Head of Department | YBrs. Dr. B.Sunita a/p V.Bavanandam |
Phone | 03-26155555 ext 5381/5388 |
Fax | 03-26938953 |
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i. INTRODUCTION
In the early five, the organ-based expertise included nephrology began to evolve in Europe. It took more than a decade before the development came to the country until in 1962 after returning one of the local surgeons from training abroad and developed the field of urology as a field of expertise, while the hemodialysis machine began in 1964 at Kuala Lumpur General Hospital afterwards.
The hemodialysis machine is used to treat acute renal failure where a total of 85 dialysis treatments have been made until 1968. The Peritoneal method was introduced at the end of year 1966 and is also used for acute treatment for kidney failure at that time.
The hemodialysis Unit started temporarily in Ward 4 in 1969 before moving to the Institute of Urology and Nephrology (IUN) in 1970 until its move to the specialist complex and daily Nursing (SCACC) at level 3 of Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) at the end of 2012.
In its management, hemodialysis unit and kidney Replacement Therapy Programme is under the Department of Urology, until the year 1975, the nephrology took over the dialysis unit and organised a treatment schedule as well as other aspects of the hemodialysis programme. In 1976, the nephrology unit was upgraded to the full department and this marked the beginning of an integrated programme and development of renal replacement therapy in the country.
Currently the department of Nephrology HKL is led by Dr. Sunita Bavanandan as head of Department of Nephrology together with 294 other members of 7 consultants, 11 clinical professionals, 24 medical officers, 41 assistant medical officers, 153 nurses, 49 assistant health Care assistants and 9 office staff.
ii. VISION
iii. Mission
v. Objectives and functions of the Department
vi. Client's Charter
vii. Organization Chart
The Department of Nephrology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur serves as a reference centre to several institutions/bodies and includes the following:
i. Kuala Lumpur Hospital (from other Departments)
ii. Hospital at Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH)
iii. National Heart Institute (IJN)
iv. non-governmental public Dialysis Centre (NGO)/private sector in Klang Valley and the whole country
The scope of services of the Department are as follows:
1. Hemodialysis – Acute and chronic chronic
2. Peritoneal Dialysis – CAPD & APD
3. Chronic Kidney Diseases – Interior & Outpatient (Inpatient and Outpatient)
4. Renal transplantation
5. Critical Care Nephrology
6. Interventional Nephrology
7. Research and training
Clinical Services Department of Nephrology:
1. In-patient
i. Chronic kidney disease
ii. Hemodialysis
iii. Chronic PD
iv. Renal Transplant
v. Critical Care Nephrology
vi. Renal Consult Services
vii. Interventional Nephrology
2. Out-Patient
i. CKD Clinic
ii. Renal Transplant Clinic
iii. Hemodialysis (HD) Clinic
iv. Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Clinic
v. Pre-dialysis Clinic
vi. Diabetic Kidney Disease Clinic
vii. Glomerulonephritis Clinic
viii. Pre-Transplant Evaluation Clinic
ix. Research Clinic
(i) PRESENTATIONS 2019
No. |
Title |
Presenter |
Date & Venue |
Type (Oral/Poster) |
1. |
Epidemiology and Clinical Characteristics of Idiopathic Membraneous Nephropathy : A single Centre Study |
Dr Benjamin Tan |
35th Annual Congress of Malaysian Society of Nephrology 2019, Connexion Nexus, Bangsar KL (12-14July 2019) |
Poster presentation
|
2. |
Epidemiology of AKI in Hospital Kuala Lumpur |
Dr Wan Mohamad Rasis |
3rd Asia- Pacific AKI CRRT , Connexion Nexus, Bangsar KL (11-14th October 2019) |
