NDT Plus

I. Editorial Features

In-Depth Clinical Reviews

Get checked abstract George Liamis, Haralampos J. Milionis, and Moses Elisaf

A review of drug-induced hypernatraemia
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 16, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 339-346; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp085 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Xavier Bonafont, Andreas Bock, Dave Carter, Reinhard Brunkhorst, Fernando Carrera, Michael Iskedjian, Bart Molemans, Bastian Dehmel, and Sean Robbins

A meta-analysis of the relative doses of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in patients undergoing dialysis
NDT Plus Advance Access published on August 4, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 347-353; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp097 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Clinical Reports

Case Reports

Get checked abstract Sándor Györik, Peter Jandus, and Claudio Marone

Urinanalysis (UA): a neglected but easy and inexpensive diagnostic tool
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 16, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 354-356; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp088 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joëlle Guitard, Adèle Pillet, Martin Soubrier, Anne Modesto, and Dominique Chauveau

Polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal protein, skin changes (POEMS) syndrome refractory to complete serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) blockade: insights from sequential VEGF monitoring
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 22, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 357-359; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp094 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ramón Peces, Carlos Peces, Virginia Pérez-Dueñas, Cristina Vega-Cabrera, and Isabel Campos

Sacral radicular cysts in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
NDT Plus Advance Access published on April 21, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 360-361; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp040 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ian W. Seetho, Peter M. Bungay, Maarten W. Taal, Richard J. Fluck, and Janson C. H. Leung

Renal infarction in patients presenting with suspected renal colic
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 26, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 362-364; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp074 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Muhammad Asim, Zafar Iqbal, and Imaad Bin Mujeeb

Blue kidney in a pale patient—a case for a causal association between renal haemosiderosis in paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria and chronic kidney disease
NDT Plus Advance Access published on May 19, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 365-367; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp057 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rachel Davison and Sean Fenwick

The combined use of sirolimus and cyclosporin in the management of refractory minimal change nephropathy: ‘a novel use of sirolimus’
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 12, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 368-369; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp064 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Arvind Ponnusamy, Alexander Woywodt, Roy Reeve, Jyothi Kondlapudi, and David Lewis

Kikuchi disease preceding systemic lupus erythematosus with membranous lupus nephritis
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 17, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 370-372; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp090 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ikue Kobayashi, Eiji Ishimura, Kaname Hirowatari, Takao Tsuchida, Ayako Nishihira, Hideaki Shima, Kaori Shidara, Katsuhito Mori, Masaaki Inaba, Ken-ichi Wakasa, and Yoshiki Nishizawa

Renal biopsy in a patient with haemophilia A and cryoglobulinaemic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis associated with hepatitis C virus infection
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 22, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 373-375; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp072 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marie-Antoinette Rockx, Ian W. Gibson, and Martina Reslerova

An unusual cause of acute renal failure in sickle cell disease
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 22, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 376-378; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp081 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Itziar Navarro, Joan Torras, Montse Gomà, Josep M. Cruzado, and Josep M. Grinyó

Renal involvement as the first manifestation of hypereosinophilic syndrome: a case report
NDT Plus Advance Access published on August 1, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 379-381; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp092 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Wendy Russell and William Smith

Clarithromycin-induced acute interstitial nephritis and minimal change disease
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 3, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 382-383; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp077 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rachida Bouamar, Jan Willem Koper, Elisabeth F. C. van Rossum, Willem Weimar, and Teun van Gelder

Polymorphisms of the glucocorticoid receptor and avascular necrosis of the femoral heads after treatment with corticosteroids
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 6, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 384-386; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp082 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Macaulay A. C. Onuigbo

Symptomatic uraemia from bilateral obstructive uropathy secondary to metastatic urinary bladder cancer showing only unilateral hydronephrosis: a case report
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 22, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 387-389; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tansu Sav, Ozan Yaman, Ali Ihsan Gunal, Oktay Oymak, and Cengiz Utas

Peritonitis associated with Strongyloides stercoralis in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 10, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 390-391; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp084 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Naomi Nacasch and Ze’ev Korzets

Worsening of hyperglycemia due to atorvastatin in a renal transplant patient
NDT Plus Advance Access published on May 18, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 392-394; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp058 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marco Ladino and David Roth

Recurrent idiopathic membranous nephropathy in the renal allograft: successful treatment with the anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody rituximab
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 17, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 395-397; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp071 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Masahiko Okamoto, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Shuji Nobori, Hidetaka Ushigome, and Norio Yoshimura

