Hi, This Week in Nephrology, we will be discussing article published in September issues of the Nephrology journals.

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Genome-Wide Association Study of CKD Progression

Effects of a More Selective Arteriovenous Fistula Strategy on Vascular Access Outcomes

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Ferric Carboxymaltose in Iron-Deficient Patients with Hospitalized Heart Failure and Reduced Kidney Function

Discrepancies between Cystatin C–Based and Creatinine-Based eGFR

Nephrology dialysis transplantation  

Long-term peridialytic blood pressure changes are related to mortality

Early acute kidney injury is associated with in-hospital adverse outcomes in critically ill burn patients: an observational study

Kidney international  

Bio-impedance spectroscopy added to a fluid management protocol does not improve preservation of residual kidney function in incident hemodialysis patients in a randomized controlled trial

American journal of kidney diseases  

Serum Potassium and Risk of Death or Kidney Replacement Therapy in Older People With CKD Stages 4-5: Eight-Year Follow-up

Metformin Use and Long-term Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients

Clinical kidney journal 

Associations between eGFR and albuminuria with right ventricular measures: the MESA-Right Ventricle study 

Standard versus no post-filter ionized calcium monitoring in regional citrate anticoagulation for continuous renal replacement therapy (NPC trial)

Hypertension  ACC

Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering Improves Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Older Patients with Hypertension: The STEP Trial

American journal of hypertension

Intensive Blood Pressure Control and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Elderly Patients: A Secondary Analysis of SPRINT Study Based on a 60-Year Age Cutoff

Transplantation

Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: A Retrospective Bicentric Comparison of Learning Curves and Surgical Outcomes From 2 High-volume European Centers

Bariatric Surgery in Severely Obese Kidney Donors Before Kidney Transplantation: A Retrospective Study

American Journal of Transplantation

The role of interleukin-21 in COVID-19 vaccine–induced B cell–mediated immune responses in patients with kidney disease and kidney transplant recipients

Kidney international report

Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of the Effect of Treatment with Vitamin K2 on Vascular Calcification in Hemodialysis Patients (Trevasc-HDK)

;Infectious Risk and Variability of Hemoglobin Level in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis