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Use of Highly Sensitive C-Reactive Protein for Followup of Wegener's Granulomatosis by KÄLSCH, Anna-Isabelle, CSERNOK, Elena, MÜNCH, Dominik, BIRCK, Rainer, YARD, Benito A, GROSS, Wolfgang, KÄLSCH, Thorsten, SCHMITT, Wilhelm H

“…Since Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) represents a relapsing disease, efforts have been made to reliably predict relapses using blood tests. Followup measures…”
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Impact of food and herbal medication on calcineurin inhibitor dose in renal transplant patients: a cross-sectional study by Nowack, Rainer, Ballé, Christoph, Birnkammer, Franz, Koch, Wolfgang, Sessler, Roland, Birck, Rainer

“…The incidence and severity of interactions of herbal products with calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) metabolism in renal transplant recipients have not been…”
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Complementary and Alternative Medications Consumed by Renal Patients in Southern Germany by Nowack, Rainer, MD,PhD, Ballé, Christoph, MD, Birnkammer, Franz, MD, Koch, Wolfgang, MD, Sessler, Roland, MD, Birck, Rainer, MD,PhD

“…Background Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is frequently used in the general population, yet scant data are available regarding the prevalence of…”
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Central vein stenosis in a dialysis patient: a case report by Gottmann, Uwe, Sadick, Maliha, Kleinhuber, Kathrin, Benck, Urs, Huck, Kurt, Krämer, Bernhard K, Birck, Rainer

“…Central vein stenosis is not a rare problem in patients on dialysis. Placement of a central vein catheter for dialysis access substantially increases the risk…”
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Effects of Donor Pre-Treatment With Dopamine on Survival After Heart Transplantation by Benck, Urs, MD, Hoeger, Simone, PhD, Brinkkoetter, Paul T., MD, PhD, Gottmann, Uwe, MD, PhD, Doenmez, Duygu, CandMed, Boesebeck, Detlef, MD, Lauchart, Werner, MD, PhD, Gummert, Jan, MD, PhD, Karck, Matthias, MD, PhD, Lehmkuhl, Hans B., MD, Bittner, Hartmuth B., MD, PhD, Zuckermann, Andreas, MD, PhD, Wagner, Florian, MD, PhD, Schulz, Uwe, MD, Koch, Achim, MD, Bigdeli, Amir K., MD, Bara, Christoph, MD, PhD, Hirt, Stephan, MD, PhD, Berchtold-Herz, Michael, MD, Brose, Stefan, MD, Herold, Ulf, MD, Boehm, Johannes, MD, Welp, Henryk, MD, Strecker, Thomas, MD, PhD, Doesch, Andreas, MD, Birck, Rainer, MD, PhD, Krämer, Bernhard K., MD, PhD, Yard, Benito A., PhD, Schnuelle, Peter, MD, PhD

“…Objectives We determined the outcome of cardiac allografts from multiorgan donors enrolled in a randomized trial of donor pre-treatment with dopamine…”
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Life-threatening intoxication with methylene bis(thiocyanate): clinical picture and pitfalls. A case report by Braun, Claude, Birck, Rainer, Singer, Manfred V, Schnuelle, Peter, van der Woude, Fokko J, Löhr, Matthias

“…Methylene bis(thiocyanate) (MBT) is a microbiocidal agent mainly used in industrial water cooling systems and paper mills as an inhibitor of algae, fungi, and…”
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Effects of Donor Pretreatment With Dopamine on Graft Function After Kidney Transplantation: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Schnuelle, Peter, Gottmann, Uwe, Hoeger, Simone, Boesebeck, Detlef, Lauchart, Werner, Weiss, Christel, Fischereder, Michael, Jauch, Karl-Walter, Heemann, Uwe, Zeier, Martin, Hugo, Christian, Pisarski, Przemyslaw, Krämer, Bernhard K, Lopau, Kai, Rahmel, Axel, Benck, Urs, Birck, Rainer, Yard, Benito Antonio

“…CONTEXT Kidney graft function after transplantation can be improved through pharmacological donor pretreatment to limit organ injury from cold preservation…”
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Acetylcysteine for prevention of contrast nephropathy: meta-analysis by Birck, Rainer, Krzossok, Stefan, Markowetz, Florian, Schnülle, Peter, van der Woude, Fokko J, Braun, Claude

“…Contrast nephropathy is associated with increased in-hospital morbidity and mortality and leads to extension of hospital stay in patients with chronic renal…”
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Performance of the 1 mg dexamethasone suppression test in patients with severe obesity by Lammert, Alexander, Nittka, Stefanie, Otto, Mirko, Schneider‐Lindner, Verena, Kemmer, Anne, Krämer, Bernhard K., Birck, Rainer, Hammes, Hans‐Peter, Benck, Urs

