Category: AKI

October 17, 2022

IPNA Webinar on AKI

Join us for the IPNA Webinar on AKI on this Thursday on 20th October Link for Registration http://bit.ly/3CDK6Un

August 16, 2022

STARZ Neonatal AKI Risk Stratification Score

Sharing the ‘Research Letter’ published this week in ‘KI Reports’ on an attempt to find cut off scores for STARZ Neonatal AKI Risk Stratification Score from the TINKER group (a sub-section of PCRRT-ICONIC Group). There are multiple studies ongoing across the world to validate it in individual centres. Read More »

June 3, 2022

Point of Care Ultrasound for assessment of a critical child with acute kidney injury

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow virtually ! 500+ delegates from more than 40 countries!! Point of Care Ultrasound Course for Residents’ In an effort to incorporate ‘Point of Care Ultrasound for assessment of a critical child with acute kidney injury’ in teaching core curriculum for Residents & Young Faculty, we have planned an

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March 8, 2022

PCRRT Groups guidelines on AKI in Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation now published in Journal of Pediatric Nephrology

Hematopoietic cell transplantation is a therapy to treat neoplastic & metabolic disorders, hematological diseases, & fatal immunological deficiencies, but a common complication is AKI. Read this evidence-based Guideline compiled by the PCRRT working group. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00467-022-05448-x

June 5, 2021

Neonatal AKI Risk Stratification Score-STARZ Score

Presenting to you, ‘Neonatal AKI Risk Stratification Score-STARZ Score’ which we published this month in ‘Pediatrics Research’ journal (Nature Publications). The score has been developed on more than 700 newborns from 11 centres across India and serves as an important score to risk stratify newborns at risk of AKI early. The STARZ acronym is named

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November 30, 2016

Results of Award/Oral/ Poster Presentations at ISPN Annual Conference Cuttack

The results of the Award/ Oral/ Poster presentations for the 28th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Pediatric Nephrology are now out. Please check this attachment here. I shall be speaking on Feasibility & Tolerability of SLED [Sustained Low Efficiency Dialysis] in children.  

November 28, 2016

An excellent study on Pediatric AKI from Srinagar

Current Issue of Saudi Journal of Kidney Disease & Transplantation has an excellent paper on Pediatric AKI from Srinagar, India. The incidence of pAKI in general was 0.8%, whereas it was 4% in critically ill children and 0.5% in general ward admissions implying an eight-fold increased risk of pAKI in critically ill patients.

November 24, 2016

Excellent study on Pediatric AKI in today’s NEJM

Today’s NEJM has an excellent Original Article from Dr Goldstein’s group on Pediatric AKI- the results of the AWARE study. It also has an Editorial on it.  This large, prospective, multinational study of the epidemiology of acute kidney injury in children and young adults in ICUs showed that acute kidney injury occurred in one quarter

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