{"title":"Unveiling Complexity: Nesidioblastosis in the Nexus of Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease.","authors":"Niranjana Rekha Paladugu, Muralinath Vukkadala, Anshuman Das, Anuradha Sekaran, Chandhana Merugu","doi":"10.25259/IJN_90_2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/IJN_90_2024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report a rare and intricate case of nesidioblastosis, marked by hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, in a patient with diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD). PET-CT imaging and histopathology confirmed the condition, culminating in a comprehensive treatment strategy comprising subtotal pancreatectomy and pharmacotherapy. This case marks the first documented occurrence of nesidioblastosis in a patient with CKD and diabetes. The presence of CKD further complicated the clinical picture, influencing hypoglycemic risk, drug efficacy, insulin clearance, and counter-regulatory mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":13359,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Nephrology","volume":"35 3","pages":"433-434"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12065591/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144020013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Observational Study on the Clinicopathologic Features of Renal Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposition Disease.","authors":"C V Malathi, Ks Jansi Prema, Anila Abraham Kurien","doi":"10.25259/IJN_708_2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/IJN_708_2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13359,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Nephrology","volume":"35 3","pages":"417-419"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12065612/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144012731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dissecting the Delicate Dynamics of Donation in Dysglycemia.","authors":"Nisha Jose, Santosh Varughese","doi":"10.25259/IJN_623_2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/IJN_623_2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13359,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Nephrology","volume":"35 3","pages":"319-321"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12065571/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144018288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficacy of Regional Citrate versus Heparin Anticoagulation in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy.","authors":"Gaurav Bhandari, Debarun Choudhury, Anil Kumar Bhalla, Manish Malik, Anurag Gupta, Vinant Bhargava, Vaibhav Tiwari, Shiv Chadha, Ashwani Gupta, Devinder Singh Rana","doi":"10.25259/ijn_195_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/ijn_195_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is used in hemodynamically unstable patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). Heparin, the most commonly used anticoagulant, has a significant bleeding risk and is associated with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Regional citrate anticoagulation is an alternative anticoagulation strategy in CRRT.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A randomized controlled trial was conducted in the Intensive Care Unit over one year, from October 2020 to September 2021, in patients with AKI requiring CRRT. Fifty-two patients were randomized into two groups: group 1 received regional citrate anticoagulation, and group 2 received heparin anticoagulation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age in group 1 was 50.46 years, while it was 49.35 years in group 2. The mean filter lifespan in group 1 was 45.11 hours, while in group 2, it was 26.11 hours and was statistically significant (P < 0.001). The mean effective delivered RRT dose was higher in group 1 (26 ml/kg/hour) compared to group 2 (24.23 ml/kg/hour), which was statistically significant (P < 0.001). Bleeding episodes were higher in group 2 than in group 1 (42.3% vs 11.5%), which was statistically significant (P = 0.027). The RCA group had various electrolyte and metabolic complications, but these were not statistically significant.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Regional citrate anticoagulation is better than heparin anticoagulation in terms of filter lifespan, effective delivered RRT dose, bleeding episodes, and metabolic complications.</p>","PeriodicalId":13359,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Nephrology","volume":"35 3","pages":"380-384"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12065610/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143981986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Utility of POCUS (Point of Care Ultrasound) in Renal Transplantation.","authors":"Edwin M Fernando, Suhasini Balasubramaniam","doi":"10.25259/IJN_245_2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/IJN_245_2024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) is gaining wide recognition in its bedside applications. The day-to-day practice of nephrology requires several ultrasonographic parameters for diagnosis. Hence, familiarity with basics of renal ultrasound imaging is becoming a necessary skill for every nephrologist. This review provides an overview of the normal and abnormal findings in a graft kidney and its environment throughout graft survival and after its failure. The correlative understanding of the clinical features with image findings provides the greatest advantage in applying POCUS at the bedside.</p>","PeriodicalId":13359,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Nephrology","volume":"35 3","pages":"329-334"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12065593/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143981988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reassessing Metformin's Potential in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD): A Call for Further Research.","authors":"Jasmine Sethi","doi":"10.25259/IJN_542_2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/IJN_542_2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13359,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Nephrology","volume":"35 3","pages":"444-445"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12065590/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143990097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gladwin Jeemon, J K Jayram, Kartik Ganesh, Jithin S Kumar, Sunita Simon, M Abi Abraham
