By Dr Brendan Julian Smyth

Journal articles

Nalankilli K; Stallworthy E; Ducharlet K; Hole BD; O’Hara DV; Agarwal N; Snead CM; Caskey FJ; Smyth B, 2025, 'Treatment of insomnia, restless legs, cramps, and pain associated with chronic kidney disease: results from a multinational survey of kidney supportive care practice', BMC Nephrology, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-025-04107-1

Harel Z; Smyth B; Badve SV; Blum D; Beaubien-Souligny W; Silver SA; Clark E; Suri R; Mavrakanas TA; Sasal J; Prasad B; Eikelboom J; Tennankore K; Rigatto C; Prce I; Madore F; Mac-Way F; Steele A; Zeng Y; Sholzberg M; Dorian P; Yan AT; Sood MM; Gladstone DJ; Tseng E; Kitchlu A; Walsh M; Sapir D; Oliver MJ; Krishnan M; Kiaii M; Wong N; Kotwal S; Battistella M; Acedillo R; Lok C; Weir M; Wald R, 2025, 'Anticoagulation for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Receiving Dialysis: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 36, pp. 901 - 910, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/ASN.0000000000000495

Smyth B; Collister D, 2025, 'Searching for Fire Amid the Smoke: Will Cannabinoids Prove Useful and Safe for Those With CKD?', Kidney International Reports, 10, pp. 988 - 990, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2025.01.031

Siriwardana A; Smyth B; Jardine M, 2025, 'Waiver of informed consent in clinical research: a summary of contemporary guidelines and a resource for researchers', BMJ Open, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091896

Wynter LA; Smyth B; Saunders J; Moroney C; Gorringe L; Turner K; Venugopal S; Tienstra L; Monteverde R; Kang A; Norris S; Aouad L; Sen S; Mangos G; Chadban S, 2025, 'Impact of hospital-based early detection on management in chronic kidney disease: The CKD Stewardship study (CKD-S) - Protocol for a prospective, multicentre, observational cohort study', BMJ Open, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-094554

Collister D; Pyne L; Bhasin AA; Smyth B; Herrington W; Jardine M; Mark PB; Badve S; Rossignol P; Dember LM; Wanner C; Ezekowitz J; Devereaux PJ; Parfrey P; Gansevoort R; Walsh M, 2025, 'Heart failure events in randomized controlled trials for adults receiving maintenance dialysis: a meta-epidemiologic study', Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 40, pp. 371 - 384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfae156

Sandal S; Onu U; Fung W; Pippias M; Smyth B; De Chiara L; Bajpai D; Bilchut WH; Hafiz E; Kelly DM; Bagasha P; Jha V; Ethier I, 2025, 'Assessing the role of education level on climate change belief, concern and action: a multinational survey of healthcare professionals in nephrology', Journal of Nephrology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40620-024-02195-0

Gallagher A; Smyth B; Alexeev S; Brown M; Mangos G; Jardine M, 2025, 'AN AUDIT OF INPATIENT BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT FOCUSING ON ACCURATE TECHNIQUE', Journal of Hypertension, 43, pp. e89 - e90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0001116044.29145.c8

Gallagher A; Smyth B; Brown M; Mangos G; Jardine M, 2025, 'FACTORS AFFECTING HOSPITAL INPATIENT BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT AS RANKED BY A DELPHI SURVEY', Journal of Hypertension, 43, pp. e90 - e90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0001116048.99150.e5

Venugopal S; O’Hara DV; Agarwal N; Hole BD; Snead CM; Stallworthy E; Caskey FJ; Ducharlet K; Smyth B, 2025, 'Variation in Management of Chronic Kidney Disease-Associated Pruritus: Results From a Multinational Survey of Kidney Units', Kidney Medicine, pp. 101028 - 101028, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xkme.2025.101028

Pinter J; Canaud B; Mayne KJ; Stuard S; Moissl U; Kooman J; Jager KJ; Chesnaye NC; Smyth B; Genser B, 2024, 'Associations of Abnormal Fluid Status, Plasma Sodium Disorders, and Low Dialysate Sodium with Mortality in Patients on Hemodialysis', Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 19, pp. 1444 - 1452, http://dx.doi.org/10.2215/CJN.0000000000000552

