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Emergency Nephrology Services

Emergency teams at AINU are specially trained to handle all sorts of emergencies. The emergency team is backed up by the the continuous supervision of critical care experts. Emergency team handles patients with nephrology and urology related emergencies such as Respiratory distress, encephalopathy and dyselectrolytemia. All the infection control measurers are stringently followed while dealing with emergency procedures. At AINU, we have developed the best possible protocols to treat all Nephrology and Urology related emergencies.

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Best Kidney Hospital in Dilsukhnagar | Best urology and nephrology | AINU

Best kidney stone hospital in Dilsukhnagar - Asian Institute of Nephrology and Urology is a “Centre of Excellence” for Urology and Nephrology. It is one of South India’s leading renal sciences hospital, Located in Dilsukhnagar.

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Who‌ ‌Requires‌ ‌Kidney‌ ‌Transplantation..?

Who requires Kidney Transplantation?

Kidney Transplantation is a procedure where one kidney is removed from a person and implanted into another person with permanent Kidney Failure. The person who donates a Kidney is known as a Donor and the one who receives the kidneys is known as the recipient.

Do all patients with Kidney Failure require Kidney Transplantation?

The answer is No. All patients of kidney failure don’t require kidney transplantation. There are two primary types of kidney failure. First category of kidney failure is Temporary Kidney Failure. This is technically known as Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), where in Kidney failure occurs because of a temporary insult and is potentially recoverable if that insult is eliminated within a particular time frame. These patients with Temporary Kidney failure don’t require Kidney Transplantation as Kidney failure is temporary. The Second category of Kidney Failure is End stage Kidney Disease (ESRD). The other term for this entity is CKD/Stage 5-D (Chronic Kidney Disease/ Stage 5 requiring Dialysis). These are the patients whose both the kidneys have failed permanently and completely. These are the patients who are left with only 5-10% of net kidney function and this is deemed irreversible. These are the patients who mandate either Kidney Transplantation or lifelong Dialysis to move forward.

Who can be a Kidney Donor?

Fundamentally there are two categories of Kidney Donors. The first Category being Living Kidney Donors and the Other Category being Deceased Kidney Donors. Living kidney donors are usually the individuals who are either biologically or emotionally related to the patient. The classical example of Biologically related individuals are parents and siblings. The most appropriate example of an emotionally related Living donor is Spouse.

The second category of Donors are Known as Deceased Donors. They are the donors whose brain is completely and irreversibly damaged but whose heart is still beating. Such a condition is medically termed as “Brain Death”. That is though they are biologically alive; due to the irreversible damage to the Brain they are technically dead as organs in the body cannot function when the Brain is irreversibly damaged. If the grieving family members are willing to donate the Kidney of their loved ones who are in a state of Brain death, Kidneys along with Liver, Heart and lungs are retrieved after following a stringent legal procedure as mandated by the law.

What are the fundamental requirements to donate a Kidney?

The fundamental requirement for kidney donation is the matching of Blood groups. The person who donates the kidney should have the same blood group like the patient or the donor should belong to the “O” Blood group. The Person with O Blood Group is regarded as a universal donor as such a person can donate a kidney to a person of any blood group. The other prerequisites being the biological relation or undisputed emotional relationship as defined by the law. The tests such as HLA matching will decide the extent of biological matching between the donor and the recipient.

Is Kidney Donation Safe?

Kidney donation is a safe and well established procedure due to the adoption of stringent measures to evaluate the donor’s health prior to the donation. Every donor will undergo critical analysis of all the organ systems prior to donation. They will be evaluated in depth to assess their kidney functions and would be methodically analysed if the person can sustain kidney donation. If the entire evaluation reveals normal results, then only donation will be permitted. If this stringent process is followed, Donation is usually an acceptably safe procedure subject to subtle biological variations.

To conclude, Kidney Transplantation is indicated in patients with Permanent Kidney failure whose net kidney functions have dropped below 5-10%. Kidney donors can be biologically or emotionally related individuals or Brain dead individuals. Kidney donation from living donors is usually a safe and established procedure subject to the stringent evaluation of donor’s health status.

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Dr P S Vali, MD (Gen Med) DM (Nephro) Consultant Nephrologist Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad

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How amazing are the Kidneys..!

