Virtual consultation in kidney care: a mixed-methods study on a model for safe and effective integration into routine clinical care by Aminu K Bello, Stephanie Thompson, Deenaz Zaidi, Scott Klarenbach, Feng Ye, Terry J Smith, Mark Courtney

“…Codes were categorised and analysed thematically, and data collected from nephrologists and nurses were analysed separately.Results The findings demonstrated that clinicians support the use of routine virtual care. …”
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Patterns of Hemodialysis Catheter Dysfunction Defined According to National Kidney Foundation Guidelines As Blood Flow <300 mL/min by Robert I. Griffiths, Britt B. Newsome, Geoffrey A. Block, Robert J. Herbert, Mark D. Danese

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Copious Podocyturia without Proteinuria and with Normal Renal Function in a Young Adult with Fabry Disease by H. Trimarchi, R. Canzonieri, A. Muryan, A. Schiel, A. Araoz, M. Forrester, A. Karl, F. Lombi, J. Andrews, V. Pomeranz, T. Rengel, E. Zotta

“…With respect to Fabry nephropathy, a dual problem coexists: the reluctance of many nephrologists to start enzyme replacement infusion until signs of renal disease appear as the appearance of proteinuria or an elevation in serum creatinine and the lack of validated biomarkers of early renal damage. …”
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Mandibular Brown Tumor of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism Requiring Extensive Resection: A Forgotten Entity in the Developed World? by Mohammed Qaisi, Matthew Loeb, Lindsay Montague, Ron Caloss

“…Despite being rare in this country, it is important for nephrologists, primary care physicians, and oral health care providers to be able to recognize this entity, so that intervention may be rendered early.…”
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Barriers and Facilitators in Implementing a Telemonitoring Application for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Health Professionals: Ancillary Implementation Study of the NeLL... by Marion Delvallée, Abdallah Guerraoui, Lucas Tchetgnia, Jean-Pierre Grangier, Nassira Amamra, Anne-Laure Camarroque, Julie Haesebaert, Agnès Caillette-Beaudoin

“…MethodsA mixed methods approach combining a quantitative questionnaire and semistructured interviews was conducted among nurses, nephrologists, and patients with stages 3 and 4 CKD across 10 renal care centers in France that have implemented telemonitoring. …”
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Renal Manifestations of IgG4-Related Disease: A Concise Review by Shahrukh T. Towheed, Wayel Zanjir, Kevin Yi Mi Ren, Jocelyn Garland, Marie Clements-Baker

“…This synthesis will be highly relevant for nephrologists, rheumatologists, general internists, and renal pathologists to raise awareness and help improve early recognition of IgG4-related kidney disease (IgG4-RKD).…”
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Epidemiology of Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) in Malaysia and Pakistan, Pathophysiology of CKD-Associated Pruritus and Other CKD-Associated Dermatological Disorders by Inayat Ur Rehman, Tahir Mehmood Khan

“…CKD-aP has become one of the upmost distressing cutaneous and most common symptom of chronic kidney disease which is often overlooked by nephrologists, primary care physicians, and other health-care professionals. …”
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Rifampicin in Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections: Acute Kidney Injury with Hemoglobin Casts by Rishi Kora, Sergey V. Brodsky, Tibor Nadasdy, Dean Agra, Anjali A. Satoskar

“…It is equally important for nephrologists and pathologists. We describe one such case with detailed clinical course of the patient and interesting biopsy findings of ATN with intratubular hemoglobin casts.…”
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Renal Tubular Acidosis an Adverse Effect of PD-1 Inhibitor Immunotherapy by Sandy El Bitar, Chanudi Weerasinghe, Elie El-Charabaty, Marcel Odaimi

“…The present report provides the first presentation of RTA as a renal immune-related adverse event secondary to nivolumab. Nephrologists and oncologists should be familiar with potentially life-threatening renal side effects induced by immune checkpoint inhibitors.…”
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Budapest nephrology school – 30 years of history – from modest start to an international success: systematic summary of the 27th BNS held between 28th August and 2nd of September 2... by Orsolya Cseprekál, Laszlo Rosivall

“…In over two decades, BNS has faithfully adapted to the changes and developments of medical science and clinical nephrology, the fact which has kept it unique and attractive for nephrologists from across the globe. With such a long history and representing the top international professors of nephrology, BNS has proved to be a successful one-week, in-person refreshing course which has attracted over 1600 medical doctors from more than 60 countries. …”
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Evaluating AI performance in nephrology triage and subspecialty referrals by Priscilla Koirala, Charat Thongprayoon, Jing Miao, Oscar A. Garcia Valencia, Mohammad S. Sheikh, Supawadee Suppadungsuk, Michael A. Mao, Justin H. Pham, Iasmina M. Craici, Wisit Cheungpasitporn

“…This study evaluates the utility of ChatGPT, a large language model, in triaging nephrology cases through simulated real-world scenarios. Two nephrologists created 100 patient cases that encompassed various aspects of nephrology. …”
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Expert Opinion on Fixed Dose Combination of Dapagliflozin Plus Sitagliptin for Unmet Cardiovascular Benefits in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Soumitra Ray, J Ezhilan, Rajiv Karnik, Ashish Prasad, Rajashree Dhar

