Selected Publications:
- Ruzicka M, Leenen FHH, Ramsay T, Bugeja A, Edwards C, McCormick B, Hiremath S. Use of Directly Observed Therapy to Assess Treatment Adherence in Patients With Apparent Treatment-Resistant Hypertension. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Jun 17. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.1455. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31206124; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6580437.
- Topf JM, Sparks MA, Phelan PJ, Shah N, Lerma EV, Graham-Brown MP, Madariaga H, Iannuzzella F, Rheault MN, Oates T, Jhaveri KD, Hiremath S. The Evolution of the Journal Club: From Osler to Twitter. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation. 2017; PubMed [journal] PMID: 28233653
- Hiremath S, Fergusson DA, Fergusson N, Bennett A, Knoll GA. Renin-Angiotensin System Blockade and Long-term Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Am J Kidney Dis. 2016 Oct 3. pii: S0272-6386(16)30420-6. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.08.018. PubMed PMID: 27712852.
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Hiremath S, Knoll G, Weinstein MC. Should the arteriovenous fistula be created before starting dialysis?: a decision analytic approach. PLoS One. 2011;6(12):e28453. PubMed PMID: 22163305; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3233576.
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Hiremath S, Akbari A, Shabana W, Fergusson DA, Knoll GA. Prevention of contrast-induced acute kidney injury: is simple oral hydration similar to intravenous? A systematic review of the evidence. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e60009. PubMed PMID: 23555863; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3608617.
All Other Publications
All Publications:
PEER REVIEWED, PUBLISHED, ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPERS (*TRAINEE FIRST AUTHOR)
1. Garg AX, Devereaux PJ, Hill A, Sood M, Aggarwal B, Dubois L, Hiremath S, Guzman R, Iyer V, James M, McArthur E, Moist L, Ouellet G, Parikh CR, Schumann V, Sharan S, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Tobe S, Wald R, Walsh M, Weir M, Pannu N. Oral curcumin in elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: a multicentre randomized controlled trial. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne. 2018; 190(43):E1273-E1280. PubMed [journal] PMID: 30373740
2. *Douvris A, Zeid K, Hiremath S, Brown PA, Sood MM, Abou Arkoub R, Malhi G, Clark EG. Safety Lapses Prior to Initiation of Hemodialysis for Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalized Patients: A Patient Safety Initiative. Journal of clinical medicine.
2018; 7(10). PubMed [journal] PMID: 30275365, PMCID: PMC6211106
3. Cotie LM, Prince SA, Elliott CG, Ziss MC, McDonnell LA, Mullen KA, Hiremath S, Pipe AL, Reid RD, Reed JL. The effectiveness of eHealth interventions on physical activity and measures of obesity among working-age women: a systematic review and me-ta-analysis. Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. 2018; 19(10):1340-1358. PubMed [journal] PMID: 30156044
4. *Huang JW, Clarkin OJ, McCudden C, Akbari A, Chow BJW, Shabana W, Kanji S, Davis A, Hiremath S. The Effect of N-Acetylcysteine on Creatinine Measurement: Protocol for a Systematic Review. Canadian journal of kidney health and disease. 2018; 5:2054358118801017. PubMed [journal] PMID: 30263131, PMCID: PMC6156188
5. Kamar F, Quinn RR, Oliver MJ, Viecelli AK, Hiremath S, MacRae J, Miller L, Blake P, Moist L, Garg AX, Lam NN, Kabani R, Clarke A, Liu P, Gillespie B, Ravani P. Outcomes of the First and Second Hemodialysis Fistula: A Cohort Study. American
journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation. 2018; PubMed [journal] PMID: 30122545
6. *Thangarasa T, Imtiaz R, Hiremath S, Zimmerman D. Physical Activity in Patients Treated With Peritoneal Dialysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Canadian journal of kidney health and disease. 2018; 5:2054358118779821. PubMed [journal]
PMID: 29977585, PMCID: PMC6024495
7. Colbert GB, Topf J, Jhaveri KD, Oates T, Rheault MN, Shah S, Hiremath S, Sparks MA. The Social Media Revolution in Nephrology Education. Kidney Int Rep. 2018 Feb 17;3(3):519-529. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2018.02.003. eCollection 2018 May.
Review. PubMed PMID: 29854960; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5976821.
8. McCudden C, Akbari A, White CA, Biyani M, Hiremath S, Brown PA, Tangri N, Brimble S, Knoll G, Blake PG, Sood MM. Individual patient variability with the application of the kidney failure risk equation in advanced chronic kidney
disease. PloS one. 2018; 13(6):e0198456. PubMed [journal] PMID: 29894480, PMCID: PMC5997334
9. Liu P, Quinn RR, Oliver MJ, Ronksley PE, Hemmelgarn BR, Quan H, Hiremath S, Bello AK, Blake PG, Garg AX, Johnson J, Verrelli M, Zacharias JM, Abd ElHafeez S,Tonelli M, Ravani P. Association between Duration of Predialysis Care and
Mortality after Dialysis Start. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN. 2018; 13(6):893-899. PubMed [journal] PMID: 29507006, PMCID: PMC5989670
10. Kanji S, Roberts JA, Xie J, Alobaid A, Zelenitsky S, Hiremath S, Zhang G, Watpool I, Porteous R, Patel R. Piperacillin Population Pharmacokinetics in Critically Ill Adults During Sustained Low-Efficiency Dialysis. The Annals of pharmacotherapy. 2018; :1060028018773771. PubMed [journal] PMID: 29730948
11. Brown PA, Hiremath S, Clark EG, Kwok ESH, McCudden C, Akbari A. Implementation and evaluation of structured nephrology morbidity and mortality conferences: a quality education report. International urology and nephrology. 2018;
50(5):929-938. PubMed [journal] PMID: 29532307
12. Hiremath S, Akbari A, Wells GA, Chow BJW. Are iso-osmolar, as compared to low-osmolar, contrast media cost-effective in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization? An economic analysis. International urology and nephrology.
