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Giuseppe Conte
Urology
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15-year-change of phenotype and prognosis in non-dialysis CKD patients referred to a nephrology clinic
Changes over time of phenotype and prognosis in CKD patients starting nephrology care are undefined. This information is critical to correctly plan and optimize healthcare resources and clinical management in ...
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Sodium toxicity in peritoneal dialysis: mechanisms and “solutions”
The major trials in peritoneal dialysis (PD) have demonstrated that increasing peritoneal clearance of small solutes is not associated with any advantage on survival, whereas sodium and fluid overload heralds ...
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Incremental dialysis in ESRD: systematic review and meta-analysis
Incremental dialysis may preserve residual renal function and improve survival in comparison with full-dose dialysis; however, available evidence is limited. We therefore compared all-cause mortality and resid...
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Generalizability of SPRINT-CKD cohort to CKD patients referred to renal clinics
The Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial-CKD substudy (SPRINT-CKD) has suggested a lower blood pressure (BP) target in CKD patients. However, it is questionable whether the SPRINT-CKD results may be gene...
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Sodium removal by peritoneal dialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Achievement of sodium and fluid balance is considered a major determinant of dialysis adequacy in peritoneal dialysis (PD). However, the contribution of different PD modalities to dialytic sodium removal (DSR)...
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Open AccessNutritional treatment of advanced CKD: twenty consensus statements
The Italian nephrology has a long tradition and experience in the field of dietetic-nutritional therapy (DNT), which is an important component in the conservative management of the patient suffering from a chr...
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Effect of post-nephrectomy acute kidney injury on renal outcome: a retrospective long-term study
The effects on renal prognosis of acute kidney injury after elective unilateral nephrectomy are ill-defined. We evaluated as whether post-operative acute kidney injury modifies renal outcome over the long term.
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Controversial issues in CKD clinical practice: position statement of the CKD-treatment working group of the Italian Society of Nephrology
This position paper of the study group “Conservative treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease—CKD” of the Italian Society of Nephrology addresses major practical, unresolved, issues related to the conservative trea...
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Stage 5-CKD under nephrology care: to dialyze or not to dialyze, that is the question
Appropriate timing of starting chronic dialysis in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) under nephrology care still is undefined. We systematically reviewed the most recent studies that have com...
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Erratum to: Management of CKD-MBD in non-dialysis patients under regular nephrology care: a prospective multicenter study
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Management of CKD-MBD in non-dialysis patients under regular nephrology care: a prospective multicenter study
Knowledge about mineral bone disorder (MBD) management in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease (ND-CKD) patients is scarce, although essential to identifying areas for therapeutic improvement.
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Interaction between phosphorus and parathyroid hormone in non-dialysis CKD patients under nephrology care
Whether the traditional treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD)–mineral and bone disorder is effective in the setting of tertiary nephrology care is an unexplored question. We evaluated phosphate, calcium an...
