Fresenius Medical Care North America Medical Literature Bibliography* 2000 - 2010 *Includes work done from the FMCNA patient database over the past decade and work performed by FMCNA-affiliated authors since 2000. Last updated August 19, 2010 from PubMed. 1. MATSUO K, HAKIM RM, et al: Transforming growth factor- is involved in the pathogenesis of dialysis-related amyloidosis (DRA). KI, Vol. 57, pp 697-708, 2000. 2. HAKIM, RM: Clinical implications of biocompatibility in blood purification membranes. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2000) 15 [Suppl 2]: pp 16-20. 3. GOTCH FA. Kt/V is the best dialysis dose parameter. Blood Purif. 2000;18(4):276-85. 4. LOWRIE EG. The normalized treatment ratio (Kt/V) is not the best dialysis dose parameter. Blood Purif. 2000;18(4):286-94. 5. GOTCH FA. Urea is the best molecule to target adequacy of peritoneal dialysis. Perit Dial Int. 2000;20 Suppl 2:S58-64. 6. OFSTHUN NJ. Limitations of membrane structure and dialyzer design on large solute removal in dialysis. Blood Purif. 2000;18(4):264-6. 7. DIAZ-BUXO JA. Continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis, PD plus, and high-flow automated peritoneal dialysis: a spectrum of therapies. Perit Dial Int. 2000;20 Suppl 2:S93-7. 8. DIAZ-BUXO JA, CRUZ C, GOTCH FA. Advances in end-stage renal diseases 2000. Continuousflow peritoneal dialysis. preliminary results. Blood Purif. 2000;18(4):361-5. 9. DIAZ-BUXO JA, CRAWFORD TL. Peritonitis and antibiotic therapy in patients on cycler peritoneal dialysis--an update. Adv Perit Dial. 2000;16:229-32. 10. SHALDON S, LAZARUS JM, LUNDIN AP, TZAMAIOUKAS AH, OREOPOULOS OG, KJELLSTRAND CM. How can survival of the well-dialyzed patient be increased? Semin Dial. 2000 Jan-Feb;13(1):11-22. 11. DIAZ-BUXO JA, LOWRIE EG, LEW NL, ZHANG H, LAZARUS JM. Quality-of-life evaluation using Short Form 36: comparison in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis. 2000 Feb;35(2):293-300. 1 12. DIAZ-BUXO JA. Early referral and selection of peritoneal dialysis as a treatment modality. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2000 Feb;15(2):147-9. 13. CHERTOW GM, JOHANSEN KL, LEW N, LAZARUS JM, LOWRIE EG. Vintage, nutritional status, and survival in hemodialysis patients. Kidney Int. 2000 Mar;57(3):1176-81. 14. WINGARD RL, HAKIM RM: An evolving partnership: the role of the Centers for Disease Control in the dialysis community. Semin Dial, 2000 Mar-Apr; 13(2), pp 71-74. 15. LI Z, LEW NL, LAZARUS JM, LOWRIE EG. Comparing the urea reduction ratio and the urea product as outcome-based measures of hemodialysis dose. Am J Kidney Dis. 2000 Apr;35(4):598605. 16. SANDS JJ, NUDO SA, ASHFORD RG, MOORE KD, ORTEL TL. Antibodies to topical bovine thrombin correlate with access thrombosis. Am J Kidney Dis. 2000 May;35(5):796-801. 17. BERGSTROM J, LINDHOLM B, LACSON E JR, OWEN W JR, LOWRIE EG, GLASSOCK RJ, IKIZLER TA, WESSELS FJ, MOLDAWER LL, WANNER C, ZIMMERMANN J. What are the causes and consequences of the chronic inflammatory state in chronic dialysis patients? Semin Dial. 2000 May-Jun;13(3):163-75. 18. DIAZ-BUXO JA. The present and the future of APD. Automated Peritoneal Dialysis. Clin Nephrol. 2000 Jun;53(6):411-6. 19. NEYRA NR, HAKIM RM, SHYR Y, IKIZLER TA: Serum transferrin and serum prealbumin are early predictors of serum albumin in chronic hemodialysis patients. J. Ren Nutr, October 2000; 10(4), pp. 184-190. 20. NISSENSON AR, LAZARUS JM, LINDENFELD SM, HAKIM RM, BANDER SJ: The current and future state of the ESRD program: a provider roundtable. Semin Nephrol 2000 Nov; 20(6): pp 543-555. 21. SANDS JJ. Increasing AV fistulas: revisiting a time-tested solution. Semin Dial. 2000 NovDec;13(6):351-3. 22. CHERTOW GM, ACKERT K, LEW NL, LAZARUS JM, LOWRIE EG. Prealbumin is as important as albumin in the nutritional assessment of hemodialysis patients. Kidney Int. 2000 Dec;58(6):2512-7. 