2018; PubMed [journal] PMID: 29687326
13. Hiremath S, Kayibanda JF, Chow BJW, Fergusson D, Knoll GA, Shabana W, Lahey B, McBride O, Davis A, Akbari A. Drug discontinuation before contrast procedures and the effect on acute kidney injury and other clinical outcomes: a systematic
review protocol. Systematic reviews. 2018; 7(1):34. PubMed [journal] PMID: 29467030, PMCID: PMC5822653
14. Ruzicka M, McCormick B, Magner P, Ramsay T, Edwards C, Bugeja A, Hiremath S. Thiazide diuretic-caused hyponatremia in the elderly hypertensive: will a bottle of Nepro a day keep hyponatremia and the doctor away? Study protocol for a
proof-of-concept feasibility trial. Pilot and feasibility studies. 2018; 4:71. PubMed [journal] PMID: 29636984, PMCID: PMC5889541
15. Dumaine C, Kiaii M, Miller L, Moist L, Oliver MJ, Lok CE, Hiremath S, MacRae JM. Vascular Access Practice Patterns in Canada: A National Survey. Canadian journal of kidney health and disease. 2018; 5:2054358118759675. PubMed [journal] PMID:
29511569, PMCID: PMC5833215
16. *Douvris A, Malhi G, Hiremath S, McIntyre L, Silver SA, Bagshaw SM, Wald R, Ronco C, Sikora L, Weber C, Clark EG. Interventions to prevent hemodynamic instability during renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients: a systematic review.
Critical care (London, England). 2018; 22(1):41. PubMed [journal] PMID: 29467008, PMCID: PMC5822560
17. Langote A, Hiremath S, Ruzicka M, McCormick BB. Spironolactone is effective in treating hypokalemia among peritoneal dialysis patients. PloS one. 2017; 12(11):e0187269. PubMed [journal] PMID: 29125879, PMCID: PMC5681284
18. *Akbari S, Abou-Arkoub R, Sun S, Hiremath S, Reunov A, McCormick BB, Ruzicka M, Burger D. Microparticle Formation in Peritoneal Dialysis: A Proof of Concept Study. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2017 Mar 22;4:2054358117699829. doi: 10.1177/2054358117699829. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 28540060; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5433663.
19. *Jegatheswaran J, Ruzicka M, Hiremath S, Edwards C. Are Automated Blood Pressure Monitors Comparable to Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitors? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Can J Cardiol. 2017 May;33(5):644-652. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2017.01.020. Epub 2017 Feb 1. Review. PubMed PMID: 28449834.
20. Sood MM, Akbari A, Manuel D, Ruzicka M, Hiremath S, Zimmerman D, McCormick B, Taljaard M. Time-Varying Association of Individual BP Components with eGFR in Late-Stage CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Jun 7;12(6):904-911. doi: 10.2215/CJN.05640516. Epub 2017 Mar 29. PubMed PMID: 28356338; PubMed Cen-tralPMCID: PMC5460704.
21. *Douvris A, Hiremath S, McIntyre L, Sikora L, Weber C, Clark EG. Interventions to prevent hemodynamic instability during renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury: a sys-tematic review protocol. Systematic reviews. 2017; 6(1):113. PubMed [journal] PMID: 28619098, PMCID: PMC5472964
22. *Kovacs B, Sullivan KJ, Hiremath S, Patel RV. Effect of sustained low efficient dialysis versus continuous renal replacement therapy on renal recovery after acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit: A systematic review and
meta-analysis. Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.). 2017; 22(5):343-353. PubMed [journal] PMID: 28128881
23. Topf JM, Sparks MA, Phelan PJ, Shah N, Lerma EV, Graham-Brown MP, Madariaga H, Iannuzzella F, Rheault MN, Oates T, Jhaveri KD, Hiremath S. The Evolution of the Journal Club: From Osler to Twitter. American journal of kidney diseases : the
official journal of the National Kidney Foundation. 2017; PubMed [journal] PMID: 28233653
24. Mazarova A, Hiremath S, MM Sood, EG Clark, PA Brown, AL Bugeja, Zimmerman D. He-modialysis Access Choice: Impact of Health Literacy HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice 1 (3), e136-e144
25. *Imtiaz R, Hawken S, McCormick BB, Leung S, Hiremath S, Zimmerman DL. Diabetes Mellitus and Younger Age Are Risk Factors for Hyperphosphatemia in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients. Nutrients. 2017; 9(2). PubMed [journal] PMID: 28218647, PMCID:
PMC5331583
26. Reed JL, Prince SA, Elliott CG, Mullen KA, Tulloch HE, Hiremath S, Cotie LM, Pipe AL, Reid RD. Impact of Workplace Physical Activity Interventions on Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Health Among Working-Age Women: A Systematic Review
and Meta-Analysis. Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes. 2017; 10(2).PubMed [journal] PMID: 28228457
27. Quinn RR, Oliver MJ, Devoe D, Poinen K, Kabani R, Kamar F, Mysore P, Lewin AM, Hiremath S, MacRae J, James MT, Miller L, Hemmelgarn BR, Moist LM, Garg AX, Chowdhury TT, Ravani P. The Effect of Predialysis Fistula Attempt on Risk of
All-Cause and Access-Related Death. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN. 2017; 28(2):613-620. PubMed [journal] PMID: 28143967, PMCID: PMC5280018
28. *Thangarasa T, Imtiaz R, Hiremath S, Zimmerman D. Physical Activity in Patients Treated With Peritoneal Dialysis: A Protocol for a Systematic Review. Canadian journal of kidney health and disease. 2017; 4:2054358117695793. PubMed [journal]
PMID: 28321327, PMCID: PMC5347420
29. *Talreja H, Ryan SE, Graham J, Sood MM, Hadziomerovic A, Clark E, Hiremath S. Endoluminal dilatation for embedded hemodialysis catheters: A case-control study of factors associated with embedding and clinical outcomes. PloS one. 2017;
12(3):e0174061. PubMed [journal] PMID: 28346468, PMCID: PMC5367692
30. Mazarova A, Molnar AO, Akbari A, Sood MM, Hiremath S, Burns KD, Ramsay TO, Mallick R, Knoll GA, Ruzicka M. The association of urinary sodium excretion and the need for renal replacement therapy in advanced chronic kidney disease: a
cohort study. BMC Nephrol. 2016 Sep 5;17(1):123. doi: 10.1186/s12882-016-0338-z. PubMed PMID: 27596141; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5011929.
