Linda Jordane Dondjio Jemele, Marie Buzzi, Orly Petipa Nga, Cécile Couchoud
{"title":"Oral health care among dialysis patients in France and impact on survival.","authors":"Linda Jordane Dondjio Jemele, Marie Buzzi, Orly Petipa Nga, Cécile Couchoud","doi":"10.1007/s40620-025-02307-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-025-02307-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Oral diseases have been shown to be risk factors of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) progression and may also be associated with poorer survival. The aim of this study was to describe oral care of dialysis patients in France and to assess its impact on their survival.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a retrospective cohort study including all patients on dialysis in France between 2015 and 2020. Data were collected from the French REIN registry and matched with the National Health Data System. Factors associated with the probability of receiving oral care treatments were explored using a logistic regression model. The survival of incident dialysis patients was modeled using a Cox model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the 101,942 prevalent patients included in our sample, 32.5% received oral care treatment over the 6-year study period. Average annual adoption was 18.7% (versus 43% in the general French population) with regional variations. Male gender, overweight, dialysis treatment < 3 and > 6 years, and being on the transplant waiting list were associated with greater oral care treatment. Oral care treatment was associated with a lower risk of death (weighted hazard ratio (HR) 0.53 [0.51-0.55], adjusted HR 0.50 [0.48-0.52] 95% confidence interval (CI)).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Dialysis patients in France undergo a low level of oral care treatments. Patients' characteristics and regional practices appear to influence this. Oral care treatments seem to have a positive impact on survival.</p>","PeriodicalId":16542,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nephrology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144187195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karen F Haddad, Avi Z Rosenberg, Elias C Ghandour, Bernard G Jaar
{"title":"Disseminated cryptococcosis with renal involvement as the initial presentation of HIV infection.","authors":"Karen F Haddad, Avi Z Rosenberg, Elias C Ghandour, Bernard G Jaar","doi":"10.1007/s40620-025-02314-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-025-02314-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16542,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nephrology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144142791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Faissal Tarrass, Meryem Benjelloun, Aziz Razkaoui, Omar Benjelloun, Younes Ouahel, Ayachi Kaoukabi, Mostapha Habib Allah
{"title":"Sustainable reuse of hemodialysis reject water for potato farming: a large-scale feasibility study in Morocco.","authors":"Faissal Tarrass, Meryem Benjelloun, Aziz Razkaoui, Omar Benjelloun, Younes Ouahel, Ayachi Kaoukabi, Mostapha Habib Allah","doi":"10.1007/s40620-025-02295-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-025-02295-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Hemodialysis consumes huge volumes of water and produces large quantities of wastewater.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study explored how to sustainably reuse hemodialysis reject water for large-scale potato farming in Morocco. With the increasing demand for water resources in agriculture and the challenges posed by water scarcity, this project explored the potential benefits of using this wastewater, its impact on potato yields, and the possible economic aspects.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The AquaCrop-FAO model was used to simulate potato growth in a hot, semi-arid area with drip irrigation. The model was calibrated using data concerning five potato varieties. Validation included information from experimental studies in similar climates and soil conditions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Morocco produces about 1.1 million cubic meters of hemodialysis reject water each year. The simulated potato yield is estimated at 29.37-47.67 t/ha depending on the potato variety (- 8.8 < Dev < - 2.5). The model revealed a good fit for potato yield with 0.941 ≤ R2 ≤ 0.998, 1.345 ≤ RMSE ≤ 3.324, 0.05 ≤ NRMSE ≤ 0.092, 0.443 ≤ EF ≤ 0.887 and 0.855 ≤ d ≤ 0.974. Cost evaluation showed that using reject water in agriculture could save about $638,000 USD each year in water costs. The financial benefit from potato farming with this type of water could reach $7000 to $10,000 USD per hectare, depending on the farm size, with an overall gross benefit from this water of $5-9 million USD per year.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Reusing hemodialysis wastewater could save water and create extra income for dialysis facilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":16542,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nephrology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144127962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ilan Klein, Alex Blinzovski, Ilona Pilosov Solomon, Yuval Freifeld, Yoram Dekel
