-6. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.01.013. Epub 2012 Apr 1. PubMed PMID: 22472209.

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West SL, Jamal SA, Lok CE. Tests of neuromuscular function are associated with fractures in patients with chronic kidney disease. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012 Jun;27(6):2384-8. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfr620. Epub 2011 Nov 18. PubMed PMID: 22102617.

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Lok CE, Moist L, Hemmelgarn BR, Tonelli M, Vazquez MA, Dorval M, Oliver M, Donnelly S, Allon M, Stanley K. Effect of fish oil supplementation on graft patency and cardiovascular events among patients with new synthetic arteriovenous hemodialysis grafts: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2012 May 2;307(17):1809-16. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.3473. PubMed PMID: 22550196; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4046844.

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McQuillan RF, Chiu E, Nessim S, Lok CE, Roscoe JM, Tam P, Jassal SV. A randomized controlled trial comparing mupirocin and polysporin triple ointments in peritoneal dialysis patients: the MP3 Study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012 Feb;7(2):297-303. doi: 10.2215/CJN.07970811. Epub 2011 Dec 1. PubMed PMID: 22134627; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3280035.

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Paulson WD, Moist L, Lok CE. Vascular access surveillance: an ongoing controversy. Kidney Int. 2012 Jan;81(2):132-42. doi: 10.1038/ki.2011.337. Epub 2011 Oct 5. Review. PubMed PMID: 21975864.

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Lee T, Mokrzycki M, Moist L, Maya I, Vazquez M, Lok CE. Standardized definitions for hemodialysis vascular access. Semin Dial. 2011 Sep-Oct;24(5):515-24. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2011.00969.x. Epub 2011 Sep 9. Review. PubMed PMID: 21906166; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3999346.

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Moist LM, Richards HA, Miskulin D, Lok CE, Yeates K, Garg AX, Trpeski L, Chapman A, Amuah J, Hemmelgarn BR. A validation study of the Canadian Organ Replacement Register. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Apr;6(4):813-8. doi: 10.2215/CJN.06680810. Epub 2011 Jan 21. PubMed PMID: 21258038; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3069374.

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Chaudhry M, Bhola C, Joarder M, Zimmerman D, Quinan P, Mendelssohn D, Lok CE. Seeing eye to eye: the key to reducing catheter use. J Vasc Access. 2011 Apr-Jun;12(2):120-6. doi: 10.5301/jva.2011.6390. PubMed PMID: 21374582.

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Allon M, Dinwiddie L, Lacson E Jr, Latos DL, Lok CE, Steinman T, Weiner DE. Medicare reimbursement policies and hemodialysis vascular access outcomes: a need for change. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Mar;22(3):426-30. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2010121219. Epub 2011 Feb 18. PubMed PMID: 21335515.

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Battistella M, Bhola C, Lok CE. Long-term follow-up of the Hemodialysis Infection Prevention with Polysporin Ointment (HIPPO) Study: a quality improvement report. Am J Kidney Dis. 2011 Mar;57(3):432-41. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.10.009. Epub 2011 Jan 8. PubMed PMID: 21216512.

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Lok CE, Mokrzycki MH. Prevention and management of catheter-related infection in hemodialysis patients. Kidney Int. 2011 Mar;79(6):587-598. doi: 10.1038/ki.2010.471. Epub 2010 Dec 22. Review. PubMed PMID: 21178979.

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Hemmelgarn BR, Moist LM, Lok CE, Tonelli M, Manns BJ, Holden RM, LeBlanc M, Faris P, Barre P, Zhang J, Scott-Douglas N. Prevention of dialysis catheter malfunction with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. N Engl J Med. 2011 Jan 27;364(4):303-12. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1011376. PubMed PMID: 21268722.

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Mokrzycki MH, Lok CE. Traditional and non-traditional strategies to optimize catheter function: go with more flow. Kidney Int. 2010 Dec;78(12):1218-31. doi: 10.1038/ki.2010.332. Epub 2010 Sep 29. Review. PubMed PMID: 20881943.