Pinter J; Canaud B; Mayne KJ; Stuard S; Moissl U; Kooman J; Jager KJ; Chesnaye NC; Smyth B; Genser B, 2024, 'Associations of Abnormal Fluid Status, Plasma Sodium Disorders, and Low Dialysate Sodium with Mortality in Patients on Hemodialysis.', Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 19, pp. 1444 - 1452, http://dx.doi.org/10.2215/CJN.0000000000000552

Cardoza K; Kang A; Smyth B; Yi TW; Pollock C; Agarwal R; Bakris G; Charytan DM; de Zeeuw D; Wheeler DC; Zhang H; Cannon CP; Perkovic V; Arnott C; Levin A; Mahaffey KW, 2024, 'Geographic and racial variability in kidney, cardiovascular and safety outcomes with canagliflozin: A secondary analysis of the CREDENCE randomized trial', Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism, 26, pp. 3530 - 3540, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dom.15685

Sandal S; Ethier I; Onu U; Fung W; Bajpai D; Bilchut WH; Bagasha P; De Chiara L; Hafiz E; Smyth B; Kelly D; Pippias M; Jha V, 2024, 'Climate Change, Kidney Health, and Environmentally Sustainable Kidney Care: A Multinational Survey of Health Care Professionals', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 35, pp. 1084 - 1094, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/ASN.0000000000000402

Marsh S; Varghese A; Snead CM; Hole BD; O'Hara DV; Agarwal N; Stallworthy E; Caskey FJ; Smyth BJ; Ducharlet K, 2024, 'A Multinational, Multicenter Study Mapping Models of Kidney Supportive Care Practice', Kidney International Reports, 9, pp. 2198 - 2208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2024.04.055

Pinter J; Smyth B; Jardine M, 2024, 'Authors' Reply: Dialysate Sodium and Mortality: One Size Does Not Fit All', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 35, pp. 977, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/ASN.0000000000000405

Pinter J; Neumaier A; Christa M; Canaud B; Mayne K; Stuard S; Jardine M; Smyth B; Genser B, 2024, '#1657 Impact of cumulative fluid and sodium imbalance exposure on cause-specific mortality in hemodialysis', Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfae069.808

Francis A; Wainstein M; Irish G; Abdul Hafidz MI; Chen T; Cho Y; Htay H; Kanjanabuch T; Lalji R; Neuen BL; See E; Shah A; Smyth B; Tungsanga S; Viecelli A; Yeung EK; Arruebo S; Bello AK; Caskey FJ; Damster S; Donner JA; Jha V; Johnson DW; Levin A; Malik C; Nangaku M; Okpechi IG; Tonelli M; Ye F; Wong MG; Bavanandan S; Abdul Gafor AH; Amouzegar A; Bennett P; Chicano SL; Davids MR; Davison SN; Diongole HM; Divyaveer S; Ekrikpo UE; Ethier I; Fong VK; Fung WWS; Ghimire A; Gopal B; Phan HAH; Harris DCH; Houston G; Ibrahim KS; Jardine MJ; Jindal K; Kantachuvesiri S; Kelly DM; Kerr P; Kim S; Krishnasamy R; Kwek JL; Lee V; Liew A; Lim CY; Lydia A; Nalado AM; Olanrewaju TO; Osman MA; Petrova A; Pyar KP; Riaz P; Saad S; Sakajiki AM; Sengthavisouk N; Sozio SM; Srisawat N; Tan E; Tiv S; Tomacruz Amante ID; Villanueva AR; Walker R; Walker R; Zaidi D, 2024, 'Capacity for the management of kidney failure in the International Society of Nephrology Oceania and South East Asia (OSEA) region: report from the 2023 ISN Global Kidney Health Atlas (ISN-GKHA)', Kidney International Supplements, 13, pp. 110 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kisu.2024.01.004

Siriwardana AN; Hoffman AT; Morton RL; Smyth B; Brown MA, 2024, 'Estimating a Minimal Important Difference for the EQ-5D-5L Utility Index in Dialysis Patients', Value in Health, 27, pp. 469 - 477, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2024.01.011

McLean C; Randall AM; Ryan M; Smyth B; Thomsett M; Brown MA; Dawson JK, 2024, 'The Association of Frailty and Malnutrition With Dietary Intake and Gastrointestinal Symptoms in People With Kidney Failure: 2-Year Prospective Study', Journal of Renal Nutrition, 34, pp. 177 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.jrn.2023.10.006

