Publications by the Department of Medicine

The following list of publications includes all articles, editorials, book chapters and books that were published in 2008, 2009, and 2010. Abstracts and letters to the editors have not been included. (Names highlighted include appointed faculty, internal medicine residents, and HCMC fellows.)

ADDICTION MEDICINE

Bart G, Piccolo P, Zhang L, Jacobson I, Schaefer RA, Kreek MJ. Markers for hepatitis A, B and C in methadone maintained patients: an unexpectedly high co-infection with silent hepatitis B. Addiction. 2008;103(4):681-686.

Ahmed I, Bart G, Bart BA. Cocaine users hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure: falling between the cracks-an opportunity for improved care. J Card Fail. 2010;16(8):S109. {Also listed under Cardiology Division}

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Polukhin E. Botox comes of age. MN Physician. 2008; XXII:5.

CARDIOLOGY

Ahmed I, Bart G, Bart BA. Cocaine users hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure: falling between the cracks-an opportunity for improved care. J Card Fail. 2010;16(8):S109. {Also listed under Addiction Medicine Division}

Ali SS, Olinger CC, Sobotka PA, Dahle TGA, Bunte MC, Blake D, Boyle AJ. Loop diuretics can cause clinical natriuretic failure: A prescription for volume expansion. Cong Heart Fail. 2009;15(1)1-4.

Baker JV, Ayenew W, Quick H, Huppler Hullsiek K, Tracy R, Henry K, Duprez D, Neaton JD.  High-density lipoprotein particles and markers of inflammation and thrombotic activity in patients with untreated HIV infection. JID. 2010;201(2):285-292. {Also listed under Infectious Diseases Division}

Bank AJ, Kaufman CL, Kelly AS, Burns KV, Adler SW, Rector TS, Goldsmith SR, Olivari M.-TP, Tang C, Nelson L, Metzig A. Results of the PROspective MInnesota Study of ECHO/TDI in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (PROMISE-CRT) Study. J Card Fail. 2009;15(5):401-409.

Bart BA. Treatment of congestion in congestive heart failure: ultrafiltration is the only rational initial treatment of volume overload in decompensated heart failure. Circ Heart Fail. 2009;5:505-511.

Bart BA, Cen Y-Y, Hendel RC, Lee R, Marwick TH, Missov ED, Bachour FA, Herzog CA. Comparison of dobutamine stress echocardiography, dobutamine SPECT, and adenosine SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with end-stage renal disease. J Nucl Cardiol. 2009;16(4):507-515.

Bart BA. Advances in heart failure: Minnesota's role in the NHLBI's Heart Failure Network. Minn Med. 2008;91(1):40-42.

Bart BA, Fang, JC, Guglin M, Hibler K, Schollmeyer MP, Costanzo MR. Changes in GFR, BUN and BUN/creatinine during treatment of heart failure and volume overload with ultrafiltration or intravenous diuretics. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008;51(10):Suppl A:A48.

Bart BA, Goldsmith SR, Boyle A, Costanzo MR. Renal Function and Ultrafiltration. J Card Fail. 2008;14(6):533-534.

Bart BA, Walsh MM, Blake D, Goldsmith SR. Ultrafiltration for cardiorenal syndrome. J Card Fail. 2008;14(6)531-532. {Also listed under the General Internal Medicine Division}

Bart G. Concerns about consensus guidelines for QTc interval screening in methadone treatment [4]. Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(3):218.

Bart BA, Mulder M, Scott NL, Dalton T, Smith SW. Left ventricular systolic dysfunction and myocardial stunning in out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest patients. J Card Fail. 2010;16(8):S89. {Also listed under Medicine Education Program}

Bart B, Jagielski D, Zhang X. Central sleep apnea events are terminated by phrenic nerve stimulation.  J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010;55(10):A30.

Berger AK, Herzog CA. Connecting the C's: coronaries, creatinine, compliance, CRUSADE. Comment. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009; 53(3):426-437.

Berger AK, Herzog CA. CABG in CKD: untangling the letters of risk. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2010;25(11):3654-3663.

Berger AK, Herzog CA. Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary-artery bypass grafting in chronic kidney disease. Am J Kidney Dis. 2010;55:15-20.

Bryg RJ, Bryg DJ, Akhondi AB, Yang T, Sobotka PA. Change in mortality in the past 20 years in heart failure trials. J Card Fail. 2010;16(8):S91-S92.

Campbell AR, Satran D, Zenovich AG, Campbell KM, Espel JC, Arndt TL, Poulose AK,

Boisjolie CR, Juusola K, Bart BA, Henry TD. Enhanced external counterpulsation

improves systolic blood pressure in patients with refractory angina. Am Heart J.

2008;156(6):1217-1222.

Chavers BM, Solid CA, Daniels FX, Chen SC, Collins AJ, Frankenfield DL, Herzog CA. Hypertension in pediatric long-term hemodialysis patients in the United States. CJASN. 2009;4(8):1363-1369.

Dahle TG, Sobotka PA, Boyle AJ. A practical guide for ultrafiltration in acute decompensated heart failure. Congest Heart Fail. 2008;14(2):83-88.

Foley RN, Collins AJ, Herzog CA, Ishani A, Kalra PA. Serum phosphate and left ventricular hypertrophy in young adults: The coronary artery risk development in young adults study. Kidney Blood Press Res .2009;32(1):37-44.

Goldsmith SR. Treatment options for hyponatremia in heart failure. Heart Fail Rev. 2009;14(2):65-73.

Goldsmith SR. Intravenous conivaptan: A viewpoint. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2008;8(5):349.

Goldsmith SR, Elkayam U, Haught WH, Barve A, He W. Efficacy and Safety of the Vasopressin V1A/V2-Receptor Antagonist Conivaptan in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: A Dose-Ranging Pilot Study. J Card Fail. 2008;14(8):641-647.

Goldsmith SR. Treatment options for hyponatremia in heart failure. Cong Heart Fail. 2010;16(Suppl 1):S15-S18.

Goldsmith SR, Brandimarte F, Gheorghiade M. Congestion as a therapeutic target in acute heart failure syndromes. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2010;52(5):383-392.

Goldsmith SR, Sobotka PA, Bart BA. The sympathorenal axis in hypertension and heart failure. J Card Fail. 2010;16(5):369-373.

Guglin ME, Bart BA, Fang J, Hibler K, Schollmeyer M, Costanzo MR. Predictors and

significance of decrease in serium creatinine in heart failure patients treated for volume

overload with diuretics or ultrafiltration. J Card Fail. 2008;16(6) Suppl 1:S72.

Henry TD, Satran D, Campbell AR, Johnson RJ, Poulose AK, Hodges J, Bart BA, Olson RE, Harvey KL, Mitchell PA, Arndt TL, Traverse JH. Long-term mortality in patients with refractory angina. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008;51(10) Suppl A; A227.

Herzog CA. Kidney disease in cardiology. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2009;24(1):34-37.

Herzog CA. Incidence of adverse events associated with use of perflutren contrast agents for echocardiography. JAMA. 2008;299(17):2023-2025.

Herzog CA. Kidney disease in cardiology. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008;23(1):42-6.

Herzog CA, Mangrum JM, Passman R. Sudden cardiac death and dialysis patients. Semin Dial. 2008;21(4):300-307.

Herzog CA, Strief JW, Collins AJ, Gilbertson DT. Cause-specific mortality of dialysis patients after coronary revascularization: why don't dialysis patients have better survival after coronary intervention? Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008;23:2629-2633. {Also listed under Nephrology Division}

Herzog CA. Kidney disease in cardiology. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2010;25(2):356-360.

Lakshminarayan K, Anderson DC, Herzog CA, Qureshi AI. Clinical epidemiology of atrial fibrillation and related cerebrovascular events in the United States. Neurologist. 2008;14(3):143-150.

Liang KV, Greene EL, Williams AW, Herzog CA, Hodge DO, Owan TE, Redfield MM. Exploratory study of relationship between hospitalized heart failure patients and chronic renal replacement therapy. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2009;24(8):2518-2523.

Lockwood DJ, Po S, Beckman K, Nakagawa H, Karim R, Herring L, Abedin M, Patterson E, Scherlag B, Jackman WM. Late extrastimuli (after atrial activation) captures rightward inferior extension of AV node (slow pathway) resetting slow/fast AV nodal reentrant tachycardia in 5 patients. Heart Rhythm. 2008;5(5s):s165.

Lu Y, Won KA, Nelson BJ, Qi D, Rausch DJ, Asinger RW. Characteristics of the amiodarone-warfarin interaction during long-term follow-up. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65(10):947-952. {Also listed under Hematology and Medical Oncology Division}

Melamed R, Sprenkle MD, Ulstad VK, Herzog CA, Leatherman JW. Assessment of left ventricular function by intensivists using hand-held echocardiography. Chest. 2009;135(6):1407-1408.

Nakagawa H, Katari V, Lockwood D, Karim R, Ikeda A, Jackman WM. Integration of left ventricular cine angiogram into magnetic maneuvering system for robotic left ventricular mapping in patients with prior myocardial infarction. Heart Rhythm. 2008;5(5s):s223.

Nakagawa H, Yokoyama K, Katari V, Ikeda A, Lockwood D, Karim R, Jackman WM. High resolution robotic left atrial mapping with minimal fluoroscopy by integrating angiographic images into magnetic maneuvering system. Heart Rhythm. 2008;5(5s):s273.

