Publications

The Dr. Rajan Ravichandran publications listed below represent the scientific works of the Director of Nephrology at MIOT Hospitals and Chairman of Sapiens Health Foundation. Read his full medical profile and pioneering achievements here.

Dr. Rajan Ravichandran Publications by Category

ABO-Incompatible Kidney/Renal Transplantation

Read Dr. Rajan Ravichandran’s Comprehensive Review of the Pioneering ABO-Incompatible Program in India

1. Experience with Bortezomib in ABO-incompatible renal transplantation – a case series
   Muralikrishna MM, Kanakaraj Arumugham, Ganesh Prasad NK, Rajan Ravichandran
   International Journal of Medical Reviews and Case Reports, 2020; 4(Reports in Surgery, Urology and Orthopaedics).
2. Complications of ABO incompatible Kidney Transplantation
   ECAB Clinical Update: Nephrology. ELSEVIER India. Pages 131–142, 2016.
3. Long Term Follow-Up of ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplantation—A Study from India
   Open Access Library Journal, 3: e2544. March 2016.
4. ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplantation- A review with a perspective from a center in India
   International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Research, 2015; 3(6):288–291.
5. ABO incompatible kidney transplantation – A single center experience
   Indian Journal of Transplantation. 6(4):103–106; Oct–Dec 2012.

Rare Blood Groups: Bombay Blood Phenotype

1. World’s First Bombay Blood Group Kidney Transplant (Read the Full Article)
   Thiagarajan Yashwanth Raj, Arumugam Kanakaraj, Joshua Daniel Jeyakumar, Ramanitharan Manikandan, Chezhian Subash, Rajan Ravichandran
   American Journal of Transplantation. Articles in Press, November 11, 2025.
2. WCN25-2545 A QUANTUM LEAP IN RENAL SCIENCE: THE FIRST EVER ABH INCOMPATIBLE RENAL TRANSPLANT (Read Abstract)
   Yashwanth Raj T, Kanakaraj Arumugam, Rajan Ravichandran
   Kidney International Reports, Volume 10, Issue 2, Supplement, 2025, Pages S510–S511.

Public Health & Salt Reduction Campaign

1. Advancing Public Health Through Building Physician Capacity for Salt Reduction and Low Sodium Substitutes
   Ravichandran Rajan, Kerenhappuch Susan S, Manika Sharma, Umesh B Khanna, Vijay Kher, Bharat Shah, Edwin Fernando, Sampathkumar K, Narasingan S.N, Murugesan N, Krishna Kumar R, Zamrrud Patel, Sundar Ramachandran
   medRxiv 2026.06.18.26355944.
2. 24-hour urine sodium excretion among renal donors in India: a cross-sectional study
   Kailasha Babu LV, Dinesh Kannabhiran, Yashwanth Raj, Kanakaraj Arumugam, Rajan Ravichandran
   Korean J Transplant 2023; 37(Suppl 1): S84–S84.
3. Education and screening for chronic kidney disease in Indian youth: pilot program results
   Int J Nephrol Renovasc Dis. 2017; 10: 85–90.

Rare Disease: Cystinosis Research & Registry

1. Renal Transplantation in Patients with Cystinosis – A Case Series
   Thiagarajan, Yashwanth Raj; Kannabhiran, Dinesh; Arumugham, Kanakaraj; Ravichandran, Rajan
   Indian Journal of Transplantation 18(4):p 436-439, Oct–Dec 2024.
2. Cystinosis: Status of research and treatment in India and the world
   Nikita Vashist, Anup Arunrao Deshpande, Armugham Kanakaraj, Rajan Ravichandran and Anand K Bachhawat
   J Biosci (2023) 48:50.
3. Cystinosis Registry of India: Data Analysis of Patients with Cystinosis (2023)
   Arumugham Kanakaraj, Rajan Ravichandran
   Indian J Nephrol 2023, Letter to Editor.
4. Molecular Analysis of the CTNS Gene in Indians with Nephropathic Cystinosis
   The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. Nov 2016.
5. Cystinosis: a truly orphan disease. Report of the Cystinosis Foundation India
   Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs, Vol. 3, No.1 (2016).

Indomethacin & COVID-19 Clinical Research

1. Use of Indomethacin in COVID-19 Patients — Experience from Two Medical Centres
   Rajan Ravichandran, Prasanna Purna, Sivakumar Vijayaraghavalu, Ravi Teja Kalavakollu, Shilpa Gaidhane, Ramarathnam Krishna Kumar
   JIMA – Vol 119, No.7, July 2021.
2. An open label randomized clinical trial of Indomethacin for mild and moderate hospitalised Covid-19 patients
   Ravichandran, R., Mohan, S.K., Sukumaran, S.K. et al.
   Sci Rep 12, 6413 (2022).
3. Efficacy and Safety of Indomethacin in Covid-19 patients
   medRxiv 2020.12.14.20245266.
4. Low Dose Indomethacin in the Outpatient Treatment of COVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients—A Case Series
   Arumugam Kanakaraj, Rajan Ravichandran
   Open Access Library Journal, 10 2020.
5. LOW DOSE INDOMETHACIN FOR SYMPTOMATIC TREATMENT OF COVID-19
   Ravichandran Rajan et al.
   International Journal of Medical Reviews and Case Reports (2020).
6. Use of Indomethacin in Covid-19 – evidence to try in large scale
   Dr. Rajan Ravichandran M.D. Director Nephrology, MIOT Hospitals ,Chennai ,India (2020).

