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#1248 Sex specific associations between fat free mass and weight with mortality: sequences of regressions analyses from the UK Biobank cohort (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Tabinor, M., Potts, J., Ferro, C. J., Davies, S., & Solis-Trapala, I. (2024, May). #1248 Sex specific associations between fat free mass and weight with mortality: sequences of regressions analyses from the UK Biobank cohort. Presented at 61st ERA Congress, Stockholm, Sweden

Background and Aims There is growing evidence that muscle mass (MM) loss, observed in long term conditions (LTCs), including chronic kidney disease (CKD), is associated with mortality. This study aimed to explore the direct association between MM and... Read More about #1248 Sex specific associations between fat free mass and weight with mortality: sequences of regressions analyses from the UK Biobank cohort.

#2796 Divergent associations between mortality and different measures of renal function after adjustment for body composition: results from the UK Biobank (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Tabinor, M., Potts, J., Ferro, C. J., Davies, S., & Solis-Trapala, I. (2024, May). #2796 Divergent associations between mortality and different measures of renal function after adjustment for body composition: results from the UK Biobank. Presented at 61st ERA Congress, Stockholm, Sweden

Background and Aims There is data suggesting estimated glomerular filtration rate using Cystatin-C (eGFRCystatin-C) is superior to the creatinine-based (eGFRCreat) method when assessing associations between renal function and mortality (Lees et al. 2... Read More about #2796 Divergent associations between mortality and different measures of renal function after adjustment for body composition: results from the UK Biobank.

#2832 Lean tissue mass is associated with mortality across different stages of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Tabinor, M., Elphick, E., Stephens, C., Wall, N., Ul Hussain, A., Shah, R., …Davies, S. (2024, May). #2832 Lean tissue mass is associated with mortality across different stages of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Presented at 61st ERA Congress, Stockholm, Sweden

Background and Aims Loss of lean tissue mass (LLTM) commonly occurs in multiple long-term conditions (LTC), including chronic kidney disease (CKD), and is thought to be associated with adverse outcomes including mortality, frailty surrogates and poor... Read More about #2832 Lean tissue mass is associated with mortality across different stages of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Centre variation in home dialysis uptake: A survey of kidney centre practice in relation to home dialysis organisation and delivery in England (2024)
Journal Article
Damery, S., Lambie, M., Williams, I., Coyle, D., Fotheringham, J., Solis-Trapala, I., …Davies, S. J. (in press). Centre variation in home dialysis uptake: A survey of kidney centre practice in relation to home dialysis organisation and delivery in England. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, https://doi.org/10.1177/08968608241232200

Background: Disparities in home dialysis uptake across England suggest inequity and unexplained variation in access. We surveyed staff at all English kidney centres to identify patterns in service organisation/delivery and explore correlations with... Read More about Centre variation in home dialysis uptake: A survey of kidney centre practice in relation to home dialysis organisation and delivery in England.

The Point-of-Care Peritoneal Dialysis System Early Evaluation Study (POC-PDEE): A pilot proof-of-principal study of the Ellen Medical Devices Point-of-Care affordable peritoneal dialysis system. (2024)
Journal Article
Talbot, B., Davies, S., Burman, J., Ritchie, A., Snelling, P., Lynch, S., …Knight, J. (in press). The Point-of-Care Peritoneal Dialysis System Early Evaluation Study (POC-PDEE): A pilot proof-of-principal study of the Ellen Medical Devices Point-of-Care affordable peritoneal dialysis system. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, https://doi.org/10.1177/08968608231209850

The global unmet need for kidney replacement therapy means that millions of people die every year as they cannot afford treatment. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) offers comparable survival to haemodialysis and is often more affordable, but one barrier to i... Read More about The Point-of-Care Peritoneal Dialysis System Early Evaluation Study (POC-PDEE): A pilot proof-of-principal study of the Ellen Medical Devices Point-of-Care affordable peritoneal dialysis system..

Effects of Empagliflozin on Fluid Overload, Weight and Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease (2023)
Journal Article
Mayne, K. J., Staplin, N., Keane, D. F., Wanner, C., Brenner, S., Cejka, V., …Herrington, W. G. (2023). Effects of Empagliflozin on Fluid Overload, Weight and Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 35(2), 202-215. https://doi.org/10.1681/asn.0000000000000271

BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with fluid excess which can be estimated by bioimpedance spectroscopy. We aimed to assess effects of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibition on bioimpedance-derived “Fluid Overload” and adipos... Read More about Effects of Empagliflozin on Fluid Overload, Weight and Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease.

Providing environmentally sustainable nephrology care: focus in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. (2023)
Journal Article
Luyckx, V. A., Alasfar, S., Bajpai, D., Atwater, C. E., Knight, J., Talbot, B., …Niang, A. (2024). Providing environmentally sustainable nephrology care: focus in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Kidney International, 105(2), 259-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2023.09.034

Healthcare on a global scale significantly contributes to carbon emissions, with high-income countries being the primary culprits. Within healthcare, dialysis plays a significant role as a major source of emissions. Low- and middle-income countries h... Read More about Providing environmentally sustainable nephrology care: focus in Low- and Middle-Income Countries..

