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Longer treatment time and slower ultrafiltration in hemodialysis: Associations with reduced mortality in the DOPPS by Saran, R., Bragg-Gresham, J.L., Levin, N.W., Twardowski, Z.J., Wizemann, V., Saito, A., Kimata, N., Gillespie, B.W., Combe, C., Bommer, J., Akiba, T., Mapes, D.L., Young, E.W., Port, F.K.

“…Longer treatment time (TT) and slower ultrafiltration rate (UFR) are considered advantageous for hemodialysis (HD) patients. The study included 22 000 HD…”
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Unraveling the relationship between mortality, hyponatremia, inflammation and malnutrition in hemodialysis patients: results from the international MONDO initiative by Dekker, M J E, Marcelli, D, Canaud, B, Konings, C J A M, Leunissen, K M, Levin, N W, Carioni, P, Maheshwari, V, Raimann, J G, van der Sande, F M, Usvyat, L A, Kotanko, P, Kooman, J P

“…Background/Objectives: Hyponatremia is a risk factor for mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients. It is not well known to which extent the comorbidities,…”
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Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) randomized trials: Study design by Suri, R.S., Garg, A.X., Chertow, G.M., Levin, N.W., Rocco, M.V., Greene, T., Beck, G.J., Gassman, J.J., Eggers, P.W., Star, R.A., Ornt, D.B., Kliger, A.S., for the Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) Trail Group

“…Observational studies suggest improvements with frequent hemodialysis (HD), but its true efficacy and safety remain uncertain. The Frequent Hemodialysis…”
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Segment-specific resistivity improves body fluid volume estimates from bioimpedance spectroscopy in hemodialysis patients by Zhu, F, Kuhlmann, M. K, Kaysen, G. A, Sarkar, S, Kaitwatcharachai, C, Khilnani, R, Stevens, L, Leonard, E. F, Wang, J, Heymsfield, S, Levin, N. W

“…1 Renal Research Institute and Beth Israel Medical Center, New York; 2 Division of Nephrology, University of California, Davis, California; 3 Department of…”
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Association of serum phosphorus and calcium x phosphate product with mortality risk in chronic hemodialysis patients: A national study by Block, GA, Hulbert-Shearon, TE, Levin, NW, Port, FK

“…Elevated serum phosphorus is a predictable accompaniment of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the absence of dietary phosphate restriction or supplemental…”
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Metabolic consequences of body size and body composition in hemodialysis patients by Sarkar, S.R., Kuhlmann, M.K., Kotanko, P., Zhu, F., Heymsfield, S.B., Wang, J., Meisels, I.S., Gotch, F.A., Kaysen, G.A., Levin, N.W.

“…Small body mass index is associated with increased mortality in chronic hemodialysis patients. The reasons for this observation are unclear but may be related…”
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Saliva urea dipstick test: application in chronic kidney disease by Raimann, J G, Kirisits, W, Gebetsroither, E, Carter, M, Callegari, J, Rosales, L, Levin, N W, Kotanko, P

“…A noninvasive test for determining elevated levels of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) may be useful under circumstances in which there is limited access to…”
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The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes website: Comparison of guidelines as a tool for harmonization by Vanbelleghem, H., Vanholder, R., Levin, N.W., Becker, G., Craig, J.C., Ito, S., Lau, J., Locatelli, F., Zoccali, C., Solez, K., Hales, M., Lameire, N., Eknoyan, G.

“…Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a worldwide public health problem with significant comorbidity and mortality. Improving quality of life and survival of CKD…”
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Effects of a reduced inner diameter of hollow fibers in hemodialyzers by Ronco, Claudio, Brendolan, Alessandra, Lupi, Andrea, Metry, George, Levin, Nathan W.

“…Effects of a reduced inner diameter of hollow fibers in hemodialyzers. The clearance of middle molecules in high-flux hemodialyzers is due to the higher…”
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Association of acidosis and nutritional parameters in hemodialysis patients by Uribarri, Jaime, Levin, Nathan W., Delmez, James, Depner, Thomas A., Ornt, Daniel, Owen, William, Yan, Guofen

“…There is extensive literature supporting an important role for acidosis in inducing net protein breakdown, both in experimental animals and humans. However,…”
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The impact of visceral mass on survival in chronic hemodialysis patients by Kotanko, P, Levin, N W

“…In chronic hemodialysis, patient survival is positively correlated with body weight and body mass index (BMI). This relationship extends even to obese patients…”
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Effect of changes in the intravascular volume during hemodialysis on blood viscoelasticity by Metry, G, Adhikarla, R, Schneditz, D, Ronco, C, Levin, N W

“…Adoption of high rate of ultrafiltration (UF) during hemodialysis (HD) may affect the hemorhelogical blood profile, by changing Hematocrit (Hct) and the…”
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Comparison of methods to predict equilibrated Kt/V in the HEMO Pilot Study by HEMO Study Group, Daugirdas, John T., Depner, Thomas A., Gotch, Frank A., Greene, Tom, Keshaviah, Prakash, Levin, Nathan W., Schulman, Gerald

“…Comparison of methods to predict equilibrated Kt/V in the HEMO Pilot Study. The ongoing HEMO Study, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) sponsored multicenter…”
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Out of control: accelerated aging in uremia by Kooman, Jeroen P, Broers, Natascha J H, Usvyat, Len, Thijssen, Stephan, van der Sande, Frank M, Cornelis, Tom, Levin, Nathan W, Leunissen, Karel M L, Kotanko, Peter

“…Next to a high morbidity, patients with end-stage renal failure (ESRD) suffer from a complex spectrum of clinical manifestations. Both the phenotype of…”
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Dynamics of segmental extracellular volumes during changes in body position by bioimpedance analysis by Zhu, Fansan, Schneditz, Daniel, Wang, Erjun, Levin, Nathan W

“…1  Renal Research Institute and 2  Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York 10128…”
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Sum of segmental bioimpedance analysis during ultrafiltration and hemodialysis reduces sensitivity to changes in body position by Zhu, Fansan, Schneditz, Daniel, Levin, Nathan W.

“…Sum of segmental bioimpedance analysis during ultrafiltration and hemodialysis reduces sensitivity to changes in body position. Bioimpedance, a noninvasive…”
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The survival advantage for haemodialysis patients taking vitamin D is questioned: findings from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study by Tentori, Francesca, Albert, Justin M., Young, Eric W., Blayney, Margaret J., Robinson, Bruce M., Pisoni, Ronald L., Akiba, Takashi, Greenwood, Roger N., Kimata, Naoki, Levin, Nathan W., Piera, Luis M., Saran, Rajiv, Wolfe, Robert A., Port, Friedrich K.

“…Background. Retrospective studies of haemodialysis patients from large dialysis organizations in the United States have indicated that intravenous vitamin D…”
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Validation of haemodialysis recirculation and access blood flow measured by thermodilution by SCHNEDITZ, D, WANG, E, LEVIN, N. W

“…Recirculation (R) and access blood flow (Qac) measurements are considered useful indicators of adequate delivery of haemodialysis. It was the purpose of this…”
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Validation of changes in extracellular volume measured during hemodialysis using a segmental bioimpedance technique by Zhu, F, Schneditz, D, Wang, E, Martin, K, Morris, A T, Levin, N W

“…Sum of segmental bioimpedance analysis (BIAs) has recently been introduced as a more accurate estimation of extracellular volume (ECV). The current study was…”
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Adjustment of dry weight in hemodialysis patients using intradialytic continuous multifrequency bioimpedance of the calf by Zhu, F, Kuhlmann, M K, Sarkar, S, Kaitwatcharachai, C, Khilnani, R, Leonard, E F, Greenwood, R, Levin, N W

“…Current concepts of dry weight (DW) prescription are largely based on clinical symptoms because of the difficulty in assessing extracellular fluid volume (ECV)…”
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