“…Objective To analyze the performance of the 1 mg dexamethasone suppression test (DST) in patients with obesity. Special attention was paid to the influence of…”
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Effects of Donor Pre-Treatment With Dopamine on Survival After Heart Transplantation: A Cohort Study of Heart Transplant Recipients Nested in a Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial by BENCK, Urs, HOEGER, Simone, BITTNER, Hartmuth B, ZUCKERMANN, Andreas, WAGNER, Florian, SCHULZ, Uwe, KOCH, Achim, BIGDELI, Amir K, BARA, Christoph, HIRT, Stephan, BERCHTOLD-HERZ, Michael, BROSE, Stefan, BRINKKOETTER, Paul T, HEROLD, Ulf, BOEHM, Johannes, WELP, Henryk, STRECKER, Thomas, DOESCH, Andreas, BIRCK, Rainer, KRÄMER, Bernhard K, YARD, Benito A, SCHNUELLE, Peter, GOTTMANN, Uwe, DOENMEZ, Duygu, BOESEBECK, Detlef, LAUCHART, Werner, GUMMERT, Jan, KARCK, Matthias, LEHMKUHL, Hans B

“…We determined the outcome of cardiac allografts from multiorgan donors enrolled in a randomized trial of donor pre-treatment with dopamine. Treatment of the…”
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Minoxidil for Treatment of Resistant Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease––A Retrospective Cohort Analysis by Mundt, Heiko M., Matenaer, Matthias, Lammert, Alexander, Göttmann, Uwe, Krämer, Bernhard K., Birck, Rainer, Benck, Urs

“…Resistant hypertension is still a challenge and reserve antihypertensive agents are often necessary to achieve blood pressure control. One reserve…”
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Excellent graft and patient survival after renal transplantation from donors after brain death with acute kidney injury: a case–control study by Benck, Urs, Schnuelle, Peter, Krüger, Bernd, Nowak, Kai, Riester, Thomas, Mundt, Heiko, Lutz, Niklas, Jung, Matthias, Birck, Rainer, Krämer, Bernhard K., Schmitt, Wilhelm H.

“…Background Whether organs from donors after brain death (DBD) with acute kidney injury (AKI) should be accepted for transplantation is still a matter of…”
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Serial ANCA Determinations for Monitoring Disease Activity in Patients With ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: Systematic Review by Birck, Rainer, Schmitt, Wilhelm H., Kaelsch, Isabelle A., van der Woude, Fokko J.

“…Background: Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) are considered by some investigators to be sensitive markers of disease activity and have been…”
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Primary and secondary glomerular diseases by Birck, Rainer, Banas, Bernhard, Benck, Urs

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ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Following Influenza Vaccination: Causal Association or Mere Coincidence? by Birck, Rainer, Kaelsch, Isabelle, Schnuelle, Peter, Flores-Suárez, Luis Felipe, Nowack, Rainer

“…Whether autoimmune or rheumatic disease may be precipitated after vaccination is controversially discussed among experts. Here we describe 4 cases of new onset…”
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Association of chronic kidney disease with adverse outcomes by Hentschel, Viet Anh-Thu, Mundt, Heiko, Benck, Urs, Birck, Rainer, Krämer, Bernhard K

“…Blood pressure and antihypertensive treatment are likely to change substantially during such a long period. [...]the present analysis would need to be repeated…”
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Donor Desmopressin Is Associated With Superior Graft Survival After Kidney Transplantation by BENCK, Urs, GOTTMANN, Uwe, YARD, Benito A, SCHNUELLE, Peter, HOEGER, Simone, LAMMERT, Alexander, ROSE, Daniela, BOESEBECK, Detlef, LAUCHART, Werner, BIRCK, Rainer, WEISS, Christel, KRÄMER, Bernhard K

“…A recent randomized trial showed that pretreatment of the brain-dead donor with low-dose dopamine improves immediate kidney graft function, by limiting injury…”
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Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) results in low prevalence of neuro-endocrine dysfunction and NOT deficiency by Lammert, Alexander, Bode, Hinrich, Hammes, Hans-Peter, Birck, Rainer, Fatar, Marc, Zohsel, Katrin, Schmieder, Kirsten, Schubert, Gerrit Alexander, Thomé, Claudius, Seiz, Marcel

“…Neuro-endocrine deficiencies have been argued to be common sequelae after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). As this, however, does not resemble our…”
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Glomerular immune deposits are associated with increased proteinuria in patients with ANCA‐associated crescentic nephritis by Neumann, Irmgard, Regele, Heinz, Kain, Renate, Birck, Rainer, Meisl, Franz Thomas

“…Background. In small vessel vasculitis and its renal‐limited form, idiopathic crescentic glomerulonephritis, renal damage is characterized by pauci‐immune…”
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15-Deoxyspergualin in patients with refractory ANCA-associated systemic vasculitis: A six-month open-label trial to evaluate safety and efficacy by BIRCK, Rainer, WARNATZ, Klaus, HOTTA, Osamu, NOWACK, Rainer, VAN DER WOUDE, Fokko J, LORENZ, Hanns M, CHOI, Mira, HAUBITZ, Marion, GRÜNKE, Mathias, PETER, Hans H, KALDEN, Joachim R, GÖBEL, Ursula, DREXLER, Johannes M

“…The combination of cyclophosphamide (CYC) and oral corticosteroids is effective in the majority of patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated…”
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