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Use of Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents in Kidney Disease Patients: Time for Change by Abu-Alfa, Ali K.

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The role of international renal disaster preparedness working groups in difficult settings: bridge over troubled water by Yoo, Kyung Don, Chao, Chia-Ter, Lee, Jung Pyo, Abu-Alfa, Ali K

“…Disasters, natural and man-made, are rising in frequency and pose significant challenges to the provision of renal care worldwide. Patients with kidney…”
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Collagenofibrotic glomerulopathy in a kidney transplant recipient: A first report by Jdiaa, Sara S., Moeckel, Gilbert W., Kfoury, Hala M., Medawar, Walid A., Abu‐Alfa, Ali K.

“…Collagenofibrotic glomerulopathy (CG) is a rare disease characterized by the deposition of collagen type 3 fibrils in the glomeruli. Patients may have…”
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Kidney failure in Sudan: thousands of lives at risk by Hassan, Hatim A, Hafez, Mohamed Hany, Luyckx, Valerie A, Tuğlular, Serhan, Abu-Alfa, Ali K

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Tumor Lysis Syndrome and Acute Kidney Injury: Evaluation, Prevention, and Management by Abu-Alfa, Ali K., MD, Younes, Anas, MD

“…Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) describes a constellation of biochemical and clinical abnormalities resulting from rapid and massive tumor cell death. TLS is…”
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Gadolinium-based MR contrast agents and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis by Kuo, Phillip H, Kanal, Emanuel, Abu-Alfa, Ali K, Cowper, Shawn E

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Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: Clinicopathological definition and workup recommendations by Girardi, Michael, MD, Kay, Jonathan, MD, Elston, Dirk M., MD, LeBoit, Philip E., MD, Abu-Alfa, Ali, MD, Cowper, Shawn E., MD

“…Background The condition that came to be known as nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) was first reported in 2000 and, in 2001, was termed “nephrogenic…”
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Improving the prognosis of patients with severely decreased glomerular filtration rate (CKD G4+): conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference by Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Bansal, Nisha, Coresh, Josef, Evans, Marie, Grams, Morgan E, Herzog, Charles A, James, Matthew T, Heerspink, Hiddo J L, Pollock, Carol A, Stevens, Paul E, Tamura, Manjula Kurella, Tonelli, Marcello A, Wheeler, David C, Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C, Cheung, Michael, Hemmelgarn, Brenda R

“…Patients with severely decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR) (i.e., chronic kidney disease [CKD] G4+) are at increased risk for kidney failure,…”
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Group II GBCM Can Be Used Safely for Imaging in Stage 4/5 CKD Patients: COMMENTARY by Abu-Alfa, Ali K

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May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Lebanon by Najem, Robert N, Halawi, Ahmad, Tanios, Bassem, Ambriss, Rasha, Bikai, Rana El, Partington, Giles, Beaney, Thomas, Poulter, Neil R, Alfa, Ali K Abu

“…Abstract Hypertension is an important public health concern of high prevalence among adults. It is associated with an increased mortality rate. The prevalence…”
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Gadolinium-based contrast agents and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: Why did it happen and what have we learned? by Weinreb, Jeffrey C., Abu-Alfa, Ali K.

“…This article addresses two questions about gadolinium‐based contrast agents (GBCAs) and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF): “Why did it happen” and “What have…”
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Cinacalcet for Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis by Block, Geoffrey A, Martin, Kevin J, de Francisco, Angel L.M, Turner, Stewart A, Avram, Morrell M, Suranyi, Michael G, Hercz, Gavril, Cunningham, John, Abu-Alfa, Ali K, Messa, Piergiorgio, Coyne, Daniel W, Locatelli, Francesco, Cohen, Raphael M, Evenepoel, Pieter, Moe, Sharon M, Fournier, Albert, Braun, Johann, McCary, Laura C, Zani, Valter J, Olson, Kurt A, Drüeke, Tilman B, Goodman, William G

“…Hypercalcemia and hyperphosphatemia often complicate secondary hyperparathyroidism therapy in patients who are receiving dialysis. Unlike vitamin D and…”
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Impact of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in the Management of Chronic Kidney Disease: A Middle East and Africa Perspective by Elkeraie, Ahmed Fathi, Al-Ghamdi, Saeed, Abu-Alfa, Ali K, Alotaibi, Torki, AlSaedi, Ali Jasim, AlSuwaida, Abdulkareem, Arici, Mustafa, Ecder, Tevfik, Ghnaimat, Mohammad, Hafez, Mohamed Hany, Hassan, Mohamed H, Sqalli, Tarik

