Overview
Background
Peter obtained his medical degree at the Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. He completed his paediatric nephrology fellowship and worked as a paediatric nephrologist at the British Columbia Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. Peter moved to Brisbane in 2010 and worked as a staff nephrologist at both Royal Children's Hospital and Mater Children's Hospital. He became the Director of Nephrology at Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in November 2014. Peter is currently the Service Group Director of Endocrinology and Nephrology at Queensland Children's Hospital. He is the Director of Queensland Child and Adolescent Renal Service, a state-wide service providing the nephrology care for children with kidney disease, including dialysis, kidney transplant and apheresis service.
Peter also holds a Master of Science degree in Experimental Medicine from the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is an Associate Professor at the School of Medicine, the University of Queensland.
Research Interests
Congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract, obstructive nephropathy, biomarkers of chronic kidney disease, renal tumours associated with tuberous sclerosis.
Availability
- Associate Professor Peter Trnka is:
- Available for supervision
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Enhancing diagnostic outcomes in kidney genetic disorders: the KidGen national kidney genomics study protocol
Mallawaarachchi, Amali, McCarthy, Hugh, Forbes, Thomas A., Jayasinghe, Kushani, Patel, Chirag, Alexander, Stephen I., Boughtwood, Tiffany, Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Chakera, Aron, Crafter, Sam, Deveson, Ira W., Faull, Randall, Harris, Trudie, Johnstone, Lilian, Jose, Matthew, Leaver, Anna, Little, Melissa H., MacArthur, Daniel, Mattiske, Tessa, Mincham, Christine, Nicholls, Kathy, Quinlan, Catherine, Quinn, Michael C. J., Rangan, Gopala, Ryan, Jessica, Simons, Cas, Smyth, Ian, Sundaram, Madhivanan, Trnka, Peter ... Mallett, Andrew (2025). Enhancing diagnostic outcomes in kidney genetic disorders: the KidGen national kidney genomics study protocol. BMC Nephrology, 26 (1) 51, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12882-024-03926-y
2024
Conference Publication
The impact of anuria and hypotension on survival outcomes in infants commencing dialysis under two years of age
Moonsamy, Glenda, Hahn, Deirdre, Trnka, Peter, Kennedy, Sean, Aldridge, Melanie, Dooley, Belinda and Durkan, Anne (2024). The impact of anuria and hypotension on survival outcomes in infants commencing dialysis under two years of age. IPNA Congress 2025, Cape Town, South Africa, 19-23 February 2025. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/s00467-024-06607-y
2024
Journal Article
Urinary chloride excretion in critical illness and acute kidney injury: a paediatric hypothesis-generating cohort study post cardiopulmonary bypass surgery
Mattke, Adrian C., Johnson, Kerry E., Ariyawansa, Krishanti, Trnka, Peter, Venugopal, Prem S., Coman, David, Schibler, Andreas and Gibbons, Kristen (2024). Urinary chloride excretion in critical illness and acute kidney injury: a paediatric hypothesis-generating cohort study post cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 52 (6) 310057X241265119, 1-10. doi: 10.1177/0310057X241265119
2024
Journal Article
Implementation and evaluation of a national multidisciplinary kidney genetics clinic network over ten years
Jayasinghe, Kushani, Biros, Erik, Harris, Trudie, Wood, Alasdair, O’Shea, Rosie, Hill, Lauren, Fowles, Lindsay, Wardrop, Louise, Shalhoub, Carolyn, Hahn, Deirdre, Rangan, Gopala, Kevin, Lucy, Tchan, Michel, Snelling, Paul, Sandow, Rhiannon, Sundaram, Madhivan, Chaturvedi, Swasti, Trnka, Peter, Faull, Randall, Poplawski, Nicola K., Huntley, Vanessa, Garza, Denisse, Wallis, Mathew, Jose, Matthew, Leaver, Anna, Trainer, Alison H., Wilkins, Ella J., White, Sue, Elbaum, Yoni ... Mallett, Andrew J. (2024). Implementation and evaluation of a national multidisciplinary kidney genetics clinic network over ten years. Kidney International Reports, 9 (8), 2372-2385. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2024.04.068
2024
Journal Article
Rare SH2B3 coding variants in lupus patients impair B cell tolerance and predispose to autoimmunity
