OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Clinical Nephrology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Serum interleukin-6 levels predict kidney disease progression in diabetic nephropathy	27
Coagulation parameters may predict clinical outcomes in patients with septic acute kidney injury	16
Comparative efficacy of ravulizumab and eculizumab in the treatment of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome: An indirect comparison using clinical trial data	16
De novo or recurrent glomerulonephritis and acute tubulointerstitial nephritis after COVID-19 vaccination: A report of six cases from a single center	14
Tocilizumab preserves renal function in rheumatoid arthritis with AA amyloidosis and end-stage kidney disease: Two case reports	13
The unresolved epidemic of chronic kidney disease of uncertain origin (CKDu) around the world: A review and new insights	11
Tolvaptan vs. somatostatin in the treatment of ADPKD: A review of the literature	11
Outcomes of COVID-19-positive kidney transplant recipients: A single-center experience	10
Point-of-care venous Doppler ultrasound in the management of heart failure and hyponatremia	9
Hypophosphatemia and FGF23 tumor-induced osteomalacia in two cases of metastatic breast cancer	9
Serum levels of plasminogen activator urokinase receptor and cardiotrophin-like cytokine factor 1 in patients with nephrotic syndrome	9
Principles responsible for trace element concentrations in chronic kidney disease	9
Predictors of renal outcomes in crescentic and mixed class of ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis	9
IgG4-related kidney disease: Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment	8
Acute interstitial nephritis following SARS-CoV-2 virus vaccination	8
Fatigue in hemodialysis patients:  A single-center cross-sectional study	8
Bevacizumab-associated thrombotic microangiopathy treated with eculizumab: A case series and systematic review of the literature	8
Living well with kidney disease by patient and care-partner empowerment: Kidney health for everyone everywhere	8
Acute interstitial nephritis following treatment with direct-acting antiviral agents in hepatitis C virus-infected patients: A case series	7
Gender in acute kidney disease: A narrative review	7
A case of membranous nephropathy with Kimura’s disease	6
Differential effects of peritoneal and hemodialysis on circulating regulatory T cells one month post initiation of renal replacement therapy	6
Diagnosis and genotype-phenotype correlation in patients with PKD1/TSC2 contiguous gene deletion syndrome	6
Mortality and serum hepcidin are associated with persistent and transient acute kidney injury in septic patients	6
Syphilis-associated membranous nephropathy successfully treated with amoxicillin	6

Need for symptom monitoring in IgA nephropathy patients post COVID-19 vaccination	6
Serum albumin predicts hyperuricemia in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy	6
Characteristics and outcomes of prisoners hospitalized due to COVID-19 disease	6
Changes and significance of Treg and Th17 in adult patients with primary membranous nephropathy	6
Prospective observational study of purse-string suturing of the anterior rectus fascia for urgent-start peritoneal dialysis	5
A case of thrombotic microangiopathy associated with polymyositis	5
Renovascular hypertension and RNF213 p.R4810K variant in Korean children with Moyamoya disease	5
FGF-23 and sclerostin in serum and bone of CKD patients	5
AA renal amyloidosis: Clinical observations over 20 years	5
Genetic analysis of SLC12A3 gene and diagnostic process in patients with Gitelman syndrome	5
A case of extreme hyperphosphatemia due to sodium phosphate enemas successfully treated with sustained low efficiency dialysis	5
Safety and efficacy of placement of tunneled hemodialysis catheter without the use of fluoroscopy	5
Regional citrate anticoagulation protocol suitable for intermittent hemodialysis and post-dilution hemodiafiltration	5
A unique case of purple urine: A case report and literature review	5
Characteristics, maternal and neonatal outcomes of acute kidney injury in preeclampsia: A prospective, single-center study	5
COVID-19 and the kidney: A South African state healthcare experience	5
Persistent urinary phosphate wasting in a patient with metastatic breast cancer: What’s your diagnosis?	5
Glucocorticoid pathway polymorphisms and diabetes after kidney transplantation	5
Lung ultrasound, hemoglobin, and NT-proBNP in peritoneal dialysis patients	5
Symptomatic hyponatremia after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 coronavirus disease-19 vaccination	5
Body composition obtained by bioelectrical impedance with a nutritional questionnaire in children with chronic kidney disease, obesity, or hypertension	5
Acute kidney injury in patients hospitalized with febrile urinary tract infections: A prospective observational study	4
Treatment of preeclampsia at extremely preterm gestation with therapeutic plasma exchange	4
Early life exposure to the Chinese Famine of 1959 – 1961 is an independent risk factor of adulthood elevated homocysteine, hyperuricemia, high LDL, and hypertension	4
Water avoidance and modification of exit-site care with stoma bag results in reduced exit-site infection rate in peritoneal dialysis patients	4