A case of successful kidney transplantation after an extremely long-term maintenance haemodialysis of 38 years
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 16, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 398-400; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Educational Features

Teaching Points

Karen Brown, Laura F. Halperin, Ashley Malhotra, Janius Tsang, Marc Grynpas, and Mitchell L. Halperin

Hypocalcaemia and a low cardiac output after intravenous codeine phosphate injection: need for an additional mechanism to remove ionized calcium
NDT Plus Advance Access published on May 8, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 401-404; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp054 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christoph Etter, Ruth Russi, Giovanni B. Fogazzi, Rudolf P. Wüthrich, and Andreas L. Serra

Maltese cross-like crystals in the urinary sediment of a diabetic patient
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 13, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 405-407; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp062 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew M. Hall and Michael R. Bending

Severe hyperlactaemia in the setting of alkalaemia
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 9, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 408-411; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp065 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ja Hyeon Ku, Jung-Kwon Kim, Seungbeom Ha, and Jeong Woo Lee

Bilateral spontaneous perirenal haemorrhage in a patient on haemodialysis
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 18, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 412-414; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp091 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz

Florence Hubert, Karin Dahan, Jean-Pierre Cosyns, Olivier Devuyst, and Yves Pirson

Mild chronic renal failure with a family history of kidney disease
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 18, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 415-417; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp068 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology

Maria Luigia Giannossi, Giovanni Mongelli, and Vito Summa

The mineralogy and internal structure of kidney stones
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 11, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 418-419; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp066 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew Connor, Charles E. Weston, Craig Dick, and Joanne E. Taylor

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease complicating renal ectopia and managed with renal transplantation
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 26, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 420; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp075 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeffrey H. Wang and S. Panduranga Rao

A kidney gone astray under pressure
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 10, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 421-422; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp067 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicholas Port, Laura Hillier, and Graham Warwick

A hidden cause of renal failure
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 6, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 423-424; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp076 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yalcin Solak, Nedim Selcuk, Mehmet Tekinalp, Orhan Ozbek, and Huseyin Atalay

Constrictive calcific pericarditis masked by haemodialysis
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 3, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 425-426; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp079 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yu L. Chen, Chien L. Chen, Kang J. Chou, and Hua C. Fang

Spontaneously resolving large intrarenal artery aneurysm—a case report
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 16, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 427-428; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp086 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IV. Varia

Letters

Alicja Rydzewska-Rosolowska, Jacek Borawski, and Michal Mysliwiec

Enoxaparin decreases serum MCP-1 concentration during haemodialysis—preliminary report
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 12, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 429-430; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp060 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Murat Demir, Ali Kutlucan, Mehmet Tugrul Sezer, and Yasin Turker

Brain renin–angiotensin system: Is it important in dialysis patients?
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 23, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 430-431; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp069 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Salwa Ibrahim and Ahmed Fayed

The incidence of biopsy-proven glomerulonephritis in Cairo University, Egypt: a 5-year study
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 17, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 431-432; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp070 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Smeeta Sinha, Diana Y. Y. Chiu, George Peebles, Shabeer Kolakkat, Elizabeth Lamerton, Sean Fenwick, and Philip A. Kalra

The safety of accelerated infusion versus standard rate infusion of low-molecular-weight iron dextran in patients with chronic kidney disease
NDT Plus Advance Access published on June 17, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 432-433; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp073 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Min-Hua Tseng, Liang-Kuang Diang, Yi-Chen Su, and Shih-Hua Lin

Catheter-related Chryseobacterium meningosepticum bacteraemia in a haemodialysis patient
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 6, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 433-434; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp080 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gagangeet Sandhu, Antony A. Farias, Aditi Ranade, and Ira Meisels

Altered mental status in a case of multiple myeloma not related to a metabolic cause
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 8, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 434-435; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp083 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nikoleta Printza, Fotios Papachristou, Vassiliki Tzimouli, Anna Taparkou, and Florence Kanakoudi-Tsakalidou

Peripheral CD19+ B cells are increased in children with active steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome
NDT Plus Advance Access published on July 13, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2: 435-436; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp087 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

In honour of Professor Franciszek Kokot

Professor Franciszek Kokot, born November 24th 1929 in Olesno lskie
NDT Plus 2009 2: 437; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp124 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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