Zhang, Yaoyuan, Morris, Rhiannon, Brown, Grant J., Lorenzo, Ayla May D., Meng, Xiangpeng, Kershaw, Nadia J., Kiridena, Pamudika, Burgio, Gaétan, Gross, Simon, Cappello, Jean Y., Shen, Qian, Wang, Hao, Turnbull, Cynthia, Lea-Henry, Tom, Stanley, Maurice, Yu, Zhijia, Ballard, Fiona D., Chuah, Aaron, Lee, James C., Hatch, Ann-Maree, Enders, Anselm, Masters, Seth L., Headley, Alexander P., Trnka, Peter, Mallon, Dominic, Fletcher, Jeffery T., Walters, Giles D., Šestan, Mario, Jelušić, Marija ... Ellyard, Julia I. (2024). Rare SH2B3 coding variants in lupus patients impair B cell tolerance and predispose to autoimmunity. The Journal of Experimental Medicine, 221 (4) e20221080, 1-26. doi: 10.1084/jem.20221080
2024
Journal Article
IPNA clinical practice recommendations on care of pediatric patients with pre-existing kidney disease during seasonal outbreak of COVID-19
Alhasan, Khalid A., Raina, Rupesh, Boyer, Olivia, Koh, Jean, Bonilla-Felix, Melvin, Sethi, Sidharth K., Amer, Yasser S., Coccia, Paula, Temsah, Mohamad-Hani, Exantus, Judith, Khan, Samina A., Zhong, Xuhui, Koch, Vera, Duzova, Ali, Vasudevan, Anil, McCulloch, Mignon, Allen, Upton, Filler, Guido, Montini, Giovanni, Esezobor, Chris, Admani, Bashir, Bhimma, Rajendra, Safouh, Hesham, Bresolin, Nilzete Liberato, Restrepo, Jaime M., Rodriguez, Luis Ignacio, Mantan, Mukta, Ma, Alison, Hari, Pankaj ... Haffner, Dieter (2024). IPNA clinical practice recommendations on care of pediatric patients with pre-existing kidney disease during seasonal outbreak of COVID-19. Pediatric Nephrology, 40 (5), 1795-1815. doi: 10.1007/s00467-024-06565-5
2023
Journal Article
Relationship between cortical and medullary thickness and glomerular filtration rate among living kidney donors
Kuhnel, Lukas, Vu, Thomas, Wood, Simon T., Francis, Ross S., Trnka, Peter and Ellis, Robert J. (2023). Relationship between cortical and medullary thickness and glomerular filtration rate among living kidney donors. Internal Medicine Journal, 53 (3), 431-435. doi: 10.1111/imj.16033
2023
Journal Article
Diagnostic and therapeutic management of vesico-ureteral reflux in pediatric kidney transplantation-Results of an online survey on behalf of the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology
Zirngibl, Matthias, Buder, Kathrin, Luithle, Tobias, Tönshoff, Burkhard, Weitz, Marcus, Members of the “Transplantation Working Group” of the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (ESPN) and Trnka, Peter (2023). Diagnostic and therapeutic management of vesico-ureteral reflux in pediatric kidney transplantation-Results of an online survey on behalf of the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology. Pediatric Transplantation, 27 (2) e14449, 1-15. doi: 10.1111/petr.14449
2022
Journal Article
Effect of Saline vs gluconate/acetate–buffered solution vs lactate-buffered solution on serum chloride among children in the pediatric Intensive Care Unit: the SPLYT-P randomized clinical trial
Raman, Sainath, Gibbons, Kristen S., Mattke, Adrian, Schibler, Andreas, Trnka, Peter, Kennedy, Melanie, Le Marsney, Renate and Schlapbach, Luregn J. (2022). Effect of Saline vs gluconate/acetate–buffered solution vs lactate-buffered solution on serum chloride among children in the pediatric Intensive Care Unit: the SPLYT-P randomized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatrics, 177 (2), 122-131. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.4912
2022
Journal Article
The evolving role of diagnostic genomics in kidney transplantation
Soraru, Jacqueline, Chakera, Aron, Isbel, Nikky, Mallawaarachichi, Amali, Rogers, Natasha, Trnka, Peter, Patel, Chirag and Mallett, Andrew J. (2022). The evolving role of diagnostic genomics in kidney transplantation. Kidney International Reports, 7 (8), 1758-1771. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.05.019
2022
Journal Article
Serum and urinary biomarkers to predict acute kidney injury in premature infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy
Kuo, Jenny, Akison, Lisa K., Chatfield, Mark D., Trnka, Peter and Moritz, Karen M. (2022). Serum and urinary biomarkers to predict acute kidney injury in premature infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy. Journal of Nephrology, 35 (8), 2001-2014. doi: 10.1007/s40620-022-01307-y
2022
Journal Article
