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Risk factors and their effect on the progression of Sri Lankan CKDu

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MGIH Bandara1, SWMPWCIB Weerakoon1, HMDK Herath1, HPNS Hewapathirane1, HGN Erandika1, HPM Hewavitharana1, N Nanayakkara2 1Department of NEPHROLOGY, Centre For Research National Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka 2Department of Nephrology, National Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka Objectives: We focused on risk factors like family history, social support for patients, alcoholic beverage consumption, tobacco use, etc. in CKDu to

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Familial Clustering in Sri Lankan CKDu cases

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MGIH BANDARA1, SWMPWCIB WEERAKOON1, HMDK HERATH1, HPM HEWAVITHARANE1, HPNS HEWAPATHIRANE1, HGN ERANDIKA1, N NANAYAKKARA2 1Department of NEPHROLOGY, Centre For Research – National Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka 2Department of Nephrology, National Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka Objectives: This study has explored familial aggregation patterns in Sri Lankan CKDu patients related to the onset and course of the

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An Analysis of Rate of Progression and Associated Risk Factors of Chronic Kidney Disease of Uncertain Etiology in Sri Lanka.

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Thilini W Hettiarachchi1, Thilini Sudeshika2, Buddhi N T. Fernando1, Hemalika T Abeysundara3, Rusiru D Hemage1, Zeid Badurdeen1, Rajitha Hanarasinghe1, Sulochana Wijetunge4, Nishantha Nanayakkara5 1 Center for Education, Research and Training on Kidney Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2 Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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Could Consumption of Trace Element–Contaminated Rice Be a Risk Factor for Acute Interstitial Nephritis with Uncertain Etiology in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka

Could Consumption of Trace Element–Contaminated Rice Be a Risk Factor for Acute Interstitial Nephritis with Uncertain Etiology in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka?

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Shakila Premarathne 1, Rohana Chandrajith 2, Nishantha Nanayakkara 3, C D Gamage 4, Neelakanthi Ratnatunga 5, Sulochana Wijetunge 5, Zeid Badurdeen 6, Shashika Guruge 7, N Elladeniya 6, K P S Madushan 6, K O C U Samarasiri 6, Pasan Hewavitharane 1, Dulanjali Herath 1, Sachintha Senarathne 8 Affiliations Centre for Research, National Hospital, Kandy,

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Epidemiology, molecular, and genetic methodologies to evaluate causes of CKDu around the world: report of the Working Group from the ISN International Consortium of Collaborators on CKDu

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Shuchi Anand1 , Ben Caplin2 , Marvin Gonzalez-Quiroz2,3 , Stephen L. Schensul4 , Vivek Bhalla1 , Xavier Parada5 , Nishantha Nanayakkara6 , Andrew Fire1 , Adeera Levin7 and David J. Friedman8 , on behalf of International Society of Nephrology’s International Consortium of Collaborators on Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (i3C)9   1 School of Medicine,

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Overcoming barriers and building a strong peritoneal dialysis programme – Experience from three South Asian countries.

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Klara Paudel1, Ahad Qayyum2, Abdul WM Wazil3, Sanjib K Sharma4, Kalpana Shrestha5, Stanley Fan6, Agnes Haris7, Fredric O Finkelstein8, Nishanthe Nanayakkara3 1Department of Medicine, Charak Memorial Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal 2Department of Nephrology, Bahria Town Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan 3Department of Nephrology, Teaching Hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka 4Department of Internal Medicine, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences,

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POS-224 IMPORTANCE OF SERUM ALDOSTERONE ON CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE OF UNCERTAIN AETIOLOGY IN SRI LANKA.

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B. FERNANDO , N. Hewa Gajamanage , N. Nanayakkara Introduction The Chronic Kidney Disease of uncertain aetiology (CKDu), a recently described tubular interstitial nephropathy, is prevalent in tropical or subtropical countries including pockets in the farming dry zone of Sri Lanka, India, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Egypt, and Tunisia. There is growing evidence to suggest that

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PREVALENCE OF ANAEMIA AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS ON MAINTENANCE HAEMODIALYSIS TREATMENT.

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Samarasekara SDBPP 1#, Nandasena HMRKG1, Pathirathne  ML1, Basnayake  BMDB2, Erandika  HGN2 ,        Nayanamali MAA2, Kumari UGDA 2,  Nanayakkara N2 1 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2 Nephrology and Transplant Unit, National Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka # <[email protected] > Asia Pacific Consortium for Public Health Introduction and objectives -Anaemia

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Dietary adherence with guideline recommendations in patients undergoing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis

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General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University – 13th International Research Conference DRTS Dasanayake1#, AMSD Pathiranage1, N Nanayakkara2 1#Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2National hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka #[email protected] Abstract- Dietary nutrient intake plays a dominant role in maintaining proper nutritional status in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) patients. Adhering to

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