ANNOUNCEMENTS xli
Quiz page January 2005
Pablo Ureña xlv
Editorial
Reducing Publication Times
Bertram L. Kasiske, Blanche M. Chavers, Robert N. Foley, Mark E. Rosenberg, Suzanne K. Swan, Deanna Gunderson, Anna Gillette, and Benjamin Jackson 1
Reviews
Pleiotropic Effects of 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibitors on Renal Function
Murray Epstein and Vito M. Campese 2
A Systematic Review of Psychological Interventions for the Treatment of Nonadherence to Fluid-Intake Restrictions in People Receiving Hemodialysis
John Sharp, Matt R. Wild, and Andrew I. Gumley 15
Original investigations
Pathogenesis and treatment of kidney disease and hypertension
Factors Associated With Lipoprotein(a) in Chronic Kidney Disease
Katrin Uhlig, Shin-Ru Wang, Gerald J. Beck, John W. Kusek, Santica M. Marcovina, Tom Greene, Andrew S. Levey, and Mark J. Sarnak 28
Advanced Oxidation Protein Products as Risk Factors for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Events in Nondiabetic Predialysis Patients
Béatrice Descamps-Latscha, Véronique Witko-Sarsat, Thao Nguyen-Khoa, Anh Thu Nguyen, Valérie Gausson, Nadya Mothu, Gérard M. London, and Paul Jungers 39
Effect of Low-Density Lipoprotein Apheresis on Urinary Protein and Podocyte Excretion in Patients With Nephrotic Syndrome Due to Diabetic Nephropathy
Tsukasa Nakamura, Yasuhiro Kawagoe, Hiroshi Ogawa, Yoshihiko Ueda, Masanori Hara, Noriaki Shimada, Isao Ebihara, and Hikaru Koide 48
Involvement of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase and p38 in Human Diabetic Nephropathy
Norihiko Sakai, Takashi Wada, Kengo Furuichi, Yasunori Iwata, Keiichi Yoshimoto, Kiyoki Kitagawa, Satoshi Kokubo, Motoo Kobayashi, Akinori Hara, Junya Yamahana, Toshiya Okumura, Kazuya Takasawa, Shin-ichi Takeda, Mitsuhiro Yoshimura, Hiroshi Kida, and Hitoshi Yokoyama 54
Chronic Kidney Disease and Cognitive Impairment in Menopausal Women
Manjula Kurella, Kristine Yaffe, Michael G. Shlipak, Nanette K. Wenger, and Glenn M. Chertow 66
Haplotype Analysis Improves Molecular Diagnostics of Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
Mark B. Consugar, Sarah A. Anderson, Sandro Rossetti, V. Shane Pankratz, Christopher J. Ward, Roser Torra, Eliecer Coto, Monif El-Youssef, Sibel Kantarci, Boris Utsch, Friedhelm Hildebrandt, William E. Sweeney, Ellis D. Avner, Vicente E. Torres, Julie M. Cunningham, and Peter C. Harris 77
Renal Hypouricemia Is an Ominous Sign in Patients With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Vin-Cent Wu, Jenq-Wen Huang, Po-Ren Hsueh, Ya-Fei Yang, Hung-Bin Tsai, Wei-Chih Kan, Hong-Wei Chang, and Kwan-Dun Wu, and the SARS Research Group of National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital 88
Pediatric ARF Epidemiology at a Tertiary Care Center From 1999 to 2001
Shirley Hui-Stickle, Eileen D. Brewer, and Stuart L. Goldstein 96
Acute Renal Insufficiency After High-Dose Melphalan in Patients With Primary Systemic Amyloidosis During Stem Cell Transplantation
Nelson Leung, Jeff M. Slezak, Erik J. Bergstralh, Angela Dispenzieri, Martha Q. Lacy, Robert C. Wolf, and Morie A. Gertz 102
Dialysis therapies
Discordance of Influence of Hypertension on Mortality and Cardiovascular Risk in Hemodialysis Patients
Atsushi Takeda, Takayuki Toda, Takuma Fujii, Shinsuke Shinohara, Sei Sasaki, and Noriaki Matsui 112
HMG-Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibitor Use Is Associated With Mortality Reduction in Hemodialysis Patients
Nancy A. Mason, George R. Bailie, Sudtida Satayathum, Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham, Takashi Akiba, Tadao Akizawa, Christian Combe, Hugh C. Rayner, Akira Saito, Brenda W. Gillespie, and Eric W. Young 119
Improvements in Dialysis Patient Mortality Are Associated With Improvements in Urea Reduction Ratio and Hematocrit, 1999 to 2002
Robert A. Wolfe, Tempie E. Hulbert-Shearon, Valarie B. Ashby, Sangeetha Mahadevan, and Friedrich K. Port 127
Intractable Anemia Among Hemodialysis Patients: A Sign of Suboptimal Management or a Marker of Disease?