Newsome BB, Warnock DG, McClellan WM, Herzog CA, Kiefe CI, Eggers PW, Allison JJ. Long-term risk of mortality and end-stage renal disease among the elderly after small increases in serum creatinine level during hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med. 2008;168(6):609-616.

Onufrak SJ, Bellasi A, Shaw LJ, Herzog CA, Cardarelli F, Wilson PW, Vaccarino V, Raggi P. Phosphorus levels are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in the general population. Atherosclerosis. 2008;199(2):424-431.

Schlaich MP, Sobotka PA, Krum H, Whitbourn R, Walton A, Esler MD. Renal denervation as a therapeutic approach for hypertension: Novel implications for an old concept. Hypertension. 2009:54(6):1195-1201.

Schlaich MP, Krum H, Sobotka PA. Renal sympathetic nerve ablation: The new frontier in the treatment of hypertension. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2010;12(1):39-46.

Sharma A, Gilbertson DT, Herzog CA. Survival of kidney transplantation patients in the United States after cardiac valve replacement. Circulation. 2010;121(25):2733-2739. {Also listed under Medicine Education Program and Nephrology Division}

Shroff GR, Cen YY, Duprez DA, Bart BA. “Relationship between carotid artery stiffness index, BNP and high-sensitivity CRP. J Hum Hypertens. 2009;12:783-787.

Shroff GR, Skeans M, Herzog CA. Outcomes of renal transplant and waiting list patients with bacterial endocarditis in the United States. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008;23(7):2381-2385.

Shroff GR, Li S, Herzog CA. Survival of patients on dialysis having off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery in the United States.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010;139(5):1333-1338.

Smith SW, Heegaard W, Bachour FA, Brady WJ. Acute myocardial infarction with left bundle-branch block: disproportional anterior ST elevation due to right ventricular myocardial infarction in the presence of left bundle-branch block. Am J Emerg Med. 2008;26(3):342-347.

Thakkar BV, Hirsch AT, Satran D, Bart BA, Barsness G, McCullough PA, Kennard ED, Kelsey SF, Henry TD. The efficacy and safety of enhanced external counterpulsation in patients with peripheral arterial disease. Vasc Med. 2010;15(1):15-20.

Thorsgard M, Bart BA. Ultrafiltration for congestive heart failure. Cong Heart Fail. 2009;15(3):136-143.

CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Accord Study Group (including Murray AM),Cushman WC, Evans GW, Byington RP, Goff DC Jr, Grimm RH Jr, Cutler JA, Simons-Morton DG, Basile JN, Corson MA, Probstfield JL, Katz L, Peterson KA, Friedewald WT, Buse JB, Bigger JT, Gerstein HC, Ismail-Beigi F. Effects of intensive blood-pressure control in type 2 diabetes mellitus. N Engl J Med. 2010;362(17):1575-1585. {Also listed under Geriatric Medicine Division}

Accord Study Group (including Murray AM), Ginsberg HN, Elam MB, Lovato LC, Crouse JR 3^rd, Leiter LA, Linz P, Friedewald WT, Buse JB, Gerstein HC, Probstfield  J, Grimm RH Jr, Ismail-Beigi F, Bigger JT, Goff DC Jr, Cushman WC, Simons-Morton DG, Byington RP. Effects of combination lipid therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus. N Engl J Med. 2010;362(17):1563-1574. {Also listed under Geriatric Medicine Division}

Baker JV, Duprez D, Rapkin J, Huppler-Hullsiek K, Wuick H, Grimm R, Neaton JD, Henry K. Untreated HIV infection and large and small artery elasticity. JAIDS. 2009;5(1):25-31

Elliott W, Grimm R. Using diuretics in practice: One opinion. Am J. Clin Hypertens. 2008; 11:856-862.

Ernst ME, Carter BL, Zheng S, Grimm RH. Meta-analysis of dose-response characteristics of hydrochlorothiazide and chlorthalidone: Effects on systolic blood pressure and potassium. Am J Hypertens. 2010;23(4):440-446.

Flack JM, Sica DA, Bakris G, Brown AL, Ferdinand KC, Grimm RH, Hall WD, Jones WE, Kountz DS, Lea JP, Nasser S, Nesbitt SD, Saunders E, Scisney-Matlock M, Jamerson KA. Management of high blood pressure in blacks: An update of the International Society on Hypertension in Blacks consensus statement. Hypertension. 2010;56(5):780-800.

Grimm RH, Davis BR, Piller LB, Cutler JA, Margolis KL, Barzilay J, Dart RA, Graumlich JF, Murden RA, Randall OS. Heart failure in ALLHAT: Did blood pressure medication at study entry influence outcome? J Clin Hypertens. 2009;11(9):466-474.

Grimm RH. The Action to control cardiovascular risk in Diabetes Study Group. Effects of intensive glucose lowering in diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2008; 358:2545-2559.

Grimm RH, Schleis C. Antihypertensive treatment effects on quality of life. AHA Hypertension Primer, 4th Edition, 2008.

Grimm R, Malik M.  Simultaneous treatment to attain blood pressure and lipid goals and reduced CV risk burden using amlodipine/atorvastatin single-pill therapy in treated hypertensive participants in a randomized controlled trial.  Vasc Health Risk Manag 2010;6:261-271. {Also listed under General Internal Medicine Division}

Ismail-Beigi F, Craven T, Banerji MA, Basile J, Calles J, Cohen RM, Cuddihy R,  Cushman WC, Genuth S, Grimm RH Jr, Hamilton BP, Hoogwerf  B, Karl D, Katz L, Krikorian A, O'Connor P, Pop-Busui R, Schubart U, Simmons D, Taylor H, Thomas A, Weiss D, Hramiak I. ACCORD trial group. Effect of intensive treatment of hyperglycaemia on microvascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes: an analysis of the ACCORD randomised trial. Lancet. 2010;376:391-392.

Margolis K, Ray R, Van Horn L, Manson JE, Allison M, Black H, Beresford JAA, Connelly SA, Curb D, Grimm R, et al. Effect of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on blood pressure. The Women’s Health Randomized Trial. Hypertension. 2008;52:847.

Pop-Busui R, Evans GW, Gerstein HC, Fonseca V, Fleg JL, Hoogwerf BJ, Genuth S, Grimm RH, Corson MA, Prineas R. Effects of cardiac autonomic dysfunction on mortality risk in the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial. Diabetes Care. 2010;33(7):1578-1584.

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Harris AC, Pentel PR, Lesage MG. Correlates of individual differences in compensatory nicotine self-administration in rats following a decrease in nicotine unit dose. Psychopharmacol. 2009;205(4):599-611.

Harris AC, Burroughs D, Pentel PR, LeSage MG. Compensatory nicotine self-administration in rats during reduced access to nicotine: an animal model of smoking reduction. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2008;16(1):86-97.

Harris AC, Mattson C, LeSage MG, Keyler DE, Pentel PR. Comparison of the behavioral effects of cigarette smoke and pure nicotine in rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2010;96(2):217-227.

Hastrup SG, Chen X, Bechtold JE, Kyle RF, Rahbek O, Keyler DE, Skoett M, Soeballe K. Effect of nicotine and tobacco administration method on the mechanical properties of healing bone following closed fracture. J Orthop Res. 2010;28(9):1235-1239.

Hatsukami DK, Perkins KA, Lesage MG, Ashley DL, Henningfield JE, Benowitz NL, Backinger CL, Zeller M. Nicotine reduction revisited: Science and future directions. Tob Control. 2010;19(5)E1-E10.

Keyler DE. Envenomation by the lowland viper (Proatheris superciliaris): Severe case profile documentation. Toxicon. 2008;52(8):836-841.

Keyler DE. Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) Envenomations in the Upper Mississippi River Valley, In The Biology of Rattlesnakes, Hayes WK, Beaman KR, Cardwell MD, and Bush SP, Eds. Loma Linda University Press, Loma Linda, California, 2008;569-580.

Keyler DE, Roiko, SA, Ross, CA, Murtaugh, MP, Pentel, PR. Enhanced efficacy of a bivalent nicotine vaccine. Int J Immunopharmacol. 2008;8:1589-1594.

LeSage MG, Keyler, DE, Pentel PR. Current status of immunologic approaches to treating tobacco dependence: vaccines and nicotine-specific antibodies. In Drug Addiction: From Basic Research to Therapy. Rapaka RS and Sadee W. Eds., Springer, New York, 2008; 27.

LeSage MG. Toward a nonhuman model of contingency management: effects of reinforcing abstinence from nicotine self-administration in rats with an alternative nondrug reinforcer. Psychopharmacol. 2009;203(1):13-22.

LeSage MG, Shelley D, Ross JT, Carroll FI, Corrigall WA. Effects of the nicotinic receptor partial agonists varenicline and cytisine on the discriminative stimulus effects of nicotine in rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2009;91(3):461-467.

LeSage MG, Perry JL, Kotz CM, Shelley D, Corrigall WA. Nicotine self-administration in the rat: effects of hypocretin antagonists and changes in hypocretin mRNA. Psychopharmacology. 2010;209(2):203-212.

Mehrpour O, Alfred S, Shadnia S, Keyler DE, Soltaninejad K, Chalaki N, Sedaghat M. Hyperglycemia in acute aluminum phosphide poisoning as a potential prognostic factor. Hum Exp Toxicol. 2008;27(7):591-595.

