Medical Suitability and Willingness for Living Kidney Donation Among Older Adults

Authors: Villain, Cédric ^{1, 3}, Ebert, Natalie ¹, Glassock, Richard J. ⁴, Mielke, Nina ¹, Bothe, Tim ¹, Barghouth, Muhammad Helmi ¹, Pöhlmann, Anna ^{1, 2}, Fietz, Anne-Katrin ^{1, 2}, Gill, John S. ^{5, ∗}, Schaeffner, Elke ¹

Source: In American Journal of Kidney Diseases February 2025 85(2):205-214

Discordant Results Between Creatinine- and Cystatin C-based Equations for Estimating GFR

Authors: Delanaye, Pierre ^{1, 2, ∗}, Flamant, Martin ³, Vidal-Petiot, Emmanuelle ³, Björk, Jonas ^{4, 5}, Nyman, Ulf ⁶, Grubb, Anders ⁷, Bakker, Stephan J.L. ⁸, de Borst, Martin H. ⁸, van Londen, Marco ⁸, Derain-Dubourg, Laurence ⁹, Rule, Andrew D. ¹⁰, Eriksen, Björn O. ¹¹, Melsom, Toralf ¹¹, Sundin, Per-Ola ¹², Ebert, Natalie ¹³, Schaeffner, Elke ¹³, Hansson, Magnus ¹⁴, Littmann, Karin ¹⁵, Larsson, Anders ¹⁶, Stehlé, Thomas ^{17, 18}, Cavalier, Etienne ¹⁹, Bukabau, Justine B. ²⁰, Sumaili, Ernest K. ²⁰, Yayo, Eric ²¹, Mariat, Christophe ²², Moranne, Olivier ², Christensson, Anders ²³, Lanot, Antoine ^{24, 25, 26, 27}, Pottel, Hans ²⁷

Source: In Kidney International Reports January 2025

Explaining International Trends in Mortality on Hemodialysis Through Changes in Hemodialysis Practices in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)

Authors: Dr. Ali Al-Aradi, Jadoul, Michel, Evenepoel, Pieter, Sood, Manish, Suri, Rita, Zuo, Li, Chen, Yuqing, Ni, Zhaohui, Chen, Xiaonong, Hou, Fanfan, Liang, Xinling, Combe, Christian, Guebre-Egziabher, Fitsum, Antonio Ureña Torres, Pablo, Kleophas, Werner, Schaeffner, Elke, Weinreich, Thomas, Brunori, Giuliano, Messa, Piergiorio, Nitta, Kosaku, Inaba, Masaaki, Fukagawa, Masafumi, Sakai, Ken, Tsuruya, Kazuhiko, Hamano, Takayuki, Honda, Hirokazu, Hoshino, Junichi, Komaba, Hirotaka, Nakano, Toshiaki, Al Helal, Bassam, Alkandari, Naser, AlRajab, Heba, Alyousef, Anas, Al Maimani, Yacoub, Alsalmi, Issa, Al Ali, Fadwa, Hamad, Abdulla, Al-Ghamdi, Saeed, Al Ghonaim, Mohammed, Al Wakeel, Jamal, Hejaili, Fayez, Karkar, Ayman, Shaheen, Faissal, Jacobson, Stefan, Christensson, Anders, Cases, Aleix, Vega Martínez, Almudena, Abdulkarim Al Obaidli, Ali, Al Rukhaimi, Mona, Hassan, Mohamed, Kareem Saleh, Abdul, Asgari, Elham, Dasgupta, Indranil, McCullough, Keith P., Morgenstern, Hal, Rayner, Hugh C., Port, Friedrich K., Jadoul, Michel Y., Akizawa, Tadao, Pisoni, Ronald L., Herman, William H., Robinson, Bruce M.

Source: In American Journal of Kidney Diseases January 2025 85(1):25-35

Association of Serum Afamin Concentrations With Kidney Failure in Patients With CKD: Findings From the German CKD Cohort Study