31. Hiremath S, Fergusson DA, Fergusson N, Bennett A, Knoll GA. Renin-Angiotensin System Blockade and Long-term Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Am J Kidney Dis. 2016 Oct 3. pii: S0272-6386(16)30420-6. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.08.018. PubMed PMID: 27712852.
32. Prince SA, Reed JL, Martinello N, Adamo KB, Fodor JG, Hiremath S, Kristjansson EA, Mul-len KA, Nerenberg KA, Tulloch HE, Reid RD. Why are adult women physically active? A systematic review of prospective cohort studies to identifyintrapersonal, social environmen-tal and physical environmental determinants.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the In-ternational Association for theStudy of Obesity. 2016; PubMed [journal] PMID: 27465602
33. Miller LM, MacRae JM, Kiaii M, Clark E, Dipchand C, Kappel J, Lok C, Luscombe R, Moist L, Oliver M, Pike P, Hiremath S. Hemodialysis Tunneled CatheterNoninfectious Complica-tions. Canadian journal of kidney health and disease. 2016;3:2054358116669130. PubMed [journal] PMID: 28270922, PMCID: PMC5332086
34. Miller LM, Clark E, Dipchand C, Hiremath S, Kappel J, Kiaii M, Lok C, Luscombe R,Moist L, Oliver M, MacRae J. Hemodialysis Tunneled Catheter-Related Infections.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease. 2016; 3:2054358116669129. PubMed[journal] PMID: 28270921, PMCID: PMC5332080
35. Clark E, Kappel J, MacRae J, Dipchand C, Hiremath S, Kiaii M, Lok C, Moist L,Oliver M, Miller LM. Practical Aspects of Nontunneled and Tunneled HemodialysisCatheters. Canadian journal of kidney health and disease. 2016 3:2054358116669128. PubMed [journal] PMID: 28270920, PMCID: PMC5332079
36. MacRae JM, Dipchand C, Oliver M, Moist L, Yilmaz S, Lok C, Leung K, Clark E, Hiremath S, Kappel J, Kiaii M, Luscombe R, Miller LM. Arteriovenous Access:Infection, Neuropathy, and Other Complications. Canadian journal of kidney healthand disease. 2016; 3:2054358116669127. PubMed [journal] PMID: 28270919, PMCID:PMC5332082
37. MacRae JM, Dipchand C, Oliver M, Moist L, Lok C, Clark E, Hiremath S, Kappel J,Kiaii M, Luscombe R, Miller LM. Arteriovenous Access Failure, Stenosis, andThrombosis. Canadian journal of kidney health and disease. 2016;3:2054358116669126. PubMed [journal] PMID: 28270918, PMCID: PMC5332078
38. MacRae JM, Oliver M, Clark E, Dipchand C, Hiremath S, Kappel J, Kiaii M, Lok C, Lus-combe R, Miller LM, Moist L. Arteriovenous Vascular Access Selection andEvaluation. Ca-nadian journal of kidney health and disease. 2016; 3:2054358116669125. PubMed [journal] PMID: 28270917, PMCID: PMC5332074
39. Molnar AO, Hiremath S, Brown PA, Akbari A. Risk factors for unplanned and crash dialysis starts: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic reviews. 2 016; 5(1):117. PubMed [journal] PMID: 27431915, PMCID: PMC4950106
40. Ruzicka M, Akbari A, Bruketa E*, Kayibanda JF, Baril C, Hiremath S. How Accurate Are Home Blood Pressure Devices in Use? A Cross-Sectional Study. PLoSOne. 2016 Jun 1;11(6):e0155677. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155677. eCollection2016. PubMed PMID: 27249056; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4889144
41. Badve SV, Palmer SC, Strippoli GF, Roberts MA, Teixeira-Pinto A, Boudville N, Cass A, Hawley CM, Hiremath SS, Pascoe EM, Perkovic V, Whalley GA, Craig JC,
Johnson DW. The Validity of Left Ventricular Mass as a Surrogate End Point for
All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality Outcomes in People With CKD: A Systematic
Review and Meta-analysis. Am J Kidney Dis. 2016 Apr 30. pii: S0272-6386(16)30024-5. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.03.418. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27138469.