Mehrpour O, Keyler D, Shadnia S. Comment on Aluminum and zinc phosphide poisoning. Clin Toxicol. 2009;47(8):838-839.

Mooney ME, Li ZZ, Murphy SE, Pentel PR, Le C, Hatsukami DK. Stability of the nicotine metabolite ratio in ad libitum and reducing smokers. Cancer Epidemiol Bomarkers Prev. 2008; 17(6):1396-1400.

Oehme FW and Keyler DE. Plant and Animal Toxins. In Principles and Methods of Toxicology 5th ed., Hayes AW, Ed., Taylor and Francis, Philadelphia, 2008;19.

Roiko SA, Harris AC, Keyler DE, Lesage MG, Zhang Y, Pentel PR. Combined active and passive immunization enhances the efficacy of immunotherapy against nicotine in rats. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2008;325(3):985-993.

Roiko SA, Harris AC, LeSage MG, Keyler DE, Pentel PR. Passive immunization with a nicotine-specific monoclonal antibody decreases brain nicotine levels but does not precipitate withdrawal in nicotine-dependent rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2009;93(2):105-111.

ENDOCRINOLOGY, METABOLISM AND DIABETES

Thyagarajan B, Bower M, Berger M, Jones S. Dolan M. Wang X. A novel polymorphism in the FMR1 gene: Implications for clinical testing of fragile X syndrome. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2008;132(1):95-98.

GASTROENTEROLOGY

Aslan DL, Jessurun J, Gulbahce HE, Pambuccian SE, Adsay V, Mallery JS. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration features of a pancreatic neoplasm with predominantly intraductal growth and prominent tubular cytomorphology: Intraductal tubular carcinoma of the pancreas? Diagn Cytopathol. 2008;36(11):833-839.

Attasaranya S, Cheon YK, Vittal H, Howell DA, Wakelin DE, Cunningham JT, Ajmere N Ste Marie Jr. RW, Bhattacharya K, Gupta K, Freeman ML, Sherman S, McHenry L, Watkins JL,

Berzosa M, Tsukayama DT, Davies SF, Debol SM, Cen YY, Li R, Mallery S. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2010;14(5):578-584. {Also listed under Infectious Diseases Division, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division, and Medicine Education Program}

Boetticher NC, Peine CJ, Kwo P, Abrams GA, Patel T, Aqel B, Boardman L, Gores GJ, Harmsen WS, McClain CJ, Kamath PS, Shah VH. A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled multicenter trial of etanercept in the treatment of alcoholic hepatitis. Gastroenterology. 2008;135(6):1953-1960.

Deenadayalu VP, Blaut U, Watkins JL, Barnett J, Freeman M, Geenen J, Ryan M, Parker H, Frakes JT, Fogel EL, Silverman WB, Dua KS, Aliperti G, Yakshe P, Uzer M, Jones W, Goff J, Temkit M, Lehman GA, Sherman S. Does obesity confer an increased risk and/or more severe course of post-ERCP pancreatitis?: a retrospective, multicenter study. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2008;42(10):1103-1109.

Guda NM, Freeman ML. Are you safe for your patients - How many ERCPs should you be doing? Endoscopy. 2008;40(8):675-676.

Guda N, Freeman M. Only if needed and as minimally as possible. Animal model for post-ERCP pancreatitis: A step in the right direction. Endoscopy. 2008;40(6):521-522.

Gupta K, Freeman ML. Enteral and colonic self-expanding metallic stents. Rev Gastroenterol Disord. 2008;8(2):83-97.

Gupta K, Freeman ML. Disconnected pancreatic duct with pancreas necrosis, treated with transgastric debridement and pancreatic duct stent.  Clin Gastroenterol Hepatology. 2010;8(5):51.

Hanse EA, Nelsen CJ, Goggin MM, Anttila CK, Mullany LK, Berthet C, Kaldis P, Crary GS, Kuriyama R, Albrecht JH. Cdk2 plays a critical role in hepatocyte cell cycle progression and survival in the setting of cyclin D1 expression in vivo. Cell Cycle. 2009;8(17):2802-2809.

Kim YS, Gupta K, Mallery S, Li R, Kinney T, Freeman ML. Endoscopic ultrasound rendezvous for bile duct access using a transduodenal approach: Cumulative experience at a single center. A case series. Endoscopy. 2010;42(6):496-502.

Kinney TP, Li R, Gupta K, Mallery S, Hunter D, Jensen E, Vickers S, Freeman ML. Therapeutic pancreatic endoscopy after Whipple resection requires rendezvous access. Endoscopy. 2009;41(10):898-901.

Kinney TP, Freeman ML. Pancreatic imaging: current state of the art. Gastroenterology. 2009;136(3):776-779.

Kinney TP, Freeman ML. Approach to acute, recurrent, and chronic pancreatitis. Minn Med. 2008;91(6):29-33.

Kinney TP, Freeman ML. Recent advances and novel methods in pancreatic imaging.

Minerva Gastroenterol Dietol. 2008;54(1):85-95.

Kinney T. Evidence-based imaging of pancreatic malignancies. Surg Clin North Am. 2010;90(2):235-249.

Mullany LK, White P, Hanse EA, Nelsen CJ, Goggin MM, Mullany JE, Anttila CK, Greenbaum LE, Kaestner KH, Albrecht JH. Distinct proliferative and transcriptional effects of the D-type cyclins in vivo. Cell Cycle. 2008;7(14):2215-2224.

Mullany LK, Hanse EA, Romano A, Blomquist CH, Mason JI, Delvoux B, Anttila C, Albrecht JH. Cyclin D1 regulates hepatic estrogen and androgen metabolism. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2010;298(6):G884-G895.

Nakamura I, Ahmed KH, Moser CD, Hanse EA, Albrecht JH, Roberts LR. Knockout of sulfatase 2 (SULF2) decreases liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy. Gastroenterology. 2010;138(5 Suppl 1):S810.

Perdue DG, Freeman ML, DiSario JA, Nelson DB, Fennerty MB, Lee JG, Overby CS, Ryan ME, Bochna GS, Snady HW, Moore JP; ERCP Outcome Study ERCOST Group. Plastic versus self-expanding metallic stents for malignant hilar biliary obstruction: a prospective multicenter observational cohort study. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2008;42(9):1040-1046.

Romagnuolo J, Guda N, Freeman M, Durkalski V. Preferred designs, outcomes, and analysis strategies for treatment trials in idiopathic recurrent acute pancreatitis. Gastrointest Endosc. 2008;68(5):966-974.

Sáenz R, Kinney TP, Santander R, Yazigi R, Navarrete C, Gobelet J, Waye J. Inverted colonic diverticula: an uncommon endoscopic finding. Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008;31(5):285-288.

Safo AO, Li RW, Vickers SM, Schmechel SC, Pambuccian SE. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration diagnosis of clear-cell pancreatic endocrine neoplasm in a patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease: a case report. Diagn Cytopathol. 2009;37(5):365-372.

Salisbury E, Sakai K, Schoser B, Huichalaf C, Schneider-Gold C, Nguyen H.Wang G.-L, Albrecht JH, Timchenko LT. Ectopic expression of cyclin D3 corrects differentiation of DM1 myoblasts through activation of RNA CUG-binding protein. Exp Cell Res. 2008;314(11-12):2266-2278.

Sandborn WJ, Vakil N, Talley NJ, Guda NM, Freeman ML, Hawes RH, Rex DK, Hanauer SB, Katz PO. Best of DDW 2008: Highlights from the 2008 Digestive Disease Week, May 17-22, 2008, San Diego, CA. Rev Gastroenterol Disord. 2008;8(2):123-154.

Stelow EB, Murad FM, Debol SM, Stanley MW, Bardales RH, Li R, Mallery S. A limited immunocytochemical panel for the distinction of subepithelial gastrointestinal mesenchymal neoplasms sampled by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration. Am J Clin Pathol. 2008;129(2):219-225.

Stelow EB, Shami VM, Abbott TE, Kahaleh M, Adams RB, Bauer TW, Debol SM, Abraham JM, Mallery S, Policarpio-Nicolas ML. The use of fine needle aspiration cytology for the distinction of pancreatic mucinous neoplasia. Am J Clin Pathol. 2008;129(1):67-74.

Vega-Peralta J, Van Camp J, Freeman M. Gastroventricular fistula in a patient with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (with video). Gastrointest Endosc. 2008;68(2):392-393.

Virtue MA, Mallery S, Li R, Sielaff TD. Clinical utility of endoscopic ultrasound in solid pancreatic mass lesions deemed resectable by computer tomography. JOP. 2008;9(2):167-171.

GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE

Bart BA, Walsh MM, Blake D, Goldsmith SR. Ultrafiltration for cardiorenal syndrome. J Card Fail. 2008;14(6)531-532. {Also listed under Cardiology Division}

Branch W, Frankel R, Gracey C, Haidet P, Weissmann P, Cantey P, Mitchell G, Inui T. A good clinician and a caring person: longitudinal faculty development and the enhancement of the human dimensions of care. Acad Med. 2009;84:117-126.

Giuliani KK, Mire OA, Jama S, DuBois DK, Pryce D, Fahia S, Ehrlich LC. Tobacco use and cessation among Somalis in Minnesota. Am J Prev Med.2008;35(6S):S457-S462.

