Dr. B. Karthikeyan
Brief Profile:
Dr B Karthikeyan is an expert in evaluating and treating a spectrum of kidney-related disorders. His special interests include Renal transplants including high-risk procedures like ABO incompatible kidney transplantation and Intervention Nephrology. He is highly skilled in intervention procedures like permcath insertion, Renal biopsy, peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion, and AV fistula stenosis/thrombosis management. He is capable of managing multi-organ transplants like combined liver & kidney transplants and managing renal dysfunction in liver, heart, and lung transplants. He is highly efficient in the management of Glomerulonephritis, CKD and Acute kidney injury.
Education Credentials:
- MBBS, Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai
- MD (General Medicine), JIPMER, Puducherry
- DM (Nephrology), SGPGIMS, Lucknow
- MRCP-ESE Nephrology (UK)
- Fellowship in Interventional Nephrology, Japan (2023)
- Acute kidney injury
- Chronic kidney disease
- Glomerulonephritis, Nephritic syndrome, Nephrotic syndrome
- Electrolyte Imbalance
- Hypertension
- Congenital and Hereditary kidney diseases
- Hemodialysis
- SLED
- Continuous renal replacement therapy(CRRT)
- Plasmapharesis
- Hemoperfusion
- Peritoneal dialysis, (CAPD, APD, Acute PD)
- Renal transplant (Live, Deceased Donor, ABO incompatible)
- Management of Graft rejection and Infections post renal transplant
- Indian Society of Nephrology
- International Society of Nephrology
- Indian Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism
- NATPU (Nephrology Association of Tamilnadu and Puducherry)
- SoMe Team (Social Media Education – Nephrology)
- Indian Journal of Transplantation – Editorial Board
- Karthikeyan B, Sharma RK. Management of acute kidney injury in sepsis. Clinical Queries: Nephrology.2016 Jan-Mar;5(1):16-20.
- Karthikeyan B, Kadhiravan T, Deepanjali S, Swaminathan RP. Case-Mix, Care Processes, and Outcomes in Medically-Ill Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation in a Low-Resource Setting from Southern India: A Prospective Clinical Case Series. PloS One. 2015;10(8): e0135336.
- Kolar VV, Verma SP, Karthikeyan B, Kishore A, Dutta TK. Cerebral infarction leading to hemiplegia: A rare complication of acute pancreatitis. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2013 Jan 9;17(5):308.
- Mukta V, Ramesh A, Karthikeyan B, Deepanjali S, Das AK. Varied manifestations of vasculopathy in a HIV patient on antiretrovirals. J Postgrad Med. 2013 Jan 1;59(1):66.
- Ponticelli C. &Visweswaran RK. Modifications in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) fluid and achieving adequacy targets. Behera M.R., Karthikeyan B., Gupta A. Current progress in Nephrology (pp 325-339). Mumbai: Tree life media publications.
- Participated and delivered talks in various CME and conferences conducted all over India.
- Delivered Invited talk in the prestigious ISN conference – ISNCON Pune in 2022
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