Authors: Schiffer, Mario, Prokosch, Hans-Ulrich, Bärthlein, Barbara, Beck, Andreas, Reis, André, Ekici, Arif B., Becker, Susanne, Alberth-Schmidt, Ulrike, Weigel, Anke, Marschall, Sabine, Schefler, Eugenia, Walz, Gerd, Köttgen, Anna, Meder, Simone, Mitsch, Erna, Reinhard, Ursula, Floege, Jürgen, Saritas, Turgay, Gross, Alice, Schaeffner, Elke, Baid-Agrawal, Seema, Theisen, Kerstin, Haller, Hermann, Zeier, Martin, Sommerer, Claudia, Aykac, Mehtap, Wolf, Gunter, Busch, Martin, Steiner, Andy, Sitter, Thomas, Krane, Vera, Börner-Klein, Antje, Bauer, Britta, Oefner, Peter, Gronwald, Wolfram, Schmid, Matthias, Nadal, Jennifer, Kollerits, Barbara ¹, Kotsis, Fruzsina ^{2, 3}, Schneider, Markus P. ⁴, Schultheiss, Ulla T. ^{2, 3}, Weissensteiner, Hansi ¹, Schönherr, Sebastian ¹, Forer, Lukas ¹, Meiselbach, Heike ⁴, Wanner, Christoph ⁵, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe ^{4, 6}, Dieplinger, Hans ¹, Kronenberg, Florian ^{1, ∗}

Source: In American Journal of Kidney Diseases April 2025 85(4):432-441

Associations of Urine and Plasma Metabolites With Kidney Failure and Death in a Chronic Kidney Disease Cohort

Authors: Steinbrenner, Inga, Schultheiss, Ulla T., Bächle, Helena, Cheng, Yurong, Behning, Charlotte, Schmid, Matthias, Yeo, Wan-Jin, Yu, Bing, Grams, Morgan E., Schlosser, Pascal, Stockmann, Helena, Gronwald, Wolfram, Oefner, Peter J., Schaeffner, Elke, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Köttgen, Anna, Sekula, Peggy

Source: In American Journal of Kidney Diseases October 2024 84(4):469-481

Iohexol plasma clearance measurement protocol standardization for adults: a consensus paper of the European Kidney Function Consortium

Authors: Ebert, Natalie, Schaeffner, Elke, Seegmiller, Jesse C., van Londen, Marco, Bökenkamp, Arend, Cavalier, Etienne, Delanaye, Pierre, Derain-Dubourg, Laurence, Eriksen, Bjørn O., Indridason, Olafur S., Palsson, Runolfur, Shafi, Tariq, Christensson, Anders, Bevc, Sebastjan, Carrara, Fabiola, Courbebaisse, Marie, Dalton, R. Neil, van der Giet, Markus, Melsom, Toralf, Methven, Shona, Nordin, Gunnar, Pottel, Hans, Rule, Andrew D., Trillini, Matias, White, Christine A.

Source: In Kidney International October 2024 106(4):583-596

Executive summary of the KDIGO 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease: known knowns and known unknowns

Authors: Levin, Adeera, Ahmed, Sofia B., Carrero, Juan Jesus, Foster, Bethany, Francis, Anna, Hall, Rasheeda K., Herrington, Will G., Hill, Guy, Inker, Lesley A., Kazancıoğlu, Rümeyza, Lamb, Edmund, Lin, Peter, Madero, Magdalena, McIntyre, Natasha, Morrow, Kelly, Roberts, Glenda, Sabanayagam, Dharshana, Schaeffner, Elke, Shlipak, Michael, Shroff, Rukshana, Tangri, Navdeep, Thanachayanont, Teerawat, Ulasi, Ifeoma, Wong, Germaine, Yang, Chih-Wei, Zhang, Luxia, Robinson, Karen A., Wilson, Lisa, Wilson, Renee F., Kasiske, Bertram L., Cheung, Michael, Earley, Amy, Stevens, Paul E.

Source: In Kidney International April 2024 105(4):684-701

KDIGO 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease

Authors: Stevens, Paul E., Ahmed, Sofia B., Carrero, Juan Jesus, Foster, Bethany, Francis, Anna, Hall, Rasheeda K., Herrington, Will G., Hill, Guy, Inker, Lesley A., Kazancıoğlu, Rümeyza, Lamb, Edmund, Lin, Peter, Madero, Magdalena, McIntyre, Natasha, Morrow, Kelly, Roberts, Glenda, Sabanayagam, Dharshana, Schaeffner, Elke, Shlipak, Michael, Shroff, Rukshana, Tangri, Navdeep, Thanachayanont, Teerawat, Ulasi, Ifeoma, Wong, Germaine, Yang, Chih-Wei, Zhang, Luxia, Levin, Adeera

Source: In Kidney International April 2024 105(4) Supplement:S117-S314

Performance of the European Kidney Function Consortium (EKFC) creatinine-based equation in United States cohorts

Authors: Delanaye, Pierre, Rule, Andrew D., Schaeffner, Elke, Cavalier, Etienne, Shi, Junyan, Hoofnagle, Andrew N., Nyman, Ulf, Björk, Jonas, Pottel, Hans

