Nithin Karakala, MD

Research Program: Cancer Therapeutics Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor Campus: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College: College of Medicine Department: Internal Medicine

Contact Information

• Email Address: NKARAKALA@UAMS.EDU
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Active Grants

• Potrero Medical – 1R44GM123799
  “Targeting Abdominal Perfusion Pressure in Septic Shock (The MAP APP Study) IRB 228252”
  Principal Investigator
  01/01/19 – 12/31/23

Publications

• Velez JCQ, Karakala N, Tayebi K, [et al.]. Responsiveness to Vasoconstrictor Therapy in Hepatorenal Syndrome Type 1. Kidney360. 2023. PMID: 36763632.
• Belcher JM, Parada XV, Simonetto DA, [et al., including Karakala N]. Terlipressin and the Treatment of Hepatorenal Syndrome: How the CONFIRM Trial Moves the Story Forward. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation. 2021. PMID: 34606933.
• Allegretti AS, Parada XV, Endres P, [et al., including Karakala N]. Urinary NGAL as a Diagnostic and Prognostic Marker for Acute Kidney Injury in Cirrhosis: A Prospective Study. Clinical and translational gastroenterology. 2021 12(5):e00359. PMID: 33979307. PMCID: PMC8116001.
• Juncos LA, Chandrashekar K, Karakala N, Baldwin I. Vascular access, membranes and circuit for CRRT. Seminars in dialysis. 2021. PMID: 33939859.
• Karakala N, Córdoba D, Chandrashekar K, [et al.]. Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Acute Care Nephrology. Advances in chronic kidney disease. 2021 28(1):83-90. PMID: 34389140.
• Mandalapu R, Kennedy W Jr, Ram R, [et al., including Karakala N]. Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter-Fallopian Tube Fistula. Kidney international reports. 2020 5(8):1356-1359. PMID: 32775840. PMCID: PMC7403557.
• Karakala N, Juncos LA. Providing Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN. 2020 15(5):704-706. PMID: 32086283. PMCID: PMC7269224.
• Karakala N, Tolwani AJ. Timing of Renal Replacement Therapy for Acute Kidney Injury. Journal of intensive care medicine. 2019 34(2):94-103. PMID: 29739260.
• Velez JCQ, Petkovich B, Karakala N, Huggins JT. Point-of-Care Echocardiography Unveils Misclassification of Acute Kidney Injury as Hepatorenal Syndrome. American journal of nephrology. 2019 50(3):204-211. PMID: 31394538.
• Sharma SG, Arthur JM, Bonsib SM, [et al., including Karakala N]. An integrated pathology and ultrasonography-based simulation for training in performing kidney biopsy?. Clinical nephrology. 2018 89(3):214-221. PMID: 29249232. PMCID: PMC5822175.
• Arthur JM, Tackett A, Karakala N, Edmondson RD. Proteomic Analysis for Identification of Biomarkers that Predict Severe Acute Kidney Injury. Nephron. 2018 140(2):129-133. PMID: 29990988. PMCID: PMC6398162.
• Velez JCQ, Obadan NO, Kaushal A, [et al., including Karakala N]. Vancomycin-Associated Acute Kidney Injury with a Steep Rise in Serum Creatinine. Nephron. 2018 139(2):131-142. PMID: 29705806.
• Singh M, Karakala N, Shah SV. Long-term Adverse Events Associated With Acute Kidney Injury. Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation. 2017 27(6):462-464. PMID: 29056166.
• Connor MJ Jr, Karakala N. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: Reviewing Current Best Practice to Provide High-Quality Extracorporeal Therapy to Critically Ill Patients. Advances in chronic kidney disease. 2017 24(4):213-218. PMID: 28778360.
• Heincelman M, Karakala N, Rockey DC. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a Young Adult Presenting as Hepatitis and Acute Kidney Injury. Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports. 2016 4(3):2324709616665866. PMID: 27722178. PMCID: PMC5036134.
• Karakala N, Tolwani A. We Use Heparin as the Anticoagulant for CRRT. Seminars in dialysis. 2016 29(4):272-4. PMID: 27082940.