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Kai-Uwe Eckardt
Researcher at Charité
Publications - 547
Citations - 46839
Kai-Uwe Eckardt is an academic researcher from Charité. The author has contributed to research in topics: Kidney disease & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 90, co-authored 470 publications receiving 39151 citations. Previous affiliations of Kai-Uwe Eckardt include John Radcliffe Hospital & University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
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Definition and classification of chronic kidney disease: A position statement from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)
Andrew S. Levey,Kai-Uwe Eckardt,Yusuke Tsukamoto,Adeera Levin,Josef Coresh,Jerome Rossert,Dick de Zeeuw,Thomas H. Hostetter,Norbert Lameire,Garabed Eknoyan +9 more
TL;DR: A survey and conference was conducted and a controversies conference was sponsored to provide a clear understanding to both the nephrology and nonnephrology communities of the evidence base for the definition and classification recommended by Kidney Disease Quality Outcome Initiative (K/DOQI).
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Association of estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in general population cohorts: a collaborative meta-analysis.
Kunihiro Matsushita,Marije van der Velde,Brad C. Astor,Mark Woodward,Andrew S. Levey,Paul E. de Jong,Josef Coresh,Ron T. Gansevoort,Meguid El-Nahas,Kai-Uwe Eckardt,Bertram L. Kasiske,Marcello Tonelli,Brenda R. Hemmelgarn,Yaping Wang,Robert C. Atkins,Kevan R. Polkinghorne,Steven J. Chadban,Anoop Shankar,Ronald Klein,Barbara E.K. Klein,Haiyan Wang,Fang Wang,Luxia Zhang,Lisheng Liu,Michael G. Shlipak,Mark J. Sarnak,Ronit Katz,Linda Fried,Tazeen H. Jafar,M. Mazharul Islam,Juanita Hatcher,Neil R Poulter,Nish Chaturvedi,Dietrich Rothenbacher,Hermann Brenner,Elke Raum,Wolfgang Koenig,Caroline S. Fox,Shih-Jen Hwang,James B. Meigs,Massimo Cirillo,Stein Hallan,Stian Lydersen,Jostein Holmen,Paul Roderick,Dorothea Nitsch,Astrid E. Fletcher,Christopher J. Bulpitt,Takayoshi Ohkubo,Hirohito Metoki,Masaaki Nakayama,Masahiro Kikuya,Yutaka Imai,Simerjot K. Jassal,Elizabeth Barrett-Connor,Jaclyn Bergstrom,David G. Warnock,Paul Muntner,Suzanne E. Judd,William M. McClellan,Mary Cushman,George Howard,Leslie A. McClure,Sun Ha Jee,Heejin Kimm,Ji Eun Yun,Chi Pang Wen,Sung Feng Wen,Chwen Keng Tsao,Min Kuang Tsai,Johan Ärnlöv,Priscilla Auguste,Kasper Veldhuis,Laura Camarata,Beverly Thomas,Tom Manley +75 more
TL;DR: In this article, a meta-analysis of general population cohorts was conducted to assess the independent and combined associations of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and albuminuria with mortality.
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Normalization of Hemoglobin Level in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Anemia
Tilman B. Drüeke,Francesco Locatelli,Naomi Clyne,Kai-Uwe Eckardt,Iain C. Macdougall,Dimitrios Tsakiris,Hans-Ulrich Burger,Armin Scherhag +7 more
TL;DR: In patients with chronic kidney disease, early complete correction of anemia does not reduce the risk of cardiovascular events and there was no significant difference in the combined incidence of adverse events between the two groups.
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The definition, classification, and prognosis of chronic kidney disease: a KDIGO Controversies Conference report
Andrew S. Levey,Paul E. de Jong,Josef Coresh,Meguid El Nahas,Brad C. Astor,Kunihiro Matsushita,Ron T. Gansevoort,Bertram L. Kasiske,Kai-Uwe Eckardt +8 more
TL;DR: KDIGO has convened a workgroup to develop a global clinical practice guideline for the definition, classification, and prognosis of chronic kidney disease.
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A Trial of Darbepoetin Alfa in Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease
Marc A. Pfeffer,Emmanuel A. Burdmann,Chao-Yin Chen,Mark E. Cooper,Dick de Zeeuw,Kai-Uwe Eckardt,Jan Feyzi,Peter Ivanovich,Reshma Kewalramani,Andrew S. Levey,Eldrin F. Lewis,Janet B. McGill,John J.V. McMurray,Patrick S. Parfrey,Hans-Henrik Parving,Hans-Henrik Parving,Giuseppe Remuzzi,Ajay K. Singh,Scott D. Solomon,Robert D. Toto +19 more
TL;DR: The use of darbepoetin alfa in patients with diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and moderate anemia who were not undergoing dialysis did not reduce the risk of either of the two primary composite outcomes (either death or a cardiovascular event ordeath or a renal event) and was associated with an increased risk of stroke.