“…This practical guidance document would support general physicians, endocrinologists, diabetologists, cardiologists, and nephrologists in selecting the appropriate regimen for superior patient outcomes.…”
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Construction and validation of a predictive model for the risk of osteoporosis in patients with chronic kidney disease based on NHANES data. by Chunjie She, Hefeng Liu

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Our study suggests a nomogram, providing nephrologists with a convenient and effective tool for identifying individuals at high risk of osteoporosis and avoiding adverse outcomes related to CKD.…”
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Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) for pediatric kidney disease: the future is near by Gilda M. Portalatin, Irene Hong-McAtee, Irene Hong-McAtee, Anna M. Burgner, Edward R. Gould, Tracy E. Hunley, Tracy E. Hunley

“…The dramatic kidney benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors documented in CKD in adult patients underscores the need for pediatric nephrologists to familiarize themselves with SGLT2 inhibitor therapies. …”
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A multimodal transformer system for noninvasive diabetic nephropathy diagnosis via retinal imaging by Zheyi Dong, Xiaofei Wang, Sai Pan, Taohan Weng, Xiaoniao Chen, Shuangshuang Jiang, Ying Li, Zonghua Wang, Xueying Cao, Qian Wang, Pu Chen, Lai Jiang, Guangyan Cai, Li Zhang, Yong Wang, Jinkui Yang, Yani He, Hongli Lin, Jie Wu, Li Tang, Jianhui Zhou, Shengxi Li, Zhaohui Li, Yibing Fu, Xinyue Yu, Yanqiu Geng, Yingjie Zhang, Liqiang Wang, Mai Xu, Xiangmei Chen

“…Our Trans-MUF achieved an AUC of 0.980 (95% CI: 0.979 to 0.980) over the internal retrospective set and also had superior generalizability over a prospective dataset (AUC: 0.989, 95% CI: 0.987 to 0.990) and a multicenter, cross-machine and multi-operator dataset (AUC: 0.932, 95% CI: 0.931 to 0.939). Moreover, the nephrologists‘ diagnosis accuracy can be improved by 21%, through visualization assistance of the DL system. …”
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A Global Survey of Self-Reported Cancer Screening Practices by Health Professionals for Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients by Nida Saleem, Nida Saleem, Nida Saleem, Wai H. Lim, Wai H. Lim, Jacqueline H. Stephens, Jacqueline H. Stephens, Annabelle Wilson, Billie Bonevski, Allison Jaure, Allison Jaure, Armando Teixeira-Pinto, Armando Teixeira-Pinto, Eleonora Dal Grande, Eleonora Dal Grande, Martin Howell, Martin Howell, Farzaneh Boroumand, Farzaneh Boroumand, Anita van Zwieten, Anita van Zwieten, Chandana Guha, Chandana Guha, Nicole Scholes-Robertson, Nicole Scholes-Robertson, Steven J. Chadban, Steven J. Chadban, Carmel M. Hawley, Carmel M. Hawley, Jonathan C. Craig, Jeremy R. Chapman, Danyal Hassan, Greg Knoll, Greg Knoll, Naoka Murakami, Germaine Wong, Germaine Wong, Germaine Wong

“…We received 97 responses, and most were nephrologists (70%), and around 80% recommended breast, colorectal, and cervical cancer screening for kidney transplant candidates and recipients. …”
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Proportions of Proinflammatory Monocytes Are Important Predictors of Mortality Risk in Hemodialysis Patients by Yachung Jeng, Paik Seong Lim, Ming Ying Wu, Tien-Yu Tseng, Chang Hsu Chen, Hung Ping Chen, Tsai-Kun Wu

“…The findings shed some light for nephrologists on future prospects of early recognizing immune dysfunction and improving early intervention outcomes.…”
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Transplantation and Pregnancy by Pinar Erkan Uc, Sermet Sagol

“…Successful management relies on a multidisciplinary approach with contributions from obstetricians, neonatologists, nephrologists, hepatologists, and transplant surgeons. …”
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Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of SLE in Africa: An Online Survey by Farhanah Paruk, Dzifa Dey, Anisa Mosam, Oluwaytoyin Amira Christina, Mohammed Tikly

“…Results Our 226 respondents from 31 countries were dermatologists (38%), rheumatologists (28%), and nephrologists (23%), the majority practicing at university/state‐funded hospitals (80.8%), but over half of patients (59.6%) were self‐funded for laboratory tests and medications. …”
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Advancing health equity: evaluating AI translations of kidney donor information for Spanish speakers by Oscar A. Garcia Valencia, Charat Thongprayoon, Caroline C. Jadlowiec, Shennen A. Mao, Napat Leeaphorn, Pooja Budhiraja, Nadeen Khoury, Justin H. Pham, Iasmina M. Craici, Maria L. Gonzalez Suarez, Wisit Cheungpasitporn

“…The translated content was reviewed by native Spanish-speaking nephrologists using a standard rubric scale (1–5). The assessment focused on linguistic accuracy and cultural sensitivity, emphasizing retention of the original message, appropriate vocabulary and grammar, and cultural relevance.ResultsThe mean linguistic accuracy scores were 4.89 ± 0.32 for GPT-3.5 and 5.00 ± 0.00 for GPT-4.0 (p = 0.08). …”
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