Chan FKL, Cryer B, Goldstein JL, Lanas A, Peura DA, Scheiman JM, Simon LS, Singh G, Stillman MJ, Wilcox CM, Berger MF, Breazna A, Dodge W. A novel composite endpoint to evaluate the gastrointestinal (GI) effects of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs through the entire GI tract. J Rheumatol. 2010;37(1):167-174.

Grimm R, Malik M.  Simultaneous treatment to attain blood pressure and lipid goals and reduced CV risk burden using amlodipine/atorvastatin single-pill therapy in treated hypertensive participants in a randomized controlled trial. Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2010;6:261-271. {Also listed under Clinical Epidemiology Division}

Kesler SM, Sprenkle MD, David WS, Leatherman JW. Severe weakness complicating status asthmaticus despite minimal duration of neuromuscular paralysis. Intensive Care Med. 2009;35(1):157-160.

Rutzick AD, Davies SF. Extreme delay in care for enlarging breast mass. J Thorac Onc. 2009;4(10):1278-1279.

Weinberger SE, Pereira AG, Iobst WF, Mechaber AJ, Bronze MS, Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Redesign Task Force II. Competency-based education and training in internal medicine. Ann Intern Med. 2010;153:751-756. {Also listed under Medicine Education Program}

GERIATRIC MEDICINE

Accord Study Group (including Murray AM),Cushman WC, Evans GW, Byington RP, Goff DC Jr, Grimm RH Jr, Cutler JA, Simons-Morton DG, Basile JN, Corson MA, Probstfield JL, Katz L, Peterson KA, Friedewald WT, Buse JB, Bigger JT, Gerstein HC, Ismail-Beigi F. Effects of intensive blood-pressure control in type 2 diabetes mellitus. N Engl J Med. 2010;362(17):1575-1585. {Also listed under Nephrology Division}

Accord Study Group (including Murray AM), Ginsberg HN, Elam MB, Lovato LC, Crouse JR 3^rd, Leiter LA, Linz P, Friedewald WT, Buse JB, Gerstein HC, Probstfield  J, Grimm RH Jr, Ismail-Beigi F, Bigger JT, Goff DC Jr, Cushman WC, Simons-Morton DG, Byington RP. Effects of combination lipid therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus. N Engl J Med. 2010;362(17):1563-1574. {Also listed under Nephrology Division}

Brooks B, Meyers RM. Safety and efficacy of home intravenous therapy. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008;56(1):177.

Cukierman-Yaffe T, Gerstein HC, Williamson JD, Lazar RM, Lovato L, Miller ME, Coker LH, Murray A, Sullivan MD, Marcovina SM, Launer L. Relationship between baseline glycemic control and cognitive function in individuals with type 2 diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors the action to control cardiovascular risk in diabetes-memory in diabetes (ACCORD-MIND) trial. Diabetes Care. 2009;32(2):221-226.

Gray SL, LaCroix AZ, Aragaki AK, McDermott M, Cochrane BB, Kooperberg CL, Murray AM, Rodriguez B, Black H, Woods NF. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor use and incident frailty in women aged 65 and older: prospective findings from the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009;57(2):297-303.

Meyers RM, Reger L. Diabetes management in long-term care facilities: a practical guide. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2009;10(8):589.

Murray AM. The brain and kidney connection: a model of accelerated vascular cognitive impairment. Neurology. 2009;73(12):916-917.

Murray AM. Cognitive impairment in the aging dialysis and chronic kidney disease populations: an occult burden. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis.2008;15(2):123-132.

Murray AM. Exploring mysteries of dementia: researchers study links to kidney disease, diabetes, cardiovascular health. Minnesota Physician. December 15, 2010.

Murray AM, Knopman DS. Cognitive impairment in CKD: no longer an occult burden. Am J Kidney Dis. 2010;56(4):615-618.

Murray AM, Solid CS, USRDS Staff. Outcomes in the transition zone in nursing home patients with chronic kidney disease.  United States Renal Data System’s 2010 Annual Data Report: Atlas of Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD. 2010;99-108.

Narva AS, Murray AM, Lane PH. Clinical challenges in vulnerable CKD populations. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2008;15(2):99-100.

Resnick SM, Espeland MA, Jaramillo SA, Hirsch C, Stefanick ML, Murray AM, Ockene J, Davatzikos C. For the women's health initiative memory study. Postmenopausal hormone therapy and regional brain volumes: The WHIMS-MRI Study. Neurology. 2009;72(2):135-142.

Shah RC, Wilson RS, Tang Y, Dong X, Murray A, Bennett DA. Relation of hemoglobin to level of cognitive function in older persons. Neuroepidemiology. 2008;32(1):40-46.

HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY

Lu Y, Won KA, Nelson BJ, Qi D, Rausch DJ, Asinger RW. Characteristics of the amiodarone-warfarin interaction during long-term follow-up. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65(10):947-952. {Also listed under Cardiology Division}

INFECTIOUS DISEASES and INTERNATIONAL MEDICINE

Baker CA, Thomas W, Stauffer WM, Peterson PK, Tsukayama DT. Serial testing of refugees for latent tuberculosis using the QuantiFERON-gold in-tube: effects

of an antecedent tuberculin skin test. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2009;80(4):628-633.

Baker JV, Duprez D, Rapkin J, Huppler-Hullsiek K, Wuick H, Grimm R, Neaton JD, Henry K. Untreated HIV infection and large and small artery elasticity. JAIDS. 2009;5(1):25-31

Baker JV, Henry K, Neaton JD. The consequences of HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy use for cardiovascular disease risk: shifting paradigms. Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2009;4:176-182.

Baker JV, Peng G, Rapkin J, Krason D, Reilly C, Cavert WP, Abrams DI, MacArthur RD, Henry K, Neaton JD. Poor initial CD4+ recovery with antiretroviral therapy prolongs immune depletion and increases risk for AIDS and non-AIDS diseases. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008;48(5):541-546.

Baker J, Quick H, Hullsiek KH, Tracy R, Duprez D, Henry K, Neaton JD. Interleukin-6 and d-dimer levels are associated with vascular dysfunction in patients with untreated HIV infection.  HIV Med. 2010;11(9):608-609. 

Baker JV, Ayenew W, Quick H, Huppler Hullsiek K, Tracy R, Henry K, Duprez D, Neaton JD.  High-density lipoprotein particles and markers of inflammation and thrombotic activity in patients with untreated HIV infection. JID. 2010;201(2):285-292. {Also listed under Cardiology Division}

Baker JV, Duprez D. Biomarkers and HIV-associated cardiovascular disease. Curr Opin HIV AIDS.  2010;5(6):511-516.

Berzosa M, Tsukayama DT, Davies SF, Debol SM, Cen YY, Li R, Mallery S. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2010;14(5):578-584. {Also listed under Gastroenterology Division, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division, and Medicine Education Program}

Conley L, Bush T, Darragh TM, Palefsky JM, Unger ER, Patel P, Kojic EM, Cu-Uvin S, Martin H, Overton ET, Hammer J, Henry K, Vellozzi C, Wood K, Brooks JT, SUN Study Investigators. Factors associated with prevalent abnormal anal cytology in a large cohort of HIV-infected adults in the United States. JID. 2010;202(10):1567-1576.

El Ghazi I, Sheng WS, Hu S, Reilly BG, Lokensgard JR, Rock RB, Peterson PK, Wilcox GL, Armitage IM. Changes in the NMR metabolic profile of human microglial cells exposed to lipopolysaccharide or morphine. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2010;5(4):574-581.

Henry K. Internal medicine/primary care reminder: what are the standards of care for HIV-positive patients aged 50 years and older? Curr HIV/AIDS Reports. 2009;6(3):153-161.

Henry K. Report from the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. Continued concern about abacavir and cardiovascular risk. AIDS Clin Care. 2009;21(4):32-33.

Henry K. Report from the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. No clinical benefit from adding IL-2 to ART. AIDS Clin Care. 2009;21(4):29-30.

Henry K. Report from the 15th Retrovirus Conference. Expanding HIV treatment options during pregnancy. AIDS Clin Care. 2008;20(4):30-31.

Henry K. Report from the 15th Retrovirus Conference. Increased risk for non-AIDS-related complications: implications for early ART. AIDS Clin Care.2008;20(4):27-28.

Henry K. Report from the 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. More data and answers from ACTG 5202. AIDS Clin Care. 2010;22(4):30.

Henry K. Report from the 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. The brain, HIV, and ART. AIDS Clin Care. 2010;22(4):31-32. 

Henry K. Abacavir and CVD--more data but no consensus. Studies this year were evenly split, leaving patients and clinicians with few answers. AIDS Clin Care. 2010;22(1):4-5.

Neuhaus J, Jacobs DR Jr, Baker JV, Calmy A, Duprez D, La Rosa A, Kuller LH, Pett SL, Ristola M, Ross MJ, Shlipak MG, Tracy R, Neaton JD. Markers of inflammation, coagulation, and renal function are elevated in adults with HIV infection. J Infect Dis. 2010;201(12):1788-1795.

Rock RB, Olin M, Baker CA, Molitor TW, Peterson PK. Central nervous system tuberculosis: pathogenesis and clinical aspects. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2008;21(2):243-261.

Schwebke KE. The Vietnam Women's Memorial: better late than never. Am J Nurs. 2009;109(5):34-40.

