Sandhya Suresh
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Nephrologist @SRIHER_Official #NSMC2022 Mysteries of Medicine❤️🩺. MMC CMC MPUH. @ISNKidneycare @WomenNeph_India SoMe team. Sport lover🏏🎾
Chennai, India
Joined July 2012
As a nephrologist, I see the burden of CKD every day. Yet it's often invisible in public health conversations. With 850M affected worldwide, kidney health must be a global priority. Proud of @ISNkidneycare’s advocacy at #WHA78 👏.#KidneyHealthMatters #ThisIsISN #PublicHealth #UHC.
🌍 The International Society of Nephrology is in Geneva this week for the 78th World Health Assembly (#WHA78), continuing to champion kidney health as a global priority through high-level advocacy and collaboration. 🗣️ ISN is meeting with government representatives to better
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This isn't just a lab report, it's a warning! Going to be one of the biggest challenges for Medicine in coming decades. Left with few options and all are expensive.
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RT @ISNeducation: 24/n #ECNeph @myadla @Dilushiwijay @ISNkidneycare @krithicism @shubharthikar .When to suspect malignancy in GN . https://t….
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RT @ISNeducation: 12/n #ECNeph @ISNkidneycare @myadla @Dilushiwijay @shubharthikar .A recent #CKJ publication : evaluation for routine canc….
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RT @ISNeducation: 3b/n #ECNeph @ISNkidneycare @myadla @Dilushiwijay Check infographic by @sibgokcay - May 2022 session . .
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@WomenNeph_india @KajareeG @krithicism @SwarnalathaGud2 Combination therapy - no miracle cure!.🔬 OVERCOME Trial.💊 Combo: Colistin + Meropenem vs Colistin alone.📈 464 pts, 7 countries.👉 No significant mortality benefit of combo over mono. 🦠 Predominantly XDR Acinetobacter baumannii
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@WomenNeph_india @KajareeG @krithicism @SwarnalathaGud2 💡 Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas: Treatment options.✅ Colistin.✅ Aminoglycosides.✅ Fosfomycin (high dose).✅ Ceftazidime-Avibactam (if directly sensitive).📌 Susceptibility matters!
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@WomenNeph_india @KajareeG @krithicism @SwarnalathaGud2 🧠 Remember.🚫 Ceftazidime-Avibactam is ineffective against CRAB.✅ Try:.Colistin.Sulbactam (high dose).Fosfomycin.Aminoglycosides.Co-trimoxazole
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@WomenNeph_india @KajareeG @krithicism @SwarnalathaGud2 💊 Fosfomycin for MDR bugs.📌 No RCT data on monotherapy.✅ Used in combo & rescue settings.🧪 Combos: polymyxins, tigecycline, cefta-AVI, meropenem.🧬 Potential in pan-resistant E. coli.⚠️ Still inconclusive
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@WomenNeph_india @KajareeG @krithicism @SwarnalathaGud2 🧪 Ceftazidime-Avibactam + Aztreonam.💡 Aztreonam resists MBL hydrolysis.🧬 Ceftazidime-AVI inhibits other β-lactamases.💥 Combo = complete coverage against complex resistance.✅ Promising for MBL + ESBL/CRE infections
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🧵Managing MDR Infections in Transplant Patients: What You Must Know!. 🚫Do NOT treat colonisation!.📌Prevent MDR infections in transplant units.📌Avoid high-end antibiotic prophylaxis.📌Apt immunosuppression is 🔑.📌Rejection & infection often go hand in glove.stay alert!
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📊 If your infection rates are high, ask WHO,WHAT,WHERE,WHEN, WHY& HOW. 💊Framework 4 antibiotic use:.✔️Does pt really need it?.✔️Is it infection/rejection?.✔️Cultures before starting/changing.✔️Drain≠ linfection.✔️Structural?. Antibiotics are not solutions to systemic lapses🧼.
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🧫 Live Tweet from a stellar session on MDR UTI in Renal Transplant Recipients🚨. 🔍 Causes? Think structural (strictures, leaks, reflux) & functional (rejection, immunosuppression, MDR bugs). 🔑 reminder:."Poor infection control cannot be compensated by prophylactic antibiotics"
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RT @KajareeG: 🦠 Infections post KT are dreaded complications .🔎Tune into today's @WomenNeph_india webinar.At 7 pm IST.⏭️.
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RT @WINICON2025: 🩺✨ Inviting you all to join us for the upcoming WIN ICON 2025 . 📍 Chennai.📅 August 30–31, 2025.🧠 Learn 💬 Connect🌱 Lead.Don….
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My 60 year old OBGYN Professor mom still making notes and preparing for morning class of MBBS case presentation. Don't know if the students would've studied this much. 🌟So inspiring 🌟 .Medicos = lifelong learning!
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RT @WINICON2025: 🌟Abstract Submissions Now Open!🌟.Join us in the vibrant city of Chennai for WIN-ICON 2025, the 4th Annual Conference of Wo….
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Been awhile since I met this old friend in this era of OPDs taken over by aneroid and digital automated sphygmomanometers. The mercury rising can be hypnotic. Nostalgia!.Remember playing around with leaked Hg without knowing it's toxicity🙄
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RT @WINICON2025: 🎉 Save the Date!.📍 Chennai | 🗓️ Aug 30–31, 2025.Join us at #WINICON2025 a celebration of camaraderie, collaboration & cutt….
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