42. *Mace-Brickman T, Leduc W, Hiremath S, Ruzicka M, McCormick BB. Diastolic Hypotension in a Tertiary Care Hypertension Clinic: Have We Gone Too Far? Can J Cardiol. 2016 May;32(5):695-700. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2015.08.026. Epub 2015 Sep
4. PubMed PMID: 26806792.
43. Clark EG, Akbari A, Hiebert B, Hiremath S, Komenda P, et al. Geographic and facility varia-tion in initial use of non-tunneled catheters for incident maintenance hemodialysis patients. BMC Nephrol. 2016 Feb 27;17(1):20. PubMed PMID: 26920700; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4769546.
44. Clark EG, Hiremath S. Progressively Earlier Initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy for Acute Kidney Injury Is Unwarranted and Potentially Harmful. Blood Purif. 2016;41(1-3):159-65. PubMed PMID: 26765973.
45. Akbari A, Hladunewich M, Burns K, Moretti F, Arkoub RA, et al. Circulating angiogenic fac-tors in a pregnant woman on intensive hemodialysis: a case report. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2016;3:7. PubMed PMID: 26909159; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4763449.
46. Wald R, Adhikari NK, Smith OM, Weir MA, Pope K, Cohen A, Thorpe K, McIntyre L, Lamontagne F, Soth M, Herridge M, Lapinsky S, Clark E, Garg AX, Hiremath S, Klein D, Mazer CD, Richardson RM, Wilcox ME, Friedrich JO, Burns KE, Bagshaw SM. Compari-son of standard and accelerated initiation of renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury. Kidney international. 2015; 88(4):897-904. PubMed [journal] PMID: 26154928
47. Topf JM, Sparks MA, Iannuzzella F, Lerma E, Oates T, Phelan P, Hiremath S Twitter-Based Journal Clubs: Additional Facts and Clarifications. Journal of medical Internet research. 2015; 17(9):e216. PubMed [journal] PMID: 26376668
48. Brown PA, Hiremath S. Are There Any Solutions to the Problem of Declining Nephrology En-rolment? A Dialogue Between Two Practicing Nephrologists The Open Journal of Nephrolo-gy and Urology. 8(S2) 59-63. 2015. Doi: 10.2174/1874303X01508010059
49. Chan TM, Thoma B, Radecki R, Topf J, Woo HH, Kao LS, Cochran A, Hiremath S, Lin M. Ten Steps for Setting Up an Online Journal Club. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2015 Apr;35(2):148-54. doi: 10.1002/chp.21275. PubMed PMID: 26115115
50. Marcel Ruzicka, Tim Ramsay, Ann Bugeja, Cedric Edwards, George Fodor, Anne Kirby, Peter Magner, Brendan McCormick, Gigi van der Hoef, Jessica Wagner, Swapnil Hiremath. Does pragmatically structured outpatient dietary counselling reduce sodium intake in hyper-tensive patients? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2015, 16:273 doi:10.1186/s13063-015-0794-y
51. Brown PA, Akbari A, Molnar AO, Taran S, Bissonnette J, Sood M, Hiremath S Factors Associated with Unplanned Dialysis Starts in Patients followed by Nephrologists: A Retro-spective Cohort Study. PLoS One. 2015 Jun 5;10(6):e0130080 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130080. eCollection 2015. PubMed PMID: 26047510
52. Thompson K, Razi R, Lee MS, Shen A, Stone GW, Hiremath S, Mehran R, Brar SS. Statin use prior to angiography for the prevention of contrast-induced acute kidney injury: a meta-analysis of 19 randomised trials. EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology. 2015; 11(1). PMID: 25982920
53. Topf JM, Hiremath S. Social media, medicine and the modern journal club. International Re-view of Psychiatry (Abingdon, England). 2015; 27(2):147-54. PubMed [journal] PMID: 25906989
54. Sood MM, Akbari A, Hiebert B, Hiremath S, Komenda P, Rigatto C, Zimmerman D, Tangri N. Trends in Arteriovenous Fistula Use at Dialysis Initiation After Automated eGFR Reporting. Seminars in dialysis. 2015; PubMed [journal] PMID: 25583047
55. Hiremath S, Knoll GA, Kayibanda JF, Fergusson D, Chow BJ, Shabana W, Murphy E, Ram-say T, James M, White CA, Garg A, Wald R, Hoch J, Akbari A. Oral salt and water versus in-travenous saline for the prevention of acute kidney injury following contrast-enhanced com-puted tomography: study protocol for a pilot randomized trial. Canadian journal of kidney health and disease. 2015; 2:12. PubMed [journal] PMID: 25883789
56. Reed JL, Prince SA, Cole CA, Fodor JG, Hiremath S, Mullen KA, Tulloch HE, Wright E, Reid RD. Workplace physical activity interventions and moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity levels among working-age women: a systematic review protocol. Systematic reviews. 2014; 3:147. PubMed [journal] PMID: 25526769
57. Talreja H, Akbari A, White CA, Ramsay TO, Hiremath S, Knoll G, Predicting kidney trans-plantation outcomes using proteinuria ascertained from spot urine samples versus timed urine collections. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation. 2014; 64(6):962-8. PubMed [journal] PMID: 25304983
58. Prince SA, Reed JL, Nerenberg KA, Kristjansson EA, Hiremath S, Adamo KB, Tulloch HE, Mullen KA, Fodor JG, Wright E, Reid RD. Intrapersonal, social and physical environmental determinants of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in working-age women: a systematic review protocol. Systematic reviews. 2014; 3:132. PubMed [journal] PMID: 25370736
59. Kayibanda JF, Hiremath S, Knoll GA, Fergusson D, Chow BJ, Shabana W, Akbari A. Does Intravenous Contrast-enhanced Computed Tomography Cause Acute Kidney Injury? Proto-col of a Systematic Review of the Evidence. Syst Rev. 2014 Aug 22; 3:94. PMID 25148933
60. Ruzicka M, Hiremath S, Steiner S, Helis E, Szczotka A, Baker P, Fodor G. What is the fea-sibility of implementing effective sodium reduction strategies to treat hypertension in primary care settings? A systematic review. J Hypertens. 2014 Apr 2;PubMed PMID: 24694380.