23. MCCARLEY P, WINGARD RL, SHYR Y, PETTUS W, HAKIM RM, IKIZLER TA: Vascular access blood flow monitoring reduces access morbidity and costs. KI, Vol.60 (2001), pp. 11641172. 2 24. DIAZ-BUXO JA, CRAWFORD TL, BAILIE GR. Peritonitis in automated peritoneal dialysis: antibiotic therapy and pharmacokinetics. Perit Dial Int. 2001;21 Suppl 3:S197-201. 25. GOTCH FA. Daily hemodialysis is a complex therapy with unproven benefits. Blood Purif. 2001;19(2):211-6. 26. RONCO C, DIAZ-BUXO JA. Automated peritoneal dialysis. Revisitation of the past or beginning of a new PD era? Nephron. 2001 Jan;87(1):1-7. 27. HAKIM RM, IKIZLER TA: Use of vascular access blood flow to evaluate vascular access. Am J Kidney Dis 2001 Feb, 37: pp 451-452. 28. SZCZECH LA, LOWRIE EG, LI Z, LEW NL, LAZARUS JM, OWEN WF JR. Changing hemodialysis thresholds for optimal survival. Kidney Int. 2001 Feb;59(2):738-45. 29. LACSON E JR, TENG M, LAZARUS JM, LEW N, LOWRIE E, OWEN W. Limitations of the facility-specific standardized mortality ratio for profiling health care quality in dialysis. Am J Kidney Dis. 2001 Feb;37(2):267-75. 30. GOTCH FA. Is Kt/V Urea a Satisfactory Measure for Dosing the Newer Dialysis Regimens? Semin Dial. 2001 Feb;14(1):15-17. 31. FLETES R, LAZARUS JM, GAGE J, CHERTOW GM. Suspected iron dextran-related adverse drug events in hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis. 2001 Apr;37(4):743-9. 32. DIAZ-BUXO JA. Continuous flow peritoneal dialysis. Nephrol News Issues. 2001 May;15(6):1821. 33. KARNIK JA, YOUNG BS, LEW NL, HERGET M, DUBINSKY C, LAZARUS JM, CHERTOW GM. Cardiac arrest and sudden death in dialysis units. Kidney Int. 2001 Jul;60(1):350-7. 34. GOTCH FA. Evolution of the single-pool urea kinetic model. Semin Dial. 2001 JulAug;14(4):252-6. 35. LACSON E JR, DIAZ-BUXO JA. Daily and nocturnal hemodialysis: how do they stack up? Am J Kidney Dis. 2001 Aug;38(2):225-39. 36. SANDS JJ, NUDO SA, MOORE KD, ORTEL TL. Antibodies to prothrombin, factor V, and beta2-glycoprotein I and vascular access thrombosis. ASAIO J. 2001 Sep-Oct;47(5):507-10. 3 37. CRUZ C, MELENDEZ A, GOTCH FA, FOLDEN T, CRAWFORD TL, DIAZ-BUXO JA. Singlepass continuous flow peritoneal dialysis using two catheters. Semin Dial. 2001 Sep-Oct;14(5):3914. 38. AMERLING R, DESIMONE L, INCIONG-REYES R, PANGILINAN A, FOLDEN T, RONCO C, GOTCH FA, LEVIN N. Clinical experience with continuous flow and flow-through peritoneal dialysis. Semin Dial. 2001 Sep-Oct;14(5):388-90. 39. DIAZ-BUXO JA. Evolution of continuous flow peritoneal dialysis and the current state of the art. Semin Dial. 2001 Sep-Oct;14(5):373-7. 40. GOTCH FA. Kinetic modeling of continuous flow peritoneal dialysis. Semin Dial. 2001 SepOct;14(5):378-83. 41. SAADEH E, IKILER TA, SHYR Y, HAKIM R, HIMMELFARB J: Recombinant Human Growth Hormone in Patients with Acute Renal Failure, Journal of Renal Nutrition, Vol 11, No 4, pp 212219, October 2001. 42. DIAZ-BUXO JA, LACSON E JR. 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HIMMELFARB J, STENVINKEL P, IKIZLER TA, HAKIM RM: The elephant in uremia: Oxidant stress as a unifying concept of cardiovascular disease in uremia, KI, Vol 62:5 (2002), pp.1524-1538. 4 49. GOTCH FA. On-line clearance: advanced methodology to monitor adequacy of dialysis at no cost. Contrib Nephrol. 2002;(137):268-71. 50. DIAZ-BUXO JA, CRAWFORD TL. Peritonitis in continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis. Adv Perit Dial. 2002;18:161-4. 51. DIAZ-BUXO JA. Streaming, mixing, and recirculation: role of the peritoneal access in continuous flow peritoneal dialysis (clinical considerations). Adv Perit Dial. 2002;18:87-90. 52. DIAZ-BUXO JA. Continuous flow peritoneal dialysis: clinical applications. Blood Purif. 2002;20(1):36-9. 53. IKIZLER TA, PUPIM LB, BROUILLETTE JR, LEVENHAGEN DK, FARMER K, HAKIM RM, FLAKOLL PJ: Hemodialysis stimulates muscle and whole body protein loss and alters substrate oxidation, Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, 2002 Jan; 282 (1) E107-16. 54. 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