“…Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health concern in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region and a leading cause of death in patients with type 2…”
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Framework for establishing integrated kidney care programs in low- and middle-income countries by Tonelli, Marcello, Nkunu, Victoria, Varghese, Cherian, Abu-Alfa, Ali K., Alrukhaimi, Mona N., Bernieh, Bassam, Fox, Louise, Gill, John, Harris, David C.H., Hou, Fan Fan, O’Connell, Philip J., Rashid, Harun Ur, Niang, Abdou, Ossareh, Shahrzad, Tesar, Vladimir, Zakharova, Elena, Yang, Chih-Wei

“…Secular increases in the burden of kidney failure is a major challenge for health systems worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) due…”
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Point-of-care screening for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction using artificial intelligence during ECG-enabled stethoscope examination in London, UK: a prospective, observational, multicentre study by Bachtiger, Patrik, Petri, Camille F, Scott, Francesca E, Ri Park, Se, Kelshiker, Mihir A, Sahemey, Harpreet K, Dumea, Bianca, Alquero, Regine, Padam, Pritpal S, Hatrick, Isobel R, Ali, Alfa, Ribeiro, Maria, Cheung, Wing-See, Bual, Nina, Rana, Bushra, Shun-Shin, Matthew, Kramer, Daniel B, Fragoyannis, Alex, Keene, Daniel, Plymen, Carla M, Peters, Nicholas S

“…Most patients who have heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction, when left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is 40% or lower, are diagnosed in…”
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Pediatric nephrogenic systemic fibrosis is rarely reported: a RADAR report by Nardone, Beatrice, Saddleton, Elise, Laumann, Anne E., Edwards, Beatrice J., Raisch, Dennis W., McKoy, June M., Belknap, Steven M., Bull, Christian, Haryani, Anand, Cowper, Shawn E., Abu-Alfa, Ali K., Miller, Frank H., Godinez-Puig, Victoria, Dharnidharka, Vikas R., West, Dennis P.

“…Background Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis is a fibrosing disorder associated with exposure to gadolinium-based contrast agents in people with severely…”
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Systematic Barriers to the Effective Delivery of Home Dialysis in the United States: A Report From the Public Policy/Advocacy Committee of the North American Chapter of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis by Golper, Thomas A., MD, Saxena, Anjali B., MD, Piraino, Beth, MD, Teitelbaum, Isaac, MD, Burkart, John, MD, Finkelstein, Fredric O., MD, Abu-Alfa, Ali, MD

“…Home dialysis, currently underused in the United States compared with other industrialized countries, likely will benefit from the newly implemented US…”
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Effects of weight reduction regimens and bariatric surgery on chronic kidney disease in obese patients by Abou-Mrad, Rana M, Abu-Alfa, Ali K, Ziyadeh, Fuad N

“…Increasing evidence nowadays is showing that obesity by itself, independent of other comorbidities like diabetes and hypertension, is associated with renal…”
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Recommendations for Early and Comprehensive Management of Type 2 Diabetes and Its Related Cardio-Renal Complications by Abu-Alfa, Ali K., Atallah, Paola J., Azar, Sami T., Dagher, Elissar C., Echtay, Akram S., El-Amm, Mireille A., Hazkial, Habib G., Kassab, Roland Y., Medlej, Rita C., Mohamad, Malek A.

“…Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a global health problem accompanied by an elevated risk of complications, the most common being cardiac and renal diseases. In…”
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Considerations on equity in management of end-stage kidney disease in low- and middle-income countries by Van Biesen, Wim, Jha, Vivekanand, Abu-Alfa, Ali K., Andreoli, Sharon P., Ashuntantang, Gloria, Bernieh, Bassam, Brown, Edwina, Chen, Yuqing, Coppo, Rosanna, Couchoud, Cecile, Cullis, Brett, Douthat, Walter, Eke, Felicia U., Hemmelgarn, Brenda, Hou, Fan Fan, Levin, Nathan W., Luyckx, Valerie A., Morton, Rachael L., Moosa, Mohammed Rafique, Murtagh, Fliss E.M., Richards, Marie, Rondeau, Eric, Schneditz, Daniel, Shah, Kamal D., Tesar, Vladimir, Yeates, Karen, Garcia Garcia, Guillermo

“…Achievement of equity in health requires development of a health system in which everyone has a fair opportunity to attain their full health potential. The…”
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