Does more frequent hemodialysis provide dietary freedom?Michael V Rocco
Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Section on Nephrology, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, North Carolina Electronic address
J Ren Nutr 23:259-62. 2013
..Thus, most short-term studies of more frequent dialysis do not show significant benefits in improving nutritional status. Nutritional benefits may accrue with longer follow-up or long-term dialysis, or both...
The effects of frequent nocturnal home hemodialysis: the Frequent Hemodialysis Network Nocturnal TrialMichael V Rocco
Medical Center Boulevard, Section on Nephrology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157 1053, USA
Kidney Int 80:1080-91. 2011
..There was a trend for increased vascular access events in the nocturnal arm. Thus, we were unable to demonstrate a definitive benefit of more frequent nocturnal hemodialysis for either coprimary outcome...
- Nocturnal home hemodialysis: which of your patients should choose this modality?
Michael V Rocco
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Section on Nephrology, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1053, USA
Contrib Nephrol 171:17-24. 2011
..It is likely that the results from these 2 trials will influence the update to the National Kidney Foundation-Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative HD guidelines that will be published in 2012...
- Association of APOL1 variants with mild kidney disease in the first-degree relatives of African American patients with non-diabetic end-stage renal disease
Barry I Freedman
Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Nephrology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157 1053, USA
Kidney Int 82:805-11. 2012
..After adjustment, two APOL1 risk variants weakly predict mild forms of kidney disease. Second hits appear necessary for the initiation of APOL1-associated nephropathy...
- Glycated albumin and risk of death and hospitalizations in diabetic dialysis patients
Barry I Freedman
Department of Internal Medicine Nephrology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1053, USA
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 6:1635-43. 2011
..We determined the association between GA, HbA(₁c), and glucose levels with survival and hospitalizations in diabetic dialysis patients...
Relationship between clinical performance measures and outcomes among patients receiving long-term hemodialysisMichael V Rocco
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157 1053, USA
Ann Intern Med 145:512-9. 2006
..Patients receiving long-term hemodialysis have a yearly mortality rate of 15% to 20%...
- Baseline characteristics of participants in the Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) daily and nocturnal trials
Michael V Rocco
Department of Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1053, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 57:90-100. 2011
..This report presents baseline characteristics of FHN Trial participants and compares them with hemodialysis patients tracked in US Renal Data System (USRDS) data...
- More frequent hemodialysis: back to the future?
Michael V Rocco
Section on Nephrology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1053, USA
Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 14:e1-9. 2007
..The National Institutes of Health is sponsoring 2 clinical trials via the Frequent Hemodialysis Network to determine the impact of these 2 modalities on intermediate outcomes, compared with standard 3-times-per-week hemodialysis...
- Recruitment and training for home hemodialysis: experience and lessons from the Nocturnal Dialysis Trial
Mary Pipkin
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 5:1614-20. 2010
..Baseline data were obtained on medical comorbidities, cognitive and physical functioning, sessions required for home hemodialysis training, and costs of home renovations...
- Revisions to KDOQI guidelines released at the NKF 2006 Spring Clinical Meetings
Michael V Rocco
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Nephrol News Issues 20:40, 42. 2006
- The HEMO Study: applicability and generalizability
Michael V Rocco
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine/Nephrology, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1053, USA
Nephrol Dial Transplant 20:278-84. 2005
- Apolipoprotein L1 nephropathy risk variants associate with HDL subfraction concentration in African Americans
Barry I Freedman
Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Nephrology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
Nephrol Dial Transplant 26:3805-10. 2011
..Plasma HDL particle subclass concentrations were compared in 73 African Americans based on APOL1 genotypes to detect differences potentially contributing to renal disease...
- Trisodium citrate: an alternative to unfractionated heparin for hemodialysis catheter dwells
Dwayne A Pierce
Department of Pharmacy, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Pharmacotherapy 30:1150-8. 2010
..Despite inconclusive evidence of clinical superiority, citrate 4% appears to provide a safe and at least equivocal alternative to heparin as a catheter locking agent...
- The effect of dialysis dose and membrane flux on nutritional parameters in hemodialysis patients: results of the HEMO Study
Michael V Rocco
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157 1053, USA
Kidney Int 65:2321-34. 2004
..The effect of standard or high dialysis dose and low or high dialysis flux on nutritional status was ascertained in 1846 maintenance hemodialysis patients enrolled in the HEMO Study...
