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Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer

Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer

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Medicine

D-Index
96
Citations
32565
World Ranking
9700
National Ranking
4992

Overview

Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States and has contributed extensively to medical research, primarily within the field of medicine and its related subfields.

The main area of research focus is medicine, with particular emphasis on nephrology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, hematology, and economics and econometrics.

The scientist's research topics encompass:

  • Dialysis and renal disease management
  • Chronic kidney disease and diabetes
  • Erythropoietin and anemia treatment
  • Renal and vascular pathologies
  • Health systems, economic evaluations, and quality of life
  • Heart failure treatment and management
  • Potassium and related disorders

Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Philip Greenland
  • Michael Berkwits
  • Mary Mcdermott
  • Jody Zylke
  • Annette Flanagin

Key publication venues where research has appeared include:

  • JAMA
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Kidney International
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer include:

  • KDIGO 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in Chronic Kidney Disease, 2022, Kidney International
  • US Renal Data System 2020 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States, 2021, American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • Nomenclature for kidney function and disease: report of a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Consensus Conference, 2020, Kidney International
  • The case for early identification and intervention of chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference, 2020, Kidney International
  • Controversies in acute kidney injury: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Conference, 2020, Kidney International

Best Publications

  • Nomenclature for kidney function and disease: report of a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Consensus Conference.

    Andrew S. Levey;Kai-Uwe Eckardt;Nijsje M. Dorman;Stacy L. Christiansen

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

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

  • Controversies in acute kidney injury : conclusions from a Kidney Disease : Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Conference

    Marlies Ostermann;Rinaldo Bellomo;Emmanuel A. Burdmann;Kent Doi

  • Epidemiology and sociodemographics of systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis among US adults with Medicaid coverage, 2000-2004.

    Candace H. Feldman;Linda T. Hiraki;Jun Liu;Michael A. Fischer

  • Validity of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification Codes for Acute Renal Failure

    Sushrut S. Waikar;Ron Wald;Glenn M. Chertow;Gary C. Curhan

  • US Renal Data System 2020 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States.

    Kirsten L. Johansen;Glenn M. Chertow;Robert N. Foley;David T. Gilbertson

  • Health economic evaluations: the special case of end-stage renal disease treatment.

    Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer;Milton C. Weinstein;Murray A. Mittleman;Robert J. Glynn

  • 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

  • Habitual caffeine intake and the risk of hypertension in women

    Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer;Meir J. Stampfer;Walter C. Willett;Gary C. Curhan

  • 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

  • The case for early identification and intervention of chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference

    Michael G. Shlipak;Michael G. Shlipak;Sri Lekha Tummalapalli;Sri Lekha Tummalapalli;L. Ebony Boulware;Morgan E. Grams;Morgan E. Grams

  • Effectiveness and Safety of Warfarin Initiation in Older Hemodialysis Patients with Incident Atrial Fibrillation

    Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer;Jun Liu;Soko Setoguchi;Soko Setoguchi;Niteesh K. Choudhry

  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor or Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Antagonist Therapy Is Associated with Prolonged Patient and Graft Survival after Renal Transplantation

    Georg Heinze;Christa Mitterbauer;Heinz Regele;Reinhard Kramar

  • Dialysis initiation, modality choice, access, and prescription: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference

    Christopher T. Chan;Peter J. Blankestijn;Laura M. Dember;Maurizio Gallieni

  • Harmonizing acute and chronic kidney disease definition and classification: report of a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Consensus Conference

    Norbert H Lameire;Adeera Levin;John A Kellum;Michael Cheung

  • The Increasing Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation among Hemodialysis Patients

    Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer;Amanda R. Patrick;Jun Liu;M. Alan Brookhart;M. Alan Brookhart

  • Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Outcomes in Hemodialysis: An International Nominal Group Technique Study

    Rachel Urquhart-Secord;Rachel Urquhart-Secord;Jonathan C. Craig;Jonathan C. Craig;Brenda Hemmelgarn;Helen Tam-Tham

  • A Propensity Analysis of Late Versus Early Nephrologist Referral and Mortality on Dialysis

    Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer;William F. Owen;Raisa Levin;Jerry Avorn

  • Developing a Set of Core Outcomes for Trials in Hemodialysis: An International Delphi Survey.

    Nicole Evangelidis;Nicole Evangelidis;Allison Tong;Allison Tong;Braden Manns;Brenda Hemmelgarn

  • Comparison of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis survival in The Netherlands.

    Y.S. Liem;J.B. Wong;M.G. M. Hunink;M.G. M. Hunink;F.Th. de Charro

Frequent Co-Authors

Allison Tong
Allison Tong University of Sydney
Jonathan C. Craig
Jonathan C. Craig Flinders University
Glenn M. Chertow
Glenn M. Chertow Stanford University
David C. Wheeler
David C. Wheeler University College London
Sankar D. Navaneethan
Sankar D. Navaneethan Baylor College of Medicine
Kai-Uwe Eckardt
Kai-Uwe Eckardt Charité - University Medicine Berlin
M. Alan Brookhart
M. Alan Brookhart University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Andrew S. Levey
Andrew S. Levey Tufts Medical Center
Jerry Avorn
Jerry Avorn Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brenda R. Hemmelgarn
Brenda R. Hemmelgarn University of Calgary

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