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  2. Sepsis due to microbial invasion often causes multiple organ failure (MOF), including acute kidney injury (AKI), with high mortality rates in serious cases. Hence, there is an urgent need for diagnostic biomar...

    Authors: Eiichi Sato, Atsuko Kamijo-Ikemori, Tsuyoshi Oikawa, Aya Okuda, Takeshi Sugaya, Kenjiro Kimura, Tsukasa Nakamura and Yugo Shibagaki

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:26

    Content type: Review

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  3. Psychonephrology is the field of study encompassing nephrology, psychiatry, and psychosomatic medicine, which is based on the concept of consultation-liaison within the biopsychosocial model of mind–body unity...

    Authors: Yoichi Ohtake

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:25

    Content type: Review

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  4. Renal anemia is a complication of chronic kidney disease. Guidelines for safe and effective treatment in patients with renal anemia are needed. The Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy (JSDT) published guidel...

    Authors: Hiroyasu Yamamoto, Shinichi Nishi, Tadashi Tomo, Ikuto Masakane, Kazuhide Saito, Masaomi Nangaku, Motoshi Hattori, Takahiro Suzuki, Satoshi Morita, Akira Ashida, Yasuhiko Ito, Takahiro Kuragano, Yasuhiro Komatsu, Ken Sakai, Yoshiharu Tsubakihara, Kazuhiko Tsuruya…

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:36

    Content type: Position statement

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  5. For patients undergoing hemodialysis, continuing in labor is very challenging and many patients have difficulty in current and/or previous workplaces. The objective of the present study is to clarify the deter...

    Authors: Hideyo Tsutsui, Kyoko Nomura, Aya Ishiguro, Yoshinari Tsuruta, Sawako Kato, Yoshinari Yasuda, Shunya Uchida and Yoshiharu Oshida

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:23

    Content type: Research

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  6. We recently demonstrated, using an index of recently synthesized hemoglobin, reticulocyte hemoglobin (Ret-Hb), that iron administration remarkably improves hemoglobin (Hb) synthesis during the period of high a...

    Authors: Tomoyuki Kawano, Tadashi Kuji, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Eiko Ueda, Midori Shino, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Toshimasa Ohnishi, Kouichi Tamura, Nobuhito Hirawa and Yoshiyuki Toya

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:20

    Content type: Research

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  7. Since 2009, the peritoneal dialysis (PD) registry has been carried out as part of Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy (JSDT) Renal Data Registry with the cooperation of Japanese Society for Peritoneal Dialys...

    Authors: Ikuto Masakane, Takeshi Hasegawa, Satoshi Ogata, Naoki Kimata, Shigeru Nakai, Norio Hanafusa, Takayuki Hamano, Kenji Wakai, Atsushi Wada and Kosaku Nitta

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:21

    Content type: Position statement

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  8. The Scientific Academy Committee of Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy (JSDT) has developed 14 clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) and their revised editions independently or in cooperation with other organ...

    Authors: Kosaku Nitta, Ikuto Masakane, Tadashi Tomo, Kenji Tsuchida, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Tomonari Ogawa, Eiichiro Kanda, Yoshihiko Kanno, Yasuhiro Komatsu, Masatomo Taniguchi, Fumika Taki, Takeshi Hasegawa, Norio Hanafusa, Takayuki Hamano, Masafumi Fukagawa, Jun Minakuchi…

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:34

    Content type: Position statement

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  9. In recent years, the use of chest ultrasonography to detect lung water has received growing attention in clinical research. Estimation of the number of B-lines using lung ultrasound is now a standard method fo...

    Authors: Shinzo Kuzuhara, Shigeru Otsubo, Katsuya Kajimoto, Takashi Akiba and Kosaku Nitta

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:17

    Content type: Research

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  10. Peritonitis is an important complication of peritoneal dialysis. Several animal peritonitis models have been described, including bacterial and fungal models that are useful for studying inflammation in perito...

    Authors: Yasuhiko Ito, Hiroshi Kinashi, Takayuki Katsuno, Yasuhiro Suzuki and Masashi Mizuno

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:16

    Content type: Review

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  12. There are very few oral antidiabetic drugs recommended for patients on dialysis. Saxagliptin is known for its potent effect and long duration of action. In this study, we compared the efficacy of Saxagliptin w...