Schwebke K. Prevention model for bloodstream infections offers hope, but incidents persist. MinnPost. July 22, 2010.

Sheng WS, Hu S, Ni HT, Rock RB, Peterson PK. WIN55, 212-2 inhibits production of CX3CL1 by human astrocytes: involvement of p38 MAP kinase. JNIP. 2009;4(2):244-248.

MEDICINE EDUCATION

Bart BA, Mulder M, Scott NL, Dalton T, Smith SW. Left ventricular systolic dysfunction and myocardial stunning in out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest patients. J Card Fail. 2010;16(8):S89. {Also listed under Cardiology Division}

Berzosa M, Tsukayama DT, Davies SF, Debol SM, Cen YY, Li R, Mallery S. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2010;14(5):578-584. {Also listed under Gastroenterology Division, Infectious Diseases Division, and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division}

Espinosa BJ, Chacaltana J, Mulder M, Franco MP, Blazes DL, Gilman RH, Smits HL, Hall ER. Short Report: Comparison of culture techniques at different stages of brucellosis.

Am J Trop Med Hyg.2009; 80(4):625-627.

Sharma A, Gilbertson DT, Herzog CA. Survival of kidney transplantation patients in the United States after cardiac valve replacement. Circulation. 2010;121(25):2733-2739. {Also listed under Cardiology Division and Nephrology Division}

Weinberger SE, Pereira AG, Iobst WF, Mechaber AJ, Bronze MS, Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Redesign Task Force II. Competency-based education and training in internal medicine. Ann Intern Med. 2010;153:751-756. {Also listed under Medicine Education Program}

NEPHROLOGY

Abecassis M, Bartlett ST, Collins AJ, Davis CL, Delmonico FL, Friedewald JJ, Hays R, Howard A, Jones E, Leichtman AB, Merion RM, Metzger RA, Pradel F, Schweitzer EJ, Velez RL, Gaston RS. Kidney transplantation as primary therapy for end-stage renal disease: a National Kidney Foundation/Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (NKF/KDOQITM) conference. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008;3(2):471-480.

Afshinnia F, Straight A, Li Q, Slinin Y, Foley RN, Ishani A. Trends in dialysis modality for individuals with acute kidney injury. Ren Fail. 2009;31(8):647-654.

Akkina SK, Connaire JJ, Israni AK, Snyder JJ, Matas AJ, Kasiske BL. Similar outcomes with different rates of delayed graft function may reflect center practice, not center performance. Am J Transplant. 2009;9(6):1460-1466.

Akkina SK, Connaire JJ, Snyder JJ, Matas AJ, Kasiske BL. Earlier is not necessarily better in preemptive kidney transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2008;8(10):2071-2076.

Arneson TJ, Liu J, Qiu Y, Gilbertson DT, Foley RN, Collins AJ.   Hospital treatment for fluid overload in the Medicare hemodialysis  population. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010;5(6):1054-1063.

Bakris G, Collins AJ. Executive summary: Kidney early evaluation program (KEEP) 2007 annual data report. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008;51(4 Suppl 2):S1-2.Erratum in: Am J Kidney Dis. 2008;51(5):872-874.

Block GA, Zaun D, Smits G, Persky M, Brillhart S, Nieman K, Liu J, St. Peter WL. Cinacalcet hydrochloride treatment significantly improves all-cause and cardiovascular survival in a large cohort of hemodialysis patients. Kidney Int. 2010;78(6):578-589.

Carlson AL, Smith CL. Primary hyperparathyroidism and jaw tumor syndrome: a novel mutation of the HRPT2 gene. Endocr Pract. 2008;14(6):743-747.

Chavers BM, Snyder JJ, Skeans MA, Weinhandl ED, Kasiske BL. Racial disparity trends for graft failure in the US pediatric kidney transplant population, 1980-2004. Am J Transplant. 2009;9(3):543-549.

Chavers BM, Solid CA, Daniels FX, Chen SC, Collins AJ, Frankenfield DL, Herzog CA. Hypertension in pediatric long-term hemodialysis patients in the United States. CJASN. 2009;4(8):1363-1369.

Chawla V, Greene T, Beck GJ, Kusek JW, Collins AJ, Sarnak MJ, Menon V. Hyperlipidemia and long-term outcomes in nondiabetic chronic kidney disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010;5:1582-1587.

Collins AJ, Chen SC, Gilbertson DT, Foley RN. CKD surveillance using administrative data: impact on the health care system. [Review] Am J Kidney Dis. 2009;53(3 Suppl 3):S27-S36.

Collins AJ, Foley RN, Gilbertson DT, Chen SC. The state of chronic kidney disease, ESRD, and morbidity and mortality in the first year of dialysis. CJASN. 2009;1:S5-11.

Collins AJ, Vassalotti JA, Wang C, Li S, Gilbertson DT, Liu J, Foley RN, Chen SC, Arneson TJ. Who should be targeted for CKD screening? Impact of diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009;53(3 Suppl 3):S71-S77.

Collins AJ, Li S, Chen SC, Vassalotti JA. Participant follow-up in the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) after initial detection. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008;51(4 Suppl 2):S69-76.

Collins AJ, Gilbertson DT, Snyder JJ, Chen SC, Foley RN. Chronic kidney disease awareness, screening and prevention: rationale for the design of a public education program. Nephrology. 2010;15(Suppl 2):37-42.

Dickinson S, Rogers T, Kasiske B, Bertog S, Tadros G, Malik J, Wilson R, Panetta C. Coronary artery disease in young women and men with long-standing insulin-dependent diabetes. Angiology. 2008;59:9-15.

Dobbels F, Skeans MA, Snyder JJ, Tuomari AV, Maclean JR, Kasiske BL. Depressive disorder in renal transplantation: an analysis of Medicare claims. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008;51(5):819-828.

Eckardt KU, Berns JS, Rocco MV, Kasiske BL. Definition and classification of CKD: The debate should be about patient prognosis-A position statement from KDOQI and KDIGO. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009;53(6):915-920.

Eckardt KU, Kasiske BL. Kidney disease: improving global outcomes. Nephrology. 2009;5(11):650-657.

Eddington H, Hoefield R, Sinha S, Chrysochou C, Lane B, Foley RN, Hegarty J, New J, O'Donoghue DJ, Middleton RJ, Kalra PA. Serum phosphate and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010;5(12):2251-2257.

Einecke G, Reeve J,  Sis B,  Mengel M,  Hidalgo L,  Famulski KS,  Matas A,  Kasiske B,  Kaplan B,  Halloran PF.  A molecular classifier for predicting future graft loss in late kidney transplant biopsies. J Clin Invest. 2010;120(6):1862-1872.

Fadem SZ, Al-Saghir F, Zollner G, Swan S. Converting hemodialysis patients from intravenous paricalcitol to intravenous doxercalciferol - A dose equivalency and titration study. Clin Nephrol. 2008;70(4):319-324.

Foley RN. Phosphate levels and cardiovascular disease in the general population. CJASN. 2009;4(6):1136-1139.

Foley RN. Target hemoglobin trials in chronic kidney disease: design and interpretation issues. Pediatr Nephrol. 2009;24(12):2279-2285.

Foley RN, Chen SC, Collins AJ. Hemodialysis access at initiation in the United States, 2005 to 2007: Still "Catheter First". Hemodialysis International. 2009;13(4):533-542.

Foley RN, Collins AJ. The growing economic burden of diabetic kidney disease. Curr Diabetes Rep. 2009;9(6):460-465.

Foley RN, Collins AJ, Herzog CA, Ishani A, Kalra PA. Serum phosphate and left ventricular hypertrophy in young adults: The coronary artery risk development in young adults study. Kidney Blood Press Res.2009;32(1):37-44.

Foley RN, Curtis BM, Parfrey PS. Erythropoietin therapy, hemoglobin targets and quality of life in healthy hemodialysis patients: a randomized trial. CJASN. 2009;4(4):726-733.

Foley RN, Hakim RM. Why is the mortality of dialysis patients in the United States much higher than the rest of the world? J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009;20(7):1432-1435.

Foley RN, Wang C, Snyder JJ, Collins AJ. Cystatin C levels in U.S. adults, 1988-1994 versus 1999-2002: NHANES. CJASN. 2009;4(5):965-972.

Foley RN. Erythropoietin: physiology and molecular mechanisms. Heart Fail Rev. 2008;13(4):405-414.

Foley RN. Infectious complications in chronic dialysis patients. Perit Dial Int. 2008;28 (Supp. 3):S167-S171.

Foley RN, Collins AJ, Ishani A, Kalra PA. Calcium-phosphate levels and cardiovascular disease in community-dwelling adults: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Am Heart J. 2008;156(3):556-563.

Foley RN, Curtis BM, Parfrey PS. Hemoglobin targets and blood transfusions in hemodialysis patients without symptomatic cardiac disease receiving erythropoietin therapy. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008;3(6):1669-1675.

Foley RN, Fan Q, Liu J, Gilbertson DT, Weinhandl ED, Chen SC, Collins AJ. Comparative mortality of hemodialysis patients at for-profit and not-for-profit dialysis facilities in the United States, 1998 to 2003: a retrospective analysis. BMC Nephrol. 2008;9:6.

Foley RN, Wang C, Ishani A, Ibrahim HN, Collins AJ. Creatinine-based glomerular filtration rates and microalbuminuria for detecting metabolic abnormalities in US adults: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2004. Am J Nephrol. 2008;28(3):431-437.

