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World Kidney Day: Detecting Kidney Disease in Low-and Middle-Income Countries

Publications - Local & International
E Wijewickrama, R Kalyesubula
Kidney International Reports 2025;10(3):637-640
Publication year: 2025

Snakebite-associated acute kidney injury in South Asia: narrative review on epidemiology, pathogenesis and management

Publications - Local & International
Bhawani Yasassri Alvitigala, Lallindra Viranjan Gooneratne, Christeine Ariaranee Gnanathasan, Eranga Sanjeewa Wijewickrama
Transactions of Royal Society of The Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2025; trae077
Publication year: 2025

Prevalence of Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes among Adults in the Western Province of Sri Lanka

Publications - Local & International
Prasad Katulanda, Desha R Fernando, Upul Senarath, Sembakutti Samita, Gaya W Katulanda, Vithanage P Wickramasinghe, Eranga Wijewickrama
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2025;29(2):209-216
Publication year: 2025

Global Dialysis Perspective: Sri Lanka

Publications - Local & International
Wijewickrama ES, Herath N
Kidney360. 2022; 3(9): 1603-1606
Publication year: 2025

Short-term safety and efficacy of equine anti-thymocyte globulin as an induction agent in kidney transplantation: Data from a single transplant centre

Abstracts - Local & International
Wijewickrama ES, Ediridinghe SH, Galahitiyawa C, Pilimatalawwe C, Seneviratne NS
5th Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka Society of Nephrology, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2024
Publication year: 2024

Regional hotspots for chronic kidney disease: A multinational study from the ISN-GKHA

Publications - Local & International
Pablo Garcia, Anna K Strasma, Eranga Wijewickrama, Silvia Arruebo, Fergus J Caskey, Sandrine Damster, Jo-Ann Donner, Vivekanand Jha, Adeera Levin, Masaomi Nangaku, Syed Saad, Marcello Tonelli, Feng Ye, Ikechi G Okpechi, Aminu K Bello, David W Johnson, Shuchi Anand
PLOS Global Public Health 2024;4(12): e0004014
Publication year: 2024

Kidney biopsies among persons living in hotpots of CKDu: a position statement from the International Society of Nephrology’s Consortium of Collaborators on CKDu

Publications - Local & International
Eranga Wijewickrama, Suman Behera, Pablo Garcia, Carmen Avilla-Casado, Ben Caplin, Vicente Sanchez Paolo, Karen Courville, David Friedman, Magdalena Madero, Vivekanand Jha, Neeraja Kambham, Adeera Levin, Shuchi Anand on behalf of the International Society of Nephrology’s International Consortium of Collaborators on CKDu
Kidney International 2024;105(3):464-469
Publication year: 2024

Inappropriate use of antiplatelet agents in patients with kidney failure undergoing haemodialysis: A cross-sectional analysis

Abstracts - Local & International
Wijewickrama ES, Edirisinghe SH, Wijayaratne D, Hewageegana A, De Silva A, Selvarajah M
5th Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka Society of Nephrology, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2024
Publication year: 2024

Global perspectives in acute kidney injury: Sri Lanka

Publications - Local & International
Eranga Sanjeewa Wijewickrma, Nalaka Herath
Kidney360 2024;5(3):451-455
Publication year: 2024

Diagnostic pitfalls and therapeutic challenges of hypercalcaemia in chronic kidney disease: a case report and a narrative review

Publications - Local & International
Pramith Ruwanpathirana, Harsha Dissanayaka, Sachith Munasinghe, Dilushi Wijayaratne, Eranga Wijewickrama, Rushika D Lanerolle, Prasad Katulanda
The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024; 36(1): 1-8
Publication year: 2024

Challenges to implementing environmentally sustainable kidney care in LMICs: an opinion piece

Publications - Local & International
Divya Bajpai, Workagegnehu Hailu, Peace Bagasha, Onu Ugochi Chika, Ehab Hafiz, Elliot Koranteng Tannor, Eranga Wijewickrama, Robert Kalyesubula, Sabine Karam, Viviane Calice-Silva, Isabelle Ethier, Shaifali Sandal
Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease 2024;11:1-11
Publication year: 2024

Capacity for the management of kidney failure in the International Society of Nephrology South Asia region: report from the 2023 ISN Global Kidney Health Atlas (ISN-GKHA)

