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Silent saboteur: parvovirus B19 (B19V) and its impact on refractory post-transplant anemia Open

Mythri Shankar, Varalaxmi Shetty, Dewashish Kumar, C G Sreedhara · 2025

Introduction Anemia is a common and multifactorial complication following kidney transplantation, significantly impacting patient morbidity and graft survival. Parvovirus B19 (B19V), a DNA virus targeting erythroid progenitor cells, is an …

Expanding Kidney Care: How Nonphysician Health Workers Can Address the Global CKD Crisis Open

C. Elena Cervantes, Daniel V. O’Hara, Ana Catalina Álvarez-Elías, Yogeshni Chandra, Marek Kollár , et al. · 2025

Urinalysis - The Liquid Kidney Biopsy Open

Sabarinath Shanmugham, Mythri Shankar, Jay R. Seltzer, Urmila Anandh · 2025

Urinanalysis, considered the “liquid biopsy” of the kidney, is rapidly becoming a lost art among nephrologists. A well-performed urinanalysis provides information on the presence of kidney disease, identifies the affected compartment, and …

Heat, Humidity, and Hematuria: Glomerular Complications of Tropical Infections Open

Mythri Shankar, Anaghashree Udayashankar · 2025

Background: Tropical regions, home to nearly 40% of the world’s population, face a high burden of infectious diseases due to climate, socioeconomic factors, and limited healthcare access. Many tropical infections – including malaria, dengu…

Overcoming Diagnostic Disparities in Kidney Disease: A Call to Action Open

Mythri Shankar, Becky Mingyao, Marek Kollár, Ana Catalina Álvarez-Elías, Carmen Elena Cervantes , et al. · 2025

Not All IgA Nephropathy are the Same: Clinical Implications of Recurrent Versus de novo Disease Posttransplant Open

Mythri Shankar, Nada Alachkar · 2025

Sex and Gender Disparities in Kidney Transplantation Open

Mythri Shankar, Silvi Shah · 2025

Sex refers to biological traits, while gender involves socially constructed roles and behaviors. Globally, women face disparities in access to kidney transplants, and outcomes, driven by sociocultural and systemic factors. Females have a h…

Treatment burden in glomerular diseases: advances and challenges in immunosuppressive therapy Open

Mythri Shankar, Tanuj Moses Lamech · 2025

Glomerular diseases represent a significant global health challenge, complicated by the intricate management required for their treatment. We examine the treatment burden associated with the immunosuppressive therapies used to manage these…

WCN25-4360 Experience with SQ 53 ointment a novel, patented anti-microbial solution as an adjuvant in management of tunneled cuffed catheters Open

Gireesh Reddy Giddaluru, C.G. Sreedhara, Kishan Aralapuram, Mythri Shankar, Dileep Kumar Pasala , et al. · 2025

WCN25-1937 SCIENCE IN MOTION: AMPLIFYING RESEARCH THROUGH THE ISN VIDEO ABSTRACTS SERIES Open

Augusto César Soares dos Santos, Ahmed Akl, Denisse Arellano-Mendez, Dilushi Wijayaratne, Dyvia Bajpai , et al. · 2025

WCN25-4521 A Multicentre Prospective Observational Study of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Indian Patients With and Without Chronic Kidney Disease Open

Arvind Conjeevaram, Mythri Shankar, Kristin George · 2025

WCN25-4269 SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITIES OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY -CAPTIVATING NEPHROLOGY NETIZENS Open

Manjusha Yadla, Augusto da Conceição Soares, Fátima Centenero de Arce, Divya Bajpai, Mythri Shankar , et al. · 2025

WCN25-2509 GENETIC VARIANTS ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE (CKD) IN AN INDIAN POPULATION Open

Mythri Shankar, Sairam Bashyam, Kishan Aralapuram, Sreedhara CG · 2025

WCN25-2044 COMPARISON OF CARDIAC FUNCTION AND LIPID PROFILE BETWEEN PATIENTS WITH CKD STAGES 3-5 AND THOSE ON MAINTENANCE HEMODIALYSIS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY Open

Mythri Shankar, Deepak B. Shivananda, Albin Thomas Benoy, KK Tejas, Vivek Kumar , et al. · 2025

WCN25-1983 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF XSPACE, XCHAT, AND XORIALS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND NETWORKING PURPOSES IN THE NEPHROLOGY COMMUNITY Open

Dilushi Wijayaratne, Rolando Claure‐Del Granado, Manjusha Yadla, S Augustos, Sourabh Sharma , et al. · 2025

WCN25-2064 ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF TWEETORIALS (XTORIALS) ON KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION AND ENGAGEMENT IN NEPHROLOGY Open

Mythri Shankar, Fátima Centenero de Arce, Dilushi Wijayaratne, Sourabh Sharma, Priti Meena , et al. · 2025

WCN25-2338 POTENTIAL DIAGNOSTIC ROLE OF URINARY EXOSOMAL miRNAS IN IgA NEPHROPATHY: A CLINICAL OBSERVATIONAL STUDY Open

Mythri Shankar, M. Moorthy, Aditya Shetty, Kishan Aralapuram, Sreedhara CG , et al. · 2025

