Michelle M Estrella

Summary

Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Prevalence of kidney disease in anaemia differs by GFR-estimating method: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-94)
    Michelle M Estrella
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Nephrol Dial Transplant 25:2542-8. 2010
  2. ncbi Efficacy of an internet-based tool for improving physician knowledge of chronic kidney disease: an observational study
    Michelle M Estrella
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 E Monument Street, Suite 416, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    BMC Nephrol 13:126. 2012
  3. ncbi Vitamin D deficiency and persistent proteinuria among HIV-infected and uninfected injection drug users
    Michelle M Estrella
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    AIDS 26:295-302. 2012
  4. ncbi Screening for chronic kidney disease in HIV-infected patients
    Michelle M Estrella
    Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 17:26-35. 2010
  5. ncbi The impact of kidney function at highly active antiretroviral therapy initiation on mortality in HIV-infected women
    Michelle M Estrella
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 55:217-20. 2010
  6. ncbi HIV-associated nephropathy patients with and without apolipoprotein L1 gene variants have similar clinical and pathological characteristics
    Mohamed G Atta
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Kidney Int 82:338-43. 2012
  7. ncbi Chronic kidney disease and estimates of kidney function in HIV infection: a cross-sectional study in the multicenter AIDS cohort study
    Michelle M Estrella
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 57:380-6. 2011
  8. ncbi The impact of impaired kidney function and HIV infection on the risk of anemia
    Alison G Abraham
    Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 28:1666-71. 2012
  9. ncbi APOL1 risk variants predict histopathology and progression to ESRD in HIV-related kidney disease
    Derek M Fine
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    J Am Soc Nephrol 23:343-50. 2012
  10. ncbi Fluid balance, diuretic use, and mortality in acute kidney injury
    Morgan E Grams
    Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 6:966-73. 2011

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi Prevalence of kidney disease in anaemia differs by GFR-estimating method: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-94)
    Michelle M Estrella
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Nephrol Dial Transplant 25:2542-8. 2010
    ..Serum cystatin C is purportedly a more sensitive marker of kidney disease and a better predictor of mortality than serum creatinine. However, studies suggest that extrarenal factors also influence cystatin C levels...
  2. ncbi Efficacy of an internet-based tool for improving physician knowledge of chronic kidney disease: an observational study
    Michelle M Estrella
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 E Monument Street, Suite 416, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    BMC Nephrol 13:126. 2012
    ..Early recognition and management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are associated with better outcomes. Internal medicine residency should prepare physicians to diagnose and manage CKD...
  3. ncbi Vitamin D deficiency and persistent proteinuria among HIV-infected and uninfected injection drug users
    Michelle M Estrella
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    AIDS 26:295-302. 2012
    ..To determine whether vitamin D is associated with proteinuria in this population, we conducted a cross-sectional study in the AIDS Linked to the IntraVenous Experience (ALIVE) Study...
  4. ncbi Screening for chronic kidney disease in HIV-infected patients
    Michelle M Estrella
    Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 17:26-35. 2010
    ..This review focuses on the current guidelines for kidney disease screening and discusses traditional as well as promising strategies for detecting CKD in this vulnerable population...
  5. ncbi The impact of kidney function at highly active antiretroviral therapy initiation on mortality in HIV-infected women
    Michelle M Estrella
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 55:217-20. 2010
    ..We re-examined this association in the later HAART period to determine whether chronic kidney disease remains a predictor of death after HAART initiation...
  6. ncbi HIV-associated nephropathy patients with and without apolipoprotein L1 gene variants have similar clinical and pathological characteristics
    Mohamed G Atta
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Kidney Int 82:338-43. 2012
    ....
  7. ncbi Chronic kidney disease and estimates of kidney function in HIV infection: a cross-sectional study in the multicenter AIDS cohort study
    Michelle M Estrella
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 57:380-6. 2011
    ..Cystatin C has been proposed as an alternative marker of kidney function among HIV-infected persons in whom serum creatinine is affected by extrarenal factors...
  8. ncbi The impact of impaired kidney function and HIV infection on the risk of anemia
    Alison G Abraham
    Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 28:1666-71. 2012
    ..Comorbid conditions and medication use did not explain this increase in risk. HIV infection and impaired kidney function have a combined impact on lowering hemoglobin levels, resulting in a higher risk of anemia...
  9. ncbi APOL1 risk variants predict histopathology and progression to ESRD in HIV-related kidney disease
    Derek M Fine
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    J Am Soc Nephrol 23:343-50. 2012
    ..03). In summary, these data demonstrate an association between APOL1 variants and renal outcomes in non-HIVAN kidney disease, suggesting a possible use for APOL1 genotyping to help guide the care of HIV-infected patients...
  10. ncbi Fluid balance, diuretic use, and mortality in acute kidney injury
    Morgan E Grams
    Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 6:966-73. 2011
    ..The primary objective was to elucidate the association between fluid balance, diuretic use, and short-term mortality after AKI in critically ill patients...
  11. ncbi Kidney function and mortality post-liver transplant in the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease era
    Aastha Sethi
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Int J Nephrol Renovasc Dis 4:139-44. 2011
    ..However, the need for pre-transplant RRT and post-transplant kidney dysfunction was associated with a more than 2-fold greater risk of subsequent death...
  12. ncbi Genetic epidemiology of chronic kidney disease
    Michelle M Estrella
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 19:283-91. 2010
    ..To provide a brief review of methods used in genetic epidemiology studies, an update of recent significant findings in genome-wide studies of kidney disease, and a discussion of the clinical implications of these findings...