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Ikuto Masakane
Researcher at University of Tsukuba
Publications - 151
Citations - 4636
Ikuto Masakane is an academic researcher from University of Tsukuba. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dialysis & Hemodialysis. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 141 publications receiving 3851 citations. Previous affiliations of Ikuto Masakane include Yamagata University.
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An Overview of Regular Dialysis Treatment in Japan (As of 31 December 2013)
Ikuto Masakane,Shigeru Nakai,Satoshi Ogata,Naoki Kimata,Norio Hanafusa,Takayuki Hamano,Kenji Wakai,Atsushi Wada,Kosaku Nitta +8 more
TL;DR: The number of patients who underwent hemodiafiltration (HDF) at the end of 2013 was 31 371, a marked increase from that in 2012, and the number of Patients who underwent online HDF increased approximately fivefold over the last 2 years.
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Overview of Regular Dialysis Treatment in Japan (as of 31 December 2011)
Shigeru Nakai,Yuzo Watanabe,Ikuto Masakane,Atsushi Wada,Tetsuo Shoji,Takeshi Hasegawa,Hidetomo Nakamoto,Kunihiro Yamagata,Junichiro James Kazama,Naohiko Fujii,Noritomo Itami,Toshio Shinoda,Takashi Shigematsu,Seiji Marubayashi,Osamu Morita,Seiji Hashimoto,Kazuyuki Suzuki,Naoki Kimata,Norio Hanafusa,Kenji Wakai,Takayuki Hamano,Satoshi Ogata,Kenji Tsuchida,Masatomo Taniguchi,Hiroshi Nishi,Kunitoshi Iseki,Yoshiharu Tsubakihara +26 more
TL;DR: A nationwide statistical survey of 4255 dialysis facilities was conducted at the end of 2011 and the results included questions related to the Great East Japan Earthquake, which occurred on 11 March 2011.
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An overview of regular dialysis treatment in Japan (as of 31 December 2001).
Shigeru Nakai,Takahiro Shinzato,Yuji Nagura,Ikuto Masakane,Tateki Kitaoka,Toshio Shinoda,Chikao Yamazaki,Rumi Sakai,Hiroyuki Ohmori,Osamu Morita,Kunitoshi Iseki,Kenjiro Kikuchi,Kazuo Kubo,Kazuyuki Suzuki,Kaoru Tabei,Kiyohide Fushimi,Naoko Miwa,Atsushi Wada,Mitsuru Yanai,Takashi Akiba +19 more
TL;DR: An analysis of the relationship between the type of vascular access used at the initiation of dialysis and the survival prognosis revealed a significantly higher risk of death in patients undergoing dialysis with synthetic arterio‐venous fistula, AV shunt, or catheter implantation into a central vein than in those receiving dialysis treatments with a native fistula.
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Overview of regular dialysis treatment in Japan (as of 31 December 2008).
Shigeru Nakai,Kazuyuki Suzuki,Ikuto Masakane,Atsushi Wada,Noritomo Itami,Satoshi Ogata,Naoki Kimata,Takashi Shigematsu,Toshio Shinoda,Tetsuo Syouji,Masatomo Taniguchi,Kenji Tsuchida,Hidetomo Nakamoto,Shinichi Nishi,Hiroshi Nishi,Seiji Hashimoto,Takeshi Hasegawa,Norio Hanafusa,Takayuki Hamano,Naohiko Fujii,Seiji Marubayashi,Osamu Morita,Kunihiro Yamagata,Kenji Wakai,Yuzo Watanabe,Kunitoshi Iseki,Yoshiharu Tsubakihara +26 more
TL;DR: The risk of becoming HCV‐positive was high in patients with low serum creatinine, serum albumin, and serum total cholesterol levels, and/or a low body mass index before beginning dialysis, and the percentage is particularly high in Patients with a period of dialysis of 20 years or longer.
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A new classification of Diabetic Nephropathy 2014: a report from Joint Committee on Diabetic Nephropathy
Masakazu Haneda,Kazunori Utsunomiya,Daisuke Koya,Tetsuya Babazono,Tatsumi Moriya,Hirofumi Makino,Kenjiro Kimura,Yoshiki Suzuki,Takashi Wada,Susumu Ogawa,Masaaki Inaba,Yoshihiko Kanno,Takashi Shigematsu,Ikuto Masakane,Ken Tsuchiya,Keiko Honda,Kazuko Ichikawa,Kenichiro Shide +17 more
TL;DR: Major revisions to the Classification are summarized as follows: eGFR is substituted for GFR in the Classification; the subdivisions A and B in stage 3 (overt nephropathy) have been reintegrated; and stress has been placed on the differential diagnosis of diabetic nephtropathy versus non-diabetic kidney disease as being crucial in all stages of diabetes.