61. *Bose B, Badve SV, Hiremath SS, Boudville N, Brown FG, Cass A, de Zoysa JR, Fassett RG, Faull R, Harris DC, Hawley CM, Kanellis J, Palmer SC, Perkovic V, Pascoe EM, Rangan GK, Walker RJ, Walters G, Johnson DW. Effects of uric acid-lowering therapy on renal outcomes: a systematic review and metaanalysis. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2014 Feb;29(2):406-13. PubMed PMID: 24042021.
62. Ruzicka M, McCormick B, Leenen FH, Froeschl M, Hiremath S. Adherence to blood pres-sure-lowering drugs and resistant hypertension: should trial of direct observation therapy be part of preassessment for renal denervation?. Can J Cardiol. 2013 Dec;29(12):1741.e1-3. PubMed PMID: 2414007
63. Edwards C, Hiremath S, Gupta A, McCormick BB, Ruzicka M. BpTRUth: do automated blood pressure monitors outperform mercury? J Am Soc Hypertens. 2013 Nov-Dec;7(6):448-53. PubMed PMID: 23969286.
64. Hiremath S, Slivar S, Magner P. Phosphate balance with continuous renal replacement therapy: a simple solution. Am J Kidney Dis. 2013 Sep;62(3):644. doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.03.047.
65. Hiremath S, Ruzicka M, Nagaraju SP, McCormick BB. Clinical Hypotension with Co-prescription of Macrolide Antibiotics and Calcium-Channel Blockers in Haemodialysis Pa-tients: A Retrospective Chart Review. Drug Saf. published online 2013 Jul 20
66. Hiremath S, Akbari A, Shabana W, Fergusson DA, Knoll GA. Prevention of contrast-induced acute kidney injury: is simple oral hydration similar to intravenous? A systematic review of the evidence. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e60009
67. *Harman G, Akbari A, Hiremath S, White CA, Ramsay T, Kokolo MB, Craig J, Knoll GA. Accuracy of cystatin C-based estimates of glomerular filtration rate in kidney transplant recipients: a systematic review. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2013 Mar;28(3):741-57. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfs498
68. Zimmerman D, Sood MM, Rigatto C, Holden RM, Hiremath S, Clase CM. Systematic review and meta-analysis of incidence, prevalence and outcomes of atrial fibrillation in patients on dialysis. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012 Oct;27(10):3816-22. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfs416.
69. *Chavlovski A, Knoll GA, Ramsay T, Hiremath S, Zimmerman DL. Retrospective review of bone mineral metabolism management in end-stage renal disease patients wait-listed for re-nal transplant. Transplant Research and Risk Management 09/2012; DOI:10.2147/TRRM.S33577
70. Akbari A, White CA, Shahbazi N, Booth RA, Hiremath S, Knoll GA. Spot Urine Protein Measurements: Are these Accurate in Kidney Transplant Recipients? Transplantation. 2012 Aug 27;94(4):389-395.
71. Xiao F, Hiremath S, Knoll G, Zimpelmann J, Srivaratharajah K, Jadhav D, Fergusson D, Kennedy CR, Burns KD. Increased urinary angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in renal trans-plant patients with diabetes. PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e37649.
72. Hiremath S, Knoll G, Weinstein MC. Should the Arteriovenous Fistula Be Created before Starting Dialysis?: A Decision Analytic Approach. PLoS One. 2011;6(12):e28453.
73. *Heshka J, Ruzicka M, Hiremath S, McCormick B. Spironolactone is safe and effective for difficult to control hypertension in chronic kidney disease. J Am Soc Hypertension, 2010 Nov-Dec; 4(6):295-301
74. Hiremath S, Punnam SR, Brar SS, Goyal SK, Gardiner JC, Shah AJ, Thakur RK. Implanta-ble Defibrillators Improve Survival in End-Stage Renal Disease: Results from a Multi-Center Registry. Am J Nephrol 2010;32(4):305-310
75. Hiremath S, Doucette SP, Richardson R, Chan K, Burns K, Zimmerman D. Left ventricular growth after 1 year of haemodialysis does not correlate with arteriovenous access flow: a prospective cohort study. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2010 Aug; 25(8):2656-61
76. Brar SS, Hiremath S, Dangas G, Mehran R, Brar SK, Leon MB. Sodium bicarbonate for the prevention of contrast induced-acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Oct;4(10):1584-92.
77. Hiremath S, Holden RM, Fergusson D, Zimmerman DL. Antiplatelet medications in hemodi-alysis patients: a systematic review of bleeding rates. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Aug;4(8):1347-55.
78. Graham J, Hiremath S, Magner PO, Knoll GA, Burns KD: Factors influencing the prevalence of central venous catheter use in a Canadian haemodialysis centre. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008 Nov;23(11):3585-91.
