British Journal of Renal Medicine


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Article title	Issue

Blood and urine tests, What I tell my patients about Ihmoda A Ihmoda MBChB MSc(Nephrol) Research Fellow; Neil Turner PhD FRCP Professor of Nephrology, Renal Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh	10.2

Children, What I tell families about haemodialysis in Diane Hewson BN(Hons) RN(Child) ENB 147 ENB 998 Children’s Haemodialysis Sister, Children and Young People’s Kidney Unit, Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham	8.3
Chronic kidney disease: What I tell my patients about chronic kidney disease David Ferenbach BSc MBChB MRCP Specialist Registrar in Nephrology; Morwenna Wood MRCP DPhil Consultant Nephrologist, Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline, Fife	10.3
Conservative management: What I tell my patients about conservative management of their established renal failure Katie Marshall MRCP Specialist Registrar in Nephrology; Claire Hodson RGN Lead Renal Liaison Sister; Maria da Silva-Gane CQSW PG Dip Counselling Renal Counsellor; Paul Warwicker BSc FRCP MD Consultant Nephrologist, Lister Hospital, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Stevenage	10.4
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: What I tell my patients about CAPD Linda Uttley RGN SCM Senior CAPD Sister; Ram Gokal MD MB ChB FRCP Consultant Nephrologist Department of Renal Medicine Manchester Royal Infirmary	3.3

Diabetes and their kidneys, What I tell my patients about Dr AC Felix Burden MD FRCP Consultant Physician and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University Hospitals of Leicester	6.3
Diabetes, What I tell my patients about Dr AC Felix Burden MD FRCP Consultant Physician and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University Hospitals of Leicester	6.1
Disability Living Allowance, What I tell my patients about Simon Jenkins MBE FRCGP former General Practitioner, current Vice Chairman, North West Kidney Patients’ Association, Manchester	9.3
Donating a kidney, What I tell my patients about Michael L Nicholson MD FRCS Professor of Surgery, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester	9.1
Donation: What I tell my patients about living kidney donation Ann Marsden RGN Live Donor Transplant Co-ordinator, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff	11.2

Fistula, What I tell my patients about creating a Babatunde Campbell MB BS FWACS FRCSEd (Gen Surg) Consultant Transplant Surgeon, Renal Transplant Unit, Manchester Royal Infirmary and Honorary Consultant Surgeon, Renal Unit, Hope Hospital, Salford	9.2

Glomerulonephritis: What I tell my patients about glomerulonephritis Heather Kerr MA MRCP Specialist Registrar; Neil Turner PhD FRCP Professor of Renal Medicine, University of Edinburgh	13.1

Haemodialysis, What I tell my patients about Judy Palmer RGN RM ENB 136 Home Dialysis/CAPD Sister, Norfolk & Norwich Health Care NHS Trust	4.1
Haemodialysis: What I tell my patients about home haemodialysis Grahame Wood MB ChB MD FRCP Consultant Renal Physician; Nader Ahmadzadeh Renal Patient; Jacinta Ormerod Renal Patient; Anne Carney Dip Community Nursing RGN Clinical Nurse Specialist for Renal Community Services; Janet Walker RN BSc(Hons) Home Haemodialysis Training Sister; Beryl Jepp Renal Unit Administrator; Maurice Harrington BSc MSc Technical Support Manager, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust	11.4
Haemodialysis: What I tell my patients about temporary neckline access for haemodialysis Nicki Angell-Barrick RN Haemodialysis Access Nurse Specialist; Alison Cornall MSc RN Lead Haemodialysis Access Nurse Specialist, Oxford Kidney Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford	12.2
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome, What I tell my patients about Corinne HF Nevard BSc MB CHB MRCP Paediatric Nephrologist, Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust	5.3
Hypertension, What I tell my patients about David Goldsmith MA MB MChir FRCP Consultant Nephrologist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Trust, London	5.1

IgA nephropathy: What I tell my patients about IgA nephropathy Jonathan Barratt PhD MRCP Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist, John Walls Renal Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester	13.3
Infection risks during haemodialysis, What we tell our patients about reducing Ian Bowler BSc FRCP FRCPath Consultant Microbiologist; Paul Altman MBBS MD FRCP Consultant Nephrologist; Rainer Buhler RGN BSc Renal Directorate Manager; Mary Jeffrey RGN BA Head Nurse; Alison Cornall RGN BSc Access Specialist Nurse; Jenny Hayes RGN DipEd Lecture Practitioner; Catrena Lewis RGN Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse; Allie Thornley RGN Clinical Nurse Manager, Inpatient Services; Leanne Collins RGN Infection Control Nurse, Oxford Kidney Unit, The Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford	8.1
Interstitial nephritis: What I tell my patients about interstitial nephritis Nicky Boddy MBChB MRCP(UK) Specialist Registrar in Nephrology, Department of Renal Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital; Paddy Gibson MBChB FRCP(Ed) Consultant Nephrologist, Department of Renal Medicine, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary	11.4
Iron therapy, What I tell my patients about intravenous Sathish Kallankara MRCP(UK) Clinical Research Fellow; Sunil Bhandari MBChB FRCP PhD Consultant Nephrologist and Physician, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Renal Medicine, Hull Royal Infirmary, Kingston Upon Hull	9.4

