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Risk of death among chronic dialysis patients infected with hepatitis C virusC O Stehman-Breen
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 32:629-34. 1998..We conclude that HCV infection increased the risk for death during the study period compared with those not infected. Further studies should assess the measures used to prevent and treat HCV infection...
Pharmacokinetics of oral micronized beta-estradiol in postmenopausal women receiving maintenance hemodialysisCatherine Stehman-Breen
Division of Nephrology, Seattle VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington 98108, USA
Kidney Int 64:290-4. 2003....
Racial differences in early-onset renal disease among young adults: the coronary artery risk development in young adults (CARDIA) studyCatherine O Stehman-Breen
Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, Seattle VA Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98108, USA
J Am Soc Nephrol 14:2352-7. 2003..Differences in race/ethnicity related risk of early-onset renal impairment are particularly large among men and are not accounted for by the metabolic or socioeconomic factors evaluated...
Osteoporosis and chronic kidney diseaseCatherine Stehman-Breen
University of Washington and Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA 98108, USA
Semin Nephrol 24:78-81. 2004..Current recommendations suggest that risk-factor modification is the most appropriate course of treatment for CKD-V-associated osteoporosis...
Pre-eclampsia and premature labour among pregnant wowen with haematuriaC Stehman-Breen
Division of Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 14:136-40. 2000..7, 11.9) and low birthweight (OR=1.9, 95% CI 0.7, 4.7). In this observational study, microscopic haematuria was prevalent among pregnant women and was independently associated with an increased risk of adverse maternal complications...
Determinants of type and timing of initial permanent hemodialysis vascular accessC O Stehman-Breen
Department of Surgery, Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA 98108, USA
Kidney Int 57:639-45. 2000..We undertook a population-based study of hemodialysis (HD) patients to determine which factors are important in predicting the type of permanent access initially placed and if a functional permanent access is in place at the start of HD...
Prescription of hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women with renal failureC O Stehman-Breen
Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Kidney Int 56:2243-7. 1999..Prescription of hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women with renal failure...
Racial differences in bone mineral density and bone loss among end-stage renal disease patientsC O Stehman-Breen
Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 33:941-6. 1999..When considering bone disease among patients with ESRD, physicians should also consider osteoporosis and the impact of race on BMD...
Increased risk of preeclampsia among nulliparous pregnant women with idiopathic hematuriaCatherine O Stehman-Breen
Division of Nephrology, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA 98108, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 187:703-8. 2002..Our purpose was to determine the risk of preeclampsia and gestational hypertension among nulliparous pregnant women with idiopathic hematuria...
Chronic kidney disease and the risk of end-stage renal disease versus deathLorien S Dalrymple
Department of Medicine, University of California Davis, 4150 V Street, 3500 PSSB, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:379-85. 2011..Among older adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD), the comparative event rates of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and cause-specific death are unknown...
Calcium channel blocker use and mortality among patients with end-stage renal diseaseBryan Kestenbaum
Division of Nephrology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98108, USA
Kidney Int 61:2157-64. 2002..We sought to determine the association between CCB use and mortality among a cohort of ESRD patients...
Survival following parathyroidectomy among United States dialysis patientsBryan Kestenbaum
Division of Nephrology, University of Washington, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington 98108, USA
Kidney Int 66:2010-6. 2004..Parathyroidectomy (PTX) can dramatically reduce parathyroid hormone (PTH) and phosphate levels; however, the relationship between PTX and survival is not known...
Kidney function, electrocardiographic findings, and cardiovascular events among older adultsBryan Kestenbaum
Division of Nephrology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104 2499, USA
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2:501-8. 2007..Associations seemed stronger for participants with CKD; however, no significant interactions were detected. Resting electrocardiographic abnormalities are common in CKD and independently predict future clinical CV events in this setting...
Association of mild to moderate kidney dysfunction and coronary calcificationJoachim H Ix
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, and San Diego VA Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, Mail Code 111 H, San Diego, CA 92161, USA
J Am Soc Nephrol 19:579-85. 2008..These results suggest that a higher burden of CAC is unlikely to explain the association between mild to moderate kidney dysfunction and cardiovascular mortality...
Risk factors for incident stroke among patients with end-stage renal diseaseStephen L Seliger
Division of Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98102, USA
J Am Soc Nephrol 14:2623-31. 2003..The association between black race and stroke differs by cardiac disease status; the reasons for this differing effect of race deserve further investigation...
Moderate renal impairment and risk of dementia among older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Cognition StudyStephen L Seliger
Division of Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
J Am Soc Nephrol 15:1904-11. 2004..Strategies to prevent or delay the onset of dementia in patients with moderate renal impairment are needed...