Smyth B; Krishnasamy R; Jardine M; Hawley C; Jha V; Walsh M; Li Z; Wanner C; Bavanandan S; Wheeler DC; Perkovic V; Rossignol P; Clark C; Kaufman J; Khan BA; Bassi A; Pinter J; Dempsey E; Solano NZ, 2024, 'Are Observational Reports on the Association of Dialysate Sodium with Mortality Enough to Change Practice? Perspective from the RESOLVE Study Team', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 35, pp. 229 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/ASN.0000000000000289

Pinter J; Smyth B; Stuard S; Jardine M; Wanner C; Rossignol P; Wheeler DC; Marshall MR; Canaud B; Genser B, 2024, 'Effect of Dialysate and Plasma Sodium on Mortality in a Global Historical Hemodialysis Cohort', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 35, pp. 167 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/ASN.0000000000000262

Davison SN; Pommer W; Brown MA; Douglas CA; Gelfand SL; Gueco IP; Hole BD; Homma S; Kazancıoğlu RT; Kitamura H; Koubar SH; Krause R; Li KC; Lowney AC; Nagaraju SP; Niang A; Obrador GT; Ohtake Y; Schell JO; Scherer JS; Smyth B; Tamba K; Vallath N; Wearne N; Zakharova E; Zúñiga C; Brennan FP, 2024, 'Conservative kidney management and kidney supportive care: core components of integrated care for people with kidney failure', Kidney International, 105, pp. 35 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2023.10.001

Yi TW; O’Hara DV; Smyth B; Jardine MJ; Levin A; Morton RL, 2024, 'Identifying Barriers and Facilitators for Increasing Uptake of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) Inhibitors in British Columbia, Canada, using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research', Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20543581231217857

Gallagher A; O'Connell RL; Mangos G; Smyth B; Keech AC; Jardine M, 2024, 'Performance of eGFR Slope as a Surrogate End Point for Clinical Kidney Events in a Nonglomerular Mechanism of Acute eGFR Change', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/asn.2024ba8z0jc0

Gallagher A; O'Connell RL; Mangos G; Smyth B; Keech AC; Jardine M, 2024, 'The Acute Kidney Function Change with Fenofibrate Is Not Damaging: A Post Hoc Analysis of the FIELD Trial', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/asn.2024622dycvx

Ethier I; Bajpai D; Smyth B; Pippias M; Wing-Shing Fung W; Bagasha P; De Chiara L; Sandal S; Onu UC; Hafiz E; Kelly D; Bilchut WH, 2024, 'WCN24-1230 ASSESSING THE CURRENT EVIDENCE ON ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE KIDNEY CARE: A SCOPING REVIEW BY THE ISN EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM COHORT 2022-2023', Kidney International Reports, 9, pp. S264 - S264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2024.02.542

Sandal S; Uno U; Ethier I; Bilchut WH; Bajpai D; Fung W; Bagasha P; De Chiara L; Hafiz E; Smyth B; Kelly D; Pippias M; Jha V, 2024, 'WCN24-1278 Climate change, kidney care, and sustainability: A KAP survey of health professionals', Kidney International Reports, 9, pp. S265 - S265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2024.02.544

Shing Fung WW; Hafiz E; Pippias M; Smyth B; Ethier I; Bagasha P; Bajpai D; De Chiara L; Kelly D; Sandal S; Bilchut W; Onu U; Jha V, 2024, 'WCN24-956 CULTIVATING ECO-CONSCIOUS KIDNEY CARE: INTRODUCTION OF THE ISN EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE KIDNEY CARE TOOLKIT', Kidney International Reports, 9, pp. S636 - S636, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2024.02.1342

Agarwal N; Shah KK; Dansie K; Bennett PN; Greenham L; Brown C; Smyth B; McDonald S; Jesudason S; Viecelli AK; Morton RL, 2023, 'Feasibility of Symptom monitoring WIth Feedback Trial (SWIFT) for adults on hemodialysis: a registry-based cluster randomized pilot trial', BMC Nephrology, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-023-03399-5

Li JXL; Wang X; Henry A; Anderson CS; Hammond N; Harris K; Liu H; Loffler K; Myburgh J; Pandian J; Smyth B; Venkatesh B; Carcel C; Woodward M, 2023, 'Sex differences in pain expressed by patients across diverse disease states: individual patient data meta-analysis of 33,957 participants in 10 randomized controlled trials', Pain, 164, pp. 1666 - 1676, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002884

