BACKGROUND The economic burden of acute kidney injury (AKI) is not well understood.
OBJECTIVE To estimate the effects of AKI on hospitalization costs and length of stay (LOS) …

Resistant hypertension is associated with higher rates of cardiovascular disease, kidney
disease, and death than primary hypertension. Although clinical practice guidelines …

Background Previous studies using candidate gene and genome-wide approaches have
identified epigenetic changes in DNA methylation (DNAm) associated with posttraumatic …

Results The proportion of patients with intradialytic hypotension varied depending on its
definition: from 19% to 92% of cases and 11% to 94% of controls. Cases had a higher …

Importance Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who receive dialysis are at high
risk of lower extremity amputation. Recent studies indicate decreasing rates of lower …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by intrusive thoughts, avoidance,
negative alterations in cognitions and mood, and arousal symptoms that adversely affect …

Background While data from the latter part of the twentieth century consistently showed that
immigrants to high-income countries faced higher cardio-metabolic risk than their …

Many heart transplant recipients experience declining kidney function following
transplantation. We aimed to quantify change in kidney function in heart transplant recipients …

The volume of subcortical structures represents a reliable, quantitative, and objective
phenotype that captures genetic effects, environmental effects such as trauma, and disease …

The Medicare program insures> 80% of patients with ESRD in the United States. An
emphasis on reducing outpatient dialysis costs has motivated consolidation among dialysis …