Urinary biomarkers to predict acute kidney damage and mortality in COVID-19	4
Mortality and differential predictive factors of transient and persistent sepsis-associated acute kidney injury	4
Renal histological continuum of TAFRO syndrome: A case report and literature review	4
Assessment of volume status with bioimpendance prior to hemodialysis and its importance for predicting survival in hemodialysis patients	4
Nephrotic syndrome in the setting of LECT2 amyloidosis: Take a look at the podocyte	4
The predictive value of cystatin C combined with lactic acid and uric acid in the occurrence of acute kidney injury in sepsis	4
Cystatin C and arterial stiffness in patients without chronic kidney disease	4
Non-obstructive coronary angiogram findings prior to kidney transplantation do not predict post-transplant cardiac events	4
Malignancy-induced lactic acidosis in adult lymphoma	4
Retrospective single-arm cohort study of steroid-dependent minimal change nephrotic syndrome treated with very low-dose rituximab	4
Use of TIMP-2 and IGFBP-7 for prediction of postoperative acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery	4
Allopurinol-induced acute kidney injury and DRESS syndrome without eosinophilia: A case report	4
One-year all-cause mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis	4
Clinicopathological profile and outcomes of infection-related glomerulonephritis in adults	4
Severe eosinophilic peritonitis caused by intraperitoneal vancomycin administration	4
Optimization of isolation protocol and characterization of urinary extracellular vesicles as biomarkers of kidney allograft injury	4
Peritoneal dialysis can maintain nitrogen balance with low Kt/V in anuric patients	3
Volume status and arterial stiffness evaluation in peritoneal dialysis patients	3
Abatacept as an alternative therapy for the treatment of drug-intolerant lupus nephritis: A case of underlying monosomy 1p36 deletion syndrome	3
Acute kidney injury in renal trauma patients	3
Effect of renin-angiotensin system blockers on contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients with normal or mild-to-moderate reduced kidney function undergoing coronary angiography: A systematic re	3
Developing and validating a risk score model for prediction of acute kidney injury in non-ICU hospitalized patients	3
An atypical anti-GBM disease complicated by idiopathic nodular glomerulosclerosis: Case report	3
Effect of chronic kidney disease and sex on carotid and femoral plaque volume as measured by three-dimensional ultrasound	3
The drivers of non-adherence to albuminuria testing guidelines and the clinical and economic impact of not identifying chronic kidney disease	3

Association between anti-complement factor H antibodies and renal outcome in primary membranous nephropathy	3
Clinical and pathological correlation between urinary exosome miR-223 and IgAN patients	3
Lower response to denosumab in diabetes patients on hemodialysis	3
Characteristics of renal sarcoidosis and tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome in Slovenia: An analysis of the national renal biopsy registry and patient datasets in the last decade	3
The value of urine cell cycle arrest biomarkers to predict persistent acute kidney injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis	3
A single-center experience of post-transplant atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome	3
Long-term renal outcomes of IgA nephropathy presenting with different levels of proteinuria	3
Defining 24-hour urine parameters and kidney stone risk of student athletes	3
Hematuria after COVID-19 vaccination: A case report	3
Impact of obesity on vascular calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease	3
Acute kidney injury after Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine due to crescentic fibrillary glomerulonephritis	3
Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease: Treatment outcome of cyclophosphamide vs. rituximab induction therapy regimen	3
The impact of kidney function on survival in elderly patients diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia	3
Hypertension-associated thrombotic microangiopathy in an adult patient with complement factor H autoantibodies and a rare heterozygous variant in the CFH gene	2
Weight-reduction and changes in renal function in CKD patients participating in a conservative multimodal obesity program	2
A cross-sectional study of antibodies to ubiquitin proteasome system in different glomerulopathies	2
Gabapentinoid dosing and adverse events in patients with chronic kidney disease	2
Hemostasis assessment with standard coagulation tests and rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) during therapeutic plasma exchange treatment	2
Incidence and risk factors for acute kidney injury in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices undergoing transvenous lead removal	2
Correlation between plasma long non-coding RNA MEG-3 and inflammatory cytokines in patients with diabetic nephropathy	2
Risk factors for infective endocarditis in patients receiving hemodialysis: A propensity score matched cohort study	2
Conversion to permanent vascular access is associated with improved markers of hemodialysis efficacy in children: Pediatric nephrology research consortium study	2