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Allon M, Lok CE. Dialysis fistula or graft: the role for randomized clinical trials. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010 Dec;5(12):2348-54. doi: 10.2215/CJN.06050710. Epub 2010 Oct 28. Review. PubMed PMID: 21030576.

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Carrera F, Lok CE, de Francisco A, Locatelli F, Mann JF, Canaud B, Kerr PG, Macdougall IC, Besarab A, Villa G, Kazes I, Van Vlem B, Jolly S, Beyer U, Dougherty FC. Maintenance treatment of renal anaemia in haemodialysis patients with methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta versus darbepoetin alfa administered monthly: a randomized comparative trial. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2010 Dec;25(12):4009-17. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfq305. Epub 2010 Jun 3. PubMed PMID: 20522670; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2989790.

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Zhang AH, Bargman JM, Lok CE, Porter E, Mendez M, Oreopoulos DG, Chan CT. Dialysis modality choices among chronic kidney disease patients: identifying the gaps to support patients on home-based therapies. Int Urol Nephrol. 2010 Sep;42(3):759-64. doi: 10.1007/s11255-010-9793-9. Epub 2010 Jun 20. PubMed PMID: 20563843.

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West SL, Lok CE, Jamal SA. Fracture Risk Assessment in Chronic Kidney Disease, Prospective Testing Under Real World Environments (FRACTURE): a prospective study. BMC Nephrol. 2010 Aug 20;11:17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-11-17. PubMed PMID: 20727179; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2936367.

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Xi W, MacNab J, Lok CE, Lee TC, Maya ID, Mokrzycki MH, Moist LM. Who should be referred for a fistula? A survey of nephrologists. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2010 Aug;25(8):2644-51. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfq064. Epub 2010 Feb 22. PubMed PMID: 20176614; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3108364.

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Battistella M, Vercaigne LM, Cote D, Lok CE. Antibiotic lock: in vitro stability of gentamicin and sodium citrate stored in dialysis catheters at 37 degrees C. Hemodial Int. 2010 Jul;14(3):322-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2010.00440.x. Epub 2009 Mar 24. PubMed PMID: 20345391.

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Cote D, Lok CE, Battistella M, Vercaigne L. Stability of trisodium citrate and gentamicin solution for catheter locks after storage in plastic syringes at room temperature. Can J Hosp Pharm. 2010 Jul;63(4):304-11. doi: 10.4212/cjhp.v63i4.934. PubMed PMID: 22478993; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2932495.

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Sood MM, Battistella M, Lok CE. Patterns of cardioprotective medication prescription in incident hemodialysis patients. Int Urol Nephrol. 2009 Dec;41(4):1021-7. doi: 10.1007/s11255-009-9606-1. Epub 2009 Aug 4. PubMed PMID: 19653115.

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Jamal SA, Fitchett D, Lok CE, Mendelssohn DC, Tsuyuki RT. The effects of calcium-based versus non-calcium-based phosphate binders on mortality among patients with chronic kidney disease: a meta-analysis. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2009 Oct;24(10):3168-74. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfp350. Epub 2009 Jul 21. PubMed PMID: 19622572.

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Hladunewich MA, Troyanov S, Calafati J, Cattran DC. The natural history of the non-nephrotic membranous nephropathy patient. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Sep;4(9):1417-22. doi: 10.2215/CJN.01330209. Epub 2009 Aug 6. PubMed PMID: 19661220; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2736692.

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Lok CE. Antiplatelet therapy and vascular-access patency. N Engl J Med. 2009 May 21;360(21):2240-2. doi: 10.1056/NEJMe0902841. PubMed PMID: 19458370.

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Chan CT, Lok CE. Why not home dialysis?. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2009 May;16(3):158-9. doi: 10.1053/j.ackd.2009.02.010. PubMed PMID: 19393964.

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Jassal SV, Lok CE. The honeypot: Sticky or sweet?. Perit Dial Int. 2009 May-Jun;29(3):267-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 19458294.

