Best Nephrologist in Chennai | Kidney Treatment in Chennai

Nature of work:

Trained in diagnosis and management of various kidney diseases like acute kidney injury,chronic kidney diseases.Expertise in various forms of kidney replacement theraphy like haemodialysis,CAPD(coninuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis)and CRRT(continuous renal replacement therapies).Special interest in acute kidney injury.Has performed more than 300 dialysis access placements and kidney injury.Has worked as a team in kidney transplants with management of such patients and has performed numerous transplant kidney biopsies.Has performed percutaneous CAPD catheter insertions and permacath insertions for dialysis access independently.

What is nephrology?

Nephrology is the branch of medicine in which nephrologists investigate, diagnose, prevent and treat kidney problems. These include:

Chronic kidney disease, or CKD: a reduction in the overall health and function of the kidneys. Some CKD may be progressive. Acute kidney failure, which leads to a sudden loss of kidney function due to an acute insult or disease process. Hypertension (or high blood pressure).

Specific renal diseases such as glomerulonephritis, polycystic kidney disease, diabetic nephropathy, HIV-related kidney disease, drug toxicity or renal tubular disease Electrolyte and acid-base abnormalities: disorders that cause an imbalance of the salts in the blood and problems with the regulation of acid excretion from the kidneys. Medical management of kidney stones: people who develop kidney stones often require surgical removal of their stones, and also a medical evaluation to determine the cause of stone formation and whether preventive therapy can help them to avoid kidney stones in the future. Haematuria (blood in the urine) or proteinuria (protein in the urine): both are often detected on routine health screening and require expert assessment. Care for people who have had a kidney transplant.

Nephrology: diagnostic tests available at The Unittas Multispeciality Hospital

All of our nephrology testing is done on our premises; you can often have a consultation with one of our nephrologists and then have your diagnostic procedure before returning to your consultant for a discussion and treatment plan. Our range of diagnostic services for nephrology problems includes:

• Renal ultrasound
• CT scans of the kidneys.
• Magnetic resonance imaging of the kidneys or kidney blood vessels
• Kidney biopsy: this is sometimes necessary to diagnose and stage kidney disease.
• Urine microscopy and cytology
• 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
• Specialist diagnostics for hypertension, including hormonal profiling and imaging of the adrenal glands
• Specialist diagnostics for kidney stones, including dietetic assessment, blood and urinary biochemical profiling