Recent Publications

Pathways for Diagnosing and Treating CKD-Associated Pruritus: A Narrative Review. 

Rigatto C, Collister D, Granger-Vallée A, Girard L, Hingwala J, Karaboyas A, Levin A, McFarlane P, Pisoni R, Prasad B, Proulx N, Schwartz D, Sood M, Suri R, Tennankore K.

Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2024 Apr 25;11:20543581241238808. doi: 10.1177/20543581241238808. PMID: 38680970; PMCID: PMC11047256.


Capacity for the management of kidney failure in the International Society of Nephrology North America and the Caribbean region: report from the 2023 ISN Global Kidney Health Atlas (ISN-GKHA).

Lowe-Jones R, Ethier I, Fisher LA, Wong MMY, Thompson S, Nakhoul G, Sandal S, Chanchlani R, Davison SN, Ghimire A, Jindal K, Osman MA, Riaz P, Saad S, Sozio SM, Tungsanga S, Cambier A, Arruebo S, Bello AK, Caskey FJ, Damster S, Donner JA, Jha V, Johnson DW, Levin A, Malik C, Nangaku M, Okpechi IG, Tonelli M, Ye F, Parekh RS, Anand S, Prasad B; Regional Board and ISN-GKHA Team Authors. 

Kidney Int Suppl (2011). 2024 Apr;13(1):83-96. doi: 10.1016/j.kisu.2024.01.003. Epub 2024 Apr 8. PMID: 38618503; PMCID: PMC11010606.


Regional Practice Variation and Outcomes in the Standard Versus Accelerated Initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury (STARRT-AKI) Trial: A Post Hoc Secondary Analysis.

Vaara ST, Serpa Neto A, Bellomo R, Adhikari NKJ, Dreyfuss D, Gallagher M, Gaudry S, Hoste E, Joannidis M, Pettilä V, Wang AY, Kashani K, Wald R, Bagshaw SM, Ostermann M, Prasad B; STandard vs. Accelerated initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury (STARRT-AKI) Investigators.

Crit Care Explor. 2024 Feb 19;6(2):e1053. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000001053. PMID: 38380940; PMCID: PMC10878545.


Characterizing Cluster-Based Frailty Phenotypes in a Multicenter Prospective Cohort of Kidney 

Abidi SHR, Zincir-Heywood N, Abidi SSR, Jalakam K, Abidi S, Gunaratnam L, Suri R, Cardinale H, Vinson A, Prasad B, Walsh M, Yohanna S, Worthen G, Tennankore K. 

Transplant Candidates. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2024 Jan 25;310:896-900. doi: 10.3233/SHTI231094. PMID: 38269938.


Decoding Loin Pain Hematuria Syndrome: In-Depth Review of Clinical Characteristics and Family History.

Prasad B, Sharma A, Garg A, Dokouhaki P, Lanktree MB.

Kidney Int Rep. 2023 Sep 7;8(12):2826-2829. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2023.08.040. PMID: 38106595; PMCID: PMC10719562.


Initiation of continuous renal replacement therapy versus intermittent hemodialysis in critically ill patients with severe acute kidney injury: a secondary analysis of STARRT-AKI trial.

Wald R, Gaudry S, da Costa BR, Adhikari NKJ, Bellomo R, Du B, Gallagher MP, Hoste EA, Lamontagne F, Joannidis M, Liu KD, McAuley DF, McGuinness SP, Nichol AD, Ostermann M, Palevsky PM, Qiu H, Pettilä V, Schneider AG, Smith OM, Vaara ST, Weir M, Dreyfuss D, Bagshaw SM, Prasad B; STARRT-AKI Investigators.

Intensive Care Med. 2023 Nov;49(11):1305-1316. doi: 10.1007/s00134-023-07211-8. Epub 2023 Oct 10. PMID: 37815560.


Focused Jurisdictional Scan of Glomerulonephritis Medication Access in Canada: A Program Report.

Naipaul R, Marques C, Ng J, Barbour S, Lo C, Hildebrand AM, Siu V, Prasad B, Laurin LP, Wazny LD, Armstrong S, Tran J, Sheffield M, Jauhal A, Hladunewich MA. 

Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2023 Aug 12;10:20543581231190227. doi: 10.1177/20543581231190227. PMID: 37581108; PMCID: PMC10423446.


Basic Research Protocol: Exome Sequencing in Adults With Loin Pain Hematuria Syndrome: A Pilot Study.

Sharma A, Lanktree MB, Liskowich S, Dokouhaki P, Prasad B

Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2023 Jul 3;10:20543581231183856. doi: 10.1177/20543581231183856. PMID: 37426491; PMCID: PMC10328052.


Kidney biopsy and type IV collagen gene sequencing fail to explain hematuria in loin pain hematuria syndrome

Prasad B, Sharma A, Lanktree M, Goyal K, Dokouhaki P

Kidney International Reports, 2023 Feb 21; doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2023.02.1075


Five Things to Know About Pruritus in Patients on Dialysis.

Prasad B, Gagarinova M, Sharma A.

Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2023 Jan 24;10:20543581221149620. doi: 10.1177/20543581221149620. PMID: 36711226; PMCID: PMC9880569.


Impact of renal-replacement therapy strategies on outcomes for patients with chronic kidney disease: a secondary analysis of the STARRT-AKI trial.

Bagshaw SM, Neto AS, Smith O, Weir M, Qiu H, Du B, Wang AY, Gallagher M, Bellomo R, Wald R, Prasad B; STARRT-AKI Investigators.

Intensive Care Med. 2022 Dec;48(12):1736-1750. doi: 10.1007/s00134-022-06912-w. Epub 2022 Nov 4. Erratum in: Intensive Care Med. 2023 Feb 9;: PMID: 36331570.


A Bayesian reanalysis of the Standard versus Accelerated Initiation of Renal-Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury (STARRT-AKI) trial.

Zampieri FG, da Costa BR, Vaara ST, Lamontagne F, Rochwerg B, Nichol AD, McGuinness S, McAuley DF, Ostermann M, Wald R, Bagshaw SM, Prasad B; STARRT-AKI Investigators.

Crit Care. 2022 Aug 25;26(1):255. doi: 10.1186/s13054-022-04120-y. PMID: 36008827; PMCID: PMC9404618


Five Things to Know About Intradialytic Hypertension

Prasad B, Hemmett J, Suri R

Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2022 Jun 21;9:20543581221106657. doi: 10.1177/20543581221106657. PMID: 35756329; PMCID: PMC9218443.


The Effect of an Accelerated Renal Replacement Therapy Initiation Is Not Modified by Baseline Risk

Angriman F, Ferreyro BL, Angeloni N, da Costa BR, Wald R, Bagshaw SM, Adhikari NKJ, Prasad B; STARRT-AKI Investigators.

Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Sep;19(9):1613-1618. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202201-046RL. PMID: 35587363.


Synthetic ACTH for Treatment of Glomerular Diseases: A Case Series
Jauhal A, Prasad B, Rousseau-Gagnon M, Ouellet G, A Hladunewich M.
Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2022 Jan 5;9:20543581211066979.


Kidney Failure Risk Equation and Cost of Care in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Prasad B, Osman M, Jafari M, Gordon L, Tangri N, Ferguson TW, Jin S, Kappel J, Kozakewycz D.               
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Jan;17(1):17-26.
See the accompanying editorial here.