By Dr Sradha Srinivasa Kotwal

Journal articles

Lazarus B; Kotwal S; Gallagher M; Gray NA; Coggan S; Talaulikar G; Polkinghorne KR; REDUCCTION investigators (detailed in Supplemental Item 1) , 2024, 'Replacement Strategies for Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheters with Complications: A Nationwide Cohort Study.', Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, http://dx.doi.org/10.2215/CJN.0000000000000495

Catiwa J; Gallagher M; Talbot B; Kerr PG; Semple DJ; Roberts MA; Polkinghorne KR; Gray NA; Talaulikar G; Cass A; Kotwal S; Tombocon O; Walker R; Wilson S; Balakrishnan SK; Fernandes D; Kulkarni H; Light C; Ryan J; Marsh E; Wei J; Semple D; Lleva V; Mwangi L; Mount P; Ross-Smith M; Veenendaal M; Smith V; Somerville C; Davidson-West S; Grainer N; Green S; Mantha M; Thiessen K; Winsbury A; Yao I; Neville E; Marquez K; Razavian M; Tienstra L; Stewart G; Chan C; McLean P; McMahon L; Roberts M; Chang M; Chiam A; Wright D; O'Brien O; Swaminathan R; Wimalasena S; Puttagunta H; Barbara J; Luke A; Pummeroy M; Torpey K; Nicholls G; Swinbank A; Titus T; Bell J; Johnson D; Choi P; Chu G; Garvey L; Gillies A; Chow J; De Guzman I; Gando J; Wong J; Nguyen R; Cherian R; Gillard R; James R; Burke M; Glancy L; Lewis S; Baer R; Wade S; Lin D; Ngwenya F; Narayanankutty A; Fitt K; Kerr P; Seneviratne M; Komala M; McCourt J; Lawlor C; Kelleher M; Coburn A; Guo S; Sudak J; Leary D; Anderson J; Han T; Titmarsh T; Adam E; Hockley B; Latte J; Matthew Y; McDonald S, 2024, 'Clinical Adjudication of Hemodialysis Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections: Findings from the REDUCCTION Trial', Kidney360, 5, pp. 550 - 559, http://dx.doi.org/10.34067/KID.0000000000000389

Lazarus B; Polkinghorne KR; Gallagher M; Coggan S; Gray NA; Talaulikar G; Kotwal S, 2024, 'Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheter Tip Design and Risk of Catheter Dysfunction: An Australian Nationwide Cohort Study', American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 83, pp. 445 - 455, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2023.09.021

Kim D; Perkovic V; Kotwal S, 2024, 'Barriers to Care: New Medications and CKD', Kidney International Reports, 9, pp. 504 - 507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2023.12.012

Neuen BL; Jun M; Wick J; Kotwal S; Badve SV; Jardine MJ; Gallagher M; Chalmers J; Nallaiah K; Perkovic V; Peiris D; Rodgers A; Woodward M; Ronksley PE, 2024, 'Estimating the population-level impacts of improved uptake of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional observational study using routinely collected Australian primary care data', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100988

Jun M; Wick J; Neuen BL; Kotwal S; Badve SV; Woodward M; Chalmers J; Peiris D; Rodgers A; Nallaiah K; Jardine MJ; Perkovic V; Gallagher M; Ronksley PE, 2024, 'The Prevalence of CKD in Australian Primary Care: Analysis of a National General Practice Dataset', Kidney International Reports, 9, pp. 312 - 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2023.11.022

Kotwal S; Perkovic E; Perkovic V, 2024, 'Combination therapy with kidney protective therapies: Optimizing the benefits?', Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, 33, pp. 136 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MNH.0000000000000929

Tangri N; Ferguson TW; Bamforth RJ; Leon SJ; Arnott C; Mahaffey KW; Kotwal S; Heerspink HJL; Perkovic V; Fletcher RA; Neuen BL, 2024, 'Machine learning for prediction of chronic kidney disease progression: Validation of the Klinrisk model in the CANVAS Program and CREDENCE trial', Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dom.15678

