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Roberto Pecoits-Filho is affiliated with the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná in Brazil and has a research focus strongly centered on medicine, particularly in the subfields of nephrology, hematology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism.

Their research covers key topics including dialysis and renal disease management, chronic kidney disease and diabetes, erythropoietin and anemia treatment, blood pressure and hypertension studies, potassium and related disorders, hemoglobinopathies and related disorders, and central venous catheters and hemodialysis.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Kidney International Reports
  • Clinical Kidney Journal
  • Kidney International

They have collaborated frequently with co-authors such as Murilo Guedes, Bruce Robinson, Bénédicte Stengel, Ziad A. Massy, and Christian Combe.

Among their recent papers are:

  • KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease, 2021, Kidney International
  • A pre-specified analysis of the DAPA-CKD trial demonstrates the effects of dapagliflozin on major adverse kidney events in patients with IgA nephropathy, 2021, Kidney International
  • Executive summary of the KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease, 2021, Kidney International
  • Blood pressure and volume management in dialysis: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference, 2020, Kidney International
  • Controversies in optimal anemia management: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Conference, 2021, Kidney International

Best Publications

  • IL-10, IL-6, and TNF-α: Central factors in the altered cytokine network of uremia—The good, the bad, and the ugly

    Peter Stenvinkel;Markus Ketteler;Richard J. Johnson;Bengt Lindholm

  • Aspects of Immune Dysfunction in End-stage Renal Disease

    Sawako Kato;Michal Chmielewski;Michal Chmielewski;Hirokazu Honda;Roberto Pecoits-Filho

  • Global kidney health 2017 and beyond: a roadmap for closing gaps in care, research, and policy

    Adeera Levin;Marcello Tonelli;Joseph Bonventre;Josef Coresh

  • KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Alfred K. Cheung;Tara I. Chang;William C. Cushman;Susan L. Furth

  • 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

  • The malnutrition, inflammation, and atherosclerosis (MIA) syndrome – the heart of the matter

    Roberto Pecoits-Filho;Bengt Lindholm;Peter Stenvinkel

  • Associations between circulating inflammatory markers and residual renal function in CRF patients.

    Roberto Pecoits-Filho;Olof Heimbürger;Peter Bárány;Mohamed Suliman

  • Interleukin‐6 is an independent predictor of mortality in patients starting dialysis treatment

    Roberto Pecoits‐Filho;Peter Bárány;Bengt Lindholm;Olof Heimbürger

  • Changes in the worldwide epidemiology of peritoneal dialysis

    Philip Kam-Tao Li;Kai Ming Chow;Moniek W.M. Van de Luijtgaarden;David W. Johnson

  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Coronary Artery Disease: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.

    Mark J. Sarnak;Kerstin Amann;Sripal Bangalore;João L. Cavalcante

  • Left Ventricular Mass in Chronic Kidney Disease and ESRD

    Richard J. Glassock;Roberto Pecoits-Filho;Silvio H. Barberato

  • 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

  • Iron management in chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a “Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes” (KDIGO) Controversies Conference

    Iain C. Macdougall;Andreas J. Bircher;Kai Uwe Eckardt;Gregorio T. Obrador

  • Potassium homeostasis and management of dyskalemia in kidney diseases: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference

    Catherine M. Clase;Juan Jesus Carrero;David H. Ellison;Morgan E. Grams

  • Coronary Artery Disease in End-Stage Renal Disease: No Longer a Simple Plumbing Problem

    Peter Stenvinkel;Roberto Pecoits-Filho;Bengt Lindholm

  • Mortality, malnutrition, and atherosclerosis in ESRD: What is the role of interleukin-6?

    Peter Stenvinkel;Peter Barany;Olof Heimbürger;Roberto Pecoits-Filho

  • Chronic kidney disease and arrhythmias: Conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference

    Mintu P. Turakhia;Peter J. Blankestijn;Juan Jesus Carrero;Catherine M. Clase

  • Peritoneal Dialysis for Acute Kidney Injury

    Brett Cullis;Mohamed Abdelraheem;Georgi Abrahams;Andre Balbi

  • Plasma and dialysate IL‐6 and VEGF concentrations are associated with high peritoneal solute transport rate

    Roberto Pecoits‐Filho;Maria Regina T. Araújo;Bengt Lindholm;Peter Stenvinkel

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Stenvinkel
Peter Stenvinkel Karolinska Institute
Bengt Lindholm
Bengt Lindholm Karolinska Institute
Allison Tong
Allison Tong University of Sydney
Ronald L. Pisoni
Ronald L. Pisoni Arbor Research Collaborative for Health
Olof Heimbürger
Olof Heimbürger Karolinska Institute
Jonathan C. Craig
Jonathan C. Craig Flinders University
Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer
Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer Baylor College of Medicine
David C. Wheeler
David C. Wheeler University College London
Abdul Rashid Qureshi
Abdul Rashid Qureshi Karolinska Institute
Peter Bárány
Peter Bárány Karolinska Institute

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