{"title":"Clinical Application of Genetic Testing in Nephrology.","authors":"Gladwin Jeemon, J K Jayram, Kartik Ganesh, Jithin S Kumar, Sunita Simon, M Abi Abraham","doi":"10.25259/IJN_802_2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/IJN_802_2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13359,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Nephrology","volume":"35 3","pages":"423-424"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12065587/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144005301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Siddarajaiah Likhitha, Ramachandran Rameshkumar, Chinnaiah Govindhareddy Delhikumar, Tamil Selvan
{"title":"Diagnosis (by p-RIFLE and KDIGO) and Risk Factors of Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A Retrospective Study.","authors":"Siddarajaiah Likhitha, Ramachandran Rameshkumar, Chinnaiah Govindhareddy Delhikumar, Tamil Selvan","doi":"10.25259/IJN_79_2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/IJN_79_2024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There are two criteria to diagnose and stage acute kidney injury (AKI) in children: pediatric-Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss (p-RIFLE) and Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO). This study aims to find out the extent of agreement in diagnosis (by p-RIFLE and KDIGO) and risk factors of AKI in pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A retrospective cohort study involving children aged ≤15 years with DKA was conducted between January 2014 and December 2022. Those with inborn errors of metabolism, septic shock, and urinary tract disease were excluded. The primary outcome was the extent of agreement in diagnosis of AKI by p-RIFLE and KDIGO. The secondary outcomes were staging agreement, risk factors, complications (hypoglycemia, hypokalemia, and cerebral edema), time to resolution of DKA, and hospital and pediatric intensive care units (PICU) stay.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data from 161 patients were collected. Mean (SD) age was 8.6 (3.7) years. Good agreement between p-RIFLE and KDIGO criteria for diagnosis of AKI was noted at admission (Kappa = 0.71, p ≤ 0.001), at 24 hours (Kappa = 0.73, p ≤ 0.001) and discharge (Kappa = 0.60, p ≤ 0.001), and for the staging of AKI at admission (Kappa = 0.81, p ≤ 0.001) at 24 hours (Kappa = 0.75, p ≤ 0.001) and discharge (Kappa = 0.48, p ≤ 0.001). On multivariate analysis, age (≤5 years: aOR = 3.03, 95% CI 1.04-8.79) is an independent risk factor for AKI at discharge by KDIGO. Cerebral edema (n = 6, 3.7%), hypoglycemia (n = 66, 41%), and hypokalemia (n = 59, 36.6%) were noted. Resolution and stay in PICU and hospitals were longer for patients with AKI.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>p-RIFLE and KDIGO criteria showed good agreement in diagnosis and staging of AKI in pediatric DKA.</p>","PeriodicalId":13359,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Nephrology","volume":"35 3","pages":"373-379"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12065617/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144002496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Prevalence and Outcomes of BK Polyoma Virus Nephropathy in Living Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients.","authors":"Abhyudaysingh Rana, Shyam Bihari Bansal, Camille Nelson Kotton, Amit Kumar Mahapatra, Alka Rana, Sidharth Kumar Sethi, Pranaw Kumar Jha, Ashwini B Gadde, Manish Jain, Dinesh Kumar Yadav, Dinesh Bansal, Vijay Kher","doi":"10.25259/ijn_87_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/ijn_87_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>BK polyomavirus nephropathy (BKPyVN) remains an important cause of allograft dysfunction and loss. There is little data about prevalence and outcome of BKPyVN infection from India in living donor kidney transplant recipients.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This is a retrospective analysis of all biopsy-proven BKPyVN among kidney transplant recipients at our center from January 2010 to January 2022. We compared them to age, sex, and type of immunosuppression received matched (1:2) non-BKPyVN-infected recipients transplanted during the same period.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During the study period, 2465 patients underwent kidney transplants at our center, of which 26 (1.05%) developed biopsy-proven BKPyVN. Four recipients (16%) lost their graft over a median period of 65 (IQR, 57-83) months from the time of diagnosis. The mean serum creatinine at the recent follow-up was higher in the BKPyVN arm as compared to controls (2.05 ± 1.39 vs 1.35 ± 0.46, p = 0.001.) Both BKPyVN and control arms had similar death-censored graft survival (82% vs 94%, p = 0.09) and patient survival (88% vs 96%, p = 0.184).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>BKPyVN was uncommon in our kidney transplant recipients. Most patients were able to maintain their kidney function for many years, albeit at a somewhat reduced level compared with the controls, and about a fifth of our patients lost their graft.</p>","PeriodicalId":13359,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Nephrology","volume":"35 3","pages":"343-348"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12065578/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144003640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}