Oral presentation |
3. |
Prediction in Traumatic Rhabdomyolysis causing Acute Kidney Injury |
Dr Mah Doo Yee |
3rd Asia- Pacific AKI CRRT , Connexion Nexus, Bangsar KL (11-14th October 2019) |
Poster presentation
|
4. |
Concurrent Fungal and bacterial sinusitis with meningoencephalitis in a kidney transplant recipient : A case report |
Dr Looi Yik Kian |
35th Annual Congress of Malaysian Society of Nephrology 2019, Connexion Nexus, Bangsar KL (12-14 July 2019) |
Poster presentation
|
5. |
Characteristic and Outcome of Acute Kidney Injury in General Intensive Care Unit Hospital Kuala Lumpur |
Dr Looi Yik Kian |
3rd Asia- Pacific AKI CRRT , Connexion Nexus, Bangsar KL (11-14th October 2019) |
Poster Presentation
|
6. |
Double Trouble in Kidney Transplant |
Dr Mah Doo Yee |
Asian Transplantation Week 2019 , HICO, Gyeongju, Korea, (17 to 19 October 2019) |
Poster Presentation |
7. |
Pregnancy Outcome After Kidney Transplantation - Case Series Report |
Dr Tan Min Hui |
22nd Annual Scientific Meeting of Malaysian Society of Transplantation , 25th -27th April 2019 |
Poster Presentation |
8. |
Knowledge and Perception of Contrast Induced Acute Kidney Injury |
Dr Tan Min Hui |
3rd Asia- Pacific AKI CRRT , Connexion Nexus, Bangsar KL (11-14th October 2019) |
Poster Presentation |
9. |
Double Superior Vena Cava : A rare entity |
Dr Chan Chee Eng |
35th Annual Congress of Malaysian Society of Nephrology 2019, Connexion Nexus, Bangsar KL (12-14 July 2019) |
Poster Presentation |
10. |
Acute renal infacrtion mimicking pyelonephritis |
Dr Chan Chee Eng |
35th Annual Congress of Malaysian Society of Nephrology 2019, Connexion Nexus, Bangsar KL (12-14 July 2019) |
Poster Presentation
|
11. |
Knowledge of Acute Kidney Injury Among Healthcare Professionals
|
Dr Chan Chee Eng
|
3rd Asia- Pacific AKI CRRT , Connexion Nexus, Bangsar KL (11-14th October 2019) |
Oral Presentation |
(ii) INVESTIGATOR INITIATED RESEARCH (IIR) / INVESTIGATOR INITIATED TRIAL (IIT)
No. |
Investigator/s |
Research Title |
1. |
Dr Zaimi, Dr Rosnawati Yahya, Dr Wan Hazlina, Dr Nurul Zaynah, Dr Yee Seow Yeing |
TESTING (IIR Hybrid) NMRR-14-1402-22863 |
2. |
Dr Nurul Zaynah , Dr Sunita Bavanandan, Dr Ismail Tan |
Epidemiology and Long Term Outcome Of Critically ill patients requiring renal replacement therapy in Southeast Asia and India NMRR ID : 19-402-46985 |
3. |
Dr Nurul Zaynah |
Outcome of peritoneal dialysis programme in reluctant PD patients NMRR-18-1400-42539 |
4. |
Dr Wan Mohd Rasis, Dr Nurul Zaynah
|
Acute Kidney Injury study in Hospital Kuala Lumpur NMRR |
5. |
Dr Sunita Bavanandan, Dr Wan Hazlina, Dr Nurul Zaynah, Dr Mohamad Zaimi |
A randomised, open-label, parallel group, multi-centre controlled study to evalyate clinical performance and safety of Stay Safe Link (SSL) in patients with end-stage kidney disease on continous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD-3 Trial) NMRR -17-803-35890 |
6. |
Dr Rosnawati Yahya, Dr Yee Seow Yeing, Dr Nurul Zaynah, Dr Wan Hazlina |
Quality Iniitiative Towards Zero Catheter Infection in Dialysis NMRR-18-1237-41718 |
7. |
Dr Sunita Bavanandan |
May Measurement Month 2018 (MMM18) NMRR-19-1137-46868 |
8. |
Dr Wan Hazlina |
The Incidence of latent TB Among potential kidney transplant recipient |
9. |
Dr Rosnawati Yahya |
Overseas Transplant Survey : Collaborative Study with Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Malaysia |
10. |
Dr Wan Hazlina, Dr Sunita Bavanandan |
A multicentre observational study to evaluate the clinical performance and safety of a new dialysis fluid (SOFT FLOW SC) used in CAPD and automated peritoneal dialysis cycler (Lucenxia Intellis) system in patients with end stage kidney disease (SOFT FLOW SC TRIAL) NMRR-18-2190-42984 |