79. Hiremath S, Mulay A, Doucette S, Ferguson D and Knoll G: Renin-Angiotensin System blockade in renal transplant recipients: a systematic review of the evidence, Am J Trans-plant. 2007 Oct;7(10):2350-60.
80. Hiremath S, Biyani M: Technique Survival With Serratia Peritonitis, Adv Perit Dial. 2006;22:73-6.
81. Iyer R, Gupta A, Khan A, Hiremath S, Lokhandwala: Does left ventricular function improve with l-Carnitine after acute myocardial infarction? J Postgrad Med, Apr-Jun 1999 45(2), 38-41.
PUBLISHED GUIDELINES
82. Schieda N, Blaichman JI, Costa AF, Glikstein R, Hurrell C, James M, Jabehdar Maralani P, Shabana W, Tang A, Tsampalieros A, van der Pol CB, Hiremath S.Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents in Kidney Disease: A Comprehensive Review and
Clinical Practice Guideline Issued by the Canadian Association of Radiologists.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease. 2018; 5:2054358118778573. PubMed [journal] PMID: 29977584, PMCID: PMC6024496
83. Schieda N, Blaichman JI, Costa AF, Glikstein R, Hurrell C, James M, Jabehdar Maralani P, Shabana W, Tang A, Tsampalieros A, van der Pol C, Hiremath S.Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents in Kidney Disease: Comprehensive Review and
Clinical Practice Guideline Issued by the Canadian Association of Radiologists. Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes. 2018; 69(2):136-150. PubMed [journal] PMID: 29706252
84. Nerenberg KA, Zarnke KB, Leung AA, Dasgupta K, Butalia S, McBrien K, Harris KC, Nakhla M, Cloutier L, Gelfer M, Lamarre-Cliche M, Milot A, Bolli P, Tremblay G, McLean D, Padwal RS, Tran KC, Grover S, Rabkin SW, Moe GW, Howlett JG, Lindsay P,
Hill MD, Sharma M, Field T, Wein TH, Shoamanesh A, Dresser GK, Hamet P, Herman RJ, Burgess E, Gryn SE, Grégoire JC, Lewanczuk R, Poirier L, Campbell TS, Feldman RD, Lavoie KL, Tsuyuki RT, Honos G, Prebtani APH, Kline G, Schiffrin EL,
Don-Wauchope A, Tobe SW, Gilbert RE, Leiter LA, Jones C, Woo V, Hegele RA, Selby P, Pipe A, McFarlane PA, Oh P, Gupta M, Bacon SL, Kaczorowski J, Trudeau L, Campbell NRC, Hiremath S, Roerecke M, Arcand J, Ruzicka M, Prasad GVR, Vallée M,
Edwards C, Sivapalan P, Penner SB, Fournier A, Benoit G, Feber J, Dionne J, Magee LA, Logan AG, Côté AM, Rey E, Firoz T, Kuyper LM, Gabor JY, Townsend RR, Rabi DM, Daskalopoulou SS. Hypertension Canada's 2018 Guidelines for Diagnosis, Risk
Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children. The Canadian journal of cardiology. 2018; 34(5):506-525. PubMed [journal] PMID: 29731013
85. Hypertension Canada’s 2017 Guidelines for Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults. Alexander A Leung, Stella S Daskalopoulou, Kaberi Dasgupta, Kerry McBrien, Sonia Butalia, Kelly B Zarnke, Kara Nerenberg, Kevin C Harris, Meranda Nakhla, Lyne Cloutier, Mark Gelfer, Maxime Lamarre-Cliche, Alain Milot, Peter Bolli, Guy Tremblay, Donna McLean, Sheldon W Tobe, Marcel Ruzicka, Kevin D Burns, Michel Vallée, GV Ramesh Prasad, Steven E Gryn, Ross D Feldman, Peter Selby, Andrew Pipe, Ernesto L Schiffrin, Philip A McFarlane, Paul Oh, Robert A Hegele, Milan Khara, Thomas W Wilson, S Brian Penner, Ellen Burgess, Praveena Sivapalan, Robert J Herman, Simon L Bacon, Simon W Rabkin, Richard E Gilbert, Tavis S Campbell, Steven Grover, George Honos, Patrice Lindsay, Michael D Hill, Shelagh B Coutts, Gord Gubitz, Norman RC Campbell, Gordon W Moe, Jonathan G Howlett, Jean-Martin Boulanger, Ally Prebtani, Gregory Kline, Lawrence A Leiter, Charlotte Jones, Anne Marie Côté, Vincent Woo, Janusz Kaczorowski, Luc Trudeau, Ross T Tsuyuki, Swapnil Hiremath, Denis Drouin, Kim L Lavoie, Pavel Hamet, Jean C Grégoire, Richard Lewanczuk, George K Dresser, Mukul Sharma, Debra Reid, Scott A Lear, Gregory Moullec, Milan Gupta, Laura A Magee, Alexander G Logan, Janis Dionne, Anne Fournier, Geneviève Benoit, Janusz Feber, Luc Poirier, Raj S Padwal, Doreen M Rabi. Publication date: 2017/3/10. Canadian Journal of Cardiology http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2017.03.005
86. Leung AA, Nerenberg K, Daskalopoulou SS, McBrien K, Zarnke KB, Dasgupta K, Cloutier L, Gelfer M, Lamarre-Cliche M, Milot A, Bolli P, Tremblay G, McLean D, Tobe SW, Ruzicka M, Burns KD, Vallée M, Prasad GV, Lebel M, Feldman RD, Selby P, Pipe A, Schiffrin EL, McFarlane PA, Oh P, Hegele RA, Khara M, Wilson TW, Penner SB, Burgess E, Herman RJ, Bacon SL, Rabkin SW, Gilbert RE, Campbell TS, Grover S, Honos G, Lindsay P, Hill MD, Coutts SB, Gubitz G, Campbell NR, Moe GW, Howlett JG, Boulanger JM, Prebtani A, Larochelle P, Leiter LA, Jones C, Ogilvie RI, Woo V, Kaczorowski J, Trudeau L, Petrella RJ, Hiremath S, Drouin D, Lavoie KL, Hamet P, Fodor G, Grégoire JC, Lewanzuk R, Dresser GK, Sharma M, Reid D, Lear SA, Moullec G, Gupta M, Magee LA, Logan AG, Harris KC, Dionne J, Fournier A, Benoit G, Feber J, Poirier L, Padwal RS, Rabi DM; CHEP Guidelines Task Force. Hypertension Canada's 2016 Canadian Hypertension Education Program Guidelines for
Blood Pressure Measurement, Diagnosis, Assessment of Risk, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension. Can J Cardiol. 2016 May;32(5):569-88. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.02.066. Epub 2016 Mar 10. PubMed PMID: 27118291.