Annamaria T. Kausz, Craig Solid, Brian J.G. Pereira, Allan J. Collins, and Wendy St. Peter 136
Falls in Hemodialysis Patients: Prospective Study of Incidence, Risk Factors, and Complications
Christine Desmet, Claire Beguin, Christian Swine, Michel Jadoul, and the Université Catholique de Louvain Collaborative Group 148
The Family Perspective of ESRD Deaths
Editorial, p. 209
Lewis M. Cohen, Michael J. Germain, Anne L. Woods, Adam Mirot, and Joseph A. Burleson 154
Pharmacokinetics of Single, Oral-Dose Voriconazole in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
Luon W. Peng and Yeong-Hau H. Lien 162
Transplantation
IgA Nephropathy With Crescents in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Jolanta Kowalewska, Shan Yuan, Neodjema Sustento-Reodica, Roberto F. Nicosia, Kelly D. Smith, Connie L. Davis, and Charles E. Alpers 167
Special article
Salt Intake and Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease: An Overlooked Modifiable Exposure? A Commentary
Matthew R. Weir and Jeffrey C. Fink 176
Case reports
Phenytoin Intoxication in Critically Ill Patients
Gert De Schoenmakere, Jan De Waele, Wim Terryn, Mieke Deweweire, Alain Verstraete, Eric Hoste, Sylvie Rottey, Norbert Lameire, and Francis Colardyn 189
Acute Hepatitis and Renal Function Impairment Related to Infection by Hepatitis E Virus in a Renal Allograft Recipient
Nassim Kamar, Jean Michel Mansuy, Laure Esposito, Florence Legrand-Abravanel, Jean Marie Peron, Dominique Durand, Lionel Rostaing, and Jacques Izopet 193
A Case of Lymphocytic Hypophysitis With Masked Diabetes Insipidus Unveiled by Glucocorticoid Replacement
Chun-Hao Huang, Kang-Ju Chou, Po-Tsang Lee, Chien-Liang Chen, Hsiao-Ming Chung, and Hua-Chang Fang 197
Editorials
Chronic Kidney Disease: Stemming the Global Tide
Emeka Nwankwo, Aminu K. Bello, and A. Meguid El Nahas 201
Improving End-of-Life Care for Dialysis Patients
Related Article, p. 154
Alvin H. Moss 209
Core curriculum in nephrology
Disorders of Calcium, Phosphorus, and Magnesium
Sharon M. Moe 213
Kidney biopsy teaching case
SLE: The Great Imitator Strikes Again
Jane M. Bell, Ramesh Nair, Agnes Solon, and Patrick D. Walker 219
Nephrology grand rounds
The Epidemiology of Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 1 to 4 and Cardiovascular Disease: A High-Risk Combination
Vandana Menon and Mark J. Sarnak 223
NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION 2005 SPRING CLINICAL MEETINGS PRELIMINARY PHYSICIAN PROGRAM After page 232
AJKD electronic pages
(Available only online at www.ajkd.org)
Quiz page answers January 2005
Pablo Ureña E1
Case reports
Hypercalcemia Due to Excess 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D in Crohn’s Disease
Kathryn A. Tuohy and Theodore I. Steinman E3
Leg Pain Due to Bilateral Focal Recurrent Myositis in a Hemodialysis Patient
Sylvie Revaz, Nicolas Theumann, Johannes Alexander Lobrinus, Alexander Kai-Lik So, and Jean Dudler E7
Posttransplantation Cytomegalovirus-Induced Recurrence of Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Associated With a Factor H Mutation: Successful Treatment With Intensive Plasma Exchanges and Ganciclovir
Karolien H. Olie, Timothy H.J. Goodship, René Verlaak, Sandrine Florquin, Jaap W. Groothoff, Lisa Strain, Jan J. Weening, and Jean-Claude Davin E12
IgA Nephropathy and Hodgkin’s Disease: A Rare Coincidence. Case Report and Literature Review
Jörg Bergmann, Dieter Buchheidt, Rüdiger Waldherr, Ole Maywald, Fokko J. van der Woude, Rüdiger Hehlmann, and Claude Braun E16