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Acute kidney injury (AKI) affects 21.6% of critically ill adult patients,1 with 5–7% requiring kidney replacement therapy (KRT).2 AKI carries significant prognostic and socioeconomic...

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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global public health problem with an estimated prevalence of 13.4%.1 One of the key drivers of the global...

Association between self-care and chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Dear Editor, Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the key complications occurring in 25–40% of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).1 Our...

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Palliative dialysis in hospice: A paradox or promising answer?

Dear Editor, End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients have higher mortality, hospital admissions and invasive procedures towards the end of life.1 However, many of them (82%)...

Comparison of planned-start, early-start and deferred-start strategies for peritoneal dialysis initiation in end-stage kidney disease

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a well-established long-term dialysis modality for patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD).1 It is recommended that a PD catheter should...

Identifying high-risk hospitalised chronic kidney disease patient using electronic health records for serious illness conversation

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Death and cardiovascular outcomes in end-stage renal failure patients on different modalities of dialysis

End-stage renal failure (ESRF) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, including Asia.1 In Singapore, incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage...

Survival outcome of haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a challenging and growing health issue, with number of patients increasing globally. The use of dialysis has greatly improved...

Impact of COVID-19 infections among kidney transplant recipients

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Paediatric living-donor liver and kidney transplantation during COVID-19

Dear Editor, The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted global healthcare including paediatric solid organ transplantation (SOT). We report our experience of resuming paediatric...

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By 2010 there will be more than 2 million patients worldwide on maintenance dialysis, a 400% increase in 20 years.1 This increase, occurring predominantly...

Nephrologists-led intervention increases utilisation of peritoneal dialysis in Singapore

Dear Editor, Over the past decade, the utilisation of peritoneal dialysis (PD) among end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients in Singapore has been persistently low...

Drug-induced Kidney Disease – Pathology and Current Concepts

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Kidney cancer accounts for 3% to 4% of all cancers. In a systematic review by Mathew and et al,2 the incidence of kidney cancer...

Empagliflozin-induced severe osmotic nephrosis and acute renal injury in advanced chronic kidney disease

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Survival and Predictors of Mortality in Acute Kidney Injury Patients Treated with Sustained Low Efficiency Dialysis

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Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Outcomes in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

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Managing a Renal Transplant Programme During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Practical Experience from a Singapore Transplant Centre

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Metformin use in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease: An evidence-based review

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