87. Daskalopoulou SS, Rabi DM, Zarnke KB , Dasgupta K, Nerenberg K, Cloutier L, Gelfer M, Lamarre-Cliche M, Milot A, Bolli P, McKay DW, Tremblay G, McLean D, Tobe SW, Ruzicka M, Burns KD, Vallée M, Ramesh Prasad GV, Lebel M, Feldman RD, Selby P, Pipe A, Schiffrin EL, McFarlane PA, Oh P, Hegele RA, Khara M, Wilson TW, Brian Penner S, Burgess E, Herman RJ, Bacon SL, Rabkin SW, Gilbert RE, Campbell TS, Grover S, Honos G, Lindsay P, Hill MD, Coutts SB, Gubitz G, Campbell NR, Moe GW, Howlett JG, Boulanger JM, Prebtani A, Larochelle P, Leiter LA, Jones C, Ogilvie RI, Woo V, Kaczorowski J, Trudeau L, Petrella RJ, Hiremath S, Stone JA, Drouin D, Lavoie KL, Hamet P, Fodor G, Grégoire JC, Fournier A, Lewanczuk R, Dresser GK, Sharma M, Reid D, Benoit G, Feber J, Harris KC, Poirier L, Padwal RS; Canadian Hypertension Education Program.The 2015 canadian hypertension education program recommendations for blood pressure measurement, diagnosis, assessment of risk, prevention, and treatment of hypertension. The Canadian journal of cardiology. 2015; 31(5):549-68. PubMed[journal] PMID:25936483
88. Ruzicka M, Quinn RR, McFarlane P, Hemmelgarn B, Ramesh Prasad GV, Feber J, Nesral-lah G, Mackinnon M, Tangri N, McCormick B, Tobe S, Blydt-Hansen TD, Hiremath S. Cana-dian Society of Nephrology Commentary on the 2012 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in CKD. Am J Kidney Dis. 2014 Apr 8;PubMed PMID: 24725980
89. Dasgupta K, Quinn RR, Zarnke KB, Rabi DM, Ravani P, Daskalopoulou SS, Rabkin SW, Trudeau L, Feldman RD, Cloutier L, Prebtani A, Herman RJ, Bacon SL, Gilbert RE, Ruzicka M, McKay DW, Campbell TS, Grover S, Honos G, Schiffrin EL, Bolli P, Wilson TW, Lindsay P, Hill MD, Coutts SB, Gubitz G, Gelfer M, Vallée M, Prasad GV, Lebel M, McLean D, Arnold JM, Moe GW, Howlett JG, Boulanger JM, Larochelle P, Leiter LA, Jones C, Ogilvie RI, Woo V, Kaczorowski J, Burns KD, Petrella RJ, Hiremath S, Milot A, Stone JA, Drouin D, Lavoie KL, Lamarre-Cliche M, Tremblay G, Hamet P, Fodor G, Carruthers SG, Pylypchuk GB, Burgess E, Lewanczuk R, Dresser GK, Penner SB, Hegele RA, McFarlane PA, Khara M, Pipe A, Oh P, Selby P, Sharma M, Reid DJ, Tobe SW, Padwal RS, Poirier L, Canadian Hypertension Education Program. The 2014 Canadian Hypertension Education Program Recommendations for Blood Pressure Measurement, Diagnosis, Assessment of Risk, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension. Can J Cardiol. 2014 May;30(5):485-501. PubMed PMID: 24786438
90. Owen RJ, Hiremath S, Myers A, Fraser-Hill M, Barrett BJ. Canadian association of radiolo-gists consensus guidelines for the prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy: update 2012. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2014 May;65(2):96-105. PubMed PMID: 24559602
91. Nesrallah GE, Mustafa RA, Clark WF, Bass A, Barnieh L, Hemmelgarn BR, Klarenbach S, Quinn RR, Hiremath S, Ravani P, Sood MM, Moist LM, Canadian Society of Nephrology. Canadian Society of Nephrology 2014 clinical practice guideline for timing the initiation of chronic dialysis. CMAJ. 2014 Feb 4;186(2):112-7. PubMed PMID: 24492525; PubMed Cen-tral PMCID: PMC3903737.