Publications - Local & International
Eranga Wijewickrama, Muhammad Rafiqul Alam, Divya Bajpai, Smita Divyaveer, Arpana Iyengar, Vivek Kumar, Ahad Qayyum, Shankar Prasad Yadav, Manjusha Yadla, Silvia Arruebo, Aminu K Bello, Fergus J Caskey, Sandrine Damster, Jo-Ann Donner, Vivekanand Jha, David W Johnson, Adeera Levin, Charu Malik, Masaomi Nangaku, Ikechi G Okpechi, Marcello Tonelli, Feng Ye, Dibya Singh Shah, Narayan Prasad and Regional Board and ISN-GKHA Team Authors
Kidney International Supplements 2024;13(1):123-135
Publication year: 2024

Association of deha prakṛti (body constitution) with expression of selected Inflammatory markers in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) - Western province, Sri Lanka

Publications - Local & International
S Weerasekara, PR Waratenne, ES Wijewickrama, NP Sunil-Chandra
International Journal of Ayurveda and Pharma Research 2024;12(9):73-86
Publication year: 2024

A phase 2 trial of sibeprenlimab in patients with IgA nephropathy

Publications - Local & International
Mohit Mathur, Jonathan Barratt, Bobby Chacko, Tak Mao Chan, Laura Kooienga, Kook-Hwan Oh, Manisha Sahay, Yusuke Suzuki, Muh Geot Wong, Jill Yarbrough, Jing Xia, Brian Pereira, Bruce Cooper, Louis Girard, Daniel Chan, Siu Cheung, Samuel Fung, Lui Leung, Anil Bhalla, Noble Gracious, Marisiddappa Limesh, Ravindra Prabhu, Narayan Prasad, Bhushan Raju, Suceena Alexander, Shin Goto, Nobuo Tsuboi, Masao Kihara, Kunihiro Yamagata, Junichi Hoshino, Tsuruya Kazuhiko, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Hiroaki lo, Hitoshi Suzuki, Abdul Gafor, Fariz Nor, Russell Vilanueva, Arlene Crosostomo, Cheng Yeo, Jimmy Teo, Jason Choo, Ha Baek, Wan Chae, Hyeok Han, Sung Kim, Jieun Oh, Junghwan Park, Sang-Ho Lee, Juan Torres, Mercedes Salgueira, Migual Valdivia, Javier Villacorta, I-Wen Wu, Habib Akbani, Kay Cheung, Kieran McCafferty, Kate Bramham, Richard Lafayette, Christopher Luscy, Dana Rizk, James Tumlin, Isabella Ayoub, Chula Herath, Eranga Wijewickrama
The New England Journal of Medicine 2024;390(1):20-31
Publication year: 2024

Status of Dhātu sāratā (the Level of Tissue Excellence) and its Association with Deha prakṛti (Body Constitution) in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Publications - Local & International
Weerasekera S, Waratenne PR, Chandrasekera NV, Wijewickrama ES, Sunil-Chandra NP
Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medical Research 2023; 24(2):1-15
Publication year: 2023

Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease of Uncertain Etiology Within Selected Farming communities in Rural Sri Lanka

Publications - Local & International
EMDV Ekanayake, PMCS De Silva, TDKSC Gunasekara, WAKG Thakshila, SD Gunarathna, RAI Pinipa, Sudheera Jayasinghe, EPS Chandana, ES Wijewickrama, Nishad Jayasundara
Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease 2023; 10:1-11
Publication year: 2023

Preparing for the unexpected, supporting the vulnerable – A perspective from Lebanon and Sri Lanka

Publications - Local & International
S Karam, V Gunasekera, P Abou Jaoudeh, E Wijewickrama
Kidney International Reports 2023;8(3):383-387
Publication year: 2023

Outcomes of COVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients: The Sri Lankan Experience

Publications - Local & International
D Wijayaratne, S Chandrasiri, P Gunaratne, E Wijewickrama
Indian Journal of Nephrology 2023;33(3):202-205
Publication year: 2023

Nurturing Global Leadership, Advocacy, Research and Collegiality: The Unique Experience of the International Society of Nephrology Emerging Leaders Program

Publications - Local & International
Sabine Karam, Muhammad Iqbal Abdul Hafidz, Viviane Calice-Silva, Titi Chen, Sophie Dupuis, Udeme E Ekrikpo, Anna Francis, Vivekanand Jha, Robert Kalyesubula, Vivek Kumar, Georges Nakhoul, Nikhil Pereira-Kamath, Elliot K Tannor, Anh Tran, Eranga Wijewickrama, Michelle MY Wong, Rahul Chanchlani
Kidney International Reports 2023;8(9):1703 - 1707
Publication year: 2023