Foley RN. Emerging erythropoiesis-stimulating agents. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2010;6(4):218-223.

Foley RN. Temporal trends in the burden of chronic kidney disease in the United States. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2010;19(3):273-277.

Foley RN. Clinical epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in chronic kidney disease.  J Ren Care. 2010;36(Suppl 1):4-8.

Foley RN, Curtis BM, Randell EW, Parfrey PS. Left ventricular hypertrophy in new hemodialysis patients without symptomatic cardiac disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010;5(5):805-813.

Foley RN, Ibrahim HN. Long-term outcomes of kidney donors. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2010;19(2):129-133.

Foley RN, Roberts TL, Liu J, Gilbertson DT, Arneson TJ, Dunning S, Collins AJ.  Mortality from cancer among US hemodialysis patients, 1995-2005. Am J Nephrol. 2010;31(6):518-526.

Gaston RS, Kasiske BL, Fieberg AM, Leduc R, Cosio FC, Gourishankar S, Halloran P, Hunsicker L, Rush D, Matas AJ. Use of cardioprotective medications in kidney transplant recipients. Am J Transplant. 2009;9(8):1811-1815.

Gaston RS, Cecka JM, Kasiske BL, Fieberg AM, Leduc R, Cosio FC, Gourishankar S, Grande J, Halloran P, Hunsicker L, Mannon R, Rush D, Matas  AJ. Evidence for antibody-mediated injury as a major determinant of late kidney allograft failure. Transplantation. 2010;90(1):68-74.

Gilbertson DT, Ebben JP, Foley RN, Weinhandl ED, Bradbury BD, Collins AJ. Hemoglobin level variability: associations with mortality. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008;3(1):133-138.

Goldade K, Sidhwani S, Patel S, Brendt L, Vigliaturo J, Kasiske, B, Ahluwalia JS, Israni AK. Kidney transplant patients’ perception, beliefs & barriers related to regular nephrology outpatient visits. Am J Kidney Dis. 2010;56(5):947-960.

Guo H, Liu J, Collins AJ, Foley RN. Pneumonia in incident dialysis patients--the United States Renal Data System. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008;23(2):680-686.

Gourishankar S, Leduc R, Connett J, Cecka JM, Cosio F, Fieberg A, Gaston R, Halloran P, Hunsicker L, Kasiske B, Rush D, Grande J, Mannon R, Matas A. Pathological and clinical characterization of the 'Troubled transplant': Data from the DeKAF study. Am J Transplant. 2010;10(2):324-330.

Herzog CA, Strief JW, Collins AJ, Gilbertson DT. Cause-specific mortality of dialysis patients after coronary revascularization: why don't dialysis patients have better survival after coronary intervention? Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008;23:2629-2633. {Also listed under Cardiology Division}

Hoefield RA, Kalra PA, Baker P, Lane B, New JP, O'Donoghue DJ, Foley RN, Middleton RJ. Factors associated with kidney disease progression and mortality in a referred CKD population. Am J Kidney Dis. 2010;6(6):1072-1081.

Ibrahim HN, Foley RN, Zhang R, Gilbertson DT, Collins AJ. Parenteral iron use: possible contribution to exceeding target hemoglobin in hemodialysis patients. CJASN. 2009;4(3):623-629.

Ibrahim HN, Ishani A, Foley RN, Guo H, Liu J, Collins AJ. Temporal trends in red blood transfusion among US dialysis patients, 1992-2005. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008;52(6):1115-1121.

Ibrahim HN, Wang C, Ishani A, Collins AJ, Foley RN. Screening for chronic kidney disease complications in US adults: racial implications of a single GFR threshold. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008;3(6):1792-1799.

Ishani A, Guo H, Arneson TJ, Gilbertson DT, Mau L-W, Li S, Dunning S, Collins AJ. Possible effects of the new medicare reimbursement policy on African Americans with ESRD. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009;20(7):1607-1613.

Ishani A, Xue JL, Himmelfarb J, Eggers PW, Kimmel PL, Molitoris BA, Collins AJ. Acute kidney injury increases risk of ESRD among elderly. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009;20(1):223-228.

Israni AK, Snyder JJ, Skeans MA, Tuomari AV, Maclean JR, Kasiske BL. Who is caring for kidney transplant patients? Variation by region, transplant center, and patient characteristics. Am J Nephrol. 2009;30(5):430-9.

Ishani A, Solid CA, Weinhandl ED, Gilbertson DT, Foley RN, Collins AJ. Association between number of months below K/DOQI haemoglobin target and risk of hospitalization and death. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008;23(5):1682-1689.

Israni A, Kasiske B. Laboratory assessment of kidney disease: Clearance, urinalysis, and kidney biopsy. Brenner & Rector’s 8th Edition. The Kidney, 2008.

Israni AK, Li N, Cizman BB, Snyder J, Abrams J, Joffe M, Rebbeck T, Feldman HI. Association of donor inflammation and apoptosis-related genotypes and delayed allograft function after kidney transplantation. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008;52(2):331-339.

Israni A, Leduc R, Holmes J, Jacobson PA, Lamba V, Guan W, Schladt D, Chen J, Matas AJ, Oetting WS. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms, acute rejection, and severity of tubulitis in kidney transplantation, accounting for center-to-center variation. Transplantation. 2010;90:1401-1408.

Israni AK, Snyder JJ, Skeans MA, Peng Y, MacLean JR, Weinhandl ED, Kasiske BL. Predicting coronary heart disease after kidney transplantation: Patient outcomes in renal transplantation (PORT) study. Am J Transplant. 2010;10(2):338-353.

Israni AK, Weng FL, Cen Y-Y, Joffe M., Kamoun M, Feldman HI. Electronically-measured adherence to immunosuppressive medications and kidney function after deceased donor kidney transplantation. Clin Transplant. 2010;56:947-960.

Jaber BL, Finkelstein FO, Glickman JD, Hull AR, Kraus MA, Leypoldt JK, Liu J, Gilbertson D, McCarthy J, Miller BW, Moran J, Collins AJ. Scope and design of the following rehabilitation, economics and everyday-dialysis outcome measurements (FREEDOM) Study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009; 53(2):310-320.

Jaber BL, Lee Y, Collins AJ, Hull AR, Kraus MA, McCarthy J, Miller BW, Spry L, Finkelstein FO. Effect of daily hemodialysis on depressive symptoms and postdialysis recovery time: interim report from the FREEDOM (Following Rehabilitation, Economics and Everyday-Dialysis Outcome Measurements) Study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2010;56:531-539.

Kalra PA,  Guo H,  Gilbertson DT,  Liu J,  Chen SC,  Ishani A,  Collins AJ, Foley RN. Atherosclerotic renovascular disease in the United States. Kidney Int. 2010;77(1):37-43.

Kamoun M, Holmes JH, Israni AK, Kearns JD, Teal V, Wei PY, Rosas SE, Joffe MM, Li H, Feldman HI. HLA-A amino acid polymorphism and delayed kidney allograft function. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2008;105(48):18883-18888.

Karamadoukis L, Ansell D, Foley RN, McDonald SP, Tomson CRV, Trpeski L, Caskey FJ. Towards case-mix-adjusted international renal registry comparisons: How can we improve data collection practice. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2009;24(8):2306-2311.

Kasiske BL, De Mattos A, Flechner SM, Gallon L, Meier-Kriesche H-U, Weir MR, Wilkinson A. Mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor dyslipidemia in kidney transplant recipients. Am J Transplant. 2008;8(7):1384-1392.

Kasiske BL, Snyder JJ, Skeans MA, Tuomari AV, Maclean JR, Israni AK. The geography of kidney transplantation in the United States. Am J Transplant. 2008;8(3):647-657.

Kasiske BL, Israni AK, Snyder JJ, Skeans MA, Peng Y, Weinhandl ED. A simple tool to predict outcomes after kidney transplant. Am J Kidney Dis. 2010;56(5):947-960.

Kasiske BL, Zeier MG, Chapman JR, Craig JC, Ekberg H, Garvey CA, Green MD, Jha V, Josephson MA, Kiberd BA, Kreis HA, McDonald RA, Newmann JM, Obrador GT, Vincenti FG, Cheung M, Earley A, Raman G, Abariga S, Wagner M, Balk EM. KDIGO clinical practice guideline for the care of kidney transplant recipients: A summary. Kidney Int. 2010;77(4):299-311.

Khosravan R, Toh M, Garrett M, La Fargue J, Ni G, Marbury TC, Swan SK, Lunde NM, Bello C. Pharmacokinetics and safety of sunitinib malate in subjects with impaired renal function. J Clin Pharm. 2010;50(4):472-481.

Kukla A, El-Shahawi Y, Leister E, Kasiske B, Mauer M, Matas A, Ibrahim HN. GFR-estimating models in kidney transplant recipients on a steroid-free regimen. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2010;25(5):1653-1661.

Klarenbach SW, Moist LM, Foley RN, Barrett BJ, Madore F, White CT, Culleton BF, Tonelli M, Manns BJ. Clinical Practice Guidelines for supplemental therapies and issues. Kidney Int. 2008;74 (Suppl.110):S19-S24.