PEER REVIEWED EDITORIALS AND LETTERS TO EDITOR
87. Ruzicka M, Hiremath S. Behind the Mask. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979). 2018; 72(4):841-842. PubMed [journal] PMID: 30354729
88. Devireddy C, Hiremath S. Acute Kidney Injury After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Re-placement. Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions. 2018; 11(8):e007135. PubMed [journal] PMID: 30354790
89. Hiremath S, Goldfarb DS, Juurlink DN. Opioid Overuse or NSAID Underuse? A Response to the Pain Guide. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kid-ney Foundation. 2017; 69(6):865. PubMed [journal] PMID: 28454686
90. BB McCormick, S Hiremath, M Ruzicka. A Randomized Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control. The New England journal of medicine 374 (23), 2291-2292
91. McCormick BB, Hiremath S, Ruzicka M. Lower blood pressure target in non-diabetic chronic kidney disease is not justified. Kidney Int 2014 Oct; 86(4):855
92. Hiremath S, Edwards C, McCormick BB, Ruzicka M. Reply to Dr Myers' Commentary on the Use of Automated Blood Pressure Machines in Office Blood Pressure Measurements. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2014 May 7;PubMed PMID: 24803307.
93. Hiremath S, Akbari A. Calcium-based phosphate binders and chronic kidney disease. Lan-cet. 2014 Jan 18;383(9913):216. PubMed PMID: 24439735.
94. Hiremath S: Route of Contrast Administration matters. Canadian Medical Association Jour-nal; Oct 8 2010, (published electronically)
95. Hiremath S, Brar SS. The evidence for sodium bicarbonate therapy for contrast-associated acute kidney injury: far from settled science. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2010 Aug; 25(8):2802-4
96. Hiremath S, Zimmerman D, Knoll G: ACE-inhibitors and Renal failure in Diabetes, Kidney Int. 2006 Oct;70(7):1377
97. Hiremath S, Biyani M: Actinomyces Peritonitis in a Patient on Continuous Cycler Peritoneal Dialysis Perit Dial Int. 2006 Jul-Aug;26(4):513-4
INVITED EDITORIALS, REVIEWS, MONOGRAPHS
98. Hiremath S. Towards better blood pressure: Do non-pharmacological strategies
provide the right path? Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.).
2018; 20(3):528-531. PubMed [journal] PMID: 29450957
99. Malavade, S Hiremath. Proton pump inhibitors: more indigestion than relief? Indian Journal of Nephrology. 2017/4 http://www.indianjnephrol.org/preprintarticle.asp?id=202824;type=0
100. Ruzicka M, Hiremath S. Accuracy-Limiting Factor of Home Blood Pressure Monitors?
American journal of hypertension. 2017; 30(7):661-664. PubMed [journal] PMID: 28430845
101. Ruzicka M, Hiremath S. Intensive blood pressure lowering in chronic kidney disease: the time has come. Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension. 2017 26(3):197-204. Pub-Med [journal] PMID: 28198732
102. Ruzicka M, Kucharski SE, Hiremath S. Balancing Overscreening and Underdiagnosis in Secondary Hypertension: The Case of Fibromuscular Dysplasia. Cardiology clinics. 2017; 35(2):247-254. PubMed [journal] PMID: 28411898
103. Ruzicka M, Burns KD, Hiremath S. Precision Medicine for Hypertension Management in Chronic Kidney Disease: Relevance of SPRINT for Therapeutic Targets in Nondiabetic Re-nal Disease. The Canadian journal of cardiology. 2017; PubMed [journal] PMID: 28365055
104. Aarti Malavade, Praveen Malavade, Mohan Biyani, Swapnil Hiremath, Ayub Akbari. Chronic Kidney Disease in Pregnancy Journal of Integrative Nephrology and Andrology. Year : 2016 | Volume : 3 | Issue : 2 | Page : 48-52
105. Ruzicka M, Hiremath S. Can drugs work in patients who do not take them? The problem of non-adherence in resistant hypertension. Current hypertension reports. 2015; 17(9):579. PubMed [journal] PMID: 26164465
106. Hiremath S, Froeschl M, Ruzicka M. Catheter-based Renal Sympathetic Denervation: Limitations to and Gaps in Evidence. Curr Opin Cardiol 2014 Jul: 29(4):336-43
107. Burns KD, Hiremath S. Urinary angiotensinogen as a biomarker of chronic kidney disease: ready for prime time? Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012 Aug;27(8):3010-3.
108. Patel MB, Hiremath S, Contractor T, Thakur RK. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in End-Stage Renal Disease. Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics Dec 2011; 3 (4), 641-650
109. Hiremath S. Prophylaxis of Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury. Canadian Journal of General Internal Medicine 2010 Aug; 5(2):68-9
110. Sakhuja R, Shah AJ, Hiremath S, Thakur RK. End-Stage Renal Disease and Sudden Car-diac Death. Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics December 2009 (Vol. 1, Issue 1, Pages 61-77
BOOK CHAPTERS
i. History And Physical Diagnosis: S Hiremath, EV Lerma Nephrology Secrets E-Book, 3, Elsevier Publications, 2018
ii. Urinalysis: S Hiremath, Florian Buchkremer, EV Lerma Nephrology Secrets E-Book, 3, Elsevier Publications, 2018
iii. Akbari A and Hiremath S. Contrast induced Acute Kidney Injury: Renal Protection. (1st Edition) Oxford Publications. V Lapsia et al (Editors) In press, expected publica-tion Spring 2019
iv. Akbari A and Hiremath S. Contrast Nephropathy: Textbook of Critical Care Medicine (7th Edition) Elsevier Publications Editors: Abraham et al Dec 2016
