Nephrosphere

Association of environmental cadmium exposure with inflammation and malnutrition in maintenance haemodialysis patients — Hsu et al. 24 (4): 1282 — Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation.

The malnutrition-inflammation complex is thought to be one of the contributors to poor outcomes on hemodialysis. Hsu et al, in this NDT paper, tie it to cadmium exposure. An interesting twist on a mysterious problem.