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April 3, 2024
IPNA-PCRRT-ICONIC Critical Care Pediatric Nephrology, Point of Care Ultrasound and Pediatric Dialysis School
IPNA-PCRRT-ICONIC Critical Care Pediatric Nephrology, Point of Care Ultrasound and Pediatric Dialysis School 27-28 April, 2024 Gurgaon, Haryana, INDIA. Meeting Website: https://picunephrologycourses.com/ Conference Brochure: https://picunephrologycourses.com/pdf/Brochure-2024.pdf Registrations: https://in.eregnow.com/ticketing/register/pccndc2024
March 18, 2024
Miami Pediatric Nephrology Seminar (50th Anniversary)
Happy to share that I was part of the ‘Heroes of Pediatric Nephrology’ session yesterday at âMiami Pediatric Nephrology Seminar (50th Anniversary)â! It was an honour to be invited, and raising the India đźđł flag. I spoke on challenges of pediatric AKI and need to incorporate POCUS in training of fellows!
March 14, 2024
Point of Care Ultrasound Training Curriculum for Pediatric Nephrology Fellows publication in Kidney360 journal
Happy to share PCCRT-ICONIC Group’s Recommendations on Point of Care Ultrasound Training Curriculum for Pediatric Nephrology Fellows publication in Kidney360 journal. The guidelines discuss basic and advanced skills needed to be included in fellowship training. Read More
March 13, 2024
Pediatric AKI is a global health concern w/an associated mortality risk disproportionately pronounced in resource-limited settings
Pediatric AKI is a global health concern w/an associated mortality risk disproportionately pronounced in resource-limited settings. Read this Original Article on âsevere dialysis dependent AKIâ in children in South Asia. Part of a collection: Whatâs new in AKI https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00467-024-06324-6
March 9, 2024
Assessment of South Asian Pediatric Acute Kidney Injury: Epidemiology and Risk Factors (ASPIRE) – a prospective study on “severe dialysis dependent pediatric AKI”
Happy to share with you the strength of collaboration of South Asian Pediatric Nephrology Group in our attached âASPIRE Studyâ: database on dialysis requiring pediatric aki which has been published in âPediatric Nephrologyâ journal today. This is the only study looking at epidemiology of severe Pediatric AKI in our part of the world. Attaching full
January 27, 2024
NEPHRO-ZEBRA – a neonate with severe jaundice, persistent thrombocytopenia & recurrent acute kidney injury later in childhood: Joining the dots!
What should we think, if we get a child with thrombotic microangiopathy, recurrent episodes of AKI with a history of severe neonatal jaundice needing an exchange transfusion. This week in âJ Nephrologyâ, we publish a âNephro-Zebra Quizâ for the fellows. Full text link is here https://rdcu.be/dwQCh
January 21, 2024
PCRRT-ICONIC Critical Care Pediatric Nephrology, Point of Care Ultrasound and Pediatric Dialysis School
PCRRT-ICONIC Critical Care Pediatric Nephrology, Point of Care Ultrasound and Pediatric Dialysis School’ 27-28 April, 2024 Gurgaon, Haryana, INDIA. Meeting Website: https://picunephrologycourses.com/ Conference Brochure: https://picunephrologycourses.com/pdf/Brochure-2024.pdf Registrations: https://in.eregnow.com/ticketing/register/pccndc2024
January 19, 2024
The Case | Neonatal seizures and tubular dysfunction in childhood: joining the dots!
In todayâs February issue of âKidney Internationalâ journal, we published a very interesting case in the âMake Your Diagnosisâ section of a neonate with seizures who later in life presented to us with tubular dysfunction. Hereâs the full text for the fellows. Read More: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1iR~QJOcprWhw
January 16, 2024
Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in children and adults
Happy to share with you that our unit at Medanta is now part of International, Multicentric Phase 3 trial on Crovalimab in atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome in children and adults. Thereâs a need to explore more anti-complement drugs in aHUS. Kindly let us know if you have a patient of atypical HUS including post-partum HUS.
January 5, 2024
PCRRT-ICONIC Critical Care Pediatric Nephrology, Point of Care Ultrasound and Pediatric Dialysis
We are conducting the next in-person ‘PCRRT-ICONIC Critical Care Pediatric Nephrology, Point of Care Ultrasound and Pediatric Dialysis School’ on 27-28 April, 2024 at Gurgaon, Haryana, INDIA. The content will include state of art lectures on topics of practical importance like- acute kidney injury, dialysis in NICU & PICU, Fluid management, biomarkers and various dialysis
December 20, 2023
Nutrition in critical children on CRRT
Happy to share with you PCRRT-ICONIC Groupâs Guidelines on âNutrition in critical children on CRRTâ. Itâs a very important area which needed consensus. It has been published in âNutritionâ journal today. Stay tuned for more consensus guidelines in critical care pediatric nephrology! Link for full text is here https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1iHZn3CdHsxNvx
November 18, 2023
Kidney transplants in small children: Weighing the pros and cons
Today’s our PCRRT-ICONIC group publishes in the journal ‘Pediatric Transplantation’ (Official journal of IPTA- International Pediatric Transplant Association) an Editorial on our views on challenges we face in transplantation in smaller kids. Read More