    Authors: Yukinao Sakai, Saori Sakai, Koji Mugishima, Anna Katayama, Yuichiro Sumi, Yusuke Otsuka, Tomoyuki Otsuka and Shuichi Tsuruoka

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:15

    Content type: Research

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  13. Insulin antibody appears in approximately 40% of insulin users using human insulin and insulin analog formulations. Insulin antibody, characterized by high affinity and low insulin antibody binding capacity (%...

    Authors: Kentaro Wada, Haruhito A. Uchida and Yuko Wada

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:14

    Content type: Case Report

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  15. Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure. Most cases of aHUS are caused by u...

    Authors: Yoko Yoshida, Hideki Kato and Masaomi Nangaku

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:5

    Content type: Review

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  16. Vascular calcification has now been recognized as a major problem in dialysis patients because of its strong influence on the prognosis. Along with the regulatory failure of calcification-inhibitory system, ac...

    Authors: Takayasu Ohtake and Shuzo Kobayashi

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:13

    Content type: Review

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  17. Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response syndrome caused by infectious disease. Severe sepsis and septic shock are extremely serious conditions with poor prognoses. It is reported that cytokines are deeply i...

    Authors: Akihito Tanaka, Daijo Inaguma, Tomoaki Nakamura, Yu Watanabe, Eri Ito, Naoki Kamegai, Hiroya Shimogushi, Minako Murata, Hibiki Shinjo, Kiyomi Koike, Yasuhiro Otsuka and Asami Takeda

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:12

    Content type: Research

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  18. Acute pulmonary edema (APE) has a poor prognosis in the general population. Mortality associated with APE in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is especially high, although specific predictors are no...

    Authors: Saki Hasegawa, Shintaro Nakano, Jun Tanno, Shiro Iwanaga, Ritsushi Kato, Toshihiro Muramatsu, Yusuke Watanabe, Hirokazu Okada, Takaaki Senbonmatsu, Hidetomo Nakamoto and Shigeyuki Nishimura

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:8

    Content type: Research

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  19. The introduction of direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) has improved sustained virological response (SV...

    Authors: Haruki Uojima, Shuzo Kobayashi, Hisashi Hidaka, Shuichi Matsumoto, Takayasu Ohtake, Takeshi Kinbara, Machiko Oka, Yasuhiro Yamanouchi, Takehiko Kunieda, Hiroki Yamanoue, Takayuki Kanemaru, Kazuhiko Tsutsumi, Tomoaki Fujikawa, Ji Hyun Sung and Makoto Kako

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:7

    Content type: Research

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  20. Post-transplant recurrent nephritis is the third common complication that leads to graft loss, which affects the long-term graft survival of kidney transplant patients. Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is t...

    Authors: Hiroshi Nihei, Ken Sakai, Seiichiro Shishido, Kazutoshi Sibuya, Hideo Edamatsu and Atsushi Aikawa

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:10

    Content type: Research

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  21. The Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy (JSDT) has performed a nationwide renal data registry since 1966. The data from the survey have been used for promoting dialysis facilities to improve dialysis quality...

    Authors: Ikuto Masakane, Shigeru Nakai, Satoshi Ogata, Naoki Kimata, Norio Hanafusa, Takayuki Hamano, Kenji Wakai, Atsushi Wada and Kosaku Nitta

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:18

    Content type: Position statement

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  22. Malnutrition-related conditions such as protein energy wasting are affecting poor outcome of the dialysis population. The serum albumin level is often used as a marker of wasting and malnutrition. However, the...

    Authors: Norio Hanafusa, Kosaku Nitta, Masayuki Okazaki, Mizuki Komatsu, Shunji Shiohira, Hiroshi Kawaguchi and Ken Tsuchiya

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:9

    Content type: Research

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  23. Improvements in immunosuppression have reduced acute kidney allograft rejection and clinicians are now seeking ways to prolong allograft survival to 20 years and beyond. The primary cause of kidney allograft l...

    Authors: Ai Katsuma, Takafumi Yamakawa, Yasuyuki Nakada, Izumi Yamamoto and Takashi Yokoo

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:6

    Content type: Review

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  24. We assessed laboratory data related to mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients. In our preliminary study, we examined all of the data for HD outpatients in our facility according to whether the patient had sur...

    Authors: Chieko Takagi, Kumeo Ono, Hidenori Matsuo, Nobuo Nagano and Yoshihisa Nojima

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:4

    Content type: Research

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  25. The older dialysis population is increasing, and several studies have investigated the effect of actual age on the relationship between clinical parameters or clinical practice and prognosis. There is concern ...