Kang A; Smyth B; Neuen BL; Heerspink HJL; Di Tanna GL; Zhang H; Arnott C; Hockham C; Agarwal R; Bakris G; Charytan DM; de Zeeuw D; Greene T; Levin A; Pollock C; Wheeler DC; Mahaffey KW; Perkovic V; Jardine MJ, 2023, 'The sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor canagliflozin does not increase risk of non-genital skin and soft tissue infections in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A pooled post hoc analysis from the CANVAS Program and CREDENCE randomized double-blind trials', Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism, 25, pp. 2151 - 2162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dom.15091

Smyth B; Pippias M; Sandal S; Fung WWS; Ethier I; Kelly D; Hafiz E; Bagasha P; Onu UC; Bilchut WH; Bajpai D; Jha V; De Chiara L, 2023, 'Green nephrology: a series of mini reviews on minimizing the environmental impact of kidney health care', Kidney International, 104, pp. 7 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2023.03.038

Yi TW; Smyth B; Di Tanna GL; Arnott C; Cardoza K; Kang A; Pollock C; Agarwal R; Bakris G; Charytan DM; de Zeeuw D; Heerspink HJL; Neal B; Wheeler DC; Cannon CP; Zhang H; Zinman B; Perkovic V; Levin A; Mahaffey KW; Jardine M; Brenner BM; Greene T; Jardine MJ; Meininger G; Li N; Kolesnyk I; Aizenberg D; Pecoits-Filho R; Cherney D; Obrador G; Chertow G; Chang T; Hawley C; Ji L; Wada T; Jha V; Lim SK; Lim-Abrahan MA; Santos F; Chae DW; Hwang SJ; Vazelov E; Rychlík I; Hadjadj S; Krane V; Rosivall L; De Nicola L; Dreval A; Nowicki M; Schiller A; Distiller L; Górriz JL; Kolesnyk M; David ; Wheeler C; Guerrero RAA; Albisu JP; Alvarisqueta A; Bartolacci I; Berli MA; Bordonava A; Calella P; Cantero MC; Cartasegna LR; Cercos E; Coloma GC; Colombo H; Commendatore V; Cuadrado J; Cuneo CA; Cusumano AM; Douthat WG; Dran RD; Farias E; Fernandez MF; Finkelstein H; Fragale G; Fretes JO; Garcia NH; Gastaldi A; Gelersztein E; Glenny JA; Gonzalez JP; Colaso PDCG; Goycoa C; Greloni GC; Guinsburg A; Hermida S; Juncos LI; Klyver MI; Kraft F; Krynski F; Lanchiotti PV; Leon de la Fuente RA; Marchetta N; Mele P; Nicolai S; Novoa PA; Orio SI, 2023, 'Kidney and Cardiovascular Effects of Canagliflozin According to Age and Sex: A Post Hoc Analysis of the CREDENCE Randomized Clinical Trial', American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 82, pp. 84 - 96.e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2022.12.015

Gallagher A; Smyth B; Jha V, 2023, 'Climate Change, Heat-Related Acute Kidney Disease, and the Need for Action', American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 81, pp. 501 - 503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2022.11.002

Collister D; Pyne L; Bhasin AA; Ahmed SB; Smyth B; Herrington W; Jardine M; Walsh M, 2023, 'Sex and Gender in Randomized Controlled Trials of Adults Receiving Maintenance Dialysis: A Meta-epidemiologic Study', American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 81, pp. 575 - 582.e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2022.10.015

McAlister S; Smyth B; Koprivic I; Luca Di Tanna G; McGain F; Charlesworth K; Brown MA; Konecny P, 2023, 'Carbon emissions and hospital pathology stewardship: a retrospective cohort analysis', Internal Medicine Journal, 53, pp. 584 - 589, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.15622

Smyth B; Glaser J; Butler-Dawson J; Nanayakkara N; Wegman DH; Anand S; Levin A; Caplin B; Correa Rotter R; Eckardt KU; Fire A; Friedman D; Herath C; Jha V; Wijewickrama E; Yang CW; Bajpai D; Pippias M; Ulasi I; Nangaku M, 2023, 'Challenges and opportunities in interventions for chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu): report from the International Society of Nephrology Consortium of Collaborators on CKDu', Kidney International, 103, pp. 6 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2022.10.013

