Saritha Ranabothu

Associate Professor

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

faculty

Peds Pediatrics, College of Medicine

10 h-index 38 pubs 1,081 cited

Research Areas

Child and Adolescent Health SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Healthcare Policy and Management Birth, Development, and Health

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Saritha Ranabothu's research focuses on child and adolescent health, particularly within the context of pediatric kidney transplantation and sickle cell disease. She has investigated the impact of COVID-19 on pediatric kidney transplant recipients, contributing to reports from the Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative. Her work also examines factors affecting children with sickle cell disease, including nocturnal hypertension, its association with stroke and silent cerebral infarcts, and the relationship between anemia, blood pressure, and diastolic function markers.

Ranabothu has explored novel methods for early detection of acute kidney injury in neonates undergoing therapeutic hypothermia, utilizing renal oximetry. Additionally, her research has addressed the utilization patterns of specific treatments like eculizumab for hemolytic uremic syndrome and the effect of pre-emptive rituximab on EBV DNA levels and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder in pediatric kidney transplant recipients. She also has an interest in healthcare policy, evidenced by her publication on industry payments to nephrologists.

Metrics

  • h-index: 10
  • Publications: 38
  • Citations: 1,081

Selected Publications

  • Pediatric Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Recipients of Kidneys from COVID-19-Positive Donors: Analysis of Data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) (2025) DOI
  • Childhood Opportunity Index and Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: A NAPRTCS and PHIS Study (2025) DOI
  • 843: PROFOUND HYPOKALEMIA FOLLOWING BARIUM CONTAINING “SNAKE” FIREWORK INGESTION IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT (2025) DOI
  • Hypercoagulability Evaluation in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients to Optimize Outcomes (2024) DOI
  • Moving the neonatal nephrology field forward: results from the Pediatric Academic Society Neonatal Nephrology Focus Group (2023) DOI
  • Preparing for kidney replacement therapy in pediatric advanced CKD: a review of literature and defining a multi-disciplinary clinical approach to patient-caregiver education (2023) DOI
  • Renal oximetry for early acute kidney injury detection in neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy receiving therapeutic hypothermia (2023) DOI
  • Utilization Pattern for Eculizumab Among Children With Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (2021) DOI
  • Industry Payments to Nephrologists in the United States (2021) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Richard T. Blaszak University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 3 shared publications Brendan Crawford University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications Shelley E. Crary University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications Krishna Nalleballe University of Arkansas at Little Rock 1 shared publication Vaishali Thombre University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Clare C. Brown University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Kristen Rice Moore University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Sherry E. Courtney University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication

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