A good DM Nephrology thesis draws on the large dialysis, transplant and glomerular disease workload of an Indian teaching hospital to answer a practical question about diagnosis, complications or outcome. Prospective cohorts of acute kidney injury, comparisons of dialysis access techniques and biopsy-based studies of glomerular disease are all achievable within the DM course. Transplant studies of graft function, rejection and immunosuppressant levels work well where a living donor programme is active.
The catalogue covers Kidney Transplantation, Glomerular Diseases, CKD & CKD-MBD, Haemodialysis & Vascular Access, Acute Kidney Injury, Special Nephrology, Electrolytes & Acid-Base and Peritoneal Dialysis. Titles include donor profile indices, urinary biomarkers of rejection, tacrolimus pharmacogenetics, post-transplant metabolic complications and pre-emptive transplantation. Objectives or a full synopsis can be bought for any title.
1What the DM Nephrology catalogue covers
Our thesis-title catalogue, shared with our sister site medicalthesistopic.in, currently lists 420 DM Nephrology titles. The newest ones are based on PubMed literature published in 2024–2026. Titles by subject area (top 8):
| Subject area | Titles |
|---|---|
| Kidney Transplantation | 81 |
| Glomerular Diseases | 79 |
| CKD & CKD-MBD | 65 |
| Haemodialysis & Vascular Access | 61 |
| Acute Kidney Injury | 57 |
| Special Nephrology | 27 |
| Electrolytes & Acid-Base | 27 |
| Peritoneal Dialysis | 23 |
Most common study designs: prospective observational study (109), retrospective record-based study (88), hospital-based cross-sectional study (83), prospective analytical study (50), prospective comparative study (41), randomized controlled trial (25). Each title already names its study design, so you can see at a glance whether it suits your department's patient load and your timeline.
Browse by subject area: Acute Kidney Injury · CKD & CKD-MBD · Glomerular Diseases · Haemodialysis & Vascular Access · Kidney Transplantation
250 recent DM Nephrology thesis titles
These 50 titles are free to read. Discuss any of them with your guide before you commit; check that it has not already been taken up in your department.
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Proteinuria at three months after acute kidney injury and its association with eGFR decline at one year
Acute Kidney InjuryProspective observational studyOutcome / Prognostic - 002
Incidence and renal outcome of acute kidney injury in patients admitted with heat stroke
Acute Kidney InjuryProspective observational studyClinical Spectrum / Profile - 003
Incidence, risk factors and outcome of acute kidney injury in acute pancreatitis
Acute Kidney InjuryProspective observational studyOutcome / Prognostic - 004
Performance of creatinine- and cystatin C-based eGFR equations against measured GFR in stable kidney transplant recipients
Kidney TransplantationProspective analytical studyDiagnostic / Tool Evaluation - 005
Prevalence of anti-HLA antibodies in kidney transplant candidates and their association with prior transfusion, pregnancy and transplantation
Kidney TransplantationHospital-based cross-sectional studyAssociation / Correlation - 006
Coronary artery calcium score in kidney transplant candidates and its association with cardiovascular events in the first year after transplantation
Kidney TransplantationProspective observational studyOutcome / Prognostic - 007
Mycophenolate dose reduction for cytopenias and its association with acute rejection in the first year after kidney transplantation
Kidney TransplantationRetrospective record-based studyAssociation / Correlation - 008
SGLT2 inhibitor therapy in kidney transplant recipients with post-transplant diabetes: change in eGFR, HbA1c and safety over six months
Kidney TransplantationProspective observational studyOutcome / Prognostic - 009
Clinical profile and graft outcome of dengue in kidney transplant recipients
Kidney TransplantationRetrospective record-based studyClinical Spectrum / Profile - 010
Post-transplant cardiovascular events, infections and graft survival in diabetic versus non-diabetic kidney transplant recipients
Kidney TransplantationRetrospective record-based studyOutcome / Prognostic - 011
Pharmacist-led adherence intervention versus standard care: tacrolimus intrapatient variability in kidney transplant recipients
Kidney TransplantationRandomized controlled trialComparative / Interventional - 012
Incidence and spectrum of malignancy after kidney transplantation
Kidney TransplantationRetrospective record-based studyClinical Spectrum / Profile - 013
Aetiology of persistent diarrhoea in kidney transplant recipients and its association with mycophenolate exposure
Kidney TransplantationProspective observational studyClinical Spectrum / Profile - 014
Nocturnal hypertension on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in kidney transplant recipients and its association with graft function
Kidney TransplantationHospital-based cross-sectional studyAssociation / Correlation - 015
Pre-emptive versus post-dialysis living donor kidney transplantation: delayed graft function and one-year graft function