Noronha IL; Barratt J; Górriz JL; Kotwal S; Lim SK; Beckett V; Camargo M; Mottl AK; Heerspink HJL, 2024, 'WCN24-1868 ASSIST: A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CROSSOVER TRIAL OF ATRASENTAN IN PATIENTS WITH IGA NEPHROPATHY (IGAN) ON SGLT2I', Kidney International Reports, 9, pp. S178 - S178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2024.02.364

Lazarus B; Kotwal S; Gallagher M; Gray NA; Coggan S; Rogers K; Talaulikar G; Polkinghorne KR, 2023, 'Effect of a Multifaceted Intervention on the Incidence of Hemodialysis Catheter Dysfunction in a National Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial', Kidney International Reports, 8, pp. 1941 - 1950, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2023.07.013

Lazarus B; Bongetti E; Ling J; Gallagher M; Kotwal S; Polkinghorne KR, 2023, 'Multifaceted Quality Improvement Interventions to Prevent Hemodialysis Catheter–Related Bloodstream Infections: A Systematic Review', American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 82, pp. 429 - 442.e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2023.02.006

Li L; Baker J; Rathnayake K; Kotwal S; Westbrook JI; Day R; Endre Z, 2023, 'Medication use and hospital-acquired acute kidney injury: an electronic health record-based study', Internal Medicine Journal, 53, pp. 1625 - 1633, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.15938

Heerspink HL; Barratt J; Teruel JLG; Kotwal S; Lim SK; Noronha IL; Beckett V; Camargo M; Jones-Burton C; King A; Mottl AK, 2023, '#4341 ASSIST STUDY DESIGN: A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, CROSSOVER STUDY OF ATRASENTAN IN PATIENTS WITH IGA NEPHROPATHY (IGAN) ON SGLT2I', Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfad063c_4341

Heerspink HJL; Radhakrishnan J; Alpers CE; Barratt J; Bieler S; Diva U; Inrig J; Komers R; Mercer A; Noronha IL; Rheault MN; Rote W; Rovin B; Trachtman H; Trimarchi H; Wong MG; Perkovic V; Alarmartine E; Chae DW; Del Vecchio L; Floege J; Hwang SJ; Jelakovic B; Maes B; Malecki R; Miglinas M; Nolasco FEB; Praga M; Rabindranath K; Rosenberg M; Tang SCW; Tesar V; Bose B; Gangadharan M; McDonald S; Peh C; Jahan S; Yeap C; Clayton P; Irish G; Thyagarajan N; Hollett P; Krishnasamy R; Carroll R; Jesudason S; Crail S; Coates T; Waugh J; Noble E; Mahadevan K; Campbell V; Salehi T; Lim W; Boudville N; Chakera A; Chan D; Krishnan A; Eqbal Y; Gillies A; Vilayur E; Maung Myint TM; Gray N; Cheetham M; Pollock C; Cooper B; Mather A; Roxburgh S; Shen Y; Stangenberg S; Siriwardana A; O'Lone E; Wan S; Neuen B; Tsun Kit Ha J; Kim D; Heath L; Jain A; Phua E; Li Y; Gallagher M; Jardine M; Ritchie A; Razavian M; Foote C; Wyndham R; Sen S; Endre Z; Erlich J; Fernando M; Yong K; Luxton G; Kotwal S; Roger S; Wijeratne V; Packham D; Fraser I; Vandewiele B; Laute M; Lemahieu W; Jamar S, 2023, 'Sparsentan in patients with IgA nephropathy: a prespecified interim analysis from a randomised, double-blind, active-controlled clinical trial', The Lancet, 401, pp. 1584 - 1594, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00569-X