If I Needed Dialysis: Therapy Choices of Indian Nephrology Health Care Professionals Open

Mythri Shankar, Jyoti Baharani, Krithika Mohan, Arvind Conjeevaram, Rizwan Hamer , et al. · 2025

Comparative analysis of the autografts and allografts in burn wounds coverage in context of outcomes and rehabilitation perspectives Open

Sarita Yadav, Bishal Karki, Sushant Rai, Kiran Nakarmi, Manish Yadav , et al. · 2025

Clinical and economic benefits of human skin allografts in severe burn management: A systematic umbrella review Open

Sarita Yadav, Kiran Nakarmi, Bishal Karki, Sushant Rai, Mythri Shankar , et al. · 2025

Barriers and Constraints in Scientific Manuscript Preparation Among Nephrologists: Insights From India Open

Mythri Shankar, Anaghashree Udayashankar, Sowrabha Rajanna, Urmila Anandh, Arpita Raychaudhury · 2025

Introduction: Medical research shapes public health actions, emphasising the need for greater investments in health. Despite a surge in scientific publications, disparities exist in authorship from low‐income countries and among female res…

Unraveling monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance: a mini review on kidney complications and clinical insights Open

Mythri Shankar, Manjusha Yadla · 2024

Monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS) is where kidney injury occurs due to the accumulation or effects of abnormal monoclonal proteins. These proteins, originating from non-cancerous or pre-cancerous plasma cells or B cells, d…

A Unique Case of Joubert Syndrome with Concurrent IgA Nephropathy and Nephronophthisis in an Adult Patient Open

Mythri Shankar, V. Anusha, Aditya Shetty, Sreedhara CG, K. Vinay , et al. · 2024

A 30-year-old male born from a consanguineous marriage, with intellectual disability, developmental delay and Type 1 diabetes presented with polyuria and uremic symptoms. Physical examination revealed hypertension, retinitis pigmentosa, bi…

Submucosal Infiltration versus Intravenous Administration of Dexamethasone in Decreasing Post-operative Inflammatory Sequelae after Third Molar Surgery - A Comparative Study Open

Vinayak Gourish Naik, Mythri Shankar, Rashmi Agarwal, Kirthi Kumar, Amol Karande , et al. · 2024

Introduction: Surgical removal of lower third molar is one of the most common surgical procedures and is quite stressful for many patients. In this study, two different routes of administration of dexamethasone 8 mg (intravenous [IV] vs. s…

Gender Disparity in Hemodialysis Practices and Mortality: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Observational Study Open

Mythri Shankar, Suresh Sankarasubaiyan, Savitha Kasiviswanathan, Kamal D. Shah, Valérie A. Luyckx · 2024

Background Disparities between genders are well documented in incidence, progression, and outcomes of chronic kidney disease (CKD). This study aimed to describe demographic characteristics, clinical and socio-economic factors among males a…

Salt Taste Sensitivity in CKD: Does it Affect Salt Intake? Open

Mythri Shankar, Qais Al‐Awqati · 2024

#626 C3 glomerulonephritis and thrombotic microangiopathy—a prospective observational study Open

Mythri Shankar, Ranjitha Siddalingappa, Sreedhara C.G., Anantha Kishan, Karthik Tenannkore · 2024

Background and Aims Complement mediated TMA (cTMA) and complement component 3 glomerulonephritis (C3GN) are two distinct complement mediated kidney diseases. cTMA is characterized by acute kidney injury, thrombocytopenia and microangiopath…

#627 C3 glomerulonephritis and C3-dominant infection related glomerulonephritis—are they similar? Open

Mythri Shankar, Ranjitha Siddalingappa, Sreedhara C.G., Amar U. Kishan, Karthik Tenannkore · 2024

Background C3 glomerulonephritis (C3GN) and C3 dominant infection related glomerulonephritis (C3-IRGN) comprise two important immune complex mediated diseases. C3GN is caused by dysregulation of the alternate pathway by congenital or acqui…

WCN24-386 C3 GLOMERULONEPHRITIS AND C3-DOMINANT INFECTION RELATED GLOMERULONEPHRITIS - ARE THEY SIMILAR? Open

Mythri Shankar, Ranjitha Siddalingappa, Sreedhara C. Gurusiddaiah, Kishan Aralapuram, Karthik Tennankore · 2024

C3 glomerulonephritis (C3GN) and C3 dominant infection related glomerulonephritis (C3-IRGN) comprise two important immune complex mediated diseases. C3GN is caused by dysregulation of the alternate pathway by congenital or acquired abnorma…

Capacity for the management of kidney failure in the International Society of Nephrology South Asia region: report from the 2023 ISN Global Kidney Health Atlas (ISN-GKHA) Open

Eranga Wijewickrama, Muhammad Rafiqul Alam, Divya Bajpai, Smita Divyaveer, Arpana Iyengar , et al. · 2024

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