Kidney TransplantationRetrospective record-based studyOutcome / Prognostic - 016
Clinicopathological profile and graft survival in chronic active antibody-mediated rejection
Kidney TransplantationRetrospective record-based studyClinical Spectrum / Profile - 017
Post-transplant hypomagnesaemia and its association with post-transplant diabetes mellitus in kidney transplant recipients
Kidney TransplantationProspective observational studyAssociation / Correlation - 018
CYP3A5 genotype and its association with tacrolimus dose requirement and trough levels in the early post-transplant period
Kidney TransplantationProspective observational studyAssociation / Correlation - 019
Urinary CXCL10 as a non-invasive marker of acute rejection in kidney transplant recipients with graft dysfunction
Kidney TransplantationProspective analytical studyDiagnostic / Tool Evaluation - 020
Kidney Donor Profile Index and graft function at one year in deceased donor kidney transplantation
Kidney TransplantationRetrospective record-based studyOutcome / Prognostic - 021
Health-related quality of life and psychosocial outcomes in living kidney donors one year after donation
Kidney TransplantationProspective observational studyOutcome / Prognostic - 022
Measured GFR by 99mTc-DTPA versus CKD-EPI creatinine and cystatin C equations in the evaluation of potential living kidney donors
Kidney TransplantationProspective analytical studyDiagnostic / Tool Evaluation - 023
Proportion of potential living kidney donors declined and reasons for non-donation at a transplant centre
Kidney TransplantationRetrospective record-based studyClinical Spectrum / Profile - 024
Early versus late removal of the ureteric stent after kidney transplantation: urinary tract infection and urological complications
Kidney TransplantationRandomized controlled trialComparative / Interventional - 025
Clinical profile and outcome of mucormycosis and other invasive fungal infections after kidney transplantation
Kidney TransplantationRetrospective record-based studyClinical Spectrum / Profile - 026
Incidence, risk factors and outcome of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia after kidney transplantation
Kidney TransplantationRetrospective record-based studyClinical Spectrum / Profile - 027
Early steroid withdrawal versus steroid maintenance in low immunological risk living donor kidney transplant recipients: rejection and metabolic outcomes
Kidney TransplantationProspective comparative studyComparative / Interventional - 028
Everolimus with reduced-dose tacrolimus versus standard-dose tacrolimus with mycophenolate: eGFR at 12 months after kidney transplantation
Kidney TransplantationProspective comparative studyComparative / Interventional - 029
Change in left ventricular mass on echocardiography one year after kidney transplantation
Kidney TransplantationProspective observational studyOutcome / Prognostic - 030
Metabolic syndrome one year after kidney transplantation and its association with graft function
Kidney TransplantationHospital-based cross-sectional studyAssociation / Correlation - 031
Change in bone mineral density on DXA during the first year after kidney transplantation and its determinants
Kidney TransplantationProspective observational studyAssociation / Correlation - 032
Incidence and risk factors of post-transplant erythrocytosis in kidney transplant recipients
Kidney TransplantationRetrospective record-based studyClinical Spectrum / Profile - 033
Positive flow cytometry crossmatch with negative CDC crossmatch and its association with early rejection in living donor kidney transplantation
Kidney TransplantationRetrospective record-based studyAssociation / Correlation - 034
Pre-transplant donor-specific antibodies on single-antigen bead assay and early graft outcomes in sensitised living donor kidney transplant recipients
Kidney TransplantationProspective observational studyAssociation / Correlation - 035
Incidence and risk factors of biopsy-proven acute rejection in the first six months after living donor kidney transplantation
Kidney TransplantationRetrospective record-based studyOutcome / Prognostic - 036
Total kidney volume by Mayo imaging classification and its association with eGFR decline in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Special NephrologyProspective observational studyAssociation / Correlation - 037
Prevalence of renal artery stenosis on Doppler ultrasonography in young patients with resistant hypertension
Special NephrologyHospital-based cross-sectional studyClinical Spectrum / Profile - 038
Recurrence of kidney stones with potassium citrate therapy in hypocitraturic stone formers
Special NephrologyProspective observational studyOutcome / Prognostic - 039
Change in kidney function and proteinuria after direct-acting antiviral therapy in hepatitis C-related kidney disease
Special NephrologyProspective observational studyOutcome / Prognostic - 040
sFlt-1/PlGF ratio in pre-eclampsia and its association with persistent kidney dysfunction at three months postpartum
Special NephrologyProspective observational studyAssociation / Correlation - 041