Challenges and opportunities in interventions for chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu): report from the International Society of Nephrology Consortium of Collaborators on CKDu

Publications - Local & International
Brendan Smyth, Jason Glaser, Jaime Butler-Dawson, Nishantha Nanayakkara, David H Wegman, Shuchi Anand, Adeera Levin, Ben Caplin, Ricardo Correa Rotter, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Andrew Fire, David Friedman, Chulani Herath, Vivekanand Jha, Eranga Wijewickrama, Chih-Wei Yang, Divya Bajpai, Maria Pippias, Ifeoma Ulasi, Masaomi Nangaku
Kidney International 2023; 1(103):6-12
Publication year: 2023

Baclofen induced myoclonus in patients with renal impairment: A case series

Publications - Local & International
Manudi Nushara Vidanapathirana, Thamalee Palliyaguruge, Eranga Wijewickrama
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports 2023; 11: 2050313X231200966
Publication year: 2023

Types of vascular access used by patients undergoing long-term haemodialysis at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka (NHSL) and the National Institute of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation (NINDT)

Publications - Local & International
Nilaweera AI, Perera AN, Adikaranayake P, Sasikanth S, Nazar ALM, Selvarajah M, Hewageegana A, Marasinghe A, Lanerolle RD, Wijayaratne D, Wijewickrama ES
4th Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka Society of Nephrology, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2022
Publication year: 2022

Timely diagnosis of acute kidney injury in a medical unit at National Hospital of Sri Lanka

Abstracts - Local & International
Adikaranayake P, Perera AN, Nilaweera AI, Sasikanth S, Dissanayake U, Wickramasinghe H, Wijewickrama ES
4th Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka Society of Nephrology, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2022
Publication year: 2022

Snakebite associated thrombotic microangiopathy and recommendations for clinical practice

Publications - Local & International
Noutsos T, Currie BJ, Wijewickrama ES, Isbister GK
Toxins. 2022; 14(1): 57
Publication year: 2022

Inadvertent intramuscular injection risk with subcutaneous insulin injections and risk predictors in adults: a cross-sectional sonographic study

Publications - Local & International
UA Liyanage, Y Mathangasinghe, CK Liyanage, ES Wijewickrama, D Mahathanthila, AJ Dharmawansa, S Jeyerajesingham, DS Warapitiya, MDMS Wijayabandara, BCTANWMRCS Kempitiya, A Aravinthan, LMDT Jayasekara, N Gunawardena, WK De Abrew
International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries. 2022;1-6
Publication year: 2022

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the kidney community: lessons learned and future directions

Publications - Local & International
Duvuru Geetha, Andreas Kronbichler, Megan Rutter, Divya Bajpai, Steven Menez,, Annemarie Weißenbacher, Shuchi Anand, Eugene Lin, Nicholas Carlson, Steve Sozio, Kevin Fowler, Ray Bignall, Kathryn Ducharlet, Elliot Koranteng Tannor, Eranga Wijewickrama, Muhammad Iqbal Abdul Hafiz, Vladimir Tesar, Robert Hoover, Deidra Crews, Charles Varnell, Lara Danziger-Isakov, Vivekananda Jha, Sumit Mohan, Chirag Parikh, Valerie Luyckx
Nature Reviews Nephrology. 2022; 1-14
Publication year: 2022

Factors affecting time to transplantation in living-donor kidney transplantations: A single centre study from Sri Lanka

Abstracts - Local & International
PS Gunaratne, KSS Chandrasiri, DR Fernando, DR Wijayaratne, ES Wijewickrama
Annual Meeting of the Korean Society of Nephrology, Seoul, Korea 2022
Publication year: 2022

COVID-19 and kidney disease: Progress in health inequity from low income settings

Publications - Local & International
EK Tannor, D Bajpai, YM Nlandu, E Wijewickrama
Seminars in Nephrology 2022; 42(5):151318
Publication year: 2022

Barriers to Accessing Essential Medicines for Kidney Disease in Low and Low Middle Income Countries

Publications - Local & International
Anna Francis, Muhammad Iqbal Abdul Hafidz, Udeme E.Ekrikpo, Titi Chen, Eranga Wijewickrama, Elliot K.Tannor, Georges Nakhoul, Michelle M.Y.Wong, NikhilPereira-Kamath,Rahul Chanchlani, Robert Kalyesubula, Sabine Karam, VivekKumar, Viviane Calice-Silva, Vivekanand Jha
Kidney International. 2022; 102(5): 969-973
Publication year: 2022