Talbot B; Cass A; Walker R; Hooi L; Jardine M; Jun M; Rogers K; Sukkar L; Smyth B; Gallagher M, 2023, 'Comparing survival in patients with chronic kidney disease across three countries – Results from the study of heart and renal protection-extended review', Nephrology, 28, pp. 36 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nep.14127

Ethier I; Bajpai DP; Smyth B; Fung WW; Pippias M; Bagasha P; De Chiara L; Hafiz E; Kelly DM; Onu UC; Sandal S; Bilchut WH, 2023, 'Assessing the Current Evidence on Environmental Sustainability in Nephrology: Protocol for a Scoping Review by the International Society of Nephrology, Emerging Leaders Program Cohort 2022-2024', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 34, pp. 1096 - 1097, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/asn.20233411s11096c

Liao J; Smyth B, 2023, 'Mesangial Proliferative Glomerulonephritis and Neurocysticercosis: A Novel Association', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 34, pp. 602 - 602, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/asn.20233411s1602b

Pinter J; Genser B; Chesnaye NC; Pfeifer S; Mayne KJ; Stuard S; Moissl U; Kooman J; Jager KJ; Wanner C; Smyth B; Canaud BJ, 2023, 'The Impact of Chronic Fluid Overload, Water Imbalance (Tonicity), and Sodium Toxicity on Mortality of Hemodialysis Patients', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 34, pp. 875 - 875, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/asn.20233411s1875a

O'HARA D; Agarwal N; Hole B; Snead C; Stallworthy EJ; Caskey FJ; Ducharlet KN; Smyth BJ, 2023, 'WCN23-0481 Variation in Symptom Management Approaches in Advanced Kidney Disease', Kidney International Reports, 8, pp. S371 - S372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2023.02.840

Snead C; Hole B; Agarwal N; O'Hara D; Stallworthy E; Caskey F; Smyth B; Ducharlet K, 2023, 'WCN23-0764 KIDNEY SUPPORTIVE CARE: A SURVEY OF ACTIVITY AND PRACTICE PATTERNS ACROSS AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM', Kidney International Reports, 8, pp. S373 - S374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2023.02.842

Greenham L; Bennett PN; Dansie K; Viecelli AK; Jesudason S; Mister R; Smyth B; Westall P; Herzog S; Brown C; Handke W; Palmer SC; Caskey FJ; Couchoud C; Simes J; McDonald SP; Morton RL, 2022, 'The Symptom Monitoring with Feedback Trial (SWIFT): protocol for a registry-based cluster randomised controlled trial in haemodialysis', Trials, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06355-0

Liao J; Kang A; Xia C; Young T; Di Tanna GL; Arnott C; Pollock C; Krishnan AV; Agarwal R; Bakris G; Charytan DM; de Zeeuw D; Heerspink HJL; Levin A; Neal B; Wheeler DC; Zhang H; Zinman B; Mahaffey KW; Perkovic V; Jardine MJ; Smyth B, 2022, 'The impact of canagliflozin on the risk of neuropathy events: A post-hoc exploratory analysis of the CREDENCE trial', Diabetes and Metabolism, 48, pp. 101331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diabet.2022.101331

Worth H; O’hara DV; Agarwal N; Collister D; Brennan F; Smyth B, 2022, 'Cannabinoids for Symptom Management in Patients with Kidney Failure A Narrative Review', Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 17, pp. 911 - 921, http://dx.doi.org/10.2215/CJN.11560821

Gallagher A; Agresta B; Smyth B; Jardine M; Ferro C; Morton RL, 2022, 'Trimming the fat: Is there a health economic case for the use of new lipid-lowering drugs in chronic kidney disease? A scoping review', Clinical Kidney Journal, 15, pp. 1049 - 1059, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfab288

Yi TW; Laing C; Kretzler M; Nkulikiyinka R; Legrand M; Jardine M; Rossignol P; Smyth B, 2022, 'Digital health and artificial intelligence in kidney research: A report from the 2020 Kidney Disease Clinical Trialists (KDCT) meeting', Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 37, pp. 620 - 627, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfab320

Chung EYM; Risi D; Holt JL; Lonergan M; Kotwal S; Yong K; Smyth B; Chen JHC; Wen C, 2022, 'Retrospective study on the epidemiology of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies-associated vasculitis in two Australian health districts', Internal Medicine Journal, 52, pp. 605 - 613, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.15098

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