Robust Joint Models of Albumin and All-Cause Mortality in Incident Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Dynamic Predictions Perspective Adjusting for Competing Risks (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Damgov, I., Kieser, M., Rutherford, P., Lambie, M., Davies, S. J., Wong, M. G., …Schmitt, C. P. (2023, November). Robust Joint Models of Albumin and All-Cause Mortality in Incident Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Dynamic Predictions Perspective Adjusting for Competing Risks. Poster presented at ASN Kidney Week, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Estimating the association between systemic Interleukin-6 and mortality in the dialysis population. Re-analysis of the global fluid study, systematic review and meta-analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Istanbuly, O., Belcher, J., Tabinor, M., Solis-Trapala, I., Lambie, M., & Davies, S. J. (in press). Estimating the association between systemic Interleukin-6 and mortality in the dialysis population. Re-analysis of the global fluid study, systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Nephrology, 24(1), Article 312. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-023-03370-4

Background: Systemic inflammation, measured as circulating Interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels, is associated with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in chronic kidney disease. However, this has not been convincingly demonstrated in a systematic review o... Read More about Estimating the association between systemic Interleukin-6 and mortality in the dialysis population. Re-analysis of the global fluid study, systematic review and meta-analysis.

Catheter Event Rates in Medical Compared to Surgical Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Insertion (2023)
Journal Article
Fotheringham, J., Solis-Trapala, I., Briggs, V., Lambie, M., McCullough, K., Dunn, L., …Wilkie, M. (2023). Catheter Event Rates in Medical Compared to Surgical Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Insertion. Kidney International Reports, 8(12), 2635-2645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2023.09.015

How patient, center, and insertion technique factors interact needs to be understood when designing peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter insertion pathways. We undertook a prospective cohort study in 44 UK centers enrolling participants planned for firs... Read More about Catheter Event Rates in Medical Compared to Surgical Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Insertion.

An update on absolute and relative indications for dialysis treatment modalities (2023)
Journal Article
Lambie, M., & Davies, S. (2023). An update on absolute and relative indications for dialysis treatment modalities. Clinical Kidney Journal, 16(Supplement_1), i39-i47. https://doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfad062

Background Choosing a dialysis modality is an important decision for people to make as their kidney failure progresses. In doing so, their options should be informed by any absolute or relative indications that may favour one modality over another. M... Read More about An update on absolute and relative indications for dialysis treatment modalities.

The Peritoneal Membrane and its Role in Peritoneal Dialysis. (2023)
Journal Article
Morelle, J., Lambie, M., Öberg, C. M., & Davies, S. (in press). The Peritoneal Membrane and its Role in Peritoneal Dialysis. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 10.2215/CJN.0000000000000282. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.0000000000000282

A healthy and functional peritoneal membrane is key to achieve sufficient ultrafiltration and to restore fluid balance, a major component of high-quality prescription in patients treated with peritoneal dialysis (PD). Variability in membrane function... Read More about The Peritoneal Membrane and its Role in Peritoneal Dialysis..

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 (2023)
Journal Article
Davies, S. J., Coyle, D., Lindley, E. J., Keane, D., Belcher, J., Caskey, F. J., …Sim, J. (2023). 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. Kidney International, 104(3), 587-598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2023.05.016

Avoiding excessive dialysis-associated volume depletion may help preserve residual kidney function (RKF). To establish whether knowledge of the estimated normally hydrated weight from bioimpedance measurements (BI-NHW) when setting the post-hemodialy... Read More about 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.

CKD-Associated Cardiovascular Mortality in the United States: Temporal Trends From 1999 to 2020. (2023)
Journal Article
Kobo, O., Abramov, D., Davies, S., Ahmed, S. B., Sun, L. Y., Mieres, J. H., …Mamas, M. A. (2023). CKD-Associated Cardiovascular Mortality in the United States: Temporal Trends From 1999 to 2020. KIDNEY MEDICINE, 5(3), Article 100597. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xkme.2022.100597

RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) mortality, but there are limited data on temporal trends disaggregated by sex, race, and urban/rural status in this population. STUDY DESI... Read More about CKD-Associated Cardiovascular Mortality in the United States: Temporal Trends From 1999 to 2020..

Home dialysis: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference. (2023)
Journal Article
Davies. (2023). Home dialysis: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference. Kidney International, 103(5), 842-858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2023.01.006

Home dialysis modalities (home hemodialysis [HD] and peritoneal dialysis [PD]) are associated with greater patient autonomy and treatment satisfaction compared with in-center modalities, yet the level of home-dialysis use worldwide is low. Reasons fo... Read More about Home dialysis: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference..

IMPROVE-PD Finder: A Web-Based Platform to Search and Share Peritoneal Dialysis Biobank, Registry, and Clinical Trial Metadata (2023)
Journal Article
Devuyst, O., Jakulj, L., Vervloet, M., Ruiz-Ortega, M., Rossignol, P., Rutherford, P., …Johnson, D. (2023). IMPROVE-PD Finder: A Web-Based Platform to Search and Share Peritoneal Dialysis Biobank, Registry, and Clinical Trial Metadata. Kidney International Reports, 8(4), 912-915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2023.01.003

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a life-sustaining kidney replacement therapy for the increasing number of people with permanent kidney failure across all age groups worldwide. Although PD potentially offers socioeconomic and performance benefits over hem... Read More about IMPROVE-PD Finder: A Web-Based Platform to Search and Share Peritoneal Dialysis Biobank, Registry, and Clinical Trial Metadata.