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Abdul Rashid Qureshi

Abdul Rashid Qureshi

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Overview

Abdul Rashid Qureshi is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on nephrology. Their research spans various subfields including surgery, physiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and orthopedics and sports medicine.

Qureshi's work encompasses key topics related to renal health and metabolic disorders such as dialysis and renal disease management, parathyroid disorders and treatments, vitamin D research studies, and bone health and osteoporosis research. They have also been involved in vitamin K research studies, chronic kidney disease and diabetes, and muscle and compartmental disorders.

Their recent publications include studies addressing vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease, bone mineral density in end-stage renal disease patients, mortality in dialysis patients, fractures after kidney transplantation, and functional vitamin K insufficiency in advanced chronic kidney disease. Recent papers are as follows:

  • Matrix Gla protein is an independent predictor of both intimal and medial vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Bone mineral density and mortality in end-stage renal disease patients, 2020, Clinical Kidney Journal
  • First-year mortality in incident dialysis patients: results of the Peridialysis study, 2022, BMC Nephrology
  • Fractures after kidney transplantation: Incidence, predictors, and association with mortality, 2020, Bone
  • Functional vitamin K insufficiency, vascular calcification and mortality in advanced chronic kidney disease: A cohort study, 2021, PLoS ONE

They have frequently collaborated with coauthors such as Peter Stenvinkel, Bengt Lindholm, Peter Bárány, Olof Heimbürger, and Lu Dai, indicating a strong presence in collaborative clinical and research networks.

Qureshi's research is commonly published in journals including the Clinical Kidney Journal, Scientific Reports, Bone, BMC Nephrology, and the Journal of Internal Medicine. These venues reflect the clinical and translational nature of their work, bridging basic research with patient care implications.

Best Publications

  • Inflammation, Malnutrition, and Cardiac Disease as Predictors of Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients

    A. Rashid Qureshi;Anders Alvestrand;José C. Divino-Filho;Alberto Gutierrez

  • Serum Albumin, C-Reactive Protein, Interleukin 6, and Fetuin A as Predictors of Malnutrition, Cardiovascular Disease, and Mortality in Patients With ESRD

    Hirokazu Honda;Abdul Rashid Qureshi;Olof Heimbürger;Peter Barany

  • Comparative Associations of Muscle Mass and Muscle Strength with Mortality in Dialysis Patients

    Naohito Isoyama;Abdul Rashid Qureshi;Carla Maria Avesani;Bengt Lindholm

  • Impact of inflammation on epigenetic DNA methylation - a novel risk factor for cardiovascular disease?

    P. Stenvinkel;M. Karimi;S. Johansson;J. Axelsson

  • Low fetuin-A levels are associated with cardiovascular death: Impact of variations in the gene encoding fetuin.

    Peter Stenvinkel;Kai Wang;Abdul Rashid Qureshi;Jonas Axelsson

  • Hand-grip muscle strength, lean body mass, and plasma proteins as markers of nutritional status in patients with chronic renal failure close to start of dialysis therapy

    Olof Heimbürger;Abdul Rashid Qureshi;Abdul Rashid Qureshi;William S. Blaner;William S. Blaner;Lars Berglund;Lars Berglund

  • Muscle atrophy, inflammation and clinical outcome in incident and prevalent dialysis patients.

    Juan Jesús Carrero;Michal Chmielewski;Michal Chmielewski;Jonas Axelsson;Sunna Snaedal

  • Elevated resistin levels in chronic kidney disease are associated with decreased glomerular filtration rate and inflammation, but not with insulin resistance

    J. Axelsson;A. Bergsten;A.R. Qureshi;O. Heimbürger

  • Obese sarcopenia in patients with end-stage renal disease is associated with inflammation and increased mortality

    Hirokazu Honda;Abdul Rashid Qureshi;Jonas Axelsson;Olof Heimburger

  • Serum Trimethylamine-N-Oxide Is Strongly Related to Renal Function and Predicts Outcome in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Catharina Missailidis;Jenny Hällqvist;Abdel Rashid Qureshi;Peter Barany

  • Change in albuminuria and subsequent risk of end-stage kidney disease: an individual participant-level consortium meta-analysis of observational studies

    Josef Coresh;Hiddo J L Heerspink;Yingying Sang;Kunihiro Matsushita

  • Comparison of nutritional and inflammatory markers in dialysis patients with reduced appetite

    Juan Jesús Carrero;Abdul Rashid Qureshi;Jonas Axelsson;Carla María Avesani

  • Consequences of low plasma histidine in chronic kidney disease patients: associations with inflammation, oxidative stress, and mortality

    Makoto Watanabe;Mohamed E Suliman;Abdul Rashid Qureshi;Elvia Garcia-Lopez

  • Clinical and biochemical implications of low thyroid hormone levels (total and free forms) in euthyroid patients with chronic kidney disease

    J. J. Carrero;A. R. Qureshi;J. Axelsson;M. I. Yilmaz

  • Accelerated lean body mass loss in incident chronic dialysis patients with diabetes mellitus

    Lara B. Pupim;Lara B. Pupim;Olof Heimburger;Olof Heimburger;Abdul Rashid Qureshi;Abdul Rashid Qureshi;T. A.L.P. Ikizler;T. A.L.P. Ikizler

  • Truncal fat mass as a contributor to inflammation in end-stage renal disease

    Jonas Axelsson;Abdul Rashid Qureshi;Mohammed E Suliman;Hirokazu Honda

  • Cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway activity and High Mobility Group Box-1 (HMGB1) serum levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

    Richard S Goldstein;Annette Bruchfeld;Annette Bruchfeld;Lihong Yang;Abdul R Qureshi

  • Low Serum Testosterone Increases Mortality Risk among Male Dialysis Patients

    Juan Jesús Carrero;Abdul Rashid Qureshi;Paolo Parini;Stefan Arver

  • Serum Albumin as Predictor of Nutritional Status in Patients with ESRD

    Thiane Gama-Axelsson;Olof Heimbürger;Peter Stenvinkel;Peter Bárány

  • Telomere attrition is associated with inflammation, low fetuin-A levels and high mortality in prevalent haemodialysis patients.

    J.J. Carrero;Peter Stenvinkel;Bengt Fellström;A.R. Qureshi

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Stenvinkel
Peter Stenvinkel Karolinska Institute
Bengt Lindholm
Bengt Lindholm Karolinska Institute
Peter Bárány
Peter Bárány Karolinska Institute
Olof Heimbürger
Olof Heimbürger Karolinska Institute
Juan Jesus Carrero
Juan Jesus Carrero Karolinska Institute
Johan Ärnlöv
Johan Ärnlöv Karolinska Institute
Roberto Pecoits-Filho
Roberto Pecoits-Filho Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
Friedo W. Dekker
Friedo W. Dekker Leiden University Medical Center
Martin Schalling
Martin Schalling Karolinska Institute
Tommy Cederholm
Tommy Cederholm Uppsala University

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