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Charaka Ratnayake
Researcher at Teaching Hospital Kandy
Publications - 3
Citations - 52
Charaka Ratnayake is an academic researcher from Teaching Hospital Kandy. The author has contributed to research in topics: Kidney disease & Biopsy. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 36 citations.
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Prospective Biopsy-Based Study of CKD of Unknown Etiology in Sri Lanka.
Shuchi Anand,Maria E. Montez-Rath,Dinuka Adasooriya,Neelakanthi Ratnatunga,Neeraja Kambham,Abdool Wazil,Sulcohana Wijetunge,Zeid Badurdeen,Charaka Ratnayake,Nishamani Karunasena,Stephen L. Schensul,Penny Valhos,Lalarukh Haider,Vivek Bhalla,Adeera Levin,Paul H. Wise,Glenn M. Chertow,Michele Barry,Andrew Fire,Nishantha Nanayakkara +19 more
TL;DR: Three clinical characteristics-age, urine dipstick for protein, and serum albumin-could predict likelihood of tubulointerstitial kidney disease on biopsy (model sensitivity of 79% and specificity of 84%) and patients referred for kidney biopsy despite comorbid diabetes or hypertension did not experience lower odds of tubular kidney disease.
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Epidemiology, molecular, and genetic methodologies to evaluate causes of CKDu around the world: report of the Working Group from the ISN International Consortium of Collaborators on CKDu.
Shuchi Anand,Ben Caplin,Marvin Gonzalez-Quiroz,Marvin Gonzalez-Quiroz,Stephen L. Schensul,Vivek Bhalla,Xavier Parada,Nishantha Nanayakkara,Andrew Fire,Adeera Levin,David J. Friedman,Angie Aguilar-Gonzalez,Kevin Abbot,Thilak Abeysekara,Kerstin Amann,Gloria Ashuntantang,Daniel Brooks,Denis Chavarria,Daniel Christoph,Ricardo Correa Rotter,Marc E. De Broe,P. Mangala C.S. De Silva,Jose Dominguez,Kai-Uwe Eckardt,Dorien Fader,Fred Finkelstein,Rebecca S. B. Fischer,David Friedman,Anirban Ganguli,Ramon Antonio Garcia Trabinho,Jason Glaser,Marvin Antonio Gonzalez Quiroz,Lalarukh Haider,David Harris,Chulani Herath,Raul Herrera,Anne Hradsky,Wendy E. Hoy,Kristina Jakobsson,Saroj Jayasinghe,Channa Jaysummana,Vivek Jha,Richard J. Johnson,Neeraja Kambham,Nishamani Karanasema,Francois Kaze,Paul L. Kimmel,Erik H. Koritzinsky,Robyn G Langham,Laurent Le Bellego,Nathan W. Levin,Valerie Lyuckx,Magdalena Madero,Ekiti Martin,Charu Malik,Louise Moist,Marva Moxey-Mims,Andrew S. Narva,Fabiana Nerbass,Donal O'Donoghue,Carlos M. Orantes,Neil Pearce,Charaka Ratnayake,Prabheer Roy-Chaudhury,Agnese Ruggiero,Laura G. Sánchez-Lozada,Rajiv Saran,Stephen Schensul,Luca Segantini,Isabelle Seksek,David Sheikh-Hamad,Robert A. Star,Luisa Strani,Penny Vlahos,David H. Wegman,Ilana Weiss,Eranga S Wijewickrama,Julia Wijkström,Paul Wise,Emily Wright,Chih-Wei Yang,Karen Yeates +81 more
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Tackling the Fallout From Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology: Why We Need to Focus on Providing Peritoneal Dialysis in Rural, Low-Resource Settings.
Nishanthe Nanayakkara,A. W. M. Wazil,Lishanthe Gunerathne,Sewmini Dickowita,Robert Rope,Charaka Ratnayake,Anjali B. Saxena,Anjali B. Saxena,Shuchi Anand +8 more
TL;DR: This work presents a novel and scalable approach to regenerative medicine that addresses the major barriers to effective and efficient use of transplants in the rural areas of Sri Lanka.