    Authors: Norio Hanafusa, Satoko Sakurai and Masaomi Nangaku

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:1

    Content type: Research

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  26. In patients on maintenance dialysis, increased serum calcium levels are known to be associated with a poor prognosis. However, it is not known whether serum calcium levels at dialysis initiation have an impact...

    Authors: Daijo Inaguma, Shigehisa Koide, Kazuo Takahashi, Hiroki Hayashi, Midori Hasegawa and Yukio Yuzawa

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:2

    Content type: Research

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  27. Currently, the Asian region is showing marked population growth and economic progress. In developing countries in Asia, rapid demands for dialysis therapy which have the same standard as those delivered in dev...

    Authors: Toru Hyodo, Nobuhito Hirawa, Matsuhiko Hayashi, Khin Maung Maung Than, Do Gia Tuyen, Korntip Pattanasittangkur, Liu Wen Hu, Tomotaka Naramura, Kenichi Miyamoto and Akihiro C. Yamashita

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:11

    Content type: Position statement

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  28. The authors herein report a case of pain, femoral vein thrombosis, and inguinal subcutaneous hematoma caused by percutaneous femoral vascular catheterization in a hemodialysis (HD) patient complicated with vas...

    Authors: Kentaro Wada, Haruhito A. Uchida and Yuko Wada

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:3

    Content type: Case Report

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  29. Fabry disease is a rare X-linked hereditary disorder (Xq22) caused by a deficiency in alpha-galactosidase (α-GAL) activity. This enzyme deficit results in the systemic accumulation of glycophospholipids, leadi...

    Authors: Ayako Saito, Tomoyoshi Kimura, Yoichi Takeuchi, Ken Matsuda, Hirotaka Fukami, Hiroyuki Sato, Yoshitsugu Iwakura, Hiroshi Sato and Tasuku Nagasawa

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 2:69

    Content type: Case Report

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  30. The influence of prolongation of hemodialysis (HD) period for erectile dysfunction (ED) has not been well evaluated. We evaluated the effects of various factors including hemodialysis duration for ED in hemodi...

    Authors: Hayato Nishida, Atsushi Yamagishi, Toshihiko Sakurai, Tomohiro Shibasaki, Hisashi Kawazoe, Osamu Ichiyanagi, Tomoyuki Kato, Akira Nagaoka, Yoshihiko Tomita and Norihiko Tsuchiya

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2016 2:65

    Content type: Research

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  31. Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is not only a serious complication but also a risk factor to predict prognosis in the patients with hemodialysis (HD). Ankle-brachial blood pressure index (ABI) has been widely ...

    Authors: Nanami Kida, Shunro Ageta, Yasunori Tsujimoto, Kiyoko Maehara, Masayuki Nagahara, Yoshinosuke Hamada and Nariaki Matsuura

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2016 2:66

    Content type: Research

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  32. Mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) antagonists are known to have beneficial effects in patients with cardiovascular disease without renal failure. However, there have been few published studies on the effectivene...

    Authors: Mitsuhiro Tawada, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Fumiko Sakata, Masashi Mizuno and Yasuhiko Ito

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2016 2:64

    Content type: Review

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  33. Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is an important treatment modality for various diseases, but its use can be restricted by allergic reactions (AR). The aim of our study was to elucidate the frequency of and r...

    Authors: Mikako Hisamichi, Hiroo Kawarazaki, Masato Oroku, Kayori Tsuruoka, Tsutomu Sakurada, Sayuri Shirai, Ryo Kido, Kenjiro Kimura and Yugo Shibagaki

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2016 2:67

    Content type: Research

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  34. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a potentially life-threatening complication of heparin anticoagulation. Recently, infection has been implicated in the development of HIT.

    Authors: Sayaka Sugioka, Yohei Doi, Takeshi Ishihara, Tetsuya Arisato, Keisuke Osaki, Kenichi Koga, Masao Koshikawa and Akira Sugawara

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2016 2:62

    Content type: Case Report

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  35. The first deceased and living donor kidney transplants were performed in 1956 and 1964 in Japan, respectively. Larger numbers of transplants were performed after the introduction of cyclosporine in 1983. After...

    Authors: Takashi Yagisawa, Makiko Mieno, Norio Yoshimura, Kenji Yuzawa and Shiro Takahara

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2016 2:68

    Content type: Position statement

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  36. Renal failure can cause the deterioration of glucose metabolism and increase blood glucose fluctuations, which have been reported to be a factor in the progression of vascular disorders. Little information is ...

