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Michael J. Germain
Researcher at Baystate Medical Center
Publications - 197
Citations - 6743
Michael J. Germain is an academic researcher from Baystate Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Kidney disease & Dialysis. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 190 publications receiving 5589 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael J. Germain include Western New England University & Tufts University.
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COVID-19-associated acute kidney injury: consensus report of the 25th Acute Disease Quality Initiative (ADQI) Workgroup.
Mitra K. Nadim,Lui G. Forni,Lui G. Forni,Ravindra L. Mehta,Michael J. Connor,Kathleen D. Liu,Marlies Ostermann,Thomas Rimmelé,Alexander Zarbock,Samira Bell,Azra Bihorac,Vincenzo Cantaluppi,Eric Hoste,Faeq Husain-Syed,Michael J. Germain,Stuart L. Goldstein,Shruti Gupta,Michael Joannidis,Kianoush Kashani,Jay L. Koyner,Matthieu Legrand,Nuttha Lumlertgul,Sumit Mohan,Neesh Pannu,Zhiyong Peng,Xose L. Perez-Fernandez,Peter Pickkers,John R. Prowle,Thiago Reis,Nattachai Srisawat,Nattachai Srisawat,Ashita Tolwani,Anitha Vijayan,Gianluca Villa,Li Yang,Claudio Ronco,John A. Kellum +36 more
TL;DR: This Consensus Statement from the Acute Disease Quality Initiative provides recommendations for the diagnosis, prevention and management of COVID-19 AKI and for areas of future research, with the aim of improving understanding of the underlying processes and outcomes for patients with CO VID- 19 AKI.
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Executive summary of the KDIGO Controversies Conference on Supportive Care in Chronic Kidney Disease: developing a roadmap to improving quality care
Sara N. Davison,Adeera Levin,Alvin H. Moss,Vivekanand Jha,Vivekanand Jha,Edwina A. Brown,Frank Brennan,Fliss E M Murtagh,Saraladevi Naicker,Michael J. Germain,Donal O'Donoghue,Rachael L. Morton,Rachael L. Morton,Gregorio T. Obrador +13 more
TL;DR: The KDIGO Controversies Conference on Supportive Care in CKD reviewed the current state of knowledge in order to define a roadmap to guide clinical and research activities focused on improving the outcomes of people living with advanced CKD, including those on dialysis.
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Predicting six-month mortality for patients who are on maintenance hemodialysis.
TL;DR: An integrated 6-mo prognostic tool was developed and validated for the hemodialysis population and may be of value for researchers and clinicians to improve end-of-life care by providing more accurate prognostic information.
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Changing incidence of glomerular diseases in adults.
Gregory Braden,Jeffrey G. Mulhern,Michael H. O'Shea,Shirin Nash,Angelo A. Ucci,Michael J. Germain +5 more
TL;DR: FSGS is now diagnosed twice as often as MN and is the most common idiopathic glomerular disease at the authors' hospital, with the emergence of FSGS in both Hispanics and blacks, with a modest increase in whites.
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A Longitudinal Study of Uremic Pruritus in Hemodialysis Patients
Vandana Mathur,Jill S. Lindberg,Michael J. Germain,Geoffrey A. Block,James A. Tumlin,Mark W. Smith,Mandeep Grewal,Dawn McGuire +7 more
TL;DR: This first longitudinal study of uremic pruritus describes key features of UP and its effect on HR-QOL and develops assessment instruments that are easily used, are responsive to changes in UP intensity, and should facilitate clinical evaluation and research to meet the needs of afflicted patients.