Kidney and bladder problems detected before birth, What I tell families about Alan R Watson FRCP(Ed) FRCPCH Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist and Special Senior Lecturer, Children and Young People's Kidney Unit, City Hospital, Nottingham	7.2
Kidney biopsy, What we tell our patients about a Liz Taylor SRN Sister; Iain Wittwer SRN Staff Nurse; Christopher G Winearls DPhil FRCP Clinical Director, Oxford Kidney Unit, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals, Oxford	7.1
Kidney stones, What I tell my patients about William D Plant MB BSc MRCPI Consultant Renal Physician and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh	4.4

Membranous nephropathy, What I tell my patients about Michael Boulton-Jones MA MB FRCP Consultant Physician, Glasgow Royal Infirmary	6.4
Microscopic haematuria (‘dipstick haematuria’), What I tell my patients about Charlie Tomson BM BCh DM FRCP Consultant Renal Physician, The Richard Bright Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital, Bristol	6.2

Nephrotic syndrome in adults, What I tell my patients about Peter W Mathieson PhD FRCP FMedSci Professor of Renal Medicine, University of Bristol and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol	5.4

Obesity: What I tell my patients about obesity and renal disease Andrew Connor MBBS BSc MRCP Specialist Registrar in Renal and General Medicine; Renuka Coghlan BSc BEd RD Renal Dietitian, Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester	14.2
OTC medicines, What we tell our patients about Pauline Paterson BSc MRPharmS Pharmacist, Stirling Royal Infirmary, Stirling; Sheana Hart BSc MRPharmS Principal Pharmacist, Renal Services, Greater Glasgow Health Board; Sandra Cahill MSc MRPharmS Drug Use Evaluation Pharmacist, Western Infirmary, Glasgow	4.2

Pancreas transplantation, What I tell my patients about Murat Akyol MD FRCS MD Consultant Transplant Surgeon, Transplant Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh	7.3
Patient information: What I tell my patients about renal bone disease Andrew Connor MBBS BSc MRCP Specialist Registrar in Renal and General Medicine, Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester	13.2
Patient information: What I tell my patients about renal diets Debbie Sutton BSc(Hons) Renal Research Dietitian, Portsmouth Hospital NHS Trust, Portsmouth	12.4
Patient information: What I tell my patients about the Human Tissue Act 2004 Audrey Hyde DipSPN BSc(Hons) Live Donor Co-ordinator, Hope Hospital, Salford	12.3
PatientView: What I tell my patients about the Renal PatientView system Neil Turner PhD FRCP Professor of Nephrology, Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh	11.1
Peritoneal dialysis: What I tell my patients about peritoneal dialysis Rajni Tejwani MBBS MRCP Specialist Registrar in Nehprology and General Internal Medicine; Martin Wilkie MD FRCP Consultant Nephrologist; Badri M Shrestha BSc MS FRCS Consultant Transplant and General Surgeon, Sheffield Kidney Institute, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Jane Beaumont Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient, Sheffield	14.1
Polycystic kidney disease: What I tell my patients about polycystic kidney disease Lukas Foggensteiner BM BSc PhD FRCP Consultant Nephrologist, Renal Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham	12.1
Pregnancy, What we tell our patients about kidney disease in Mark Roberts MD MRCOG Senior Registrar, Sunderland Royal Hospital; John Davison MSc MD FRCOG Consultant Obstetrician, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle	3.4

Reflux nephropathy, What I tell my patients about Walaa WM Saweirs MRCP Nephrology Specialist Registrar; Neil Turner PhD FRCP Professor of Renal Medicine, Department of Renal Medicine, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh	7.4
Renovascular disease, What I tell my patients about Ala’a Eldeen Shurrab MB MRCP Specialist Registrar in Nephrology; Philip A Kalra MA FRCP MD Consultant Nephrologist, Department of Renal Medicine, Hope Hospital, Salford	8.2

Sex and renal failure, What I tell my patients about Robert Higgins MD FRCP Consultant Nephrologist; Hemali Kanji MRCP Research Fellow; Anne Bakewell RGN Research Nurse, Renal Unit, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire; Lilian Cerasoli RGN Specialist Nurse, John Walls Renal Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester	10.1

Transplantation, What I tell my patients about kidney Stephen J Wigmore BSc MD FRCSED Consultant Transplant Surgeon; John LR Forsythe MD FRCS Consultant Transplant Surgeon, Transplant Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh	8.4
Transplants: What I tell my patients about renal transplants in children Heather Maxwell BSc MD FRCPCH Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow	11.3

UTIs and reflux in children, What I tell parents about Alan R Watson MB ChB(Ed) FRCP(Ed) MRCP(UK) Director, Children and Young People’s Kidney Unit, and Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, City Hospital, Nottingham	4.3

Vasculitis, What we tell our patients about Gemma Browne MB MRCPI; Neil Turner PhD FRCP Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh	5.2

What I tell my patients about contrast medium nephrotoxicity Aimun Ahmed MB BCh MD MRCP Renal Specialist Registrar; Glyn Williams MB ChB FRCR Consultant Radiologist; Ian Stott BM MS MRCP Consultant Renal Physician, Renal Unit, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	14.3
What I tell my patients about renal angiogram and stenting Mohamed Wazeer Buhary MBBS MRCP Specialist Registrar in Renal Medicine; Paul Scott MB BCh FRCR Consultant Vascular Radiologist; Helen Collinson MBBS BSc(Hons) FRCP Consultant Renal Physician; Sunil Bhandari MB BCh FRCP PhD MClinEdu Consultant Renal Physician, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust	14.4

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