Source: In Kidney International March 2024 105(3):629-637

Copeptin, Natriuretic Peptides, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With CKD: The German Chronic Kidney Disease (GCKD) Study

Authors: Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Meiselbach, Heike, Schiffer, Mario, Prokosch, Hans-Ulrich, Bärthlein, Barbara, Beck, Andreas, Reis, André, Ekici, Arif B., Becker, Susanne, Becker-Grosspitsch, Dinah, Alberth-Schmidt, Ulrike, Hausknecht, Birgit, Weigel, Anke, Walz, Gerd, Köttgen, Anna, Schultheiß, Ulla T., Kotsis, Fruzsina, Meder, Simone, Mitsch, Erna, Reinhard, Ursula, Floege, Jürgen, Saritas, Turgay, Schaeffner, Elke, Baid-Agrawal, Seema, Theisen, Kerstin, Haller, Hermann, Menne, Jan, Zeier, Martin, Sommerer, Claudia, Theilinger, Johanna, Wolf, Gunter, Busch, Martin, Paul, Rainer, Sitter, Thomas, Wanner, Christoph, Krane, Vera, Börner-Klein, Antje, Bauer, Britta, Kronenberg, Florian, Raschenberger, Julia, Kollerits, Barbara, Forer, Lukas, Schönherr, Sebastian, Weissensteiner, Hansi, Oefner, Peter, Gronwald, Wolfram, Schmid, Matthias, Nadal, Jennifer, Schneider, Markus P., Schultheiss, Ulla T., Friedrich, Nele, Nauck, Matthias

Source: In Kidney Medicine November 2023 5(11)

Prospective Cohort Study of Soluble Urokinase Plasminogen Activation Receptor and Cardiovascular Events in Patients With CKD

Authors: Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Meiselbach, Heike, Schneider, Markus P., Schiffer, Mario, Prokosch, Hans-Ulrich, Bärthlein, Barbara, Beck, Andreas, Kraska, Detlef, Reis, André, Ekici, Arif B., Becker, Susanne, Alberth-Schmidt, Ulrike, Marschall, Sabine, Schefler, Eugenia, Weigel, Anke, Walz, Gerd, Köttgen, Anna, Schultheiß, Ulla T., Kotsis, Fruzsina, Meder, Simone, Mitsch, Erna, Reinhard, Ursula, Floege, Jürgen, Saritas, Turgay, Schaeffner, Elke, Baid-Agrawal, Seema, Theisen, Kerstin, Schmidt-Ott, Kai, Zeier, Martin, Sommerer, Claudia, Aykac, Mehtap, Wolf, Gunter, Busch, Martin, Paul, Rainer, Sitter, Thomas, Wanner, Christoph, Krane, Vera, Börner-Klein, Antje, Bauer, Britta, Kronenberg, Florian, Raschenberger, Julia, Kollerits, Barbara, Forer, Lukas, Schönherr, Sebastian, Weissensteiner, Hansi, Oefner, Peter, Gronwald, Wolfram, Schmid, Matthias, Nadal, Jennifer, Müller-Krebs, Sandra, Schultheiss, Ulla T., Friedrich, Nele, Nauck, Matthias, Nußhag, Christian, Reiser, Jochen, Hayek, Salim S.

Source: In Kidney International Reports November 2023 8(11):2265-2275

Trends and perspectives for improving quality of chronic kidney disease care: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference

Authors: Al-Aly, Ziyad, Ashuntantang, Gloria E., Boor, Peter, Calice da Silva, Viviane, Coleman, Jill, Coresh, Josef, Delanaye, Pierre, Ebert, Natalie, Enghard, Philipp, Feldman, Harold I., Fisher, Lori, Flythe, Jennifer E., Fukui, Akira, Grams, Morgan E., Ix, Joseph H., Jardine, Meg J., Jha, Vivek, Ju, Wenjun, Jurish, Robert, Kalyesubula, Robert, Kashihara, Naoki, Levey, Andrew S., Levin, Adeera, Luyckx, Valerie, Małyszko, Jolanta, Manski-Nankervis, Jo-Anne, Navaneethan, Sankar D., Obrador, Greg, Ortiz, Alberto, Ortiz, John, Cardoso Dos Santos, Bento Fortunato, Sarnak, Mark J., Schaeffner, Elke, Selby, Nick M., Simpson, David M., Solá, Laura, St. Peter, Wendy L., Stevens, Paul E., Tangri, Navdeep, Tannor, Elliot Koranteng, Tchokhonelidze, Irma, Wilck, Nicola, Wong, Michelle M.Y., Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Delgado, Cynthia, Heerspink, Hiddo J.L., Pecoits-Filho, Roberto, Ricardo, Ana C., Stengel, Bénédicte, Tonelli, Marcello, Cheung, Michael, Jadoul, Michel, Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C., Kramer, Holly