{"title":"Follow up of patients with cystine and brushite stones-should we do more?","authors":"Ilan Klein, Alex Blinzovski, Ilona Pilosov Solomon, Yuval Freifeld, Yoram Dekel","doi":"10.1007/s40620-025-02310-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-025-02310-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16542,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nephrology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144127959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kojiro Nagai, Keisuke Morita, Ken Matsuo, Satoshi Tanaka
{"title":"Contributing factors and clinical usefulness of spot urine glucose-to-creatinine ratio by sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Kojiro Nagai, Keisuke Morita, Ken Matsuo, Satoshi Tanaka","doi":"10.1007/s40620-025-02305-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-025-02305-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16542,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nephrology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144094062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gianni Carraro, Valentina Di Vico, Dorella Del Prete, Lucia Federica Stefanelli, Martina Cacciapuoti, Nicola Vitturi, Giorgia Gugelmo, Lorenzo A Calò, Federico Nalesso
{"title":"Screening for Fabry disease in patients on kidney replacement therapy at Padua University Hospital Nephrology Unit.","authors":"Gianni Carraro, Valentina Di Vico, Dorella Del Prete, Lucia Federica Stefanelli, Martina Cacciapuoti, Nicola Vitturi, Giorgia Gugelmo, Lorenzo A Calò, Federico Nalesso","doi":"10.1007/s40620-025-02312-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-025-02312-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16542,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nephrology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144078487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency as a rare cause of rapidly progressive chronic kidney disease.","authors":"Hannes Alder, Ariana Gaspert, Daniel G Fuster","doi":"10.1007/s40620-025-02304-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-025-02304-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16542,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nephrology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144016435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pivotal role for typing of renal infiltrates: kidney localisation of a lymphoma presenting as pembrolizumab-associated nephritis. A lesson for the clinical nephrologist.","authors":"Rayane Benyahia, Olivier Roques, Loïc Ysebaert, Yann Bergé, Julien Mazières, Charlotte Syrykh, Magali Colombat, Julie Belliere","doi":"10.1007/s40620-025-02246-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-025-02246-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16542,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nephrology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143976703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Asha K Rajan, Nisha Abdul Khader, Pooja Gopal Poojari, Ravindra Prabhu Attur, Veena G Kamath, Shobha U Kamath, Shankar Prasad Nagaraju, Surulivel Rajan Mallayasamy, Muhammed Rashid, Girish Thunga
{"title":"Development, validation, and reliability of a questionnaire to assess risk-factors of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology.","authors":"Asha K Rajan, Nisha Abdul Khader, Pooja Gopal Poojari, Ravindra Prabhu Attur, Veena G Kamath, Shobha U Kamath, Shankar Prasad Nagaraju, Surulivel Rajan Mallayasamy, Muhammed Rashid, Girish Thunga","doi":"10.1007/s40620-025-02297-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-025-02297-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu) is an emerging global health issue, yet research on risk factors is limited. This study addresses the gap by developing, validating, and evaluating the reliability of a questionnaire to assess the risk factors of CKDu.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A draft version of the questionnaire was prepared based on thorough literature review and experts' discussion. Six experts validated it for content validity, incorporating items with an item level content validity index ≥ 0.78. The reliability of the developed questionnaire was assessed using the test-retest method. Sample size for reliability was calculated using a tool by ArifinWN; 2018. Subjects were recruited by purposive sampling after obtaining informed consent. Data were analysed for reliability using Statistical-Package for the Social-Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A 10-domain questionnaire was developed to assess CKDu risk factors. Six experts, comprised of three associate professors, two nephrologists and one renal pharmacist, validated the questionnaire. All items had an item level content validity index > 0.78, and the scale level content validity index of the questionnaire was 0.98. The questionnaire was administered to 165 subjects with a mean age of 50.65 ± 12.5 years, comprising 53.9% males. Most of them were labourers (38.2%) followed by farmers (21.8%). Among the risk factors, 57% of subjects were exposed to long hours of sunlight during work, 52.7% burned garbage waste and 46.1% were exposed to insecticides and pesticides. The questionnaire was re-administered after two weeks for reliability. All items under each domain fulfilled the minimum internal consistency of > 0.7.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The questionnaire demonstrated its validity and reliability in assessing the risk factors of CKDu among the subjects.</p>","PeriodicalId":16542,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nephrology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144014785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}