Dialysis & Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD)

1. Microbiology, Clinical Spectrum and Outcome of Peritonitis in Patients Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis in India
   Indian J Med Microbiol 2017;35:491-8.
2. An Indian model for cost-effective CAPD with minimal man power and economic resources
   Nephrol Dial Transplant. 26(10):3089-91; 2011 Oct.
3. Predictors of long-term survival on peritoneal dialysis in South India: a multicenter study
   Perit Dial Int. 30(1):29-34; 2010 Jan-Feb.
4. Efficacy and tolerability of Sevelamer in the treatment of hyperphosphatemia in Indian patients on dialysis
   Indian Journal of Nephrology. 15(4):198-204; 2005.
5. Intra Peritoneal Amikacin for treatment of Tuberculous Peritonitis in addition to oral drugs in CAPD patients
   Indian Journal of Peritoneal Dialysis. 4:36-38; 2002.
6. Ulnar basilic Arteriovenous Fistulae for Haemodialysis
   Dialysis & Transplantation. 28(6):314-316; 1999 Jun.
7. Effect of Granulocyte Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor on Hepatitis – B Vaccination in Haemodialysis patients
   Journal of Association of Physician of India. 47(6): 602-604; 1999 Jun.

Viral Infections in Renal Care (Hepatitis C & Chikungunya)

1. Sofosbuvir-based treatment is safe and effective in indian hepatitis C patients on maintenance hemodialysis
   Nephrology. 2018;23(5);446-452.
2. Treatment efficacy and tolerability of Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C infection in post renal transplant patients
   Indian Journal of Transplantation, June 2016.
3. Optimization and application of subtype specific polymerase chain reaction for detection and identification of mixed subtypes of hepatitis C virus
   Journal of Virological Methods. 2012.
4. A correlative study on Hepatitis C Virus load determined by Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction with Serum Biomakers
   Journal of Molecular Biomarkers & Diagnosis. 3(2):123; 2012.
5. Ribavirin therapy for Chikungunya arthritis
   The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 2(2):140-142; 2008.

Hypertension, Vascular & Diagnostic Studies

1. Prevalence of masked hypertension among kidney donors
   Indian Journal of Nephrology. Vol 22 (5);398; Sep 2012.
2. Prevalence of Renovascular Abnormality in Patients undergoing Cardiac Catheteization
   Journal of Association of Physician of India. 51: 175-177; 2003 Feb.
3. 24-hours Ambulatory Blood Pressure ( ABP ) monitoring in Renal Transplant recipients
   Indian Journal of Nephrology. 12(2); 47-51; 2002.
4. Reversible malignant hypertension due to inferior vena cava thrombosis
   Journal of Post Graduate Medicine. 28 (4); 223-224; 1982.

Bone Mineral Density & Transplantation

1. Forearm Bone Mineral Density of Normal Indian Population
   Open Access Library Journal. Volume 1:e691; August 2014.
2. Bone Densitometry in Post Renal Transplant Patients
   Indian Journal of Nephrology; 11:58-60; 2001.

Machine Learning & Advanced Technology in Nephrology

1. Chronic Kidney Disease Classification : A Random Forest Approach with Optimized Preprocessing
   V. Varshini, G. Akila, R. Ravichandran, P. Sridhar and R. K. Kumar
   2025 5th International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering (ICECCME), 2025, pp. 1-6.
2. Lutetium in the treatment of metastatic neuroendocrine tumour in a patient on maintenance hemodialysis – A case report
   Priyanka Bathrinarayanan, Kanakaraj A, Dinesh Kannabhiran, Yashwanth Raj T, Satish Nath SD, Rajan Ravichandran
   Kidney International Reports, Volume 10, Issue 2, Supplement, 2025, Pages S88–S89.

Clinical Case Reports & General Nephrology

1. Tuberculous granulomatous interstitial nephritis of solitary kidney in a renal donor
   Int J Med Rev Case Rep. 2018; 2(3):73-75.
2. Vegetarian diet in kidney failure
   International Vegetarian Congress Journal – 2001.
3. Methyl Alcohol Poisoning – ( Experience of an out break in Bombay )
   Journal of Post Graduate Medicine. 30 ( 2 ); 69-74;1984 Apr.
4. ASO Titre and Serum Complement ( C3 ) in Post Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis
   Journal of Post Graduate Medicine. 30 (1); 27-32; 1984 Jan.
5. Hyperlipidemia in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure
   Journal of Post graduate Medicine. 29 ( 4 ); 212-217;1983 Oct.
6. Oliguria and left upper limb weakness
   Journal of Association of Physician of India. 31(8); 539-541;1983 Aug.
7. Fatal Air Embolism following Retroperitoneal Air Insufflations
   Journal of Post Graduate Medicine.29 (3);191-2;1983 Jul.
8. Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (Report of two cases)
   Indian Journal of Surgery. 45 (4). 1983.
9. Lymphuria (A Case Report)
   Indian Journal of Surgery. Vol.44 (9);1982.
10. Spontaneous Bilateral Perirenal Hematoma in a patient with Tetrology of Fallot
    Nephron. 92(4):929-930;2002 Dec.