Kleinclauss F, Fauda M, Sutherland DER, Kleinclauss C, Gruessner RW, Matas AJ, Kasiske BL, Humar A, Kandaswamy R, Kaul S, Gruessner AC. Pancreas after living donor kidney transplants in diabetic patients: Impact on long term kidney graft function. Clin Transpl. 2009;23(4):437-446.

Lawendy N, Krishnaswami S, Wang R, Gruben D, Cannon C, Swan S, Chan G. Effect of cp-690,550, an orally active janus kinase inhibitor, on renal function in healthy adult volunteers. J Clin Pharm. 2009;49(4):423-429.

Lee CYW, Chen HH, Lisy O, Swan S, Cannon C, Lieu HD, Burnett Jr JC. Pharmacodynamics of a novel designer natriuretic peptide, CD-NP, in a first-in-human clinical trial in healthy subjects. J Clin Pharm. 2009;49(6):668-673.

Lentine KL, Schnitzler MA, Brennan DC, Snyder JJ, Hauptman PJ, Abbott KC, Axelrod D, Salvalaggio PR, Kasiske B. Cardiac evaluation before kidney transplantation: a practice patterns analysis in Medicare-insured dialysis patients. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008;3(4):1115-1124.

Levey AS, Cattran D, Friedman A, Miller WG, Sedor J, Tuttle K, Kasiske B, Hostetter T. Proteinuria as a surrogate outcome in CKD: report of a scientific workshop sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation and the US Food and Drug. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009;54(2):205-226.

Levin A, Hemmelgarn B, Culleton B, Tobe S, McFarlane P, Ruzicka M, Burns K, Manns B, White C, Madore F, Moist L, Klarenbach S, Barrett B, Foley R, Jindal K, Senior P, Pannu N, Shurraw S, Akbari A, Cohn A, Reslerova M, Deved V, Mendelssohn D, Nesrallah G, Kappel J, Tonelli M. Guidelines for the management of chronic kidney disease. CMAJ. 2008;179:1154-1162.

Levin NW, Kotanko P, Eckardt KU, Kasiske BL, Chazot C, Cheung AK, Redon J, Wheeler DC, Zoccali C, London GM. Blood pressure in chronic kidney disease stage 5D report from a kidney disease: Improving global outcomes controversies conference. Kidney Int. 2010;77(4):273-284.

Li S, Chen SC, Shlipak M, Bakris G, McCullough PA, Sowers J, Stevens L, Jurkovitz C, McFarlane S, Norris K, Vassalotti J, Klag MJ, Brown WW, Narva A, Calhoun D, Johnson B, Obialo C, Whaley-Connell A, Becker B, Collins AJ, Kidney Early Evaluation Program Investigators. Low birth weight is associated with chronic kidney disease only in men. Kidney Int. 2008;73(5):637-642.

Li S, Liu J, Gilbertson DT, Collins AJ. Economic effect of following HbA1c testing practice guidelines in the elderly Medicare population: An instrumental variable analysis. Am J Med Qual. 2010;25:202-210.

Liu J, Huang Z, Gilbertson DT, Foley RN, Collins AJ. An improved comorbidity index for outcome analyses among dialysis patients. Kidney Int. 2010;77:141-151.

Louvar DW, Li N, Snyder J, Peng Y, Kasiske BL, Israni AK. "Nature versus nurture" study of deceased-donor pairs in kidney transplantation. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009;20(6):1351-1358.

Madore F, White CT, Foley RN, Barrett BJ, Moist LM, Klarenbach SW, Culleton BF, Tonelli M, Manns BJ. Clinical Practice Guidelines for assessment and management of iron deficiency. Kidney Int. 2008;74(SUPPL.110):S7-S11.

Mannon RB, Matas AJ, Grande J, Leduc R, Connett J, Kasiske B, Cecka JM, Gaston RS, Cosio F, Gourishankar S, Halloran PF, Hunsicker L, Rush D. Inflammation in areas of tubular atrophy in kidney allograft biopsies: A potent predictor of allograft failure. Am J Transplant. 2010;10(9):2066-2073. 

Manns BJ, White CT, Madore F, Moist LM, Klarenbach SW, Barrett BJ, Foley RN, Culleton BF, Tonelli M. Introduction to the Canadian Society of Nephrology Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of anemia associated with chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int. 2008;74(SUPPL.110):S1-S3.

Matas A, Leduc R, Rush D, Cecka JM, Connett J, Fieberg A, Halloran P, Hunsicker L, Cosio F, Grande J, Mannon R, Gourishankar S, Gaston R, Kasiske B. Histopathologic clusters differentiate subgroups within the nonspecific diagnoses of CAN or CR: Preliminary data from the DeKAF study. Am J Transplant. 2010;10(2):315-323.

Mau LW, Liu J, Qiu Y, Guo H, Ishani A, Arneson TJ, Gilbertson DT, Dunning SC, Collins AJ. Trends in patient characteristics and first-year medical costs of older incident hemodialysis patients, 1995-2005. Am J Kidney Dis. 2010;55(3):549-557.

McCullough PA, Li S, Jurkovitz CT, Stevens L, Collins AJ, Chen SC, Norris KC, McFarlane S, Johnson B, Shlipak MG, Obialo CI, Brown WW, Vassaloti J, Whaley-Connell AT, Brenner RM, Bakris GL. KEEP Investigators. Chronic kidney disease, prevalence of premature cardiovascular disease, and relationship to short-term mortality. Am Heart J. 2008;156(2):277-283.

McCullough PA, Li S, Jurkovitz CT, Stevens LA, Wang C, Collins AJ, Chen SC, Norris KC, McFarlane SI, Johnson B, Shlipak MG, Obialo CI, Brown WW, Vassalotti JA, Whaley-Connell AT; Kidney Early Evaluation Program Investigators. CKD and cardiovascular disease in screened high-risk volunteer and general populations: the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008;51(4 Suppl 2):S38-45.

McCullough PA, Vassalotti JA, Collins AJ, Chen SC, Bakris GL. National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) annual data report 2009: executive summary. Am J Kidney Dis. 2010;55:S1-S3.

McCullough PA, Whaley-Connell A, Brown WW, Collins AJ, Chen SC, Li S, Norris KC, Jurkovitz C, McFarlane S, Obialo C, Sowers J, Stevens L, Vassalotti JA, Bakris GL. Cardiovascular risk modification in participants with coronary disease screened by the Kidney Early Evaluation Program. Intern Med J. 2010;40:833-841.

McFarlane SI, Chen SC, Whaley-Connell AT, Sowers JR, Vassalotti JA, Salifu MO, Li S, Wang C, Bakris G, McCullough PA, Collins AJ, Norris KC; Kidney Early Evaluation Program Investigators. Prevalence and associations of anemia of CKD: Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008;51(4 Suppl 2):S46-55.

Menon V, Kopple JD, Wang X, Beck GJ, Collins AJ, Kusek JW, Greene T, Levey AS, Sarnak MJ. Effect of a very low-protein diet on outcomes: long-term follow-up of the modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD) study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009;53(2):208-217.

Menon V, Wang X, Sarnak MJ, Hunsicker LH, Madero M, Beck GJ, Collins AJ, Kusek JW, Levey AS, Greene T. Long-term outcomes in nondiabetic chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int. 2008;73(11):1310-1315.

Menon V, Tighiouart H, Vaughn NS, Beck GJ, Kusek JW, Collins AJ, Greene T, Sarnak MJ. Serum bicarbonate and long-term outcomes in CKD. Am J Kidney Dis. 2010;56:907-914.

Moist LM, Foley RN, Barrett BJ, Madore F, White CT, Klarenbach SW, Culleton BF, Tonelli M, Manns BJ. Clinical practice guidelines for evidence-based use of erythropoietic-stimulating agents. Kidney Int. 2008;Suppl, S12-S18.

Najafian B, Kasiske BL. Chronic allograft nephropathy. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2008;17(2):149-155.

Newsome BB, McClellan WM, Allison JJ, Eggers PW, Chen SC, Collins AJ, Kiefe CI, Coffey CS, Warnock DG. Racial differences in the competing risks of mortality and ESRD after acute myocardial infarction. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008;52(2):251-261.

Ogata S, Yorioka N, Gilbertson DT, Chen S, Foley RN, Collins AJ. Genetic and environmental effects and characteristics of Japanese end-stage renal disease patients. Hemodialysis International. 2009;13(SUPPL. 1):S8-S12.

Pescovitz MD, Nezakatgoo N, Lorber MI, Nashan B, Tedesco-Silva H, Kasiske BL, De La Cruz FJ, Russ G, Campistol J, Keown PA.Prospective observational study of sirolimus as primary immunosuppression after renal transplantation. Transplantation. 2009;88(8):1010-1018.

Reese PP, Israni AK. Best option for transplant candidates with type 1 diabetes and a live kidney donor: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009;4(4):700-702.

Sarafidis PA, Li S, Chen SC, Collins AJ, Brown WW, Klag MJ, Bakris GL. Hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in chronic kidney disease. Am J Med. 2008;121(4):332-340.

Sharma A, Gilbertson DT, Herzog CA. Survival of kidney transplantation patients in the United States after cardiac valve replacement. Circulation. 2010;121(25):2733-2739. {Also listed under Cardiology Division and Medicine Education Program}

Shroff GR, Kasiske BL. Troponin T is an independent predictor of mortality in renal transplant recipients. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008;23(8):2707.

