2023
Serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in early pregnancy and changes during the pregnancy
Agampodi S, Agampodi T, Amarasinghe G, Warnasekara J, Hettiarachchi A, Jayasinghe I, Koralegedara I, Abeyrathna P, Srimantha S, de Silva F, Gunarathne S, Wickramasinghe N. Serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in early pregnancy and changes during the pregnancy. PLOS Global Public Health 2023, 3: e0000443. PMID: 36962935, PMCID: PMC10021427, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000443.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGlomerular filtration rateWeeks of gestationRenal functionPregnant womenNonpregnant womenSerum creatinineSecond trimesterEarly pregnancyFiltration rateClinical practiceCommunity-based prospective cohort studyProspective population-based studyPre-existing medical conditionsProspective cohort studyHealthy pregnant womenCommunity-based cohortPopulation-based studyDifferent age strataMean eGFRCohort studyNewborn outcomesNonpregnant groupPregnancy cohortFirst trimesterMean SCr
2019
Normality data of eGFR and validity of commonly used screening tests for CKD in an area with endemic CKD of unknown etiology; need for age and sex based precise cutoff values
Herath N, Dassanayake R, Dissanayake M, Janitha C, Weerakoon K, Kumarasinghe C, de Silva TG, Agampodi S. Normality data of eGFR and validity of commonly used screening tests for CKD in an area with endemic CKD of unknown etiology; need for age and sex based precise cutoff values. BMC Nephrology 2019, 20: 298. PMID: 31382902, PMCID: PMC6683421, DOI: 10.1186/s12882-019-1477-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsScreening testMean eGFRRenal functionCreatinine ratioGlobal public health problemBackgroundChronic kidney diseaseBurden of CKDPrevalence of eGFRReduction of eGFRSex-specific cutUrine dipstick testHigh disease burdenPublic health problemResultsThe study sampleSulfosalicylic acid testProportion of peopleCause of majorityLower eGFRUrine albuminKidney diseaseMean agePrecise cutoff valuesUnknown etiologyUrine proteinDisease burden
2016
Baseline renal function of pregnant women in a geographical region with an epidemic of chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology in Sri Lanka
Agampodi SB, Wijerathne BT. Baseline renal function of pregnant women in a geographical region with an epidemic of chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology in Sri Lanka. Nephrology 2016, 21: 794-795. PMID: 26945927, DOI: 10.1111/nep.12760.Peer-Reviewed Original Research