Cardiovascular and thromboembolic events following hypertensive pregnancyBryan Kestenbaum
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 42:982-9. 2003..We conducted a population-based cohort study to estimate the risks for cardiovascular and thromboembolic events in women with pregnancy-related hypertension...
Risk factors for upper gastrointestinal bleeding among end-stage renal disease patientsHaimanot Wasse
University of Washington, Division of Nephrology, Seattle, Washington, USA
Kidney Int 64:1455-61. 2003..However, correlates of UGIB among ESRD patients remain unknown. We conducted a cohort study of dialysis patients to ascertain risk factors for UGIB...
Cystatin C and subclinical brain infarctionStephen L Seliger
Division of Nephrology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Am Soc Nephrol 16:3721-7. 2005..Compared with creatinine, CysC, a novel marker of renal function, has a stronger and more direct association with SBI in the elderly...
Risk of hip fracture among dialysis and renal transplant recipientsAdrianne M Ball
Division of Nephrology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
JAMA 288:3014-8. 2002..CONCLUSION: The high risk of hip fracture among dialysis patients is exceeded by that among renal transplant patients during the first 1 to 3 years after transplantation...
Differences in kidney function and incident hypertension: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosisBryan Kestenbaum
University of Washington, Division of Nephrology, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98104 2499, USA
Ann Intern Med 148:501-8. 2008..Kidney disease and hypertension commonly coexist, yet the direction of their association is still debated...
Vitamin B6 metabolism and homocysteine in end-stage renal disease and chronic renal insufficiencyArmando Lindner
Department of Medicine, Veteran s Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98108, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 39:134-45. 2002..Rather, nonvitamin factors or potentially toxic PA levels may be implicated in abnormal vitamin B6 and/or tHcy metabolism during renal insufficiency...
Parathyroidectomy rates among United States dialysis patients: 1990-1999Bryan Kestenbaum
University of Washington Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
Kidney Int 65:282-8. 2004..We report PTX rates in the United States from 1990 to 1999 among persons with end-stage renal disease, accounting for changes in patient characteristics...
Cystatin C and incident peripheral arterial disease events in the elderly: results from the Cardiovascular Health StudyANN M O'HARE
Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, and General Internal Medicine Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center San Francisco, 4150 Clement Street, San Faancisco, CA 94121, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:2666-70. 2005..The association of cystatin C, a novel marker of renal function, with risk for developing complications related to peripheral arterial disease (PAD) has not been examined...
Cardiovascular risk factors and incident acute renal failure in older adults: the cardiovascular health studyAnuja Mittalhenkle
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mail Code MQ360, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 S W Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 3:450-6. 2008..Although the elderly are at increased risk for acute renal failure, few prospective studies have identified risk factors for acute renal failure in the elderly...
Elevated risk of stroke among patients with end-stage renal diseaseStephen L Seliger
Division of Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Kidney Int 64:603-9. 2003..Although prior public health initiatives have focused primarily on cardiac disease among patients treated with dialysis, our data suggest that new initiatives are needed to control the high risk of stroke in this population...
Cystatin C concentration as a risk factor for heart failure in older adultsMark J Sarnak
Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ann Intern Med 142:497-505. 2005..For a full list of participating Cardiovascular Health Study investigators and institutions, see http://www.chs-nhlbi.org...
Hypoalbuminemia and risk of death in pediatric patients with end-stage renal diseaseCraig S Wong
Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 5311, USA
Kidney Int 61:630-7. 2002..We evaluated the association between serum albumin and death among pediatric patients initiating dialysis...
Increased risk of mortality associated with hip fracture in the dialysis populationAnuja Mittalhenkle
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 44:672-9. 2004..The average relative risk of mortality associated with hip fracture was 1.99 (95% CI: 1.91, 2.07; P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Hip fracture is associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality in the dialysis population...
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors are associated with reduced mortality in ESRD patientsStephen L Seliger
Division of Nephrology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
Kidney Int 61:297-304. 2002..45, 0.91). In contrast, the use of fibrates was not associated with reduced mortality (RR=1.29). CONCLUSIONS: Statin use was associated with a reduction in cardiovascular-specific death and total mortality in patients on dialysis...
Are HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors underutilized in dialysis patients?Stephen L Seliger
Semin Dial 16:179-85. 2003....
Hepatitis C and renal disease: an updateCatherine M Meyers
Division of Kidney, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 42:631-57. 2003..There are significant needs in both basic and clinical research in the pathogenesis, natural history, prevention, and therapy for hepatitis C in patients with renal disease...
