Department of Allergy and Immunology, Saitama Medical School, Saitama 350-0495; Department of International Affairs and Tropical Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, School of Medicine, Tokyo 162-8666; Department of Public Health, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo 181-8611; Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan; and Department...

Whether secular trends in eGFR at dialysis initiation reflect changes in clinical presentation over time is unknown. We reviewed the medical records of a random sample of patients who initiated maintenance dialysis in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in fiscal years 2000-2009 (n=1691) to characterize trends in clinical presentation in relation to eGFR at initiation. Between fiscal years ...

Global Challenge of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Federico Perez, Andrea M. Hujer, Kristine M. Hujer, Brooke K. Decker, Philip N. Rather, and Robert A. Bonomo* Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, University Hospitals, Case Medical Center, Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Case Western Reserve University School...

The AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) has initiated an important discussion on medical professionalism and the use of social media by issuing thoughtful and practical guidance for physicians and medical students. The implications of online activities for trust in the profession, as well as for trust between patient and doctor, however, will need further exploration as digital l...

Subbiah Pugazhenthi, Leonid Akhov, Gopalan Selvaraj, Maorong Wang, and Jawed Alam Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora; and Section of Endocrinology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado; Plant Biotechnology Institute, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; and Department of Molecul...

Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep, New York University, School of Medicine New York, NY New York University, School of Medicine, Department of Environmental Medicine, Tuxedo Park, NY Bureau of Health Services and Office of Medical Affairs, Fire Department of New York, Brooklyn, NY Pulmonary Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein Col...

Nicholas Ferrell, Ruben M. Sandoval, Aihua Bian, Silvia B. Campos-Bilderback, Bruce A. Molitoris, and William H. Fissell Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; and Roudebush Veterans Affairs M...

Author Affiliations: Neurology Section, Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System, Medical Service, Dallas (Dr Stüve); Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (Drs Stüve and Lambracht-Washington); Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco (Dr Wang); Department of Neurology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (Dr Chan); Departm...

*Corresponding author: Mohammad Azhar Aziz, Team Leader-Colorectal Cancer Research program (CCRP), Research Scientist/Principal Investigator, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, P.O. Box 22490, Riyadh 11426 KSA, Mail Code 2216, Saudi Arabia, T...