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June 12, 2023
Diagnosing Etiology by Urine Microscopy in Sudden Spurt of Acute Kidney Injury Cases: Going Back to the Basics
Recently, a sudden rise of acute kidney injury in children has been reported from Indonesia, Gambia, and a few other countries. The suspected cause of these cases appeared to be from adulteration of cough, cold and fever medications with diethylene glycol (DEG) and ethylene glycol (EG) in place of the more expensive, non-toxic solvent glycerol.
May 14, 2023
Virtual Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Seminar
As you are aware, we recently published a handbook on “Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation” with Springer’s Publishers. On the same lines, we are planning to host ‘Virtual Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Seminar‘ on 15-16 July 2023 in virtual format. The webinars would cover all aspects of ‘Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant‘, with lectures taken by the
April 25, 2023
Switching from continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration to intermittent sustained low-efficiency daily hemodiafiltration (SLED-f) in pediatric acute kidney injury: A prospective cohort study
There is a need for more evidence for intermittent sustained low efficiency dialysis in critical children. Today our team published in ‘Hemodialysis International’, our experience of using SLED-f intermittent therapy as a step down therapy from CKRT in critical children. There’s a need for more research in this area. Link https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hdi.13088
April 10, 2023
An interesting quiz by our group in ‘Pediatric Nephrology’ journal !
A 19-mo-old girl presented w/polyuria, polydipsia & failure to thrive. US showed raised parenchymal echotexture w/altered cortico-medullary differentiation. Read these Clinical Quiz questions on differential diagnoses, further investigations & treatment. Read More
April 7, 2023
The Results of PCRRT-ICONIC Survey on practices of nutrition in Pediatric CRRT published this week in journal ‘Nutrition’
PCRRT-ICONIC Survey on practices of nutrition in Pediatric CRRT published this week in journal ‘Nutrition’. The results highlight variabilities in practice & a need to have consensus guidelines on nutrition in pediatric CRRT. Read More
March 29, 2023
Neonatal acute kidney injury risk stratification score: STARZ study
Happy to see extensive buzz about STARZ (named after lead investigators- Sidharth Sethi, Tibrewal, Agrawal, Rupesh Raina, Sanjay waZir) NEONATAL AKI RISK STRATIFICATION SCORE in print media in India! Finally some attention towards Neonatal Acute Kidney Injury is coming up !!! This score predicts kidney injury in newborns, and is useful especially in less resourced
March 29, 2023
A child with chronic kidney disease and hepatic dysfunction: Questions
Published in the journal ‘Pediatric Nephrology’ of an infant with chronic kidney disease & hepatic dysfunction. A rare diagnosis but something to be kept in mind! Read More
February 20, 2023
Vasoactive-Ventilation-Renal Score in prediction of outcomes post cardiac surgery
As you are aware, our group is working on multiple risk stratification scores in pediatric nephrology, today our group published in ‘Frontiers in Pediatrics’ on the ‘Usefulness of Vasoactive-Ventilation-Renal Score in prediction of outcomes post cardiac surgery’. A score which may help further in risk stratifying children post cardiac surgery.
January 27, 2023
webinar with Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO) and Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP)
Join us tomorrow for a webinar with Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO) and Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) tomorrow at 730pm India Time. The session theme is ‘Acute Injury Injury-Advances in Management & Kidney Replacement Therapy’ We look forward to seeing you online tomorrow! Link to join the webinar: Clinic Here Sidharth
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January 18, 2023
Critical Care Nephrology [Adult & Pediatric] CME and Certificate Course
We are planning the next ‘PCRRT-ICONIC-IPNA Critical Care Nephrology [Adult & Pediatric] CME and Certificate Course’ on 3-5 March 2023 at The Westin, Gurgaon & Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India. The course would have lectures and workshops on vascular access, dialysis, CRRT, newer advances and POCUS. Many renowned faculty including those from ASN critical
January 2, 2023
As Pediatric Nephrologists, we all see complement activation in multiple tropical illnesses from typhus to malaria
This week, we report successful use of Eculizumab in S Pneumoniae Empyema HUS, in a 3-yr-old who was anuric, on CRRT to being discharged with normal kidney function in 2 weeks! The Scientific Letter from ‘Indian J Pediatrics’ is attached at this link https://rdcu.be/c1ZJz
December 7, 2022
We have used Eculizumab in past at multiple instances and published our experience
There’s a need to have more anti-complement drugs in Indian market. Eculizumab is costly and difficult to procure, at times when it’s needed. We have used Eculizumab in past at multiple instances and published our experience. From next year, our center would be part of multinational, multicentric trial for a new subcutaneous C5 blocker Crovalimab