Human body is a cluster of wonderful organ systems. One of the complex yet amazing organ systems among these organs is the Kidneys. They are the flag bearers of the Blood purification system.

Each Kidney = One million tiny Nephrons

Humans are blessed with two kidneys. Even though kidneys do weigh less than 0.5 % of the total body weight, they utilise around 25 % of the blood pumped by the Heart. The functional unit of the kidney is the “Nephron”. Each kidney contains around one Million Nephrons. These nephrons are similar to the Chip of a computer. Therefore, both kidneys contain around two million such nephrons, which carry out the task of blood purification. If the nephrons in both the kidneys are retrieved and arranged hypothetically end to end, they stretch to a distance of around sixteen kilometers!

Blood is filtered 400 times in a Day

Kidneys are the mighty organs which filter the blood wholly for four hundred times in a day. Every organ system is important but kidneys are crafted by Nature to be much more vital. If filtration by kidneys cannot happen in a precise and flawless way, then no other organ system can function smoothly as purified blood is an elixir for the proper functioning of all organ systems.

Kidneys are the True Multitaskers

Kidneys are designed not only to filter the blood but are entrusted with other diverse biological functions. One of such functions is the production of Erythropoietin, an essential substance which acts like a trigger in the production of Red Blood Cells from the bone marrow. Another important function of Kidney is the generation of Vitamin-D. Therefore, some patients of kidney failure are prone for bone problems due to the blunting of this Vitamin-D production. In addition they fine tune the amount of acids in the blood. They function

Kidneys regulate the Blood Pressure Regulation

Further, kidneys play a pivotal role in regulating Blood Pressure. Kidneys secrete ‘Renin’ which in turn tightly regulates Blood Pressure. Kidneys are virtually the Command Centre for blood pressure regulation.

Four Common Culprits for Kidney Failure

But, even such spectacularly designed kidneys are prone for various malfunctions. The most common reasons for kidney failure are long standing and Uncontrolled Diabetes, long duration High Blood Pressure, Painkiller's and environmental toxins such as Fluorosis.

Protect the amazing Organs

Like any other health issue, Prevention is the ultimate cure for Kidney failure. Such preventive strategies include tight control of Blood Sugar in diabetics, optimum control of high Blood Pressure and avoidance of the indiscriminate use of painkillers. Always remember that Kidney diseases are very preventable if the efforts for positive health such as regular exercise, limiting calorie dense diet along with regular monitoring of Blood Sugar and Blood pressure are enforced by all of us.

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Dr P S Vali, MD (Gen Med) DM (Nephro) Consultant Nephrologist Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad

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Asian Institute of Nephrology and Urology is a “Centre of Excellence” for Urology and Nephrology. It is one of South India’s leading renal sciences hospital. Located in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam, AINU provides a comprehensive range of clinical services in the field of Urology and Nephrology care, with experienced team of doctors, nurses and para-medical technicians to deliver medical excellence at every level of patient care.

AINU ranks among India’s best healthcare institutes for renal care. We constantly strive to make a difference to clinical outcomes for the patients by ensuring that we have highly qualified & experienced team along with latest technology/technique to deliver outstanding clinical outcomes.

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Urology, a branch of medicine, also known as genitourinary surgery focuses on the medical and surgical diseases of the urinary tract system. The kidneys, adrenal glands, ureters, urinary bladder, female and the male reproductive organs, viz testes, epididymis, prostate and the penis, come under the branch of Urology. The urinary and the reproductive tracts are linked to each other, thus disorder in one effect the other organ. Urology combines the management of non-surgical conditions, such as urinary tract infections and benign prostatic hyperplasia, with the management of surgical conditions like bladder or prostate cancer, kidney stones, congenital abnormalities, traumatic injury, and stress incontinence.

We at AINU dilsukhnagar aim to give holistic care to patients. We have regular training programmers to our nursing staff, administrative staff, housekeeping and security so as to make patients visit to hospital comfortable. We promote team concept and entire team works like a family and work with patient centric approach.

AINU is equipped with state of art operation theatres, with latest equipment's to treat entire spectrum of urological diseases. We have most sophisticated laser equipment to treat stone disease and laparoscopy equipment to perform surgeries minimally invasively making hospital stay shorter for the patient. Our anesthesia team is there round the clock to attend to patients and make them pain free in postoperative period