Craswell A; Massey D; Sriram D; Wallis M; Polkinghorne K; Talaulikar G; Cass A; Gallagher M; Gray N; Kotwal S, 2023, 'A Process Evaluation of the National Implementation of a Bundle for Central Venous Catheter Care for Hemodialysis', Kidney360, 4, pp. E496 - E504, http://dx.doi.org/10.34067/KID.0000000000000076

Kotwal S; Herath S; Erlich J; Boardman S; Qian J; Lawton P; Campbell C; Whatnall A; Teo S; Horvath AR; Endre ZH, 2023, 'Electronic alerts and a care bundle for acute kidney injury-an Australian cohort study', Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 38, pp. 610 - 617, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfac155

Lazarus B; Polkinghorne K; Gallagher MP; Gray NA; Coggan SE; Talaulikar GS; Kotwal SS, 2023, 'Burden of Haemodialysis Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in Australia: A National Data-Linkage Study', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 34, pp. 535 - 535, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/asn.20233411s1535a

Lazarus B; Kotwal SS; Gallagher MP; Gray NA; Coggan SE; Talaulikar GS; Polkinghorne K, 2023, 'Hemodialysis Catheter Rewiring vs. Removal and Replacement: Post Hoc Analysis of a National Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 34, pp. 534 - 535, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/asn.20233411s1534c

Chung A; Jain A; Kang A; Endre Z; Kotwal S, 2023, 'Retrospective Audit of Patient Characteristics and Outcomes Following Review in a Specialist Hypertension Clinic', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 32, pp. S136 - S137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2023.06.034

Jun M; Wick J; Neuen BL; Kotwal SS; Badve S; Chalmers JP; Jardine M; Perkovic V; Gallagher MP; Ronksley PE, 2023, 'The Prevalence of CKD in Australian Primary Care: Analysis of a National General Practice Dataset', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 34, pp. 373 - 373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/asn.20233411s1373a

McGree JM; Hockham C; Kotwal S; Wilcox A; Bassi A; Pollock C; Burrell LM; Snelling T; Jha V; Jardine M; Jones M, 2022, 'Controlled evaLuation of Angiotensin Receptor Blockers for COVID-19 respIraTorY disease (CLARITY): statistical analysis plan for a randomised controlled Bayesian adaptive sample size trial', Trials, 23, pp. 361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06167-2

Gallagher MP; Kotwal S, 2022, 'Should Corticosteroids Be Used to Treat Biopsy-Proven Drug-Induced Acute Interstitial Nephritis?: CON', Kidney360, 3, pp. 1310 - 1313, http://dx.doi.org/10.34067/KID.0007042021

Kotwal S; Perkovic V; Heerspink HJL, 2022, 'Platform Clinical Trials Within Nephrology—Interpreting the Evidence', American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 80, pp. 143 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2022.01.430

Chung EYM; Risi D; Holt JL; Lonergan M; Kotwal S; Yong K; Smyth B; Chen JHC; Wen C, 2022, 'Retrospective study on the epidemiology of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies-associated vasculitis in two Australian health districts', Internal Medicine Journal, 52, pp. 605 - 613, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.15098

Jardine MJ; Kotwal SS; Bassi A; Hockham C; Jones M; Wilcox A; Pollock C; Burrell LM; McGree J; Rathore V; Jenkins CR; Gupta L; Ritchie A; Bangi A; D'Cruz S; McLachlan AJ; Finfer S; Cummins MM; Snelling T; Jha V, 2022, 'Angiotensin receptor blockers for the treatment of covid-19: Pragmatic, adaptive, multicentre, phase 3, randomised controlled trial', BMJ, 379, pp. e072175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-072175

Talbot B; Chandra Y; Gallagher M; Kotwal S; Krishnan A; Malani J; Nand J; Ritchie A; Ta'eed A, 2022, 'Global Dialysis Perspective: Fiji', Kidney360, 3, pp. 164 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.34067/KID.0005652021