The relationship between glycemic control and osteocalcin, type 1 collagen C-terminal telopeptide, bone-specific alkaline phosphatase and the effects of anti-diabetic regimens on circulating markers o	2
Fluctuating creatinine with azacitidine administration	2
Effect of a video-based exercise intervention on depression and sleep conditions of peritoneal dialysis patients	2
Renal involvement in familial Mediterranean fever in an Algerian population	2
Pitfalls in anticoagulant-related nephropathy	2
Association of kidney function with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in children	2
Comparison of bone mineral density and biochemical factors in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients	2
The effect of sodium zirconium cyclosilicate on acid-base balance in chronic kidney disease	2
Ultrafiltration in patients on automated peritoneal dialysis with Homechoice Claria connected to Sharesource: A pilot study	2
Incremental peritoneal dialysis: Is it better for preservation of residual kidney function and clinical outcomes?	2
Acute renal failure with severe loin pain and patchy renal vasoconstriction in a patient with march hemoglobinuria	2
Severe acute kidney injury caused by decompression sickness syndrome	2
Nephrotic syndrome of minimal change disease following exposure to mercury-containing skin lightening cream: A case report and literature review	2
A real-world, single-center experience of the utilization of hepatitis C-viremic kidneys for hepatitis C-negative recipients	2
An auspicious triumph of recovery from dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury in COVID-19 in a patient with chronic kidney disease, α-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and liver transplant: A case report	2
Late onset granulomatous interstitial nephritis after booster dose of COVID-19 vaccination: Case report and review of literature	2
Familial polycystic kidneys with no genetic confirmation: Are we sure it is ADPKD?	2
Higher serum trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) levels are associated with increased visceral fat in hemodialysis patients	2
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia after switching from unfractionated heparin to low-molecular-weight heparin: A case report and literature review	2
The therapeutic effect of plasma exchange on ANCA-associated vasculitis: A meta-analysis	2
Outcomes of palliative care consultation in patients with ESRD who received cardiopulmonary resuscitation	2
Atherosclerosis-calcification score and predictors of intra-dialytic hypotension	2
Relationship of serum albumin at initiation of incident peritoneal dialysis with cardiovascular and overall survival	2
Long-term prognosis of monoclonal immunoglobulin-associated glomerular diseases with non-organized deposits: A report of 38 cases from a Japanese single center	2
Potentially inappropriate medication in patients with chronic kidney disease and elderly patients	2
To what extent can we achieve mineral bone metabolism treatment targets suggested by the KDIGO guidelines among chronic kidney disease stage 3 – 5 non-dialysis patients?	2
Comparison of clinical and pathological features of secondary IgA nephropathy of ankylosing spondylitis and primary IgA nephropathy	2
Going to war with COVID-19: Strategies for SARS-CoV-2 management in the Padua Nephrology and Dialysis Unit’s hemodialysis facility	2
Membranous nephropathy and primary biliary cholangitis: A case report and review of the literature	2
Abdominal aortic calcification as prognostic marker in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis	2
A rare case of diffuse crescents in fibrillary glomerulonephritis	2
Acute kidney damage in COVID-19 patients	2
Application of simplified regional citrate anticoagulation in hemodialysis patients with high risk of bleeding	2
Calcineurin inhibitors and renal biopsy in children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome	2
Uromodulin – a new marker of kidney function?	2
Paraneoplastic cast nephropathy associated with malignant prolactinoma: A case report and literature review	2
Serum sickness induced by alemtuzumab in a kidney-pancreas transplant recipient	2
The relevance of performing 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure and pulse wave analysis in kidney transplant recipients	2
Two cases of fetal hyperechogenic kidneys who had HNF1-β gene variation	2
Tumoral calcinosis due to severe hyperphosphatemia and secondary hyperparathyroidism without vascular calcification in a hemodialysis patient	2
COVID-19 in chronic hemodialysis patients: A report of 9 cases in Madrid, Spain	2
Pre-transplant AT1R antibodies and long-term outcomes in kidney transplant recipients with a functioning graft for more than 5 years	2
Unusual ischemic kidney injury presenting as slowly declining graft function and successful use of oral desmopressin in a kidney transplant recipient with subclinical central diabetes insipidus	2
Echocardiographic changes after arteriovenous fistula creation in hemodialysis patients	2
Association of the COVID-19 pandemic with increased adherence among prevalent hemodialysis patients	2
Free vitamin D is independently associated with systolic blood pressure in diabetic patients with impaired kidney function	2