Dena E Rifkin

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Linking clinic and home: a randomized, controlled clinical effectiveness trial of real-time, wireless blood pressure monitoring for older patients with kidney disease and hypertension
    Dena E Rifkin
    Division of Nephrology, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
    Blood Press Monit 18:8-15. 2013
  2. ncbi Renal artery calcification and mortality among clinically asymptomatic adults
    Dena E Rifkin
    Division of Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California 92161, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 60:1079-85. 2012
  3. ncbi Albuminuria, impaired kidney function and cardiovascular outcomes or mortality in the elderly
    Dena E Rifkin
    Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
    Nephrol Dial Transplant 25:1560-7. 2010
  4. ncbi Association between baseline kidney function and change in CRP: an analysis of the cardiovascular health study
    Dena E Rifkin
    Division of Nephrology, University of California, San Diego and Veterans Affair Hospital, San Diego, CA 92093 9111, USA
    Nephron Clin Pract 115:c114-21. 2010
  5. ncbi Medication adherence behavior and priorities among older adults with CKD: a semistructured interview study
    Dena E Rifkin
    University of California, San Diego, and San Diego VA Medical Center, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Am J Kidney Dis 56:439-46. 2010
  6. ncbi Kidney function and mortality in octogenarians: Cardiovascular Health Study All Stars
    Shani Shastri
    Division of Nephrology, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 60:1201-7. 2012
  7. ncbi Cystatin C, albuminuria, and mortality among older adults with diabetes
    Ian H De Boer
    University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
    Diabetes Care 32:1833-8. 2009
  8. ncbi Apolipoprotein E and kidney function in older adults
    Rebecca Kurnik Seshasai
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    Clin Nephrol 78:174-80. 2012
  9. ncbi Rapid kidney function decline and mortality risk in older adults
    Dena E Rifkin
    Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, 750 Washington St, Box 391, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    Arch Intern Med 168:2212-8. 2008
  10. ncbi Associations between coronary calcification on chest radiographs and mortality in hemodialysis patients
    Joseph A Abdelmalek
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, CA 92161, USA
    Am J Kidney Dis 60:990-7. 2012

Detail Information

Publications14

  1. ncbi Linking clinic and home: a randomized, controlled clinical effectiveness trial of real-time, wireless blood pressure monitoring for older patients with kidney disease and hypertension
    Dena E Rifkin
    Division of Nephrology, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
    Blood Press Monit 18:8-15. 2013
    ..Telemonitoring interventions, however, have not targeted older, less technologically-skilled populations...
  2. ncbi Renal artery calcification and mortality among clinically asymptomatic adults
    Dena E Rifkin
    Division of Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California 92161, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 60:1079-85. 2012
    ..The goal of this study was to assess the associations between renal artery calcification (RAC) and mortality in a healthy outpatient cohort with no known cardiovascular disease (CVD)...
  3. ncbi Albuminuria, impaired kidney function and cardiovascular outcomes or mortality in the elderly
    Dena E Rifkin
    Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
    Nephrol Dial Transplant 25:1560-7. 2010
    ..Kidney disease is a risk factor for mortality and cardiovascular disease in older adults, but the separate and combined effects of albuminuria and cystatin C, a novel marker of glomerular filtration, are not known...
  4. ncbi Association between baseline kidney function and change in CRP: an analysis of the cardiovascular health study
    Dena E Rifkin
    Division of Nephrology, University of California, San Diego and Veterans Affair Hospital, San Diego, CA 92093 9111, USA
    Nephron Clin Pract 115:c114-21. 2010
    ..In cross-sectional analyses, C-reactive protein (CRP) levels are inversely related to levels of kidney function. The relationship between kidney function and subsequent changes in CRP is unknown...
  5. ncbi Medication adherence behavior and priorities among older adults with CKD: a semistructured interview study
    Dena E Rifkin
    University of California, San Diego, and San Diego VA Medical Center, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Am J Kidney Dis 56:439-46. 2010
    ..Older adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) typically use more than 5 medications and have multiple prescribing physicians. However, little is known about how they prioritize their medical conditions or decide which medications to take...
  6. ncbi Kidney function and mortality in octogenarians: Cardiovascular Health Study All Stars
    Shani Shastri
    Division of Nephrology, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 60:1201-7. 2012
    ..To examine the association between kidney function and all-cause mortality in octogenarians...
  7. ncbi Cystatin C, albuminuria, and mortality among older adults with diabetes
    Ian H De Boer
    University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
    Diabetes Care 32:1833-8. 2009
    ..Joint associations of albuminuria and impaired GFR with mortality have not been comprehensively evaluated in this population...
  8. ncbi Apolipoprotein E and kidney function in older adults
    Rebecca Kurnik Seshasai
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    Clin Nephrol 78:174-80. 2012
    ..We evaluated the associations of apolipoprotein E alleles with kidney function among older adults in the cardiovascular health study (CHS)...
  9. ncbi Rapid kidney function decline and mortality risk in older adults
    Dena E Rifkin
    Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, 750 Washington St, Box 391, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    Arch Intern Med 168:2212-8. 2008
    ..It remains unknown, however, whether longitudinal declines in kidney function are independently associated with increased cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in older adults...
  10. ncbi Associations between coronary calcification on chest radiographs and mortality in hemodialysis patients
    Joseph A Abdelmalek
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, CA 92161, USA
    Am J Kidney Dis 60:990-7. 2012
    ..We determined the prevalence of CAC and AAC visible on plain chest radiographs and their associations with mortality in our dialysis population...
  11. ncbi Interdialytic creatinine change versus predialysis creatinine as indicators of nutritional status in maintenance hemodialysis
    Carl P Walther
    Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
    Nephrol Dial Transplant 27:771-6. 2012
    ..Predialysis creatinine levels are associated with mortality risk but may be influenced by both muscle mass and dialysis dose. This might be overcome by examining the rate of rise in creatinine between dialysis sessions...
  12. ncbi Influence of patients' coronary artery calcium on subsequent medication use patterns
    Jennifer Schwartz
    San Diego State University University of California, San Diego, Joint Doctoral Program in Public Health, San Diego, CA, USA
    Am J Health Behav 36:628-38. 2012
    ..To determine whether information on the presence and extent of coronary artery calcium (CAC) is associated with the likelihood of physicians' prescribing preventive therapies...
  13. ncbi Chronic kidney disease: an inherent risk factor for acute kidney injury?
    Prabhleen Singh
    Division of Nephrology Hypertension, University of California, San Diego, CA 92161, USA
    Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 5:1690-5. 2010
    ..Moreover, certain elements in the pathophysiology of a previously injured kidney may, surprisingly, bear out to be protective against AKI...
  14. ncbi Medication issues in older individuals with CKD
    Dena E Rifkin
    Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA
    Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 17:320-8. 2010
    ..In this review, we outline the risks and benefits of medication use in the CKD population as a specific case within geriatric pharmacoepidemiology as a framework...