    Authors: Naoki Washida, Takahiro Kasai, Kozi Hosoya, Hirobumi Tokuyama, Shu Wakino and Hiroshi Itoh

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2016 2:57

    Content type: Research

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  38. Perforation of intra-abdominal organs such as the bowel and urinary bladder is one of the most serious complications related to peritoneal dialysis catheter (PDC) insertion procedures. Such a risk increases in...

    Authors: Hiroyuki Terawaki, Naotaro Fukushima, Keiko Aoyagi, Aya Nakajima, Masaaki Nakayama and Tomokazu Karino

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2016 2:51

    Content type: Case Report

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  39. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection a major disorder that is not only a liver-related disease but also a cardiovascular complication in renal transplant recipient. Interferon-based therapy is a contraindication ...

    Authors: Ryoichi Miyazaki and Kyoko Miyagi

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2016 2:61

    Content type: Case Report

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  40. The triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG/HDL-C) ratio has been shown to be a predictor of cardiovascular (CV) outcomes in the general population. The aim of this study was to determine whet...

    Authors: Ayako Hasegawa, Fumiko Kojima, Mio Ueda, Yoshiko Tanaka and Kosaku Nitta

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2016 2:60

    Content type: Research

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  41. Acute-phase patients sometimes require hemodialysis therapy without vascular access (VA) present on admission. These patients require VA creation to continue hemodialysis after discharge. The risk of early VA ...

    Authors: Akihito Tanaka, Daijo Inaguma, Yu Watanabe, Eri Ito, Naoki Kamegai, Hiroya Shimogushi, Hibiki Shinjo, Kiyomi Koike, Yasuhiro Otsuka and Asami Takeda

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2016 2:59

    Content type: Research

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  42. Erythropoietin deficiency is the major cause of anemia in hemodialysis patients. Although continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA) has a long half-life and once-monthly administration is recommended...

    Authors: Shoichiro Daimon, Hiromi Nuka, Kinya Kitada, Yasunori Suzuki, Fae Kim and Mitsuhiro Kawano

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2016 2:58

    Content type: Research

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  43. Evidence remains scarce regarding the property of serum bilirubin levels as a prognostic factor for the incidence of mortality in dialysis patients. Here, we aimed to examine the association between serum bili...

    Authors: Kiwako Toya, Tetsuya Babazono, Hidekazu Murata, Ko Hanai and Yasuko Uchigata

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2016 2:52

    Content type: Research

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  44. Deterioration in walking ability characterized by slow walking speed is associated with an increased risk of mortality in patients on hemodialysis (HD), but few studies have examined the potential for walking ...

    Authors: Yoshifumi Abe, Atsuhiko Matsunaga, Ryota Matsuzawa, Kei Yoneki, Manae Harada, Takaaki Watanabe, Toshiki Kutsuna, Masahiko Kimura, Kyo Shigeta, Yasuo Takeuchi and Atsushi Yoshida

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2016 2:54

    Content type: Research

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  45. Serum uric acid concentrations have been associated with mortality in patients receiving hemodialysis. Treatment options are sometimes limited because of the accumulation of a drug and/or its metabolites. The ...

    Authors: Satoko Oyama, Chihiro Hirose, Kenichiro Hori, Katsuhiro Sugano, Jie Zhang, Miyuki Tamura and Kimio Tomita

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2016 2:56

    Content type: Research

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  47. It has been reported that the survival of hemodialysis (HD) patients is poor, and the leading cause of death is cardiovascular disease. To identify high-risk patients and treat them carefully, we developed a s...

    Authors: Haruki Itoh, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Yoichiro Tabata, Noriyoshi Murotani, Tomoko Maeda, Hidetaka Itoh and Eiichiro Kanda

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2016 2:49

    Content type: Research

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  49. Several reports have discussed the risk factors for acute kidney injury (AKI) after thoracic aortic surgery and aortic dissection and the increased mortality in patients with AKI. However, there are few report...

    Authors: Akiko Kato, Eri Ito, Naoki Kamegai, Minami Mizutani, Hiroya Shimogushi, Akihito Tanaka, Hibiki Shinjo, Yasuhiro Otsuka, Daijo Inaguma and Asami Takeda

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2016 2:53

    Content type: Research

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  50. Venous hypertension is one of the critical complications of arteriovenous fistula (AV fistula). Here, we report an unusual variation of venous hypertension which was caused by retrograde outflow through a perf...

    Authors: Tadashi Kamata, Kojiro Yamamoto, Motohiro Okamura and Noriyuki Iehara

    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2016 2:47

    Content type: Case Report

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