Source: In Kidney International November 2023 104(5):888-903

Regional Variation in Hemoglobin Distribution Among Individuals With CKD: the ISN International Network of CKD Cohorts

Authors: Ahn, Curie, Berger, Stefan P., Caskey, Fergus J., Cho, Min Hyun, Cho, Heeyeon, Dekker, Friedo W., Diwan, Vishal, Drechsler, Christiane, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Evans, Marie, Ferreiro, Alejandro, Floege, Jürgen, Gadola, Liliana, Haller, Hermann, Han, Kyung Hee, Healy, Helen G., Heerspink, Hiddo Lambers, Hemmelder, Marc, Hiemstra, Thomas, Hilbrands, Luuk, Kim, Seong Heon, Klyprayong, Pinkaew, Köttgen, Anna, Kronenberg, Florian, Lamadrid, Veronica, Lee, Joo Hoo, Mark, Patrick, Matheson, Matt, Mi, Eun, Noppakun, Kajohnsak, Oefner, Peter, Panaput, Thanachai, Park, Young Seo, Prokosch, Hans-Ulrich, Reis, André, Rios, Pablo, Rosivall, Laszlo, Rotmans, Joris I., Sackeyfio, Alfred, Sangthawan, Pornpen, Schmid, Matthias, Shin, Jae Il, Silavarino, Ricardo, Sitter, Thomas, Sommerer, Claudia, Szymczak, Maciej, Torino, Claudia, Toth, Janos, van Ittersum, Frans J., Venuthurupalli, Sree Krishna, Verhaar, Marianne C., Wang, Zaimin, Wanner, Christoph, Wiecek, Andrzej, Wolf, Gunter, de Zeeuw, Dick, Zhang, Luxia, Zheng, Yuyan, Zhao, Ming-Hui, Zietse, Robert, Canney, Mark, Induruwage, Dilshani, Tang, Mila, Alencar de Pinho, Natalia, Er, Lee, Zhao, Yinshan, Djurdjev, Ognjenka, Ahn, Yo Han, Behnisch, Rouven, Calice-Silva, Viviane, Chesnaye, Nicholas C., de Borst, Martin H., Dember, Laura M., Dionne, Janis, Ebert, Natalie, Eder, Susanne, Fenton, Anthony, Fukagawa, Masafumi, Furth, Susan L., Hoy, Wendy E., Imaizumi, Takahiro, Jager, Kitty J., Jha, Vivekanand, Kang, Hee Gyung, Kitiyakara, Chagriya, Mayer, Gert, Oh, Kook-Hwan, Onu, Ugochi, Pecoits-Filho, Roberto, Reichel, Helmut, Richards, Anna, Schaefer, Franz, Schaeffner, Elke, Scheppach, Johannes B., Sola, Laura, Ulasi, Ifeoma, Wang, Jinwei, Yadav, Ashok K., Zhang, Jianzhen, Feldman, Harold I., Taal, Maarten W., Stengel, Bénédicte, Levin, Adeera

Source: In Kidney International Reports October 2023 8(10):2056-2067

Differential Prognostic Utility of Adiposity Measures in Chronic Kidney Disease

Authors: Schiffer, Mario, Prokosch, Hans-Ulrich, Bärthlein, Barbara, Beck, Andreas, Reis, André, Ekici, Arif B., Becker, Susanne, Becker-Grosspitsch, Dinah, Alberth-Schmidt, Ulrike, Hausknecht, Birgit, Weigel, Anke, Walz, Gerd, Köttgen, Anna, Meder, Simone, Mitsch, Erna, Reinhard, Ursula, Floege, Jürgen, Schaeffner, Elke, Baid-Agrawal, Seema, Theisen, Kerstin, Haller, Hermann, Zeier, Martin, Sommerer, Claudia, Theilinger, Johanna, Wolf, Gunter, Paul, Rainer, Börner-Klein, Antje, Bauer, Britta, Kronenberg, Florian, Raschenberger, Julia, Kollerits, Barbara, Forer, Lukas, Schönherr, Sebastian, Weissensteiner, Hansi, Oefner, Peter, Gronwald, Wolfram, Schmid, Matthias, Cejka, Vladimir, Störk, Stefan, Nadal, Jennifer, Sitter, Thomas, Meiselbach, Heike, Busch, Martin, Schneider, Markus P., Saritas, Turgay, Schultheiss, Ulla T., Kotsis, Fruzsina, Wanner, Christoph, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Krane, Vera