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Moist LM, Trpeski L, Na Y, Lok CE. Increased hemodialysis catheter use in Canada and associated mortality risk: data from the Canadian Organ Replacement Registry 2001-2004. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Nov;3(6):1726-32. doi: 10.2215/CJN.01240308. Epub 2008 Oct 15. PubMed PMID: 18922993; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2572294.

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Lok CE, Moist L. More than reducing early fistula thrombosis is required: lessons from the Dialysis Access Consortium clopidogrel fistula study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008 Nov;52(5):834-8. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.09.005. PubMed PMID: 18971012.

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Bhola C, Lok CE. Central venous catheters: optimizing the suboptimal. Nephrol News Issues. 2008 Oct;22(11):38-44, 46. PubMed PMID: 19009859.

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Cattran DC, Reich HN, Beanlands HJ, Miller JA, Scholey JW, Troyanov S. The impact of sex in primary glomerulonephritis. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008 Jul;23(7):2247-53. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfm919. Epub 2008 Jan 8. PubMed PMID: 18182409.

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Sood MM, Oudit GY, Mohammadi H, Huang H, Lok CE. Effects of parenteral iron on inflammation and the myocardium in hemodialysis patients. Hemodial Int. 2008 Jul;12(3):362-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2008.00282.x. PubMed PMID: 18638094.

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Quinn RR, Lamping DL, Lok CE, Meyer RA, Hiller JA, Lee J, Richardson EP, Kiss A, Oliver MJ. The Vascular Access Questionnaire: assessing patient-reported views of vascular access. J Vasc Access. 2008 Apr-Jun;9(2):122-8. PubMed PMID: 18609528.

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Spinowitz B, Coyne DW, Lok CE, Fraticelli M, Azer M, Dalal S, Villa G, Rosansky S, Adamis H, Beyer U. C.E.R.A. maintains stable control of hemoglobin in patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis when administered once every two weeks. Am J Nephrol. 2008;28(2):280-9. doi: 10.1159/000111115. Epub 2007 Nov 13. PubMed PMID: 18004064.

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Jassal SV, Lok CE. A randomized controlled trial comparing mupirocin versus Polysporin Triple for the prevention of catheter-related infections in peritoneal dialysis patients (the MP3 study). Perit Dial Int. 2008 Jan-Feb;28(1):67-72. PubMed PMID: 18178950.

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Oliver MJ, Mendelssohn DC, Quinn RR, Richardson EP, Rajan DK, Pugash RA, Hiller JA, Kiss AJ, Lok CE. Catheter patency and function after catheter sheath disruption: a pilot study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Nov;2(6):1201-6. doi: 10.2215/CJN.01910507. Epub 2007 Oct 17. PubMed PMID: 17942775.

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Lok CE, Moist LM. Challenges for randomized controlled trials in nephrology: illustrations in vascular access science and care. J Nephrol. 2007 Nov-Dec;20(6):632-45. Review. PubMed PMID: 18046665.

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Lok CE. Fistula first initiative: advantages and pitfalls. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Sep;2(5):1043-53. doi: 10.2215/CJN.01080307. Epub 2007 Aug 16. Review. PubMed PMID: 17702726.

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Rajan DK, Platzker T, Lok CE, Beecroft JR, Tan KT, Sniderman KW, Simons ME. Ultrahigh-pressure versus high-pressure angioplasty for treatment of venous anastomotic stenosis in hemodialysis grafts: is there a difference in patency?. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2007 Jun;18(6):709-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.03.011. PubMed PMID: 17538132.

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Rajan DK, Chennepragada SM, Lok CE, Beecroft JR, Tan KT, Hayeems E, Kachura JR, Sniderman KW, Simons ME. Patency of endovascular treatment for central venous stenosis: is there a difference between dialysis fistulas and grafts?. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2007 Mar;18(3):353-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.01.012. PubMed PMID: 17377180.

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Lok CE, Appleton D, Bhola C, Khoo B, Richardson RM. Trisodium citrate 4%--an alternative to heparin capping of haemodialysis catheters. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2007 Feb;22(2):477-83. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfl570. Epub 2006 Oct 2. PubMed PMID: 17018541.