Sodium bicarbonate therapy in severe metabolic acidaemia with acute kidney injury and its association with need for dialysis and mortality
Electrolytes & Acid-BaseProspective observational studyOutcome / Prognostic - 042
Cerebral salt wasting versus SIADH as causes of hyponatraemia in neurosurgical patients
Electrolytes & Acid-BaseProspective observational studyClinical Spectrum / Profile - 043
Clinical and biochemical profile of Gitelman syndrome in adults
Electrolytes & Acid-BaseProspective observational studyClinical Spectrum / Profile - 044
Urine anion gap versus urine osmolal gap in evaluating normal anion gap metabolic acidosis
Electrolytes & Acid-BaseProspective analytical studyDiagnostic / Tool Evaluation - 045
Incidence of refeeding hypophosphataemia and its association with outcome in critically ill patients
Electrolytes & Acid-BaseProspective observational studyOutcome / Prognostic - 046
Proactive desmopressin clamp versus reactive strategy in severe hyponatraemia: incidence of overcorrection
Electrolytes & Acid-BaseProspective comparative studyComparative / Interventional - 047
Oral urea versus fluid restriction in hyponatraemia due to SIADH: serum sodium at day 7
Electrolytes & Acid-BaseRandomized controlled trialComparative / Interventional - 048
Urinary soluble CD163 as a marker of renal disease activity in ANCA-associated vasculitis
Glomerular DiseasesProspective analytical studyDiagnostic / Tool Evaluation - 049
Spectrum of monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance on kidney biopsy and its haematological correlates
Glomerular DiseasesRetrospective record-based studyClinical Spectrum / Profile - 050
Multitarget therapy with tacrolimus and mycophenolate versus mycophenolate alone for induction in lupus nephritis: complete renal response at six months
Glomerular DiseasesProspective comparative studyComparative / Interventional
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4Objectives and synopsis for any title
Liked a title? Each one has two optional paid add-ons on medicalthesistopic.in, paid separately there:
- Objectives (₹50): research question, aim, primary and secondary objectives, hypothesis and outcome measures for that exact title.
- Full Plan / Synopsis (₹500): a complete synopsis draft for that title, from introduction and review-of-literature search plan to sample size working, methodology and statistical plan.
Use the buttons under each title above; they open that title on medicalthesistopic.in. Treat the output as a first draft to edit with your guide, and read how to write aims and objectives before you finalise yours.
5Tips for choosing a DM Nephrology topic
- Use KDIGO definitions for acute kidney injury and CKD staging and the Banff classification for transplant biopsies, so your diagnoses are standard and your results comparable with other centres.
- Novel urinary biomarkers and genotyping add cost; confirm assay availability, freezer storage and funding, and store samples correctly from the first patient rather than hoping for batch testing late in the course.
- Graft and access outcomes need defined time points; choose early endpoints such as delayed graft function, early rejection or fistula maturation that can be captured before thesis submission.
- Glomerular disease studies depend on biopsy volume and pathology support; agree with the renal pathologist on immunofluorescence and electron microscopy access before enrolling patients.
For the general checklist (patient load, timeline, cost, ethics), see how to choose an MD/MS thesis topic. Every titles page for other specialities is listed on thesis topics by speciality.
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to common questions on this topic
Acute kidney injury cohorts, haemodialysis complications, vascular access outcomes and biopsy-based glomerular disease profiles usually finish on time because patient numbers are high. Transplant studies are feasible when outcomes are measured in the early post-transplant period. Topics needing long-term graft survival or CKD progression are better kept for later research.
It can be, especially for questions on dialysate composition, access techniques or immunosuppression protocols already used in practice. Register the trial with CTRI, obtain ethics approval and keep the primary outcome measurable within months. Many nephrology residents instead choose well-designed prospective cohorts, which are equally acceptable to universities.
That depends on your centre. Some units run active peritoneal dialysis programmes with steady enrolment, while others have few patients. Check how many patients start and stay on peritoneal dialysis before choosing; if numbers are small, a record-based or cross-sectional design on peritonitis, adequacy or technique survival may be more realistic.
Use them as starting points. Discuss the title with your guide, check that it fits your department's patients and facilities, check it has not already been done at your institution, and adjust the wording before you submit it to your ethics committee.
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