Shah N; Perkovic V; Kotwal S, 2022, 'Impact of SGLT2 inhibitors on the kidney in people with type 2 diabetes and severely increased albuminuria', Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology, 15, pp. 827 - 842, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17512433.2022.2108402

Kotwal S; Cass A; Coggan S; Gray NA; Jan S; McDonald S; Polkinghorne KR; Rogers K; Talaulikar G; Di Tanna GL; Gallagher M, 2022, 'Multifaceted intervention to reduce haemodialysis catheter related bloodstream infections: REDUCCTION stepped wedge, cluster randomised trial', The BMJ, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2021-069634

Catiwa J; Coggan SE; Cass A; Gray NA; Jan S; McDonald SP; Polkinghorne K; Talaulikar GS; Gallagher MP; Kotwal SS, 2022, 'Concordance Between Site Reporting and Clinical Adjudication of Catheter-Related Infectious Events in Australian and New Zealand Kidney Services', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 33, pp. 125 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/asn.20223311s1125b

Lazarus B; Bongetti EK; Ling JE; Gallagher MP; Kotwal SS; Polkinghorne K, 2022, 'Multifaceted Interventions to Prevent Haemodialysis Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections Outside the Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 33, pp. 124 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/asn.20223311s1124b

Lazarus B; Polkinghorne K; Coggan SE; Gray NA; Talaulikar GS; Gallagher MP; Kotwal SS, 2022, 'Tunnelled Central Venous Haemodialysis Catheter Tip Design and Risk of Catheter Dysfunction', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 33, pp. 124 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/asn.20223311s1124c

Hockham C; Kotwal S; Wilcox A; Bassi A; McGree J; Pollock C; Burrell LM; Bathla N; Kunigari M; Rathore V; John M; Lin E; Jenkins C; Ritchie A; McLachlan A; Snelling T; Jones M; Jha V; Jardine M, 2021, 'Protocol for the Controlled evaLuation of Angiotensin Receptor blockers for COVID-19 respIraTorY disease (CLARITY): a randomised controlled trial', Trials, 22, pp. 573, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05521-0

Christiadi D; Erlich J; Levy M; Herath S; Qian J; Boardman S; Campbell C; Kotwal S; Horvath AR; Endre Z, 2021, 'The kinetic estimated glomerular filtration rate ratio predicts acute kidney injury', Nephrology, 26, pp. 782 - 789, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nep.13918

Jun M; Harris K; Heerspink HJL; Badve SV; Jardine MJ; Harrap S; Hamet P; Marre M; Poulter N; Kotwal S; Gallagher M; Perkovic V; Chalmers J; Woodward M, 2021, 'Variability in estimated glomerular filtration rate and the risk of major clinical outcomes in diabetes: Post hoc analysis from the ADVANCE trial', Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 23, pp. 1420 - 1425, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dom.14351

Kotwal S; Perkovic V, 2021, 'Forever starts now: Effects of glucose-lowering therapies on acute kidney injury', Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 16, pp. 6 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.2215/CJN.18141120

Talbot B; Lin R; Li Q; Jun M; Kotwal S; Sen S; Gallagher M, 2021, 'The Impact of Clinical Presentation on Survival in Patients Requiring Hemodialysis Catheters for Acute and Unplanned Dialysis: A Prospective Observational Study', Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20543581211009986

Craswell A; Massey D; Wallis M; Sriram D; Gray N; Kotwal S, 2021, 'Clinical staff perspectives on the implementation of a national care bundle for care of Central venous catheters for haemodialysis', Infection, Disease & Health, 26, pp. S8 - S8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2021.09.029

Barbieri S; Kemp J; Perez-Concha O; Kotwal S; Gallagher M; Ritchie A; Jorm L, 2020, 'Benchmarking Deep Learning Architectures for Predicting Readmission to the ICU and Describing Patients-at-Risk', Scientific Reports, 10, pp. 1111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58053-z

