Ankur Gupta

Congrats Georgi. Well deserved👏

Fiery 🔥sunset of Adelaide. Love this place.

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

Even RALES didnot mention hyponatremia with spironolactone

Fantabulous view of Adelaide city from rooftop

Prof Brown and Dr Kelly giving amazing talk on Kidney Supportive care in Medicine Grand Rounds@ Royal Adelaide Hospital

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...

Fabulous work done by the team👏https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2508157

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...

Great work. Surely, we could do better in terms of availability of validated blood pressure devices. www.nature.com/articles/s41....

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

Well! It’s time to examine the tongue😀 academic.oup.com/ajh/article-...

Don’t ignore gestational hypertension.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/....

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/...

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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Great work👏
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Funded only for diabetes with HbA1c> 53 and those with heart failure.

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.

We have entered a new era in Hypertension management. KARDIA-2 is out👍
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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

Will isolated diastolic hypertension get the label of “Who cares?”
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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...

Even term babies to preeclamptic mums are at risk of ckd
www.kidney-international.org/article/S008...

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.

Amiloride is back.
Now for resistant HT👏
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Holy grail of bp device. Wow👍

Don’t forget Korotkoff.
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Next one is Cuffless BP devices👍

Validated BP devices in pregnancy👍

High or low in pregnancy!

Not to miss amazing dr Kovell’s talk! @anastasiasmihaili.bsky.social
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Professor Jordy Cohen
giving excellent talk in “Under pressure”” webinar👍

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 ...

This is as hot as a hot “shower” in nephrology world
www.ajkd.org/article/S027...

Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Each time you dive into HFrEF, you would find something new👍
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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...

Would we be reading letter to editor in response to this one💁🏻‍♂️
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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...

Great collaboration👏
A Multinational Cohort Study of Dialysis Initiation During Pregnancy - Kidney International Reports www.kireports.org/article/S246...

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

Don’t forget Postpartum Hypertension!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Dietary supplements and prevention of preeclampsia - Hypertension Research Hypertension Research - Dietary supplements and prevention of preeclampsia

Preeclampsia month
Even low dose calcium supplement does wonders👍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...