Source: In Journal of Renal Nutrition July 2023 33(4):546-554

Estimated GFR Accuracy When Cystatin C– and Creatinine-Based Estimates Are Discrepant in Older Adults

Authors: Potok, O. Alison, Rifkin, Dena E., Ix, Joachim H., Shlipak, Michael G., Satish, Anita, Schneider, Alice, Mielke, Nina, Schaeffner, Elke, Ebert, Natalie

Source: In Kidney Medicine May 2023 5(5)

Heart-Type Fatty Acid Binding Protein, Cardiovascular Outcomes, and Death: Findings From the German CKD Cohort Study

Authors: Schiffer, Mario, Prokosch, Hans-Ulrich, Bärthlein, Barbara, Beck, Andreas, Reis, André, Ekici, Arif B., Becker, Susanne, Becker-Grosspitsch, Dinah, Alberth-Schmidt, Ulrike, Hausknecht, Birgit, Weigel, Anke, Walz, Gerd, Köttgen, Anna, Schultheiß, Ulla T., Kotsis, Fruzsina, Meder, Simone, Mitsch, Erna, Reinhard, Ursula, Schaeffner, Elke, Baid-Agrawal, Seema, Theisen, Kerstin, Haller, Hermann, Menne, Jan, Zeier, Martin, Sommerer, Claudia, Theilinger, Johanna, Wolf, Gunter, Paul, Rainer, Börner-Klein, Antje, Bauer, Britta, Raschenberger, Julia, Kollerits, Barbara, Forer, Lukas, Schönherr, Sebastian, Weissensteiner, Hansi, Oefner, Peter, Gronwald, Wolfram, Schneider, Markus P., Schmid, Matthias, Nadal, Jennifer, Wanner, Christoph, Krane, Vera, Floege, Jürgen, Saritas, Turgay, Busch, Martin, Sitter, Thomas, Friedrich, Nele, Stockmann, Helena, Meiselbach, Heike, Nauck, Matthias, Kronenberg, Florian, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe

Source: In American Journal of Kidney Diseases October 2022 80(4):483-494

Age and the Course of GFR in Persons Aged 70 and Above

Authors: Schaeffner, Elke S., Ebert, Natalie, Kuhlmann, Martin K., Martus, Peter, Mielke, Nina, Schneider, Alice, van der Giet, Markus, Huscher, Dörte

Source: Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 17(8):1119-1128

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Educational Attainment Is Associated With Kidney and Cardiovascular Outcomes in the German CKD (GCKD) Cohort

Authors: Winitzki, Doris, Zacharias, Helena U., Nadal, Jennifer, Baid-Agrawal, Seema, Schaeffner, Elke, Schmid, Matthias, Busch, Martin, Bergmann, Manuela M., Schultheiss, Ulla, Kotsis, Fruzsina, Stockmann, Helena, Meiselbach, Heike, Wolf, Gunter, Krane, Vera, Sommerer, Claudia, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Schneider, Markus P., Schlieper, Georg, Floege, Jürgen, Saritas, Turgay

Source: Kidney international reports. 7(5):1004-1015

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Performance of creatinine‐based equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate with a methodology adapted to the context of drug dosage adjustment

Authors: Delanaye, Pierre, Björk, Jonas, Courbebaisse, Marie, Couzi, Lionel, Ebert, Natalie, Eriksen, Björn O., Dalton, R. Neil, Dubourg, Laurence, Gaillard, Francois, Garrouste, Cyril, Grubb, Anders, Jacquemont, Lola, Hansson, Magnus, Kamar, Nassim, Lamb, Edmund J., Legendre, Christophe, Littmann, Karin, Mariat, Christophe, Melsom, Toralf, Rostaing, Lionel, Rule, Andrew D., Schaeffner, Elke, Sundin, Per‐Ola, Berg, Ulla B., Åsling‐Monemi, Kajsa, Selistre, Luciano, Åkesson, Anna, Larsson, Anders, Bökenkamp, Arend, Pottel, Hans, Nyman, Ulf

Source: British journal of clinical pharmacology. 88(5):2118-2127

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Recommendations for European laboratories based on the KDIGO 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease.

Authors: Cavalier, Etienne, Zima, Tomáš, Datta, Pradip, Makris, Konstantinos, Schaeffner, Elke, Langlois, Michel, Plebani, Mario, Delanaye, Pierre

Source: Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine; Feb2025, Vol. 63 Issue 3, p525-534, 10p

Subject Terms: CHRONIC kidney failure, CYSTATIN C, KIDNEY failure, GLOMERULAR filtration rate, KIDNEY diseases, CREATININE