Slinin Y, Guo H, Gilbertson DT, Mau LW, Ensrud K, Rector T, Collins AJ, Ishani A. Meeting KDOQI guideline goals at hemodialysis initiation and survival during the first year. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010;5:1574-1581.

Smith CL, Carlson AL. What have we lost in the wake of the Rosiglitazone controversy? Endocr Practice. 2009;15(3):277.

Snyder JJ, Foley RN, Collins AJ. In Reply to 'Prevalence of CKD in the United States: GFR-Estimating Equations Matter'. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009;54(1):185-186.

Snyder JJ, Foley RN, Collins AJ. Prevalence of CKD in the United States: a sensitivity analysis using the national health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES) 1999-2004. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009;53(2):218-228.

Snyder JJ, Israni AK, Peng Y, Zhang L, Simon TA, Kasiske BL. Rates of first infection following kidney transplant in the United States. Kidney Int. 2009;75(3):317-326.

St. Peter WL, Fan Q, Weinhandl E, Liu J. Economic evaluation of sevelamer versus calcium-based phosphate binders in hemodialysis patients: A secondary analysis using centers for Medicare & Medicaid services data. CJASN. 2009;4(12):1954-1961.

St Peter WL, Li Q, Liu J, Persky M, Nieman K, Arko C, Block GA. Cinacalcet use patterns and effect on laboratory values and other medications in a large dialysis organization, 2004 through 2006. CJASN. 2009;4(2):354-360.

St Peter WL, Li S, Liu J, Gilbertson DT, Arneson TJ, Collins AJ. Effects of monthly dose and regular dosing of intravenous active vitamin D use on mortality among patients undergoing hemodialysis. Pharmacotherapy.2009;29(2):154-164.

St. Peter WL. Potential impact of Medicare Part D in the end-stage renal disease population. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2008;15(2):140-146.

St Peter WL, Liu J, Weinhandl E, Fan Q. A comparison of sevelamer and calcium-based phosphate binders on mortality, hospitalization, and morbidity in hemodialysis: a secondary analysis of the Dialysis Clinical Outcomes Revisited (DCOR) randomized trial using claims data. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008;51(3):445-454.

St. Peter WL, Liu J, Weinhandl E, Fan Q. Linking Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data with prospective DCOR trial data: methods and data comparison results. Hemodial Int. 2008; 12(4):480-491.

St Peter WL, Weinhandl ED, Liu J. Vitamin D use and mortality in chronic kidney disease: immortal time bias. Arch Intern Med. 2008;168(21):2384-2385.

St. Peter WL. Improving medication safety in chronic kidney disease patients on dialysis through medication reconciliation. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2010;17(5):413-419.

Suying L, Jiannong L, Gilbertson D, McBean M, Dowd B, Collins A. An instrumental variable analysis of the impact of practice guidelines on improving quality of care and diabetes-related outcomes in the elderly Medicare population. Am J Med Qual. 2008;23:222-230.

Tomson CRV, Foley RN, Li Q, Gilbertson DT, Xue JL, Collins AJ. Race and end-stage renal disease in the United States Medicare population: the disparity persists. Nephrol. 2008;13(7):651-656.

Van Gurp E, Weimar W, Gaston R, Brennan D, Mendez R, Pirsch J, Swan S, Pescovitz MD, Ni G, Wang C, Krishnaswami S, Chow V, Chan G. Phase 1 dose-escalation study of CP-690 550 in stable renal allograft recipients: Preliminary findings of safety, tolerability, effects on lymphocyte subsets and pharmacokinetics. Am J Transplant. 2008;8(8):1711-1718.

Vassalotti JA, Uribarri J, Chen SC, Li S, Wang C, Collins AJ, Calvo MS, Whaley-Connell AT, McCullough PA, Norris KC; Kidney Early Evaluation Program Investigators. Trends in mineral metabolism: Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008;51(4 Suppl 2):S56-68.

Wagner M, Balk EM, Kent DM, Kasiske BL, Ekberg H. Subgroup analyses in randomized controlled trials: The need for risk stratification in kidney transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2009;9(10):2217-2222.

Wang JH, Byun J, Pennathur S. Analytical approaches to metabolomics and applications to systems biology. Semin Nephrol. 2010;30(5):500-511.

Wang JH, Kasiske BL. Screening and management of pretransplant cardiovascular disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2010;19(6):586-591.

Wang O, Kilpatrick RD, Critchlow CW, Ling X, Bradbury BD, Gilbertson DT, Collins AJ, Rothman KJ, Acquavella JF. Relationship between epoetin alfa dose and mortality: findings from a marginal structural model. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010;5:182-188.

Weinhandl ED, Snyder JJ, Israni AK, Kasiske BL. Effect of comorbidity adjustment on CMS criteria for kidney transplant center performance. Am J Transplant. 2009;9(3):506-516.

Weinhandl ED, Foley RN, Gilbertson DT, Arneson TJ, Snyder JJ, Collins AJ. Propensity-matched mortality comparison of incident hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010;21(3):499-506.

Whaley-Connell AT, Sowers JR, McFarlane SI, Norris KC, Chen SC, Li S, Qiu Y, Wang C,

Stevens LA, Vassalotti JA, Collins AJ; Kidney Early Evaluation Program Investigators. Diabetes mellitus in CKD: Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition and Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008;51(4 Suppl 2):S21-29.

Whaley-Connell AT, Sowers JR, Stevens LA, McFarlane SI, Shlipak MG, Norris KC, Chen SC, Qiu Y, Wang C, Li S, Vassalotti JA, Collins AJ, Kidney Early Evaluation Program Investigators. CKD in the United States: Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008;51(4 Suppl 2):S13-20.

Whaley-Connell A, Pavey BS, McCullough PA, Saab G, Li S, McFarlane SI, Chen SC, Vassalotti JA, Collins AJ, Bakris G, Sowers JR. Dysglycemia predicts cardiovascular and kidney disease in the Kidney Early Evaluation Program. J Clin Hypertens. 2010;12:51-58.

White CT, Barrett BJ, Madore F, Moist LM, Klarenbach SW, Foley RN, Culleton BF, Tonelli M, Manns BJ. Clinical practice guidelines for evaluation of anemia. Kidney Int. 2008;Suppl S4-S6.

Wright JR, Shurrab AE, Cooper A, Kalra PR, Foley RN, Kalra PA. Progression of cardiac dysfunction in patients with atherosclerotic renovascular disease. QJM. 2009;102(10):695-704.

Yang B-B, Kido A, Salfi M, Swan S, Sullivan JT. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of pegfilgrastim in subjects with various degrees of renal function. J Clin Pharmacol. 2008;48(9):1025-1031.

PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Berry RB, Chediak A, Brown LK, Finder J, Gozal D, Iber C, Kushida CA, Morgenthaler T, Rowley JA, Davidson-Ward SL. Best clinical practices for the sleep center adjustment of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) in stable chronic alveolar hypoventilation syndromes: NPPV Titration Task Force of The American Academy of Sleep Medicine. J Clin Sleep Med. 2010;6(5):491-509.

Berzosa M, Tsukayama DT, Davies SF, Debol SM, Cen YY, Li R, Mallery S. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2010;14(5):578-584. {Also listed under Gastroenterology Division, Infectious Diseases Division, and Medicine Education Program}

Iber C, Wang K. Cardiac monitoring during sleep. Sleep Med Clin. 2009;4(3):373-384.

Kempainen RR, Milla C, Dunitz J, Savik K, Hazelwood A, Williams C, Rubin BK, Billings JL. Comparison of settings used for high-frequency chest-wall compression in cystic fibrosis. Respir Care. 2010;55(6):782-783.

Kesler SM, Sprenkle MD, David WS, Leatherman JW. Severe weakness complicating status asthmaticus despite minimal duration of neuromuscular paralysis. Intensive Care Med. 2009;35(1):157-160.

Kushida CA, Chediak A, Berry RB, Brown LK, Gozal D, Iber C, Parthasarathy S, Quan SF, Rowley JA; Positive Airway Pressure Titration Task Force; American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Clinical guidelines for the manual titration of positive airway pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. J Clin Sleep Med. 2008;4(2):157-171.

Melamed R, Sprenkle MD, Ulstad VK, Herzog CA, Leatherman JW. Assessment of left ventricular function by intensivists using hand-held echocardiography. Chest. 2009;135(6):1407-1408.

Quan SF, Berry RB, Buysse D, Collop NA, Grigg-Damberger M, Harding SM, Iber C, et al. Development and results of the first ABMS subspecialty certification examination in sleep medicine. J Clin Sleep Med. 2008;4(5):505-508.

Rutzick AD, Davies SF. Extreme delay in care for enlarging breast mass. J Thorac Onc. 2009;4(10):1278-1279.

Sabati AA, Kempainen RR, Milla CE, Ireland M, Schwarzenberg SJ, Dunitz JM, Khan KM. Characteristics of gastroesophageal reflux in adults with cystic fibrosis. J Cystic Fibrosis. 2010;9(5):365-370.

Weinert CR, Sprenkle M. Post-ICU consequences of patient wakefulness and sedative exposure during mechanical ventilation. Intensive Care Med. 2008;34(1):82-90.

Xia H, Diebold D, Nho R, Perlman D, Kleidon J, Kahm J, Avdulov S, Peterson M, Nerva J, Bitterman P, Henke C. Pathological integrin signaling enhances proliferation of primary lung fibroblasts from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. J Exp Med. 2008;205(7):1659-1672.