Ankur Gupta
@parthankur.bsky.social
Consultant Nephrologist and Hypertension Specialist, Palmerston North, NZ
We’re thrilled to welcome Professor Stephen McDonald to the International Vasculitis Workshop 2026! A globally respected expert in vasculitis and nephrology, Prof McDonald brings invaluable insight and experience to the program. Register today at vasculitis-melbourne2026.com
Prof Brown and Dr Kelly giving amazing talk on Kidney Supportive care in Medicine Grand Rounds@ Royal Adelaide Hospital
Fabulous work done by the team👏https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2508157
Reduction of Antihypertensive Treatment in Nursing Home Residents | NEJM
Among older adults with frailty, evidence on the benefits and risks of discontinuing antihypertensive drugs is limited. In a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial conducted in France, we assign...
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Great work. Surely, we could do better in terms of availability of validated blood pressure devices. www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Lack of validated blood pressure devices for use in pregnancy available from Australian pharmacies - Hypertension Research
Automatic blood pressure devices require additional accuracy validation for use in pregnancy. We found only four devices (4/54, 7%) were validated for pregnancy, which were more expensive than non-val...
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Well! It’s time to examine the tongue😀 academic.oup.com/ajh/article-...
Association of Scalloped Tongue with Blood Pressure Among Community-Dwelling Japanese: The Toon Health Study
AbstractBACKGROUND. In traditional East Asian medicine, scalloped tongue, characterized by dental indentations, indicates fluid retention and may be associ
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Don’t ignore gestational hypertension. www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/....
American Heart Association Journals
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Is it time to change how we approach Resistant Hypertension? Perhaps the definition itself. Are Diuretics a Clandestine Risk Factor for Patients With Treatment-Resistant Hypertension? www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
@hswapnil.medsky.social @annlbugeja.bsky.social Great work👏 academic.oup.com/ajh/advance-...
Cardiovascular and kidney outcomes of living kidney donors with preexisting hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis
AbstractIntroduction. As the demand for living donor kidney transplantation increases, transplant programs have increasingly accepted hypertensive kidney d
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We have entered a new era in Hypertension management. KARDIA-2 is out👍 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Add-On Treatment With Zilebesiran for Inadequately Controlled Hypertension
This randomized clinical trial examines the efficacy and safety of zilebesiran vs placebo when added to a standard antihypertensive medication in adult patients with uncontrolled hypertension.
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Will isolated diastolic hypertension get the label of “Who cares?” academic.oup.com/ajh/article-...
Prevalence and Mortality Trends of Hypertension Subtypes Among US Adults: An Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
AbstractBACKGROUND. Hypertension (HTN) has been demonstrated as one of the leading risk factors for development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and CVD mor
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Even term babies to preeclamptic mums are at risk of ckd www.kidney-international.org/article/S008...
A nationwide register-based cohort study examined the association between preeclampsia in mothers and the risk of kidney disease in their offspring.
Women with preeclampsia often deliver preterm (under37 weeks gestation). Preterm birth is associated with an increased risk of offspring kidney disease, but whether preeclampsia is independently assoc...
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Amiloride is back. Now for resistant HT👏 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Spironolactone vs Amiloride for Resistant Hypertension
This randomized trial assesses whether amiloride is noninferior to spironolactone in reducing home-measured systolic blood pressure among patients with resistant hypertension.
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Professor Jordy Cohen giving excellent talk in “Under pressure”” webinar👍
This is as hot as a hot “shower” in nephrology world www.ajkd.org/article/S027...
Patient and Health Care Provider Perspectives on Showering for Patients With Hemodialysis Central Venous Catheters: A Survey Study
Patients on hemodialysis using a central venous catheter (CVC) are often advised not to shower due to infection risk. This study assessed practices and attitudes of patients and health care providers ...
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Each time you dive into HFrEF, you would find something new👍 www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
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Would we be reading letter to editor in response to this one💁🏻♂️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Improved hypertension care requires measurement and management in health facilities, not mass screening
Improved hypertension control can save millions of lives, but mass hypertension screening, a commonly used approach, is a barrier to progress. Although politically appealing, mass screening diverts re...
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Great collaboration👏 A Multinational Cohort Study of Dialysis Initiation During Pregnancy - Kidney International Reports www.kireports.org/article/S246...
A Multinational Cohort Study of Dialysis Initiation During Pregnancy
There are insufficient data to guide the initiation of dialysis in pregnancy, contributing to wide variation in practice and uncertainty in the management of this high-risk population. Our study aimed...
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Don’t forget Postpartum Hypertension! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Blood pressure control, hypertension phenotypes, and albuminuria: outcomes of the comprehensive Basel Postpartum Hypertension Registry - Hypertension Research
Hypertension Research - Blood pressure control, hypertension phenotypes, and albuminuria: outcomes of the comprehensive Basel Postpartum Hypertension Registry
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Preeclampsia month Even low dose calcium supplement does wonders👍 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dietary supplements and prevention of preeclampsia - Hypertension Research
Hypertension Research - Dietary supplements and prevention of preeclampsia
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Master line from Green Nephrology review “we are what we eat”👍 journals.lww.com/cjasn/abstra...
Green, Sustainable Nephrology: State of the Art Needs for... : Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
pact nephrology has on the planet, including, but not limited to its carbon footprint, is needed to promote education and research on these issues. Increasing awareness entails increasing knowledge at...
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From creatinine to cyststin c to proenkephalin…. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Beyond creatinine: New methods to measure renal function?
Accurate assessment of kidney function is essential for diagnosing and managing chronic kidney disease (CKD) and acute kidney injury (AKI), adjusting …
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Fabulous work in relation to early pregnancy BP trajectories www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Early Pregnancy Blood Pressure Trajectories and Hypertension Years After Pregnancy | Hypertension
BACKGROUND: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) increase cardiovascular disease risk. Blood pressure (BP) trajectories ≤20 weeks’ gestation predict HDP outcomes. We hypothesized that early-pregn...
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