O'Lone E; Kelly PJ; Masson P; Kotwal S; Gallagher M; Cass A; Craig JC; Webster AC, 2020, 'Incidence of Ischaemic Heart Disease in Men and Women With End-Stage Kidney Disease: A Cohort Study', Heart Lung and Circulation, 29, pp. 1517 - 1526, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2020.03.002

Ranasinghe I; Hossain S; Ali A; Horton D; Adams RJT; Aliprandi-Costa B; Bertilone C; Carneiro G; Gallagher M; Guthridge S; Kaambwa B; Kotwal S; O'Callaghan G; Scott IA; Visvanathan R; Woodman RJ, 2020, 'SAFety, Effectiveness of care and Resource use among Australian Hospitals (SAFER Hospitals): A protocol for a population-wide cohort study of outcomes of hospital care', BMJ Open, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035446

Kotwal S; Coggan S; Mcdonald S; Talaulikar G; Cass A; Jan S; Polkinghorne KR; Gray NA; Gallagher M, 2020, 'REDUcing the burden of dialysis Catheter ComplicaTIOns: a National approach (REDUCCTION) - design and baseline results', Kidney360, 1, pp. 746 - 754, http://dx.doi.org/10.34067/KID.0001132020

Lin R; Toussaint ND; Gallagher M; Cass A; Kotwal S, 2020, 'Hospitalized fracture rates amongst patients with chronic kidney disease in Australia using data linkage', Nephrology, 25, pp. 475 - 482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nep.13681

Craswell A; Massey D; Wallis M; Sriram D; Gray NA; Kotwal S, 2020, 'Current practice in dialysis central venous catheter management: Multi-disciplinary renal team perspectives', Nephrology, 25, pp. 406 - 412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nep.13626

Sriravindrarajah A; Kotwal SS; Sen S; McDonald S; Jardine M; Cass A; Gallagher M, 2020, 'Impact of supplemental private health insurance on dialysis and outcomes', Internal Medicine Journal, 50, pp. 542 - 549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.14375

Campbell CA; Li L; Kotwal S; Georgiou A; Horvath AR; Westbrook J; Endre Z, 2020, 'Under-detection of acute kidney injury in hospitalised patients: a retrospective, multi-site, longitudinal study', Internal Medicine Journal, 50, pp. 307 - 314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.14264

Gallagher MP; Kotwal SS; Talaulikar GS; Gray NA; Polkinghorne K; McDonald SP; Cass A, 2020, 'Reducing the Burden of Dialysis Catheter Complications: A National Approach (REDUCCTION)', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 31, pp. B2 - B2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/asn.20203110s1b2c

BASSI A; John O; Shah D K; Kolli S; Angell B; Jan S; Joshi R; Kotwal S; Gallagher M; Knight J; Jha V, 2020, 'SAT-299 Change in Health-Related Quality of Life over 18 Months among Individuals on Maintenance Haemodialysis in India', Kidney International Reports, 5, pp. S126 - S126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2020.02.318

Bassi A; John MD O; Joshi R; Kotwal S; Angell B; Jan S; Gallagher M; Knight J; Jha V, 2020, 'SUN-180 SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOMES AT 18 MONTHS OF A COHORT OF ESKD PATIENTS STARTING HEMODIALYSIS IN INDIA', Kidney International Reports, 5, pp. S273 - S274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2020.02.713

Smyth B; Kotwal S; Gallagher M; Gray NA; Polkinghorne KR, 2019, 'Arteriovenous access practices in Australian and New Zealand dialysis units', Journal of Vascular Access, 20, pp. 740 - 745, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1129729819851061

Smyth B; Kotwal S; Gallagher M; Gray NA; Polkinghorne K, 2019, 'Dialysis catheter management practices in Australia and New Zealand', Nephrology, 24, pp. 827 - 834, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nep.13507

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