WT1 complete gonadal dysgenesis with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: case series and literature review
Anderson, Erin, Aldridge, Melanie, Turner, Ross, Harraway, James, McManus, Sam, Stewart, Anna, Borzi, Peter, Trnka, Peter, Burke, John and Coman, David (2022). WT1 complete gonadal dysgenesis with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: case series and literature review. Pediatric Nephrology, 37 (10), 2369-2374. doi: 10.1007/s00467-022-05421-8
2021
Journal Article
Improve in-depth immunological risk assessment to optimize genetic-compatibility and clinical outcomes in child and adolescent recipients of parental donor kidney transplants: protocol for the INCEPTION study
Lim, Wai H., Adams, Brigitte, Alexander, Stephen, Bouts, Antonia H. M., Claas, Frans, Collins, Michael, Cornelissen, Elisabeth, Dunckley, Heather, de Jong, Huib, D’Orsogna, Lloyd, Francis, Anna, Heidt, Sebastiaan, Herman, Jean, Holdsworth, Rhonda, Kausman, Joshua, Khalid, Rabia, Kim, Jon Jin, Kim, Siah, Knops, Noël, Kosmoliaptsis, Vasilis, Kramer, Cynthia, Kuypers, Dirk, Larkins, Nicholas, Palmer, Suetonia C., Prestidge, Chanel, Prytula, Agnieszka, Sharma, Ankit, Shingde, Meena, Taverniti, Anne ... Wong, Germaine (2021). Improve in-depth immunological risk assessment to optimize genetic-compatibility and clinical outcomes in child and adolescent recipients of parental donor kidney transplants: protocol for the INCEPTION study. BMC Nephrology, 22 (1) 416, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12882-021-02619-0
2021
Journal Article
Urinary chloride excretion postcardiopulmonary bypass in pediatric patients—a pilot study
Fincher, Sophie, Gibbons, Kristen, Johnson, Kerry, Trnka, Peter and Mattke, Adrian C. (2021). Urinary chloride excretion postcardiopulmonary bypass in pediatric patients—a pilot study. Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care, 13 (01), 080-086. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1736549
2021
Journal Article
Effectiveness of growth hormone on growth and final height in paediatric chronic kidney disease
Aldridge, Melanie K., Trnka, Peter, Francis, Anna and McTaggart, Steven J. (2021). Effectiveness of growth hormone on growth and final height in paediatric chronic kidney disease. Pediatric Nephrology, 37 (3), 651-658. doi: 10.1007/s00467-021-05259-6
2021
Journal Article
0.9% Sodium chloride solution versus Plasma-Lyte 148 versus compound sodium lacTate solution in children admitted to PICU—a randomized controlled trial (SPLYT-P): study protocol for an intravenous fluid therapy trial
Raman, Sainath, Schibler, Andreas, Le Marsney, Renate, Trnka, Peter, Kennedy, Melanie, Mattke, Adrian, Gibbons, Kristen and Schlapbach, Luregn J. (2021). 0.9% Sodium chloride solution versus Plasma-Lyte 148 versus compound sodium lacTate solution in children admitted to PICU—a randomized controlled trial (SPLYT-P): study protocol for an intravenous fluid therapy trial. Trials, 22 (1) 427. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05376-5
2021
Other Outputs
0.9% Sodium chloride solution versus Plasma-Lyte 148 versus compound sodium lacTate Solution in children admitted to PICU – a randomised controlled trial – SPLYT-P: study protocol for an intravenous fluid therapy trial
Raman, Sainath, Schibler, Andreas, Marsney, Renate Le, Trnka, Peter, Kennedy, Melanie, Mattke, Adrian, Gibbons, Kristen and Schlapbach, Luregn (2021). 0.9% Sodium chloride solution versus Plasma-Lyte 148 versus compound sodium lacTate Solution in children admitted to PICU – a randomised controlled trial – SPLYT-P: study protocol for an intravenous fluid therapy trial. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-390577/v1
2020
Conference Publication
Morphometric parameters of the kidney determined using ct imaging in a large sample of living kidney donors
Vu, T., Kuhnel, L., Ellis, R. and Trnka, P. (2020). Morphometric parameters of the kidney determined using ct imaging in a large sample of living kidney donors. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Online, 28 November - 2 December 2020. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell.
2020
Conference Publication
Serum and urinary biomarkers to predict acute kidney injury in premature infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy.
Kuo, Jenny, Akison, Lisa K., Chatfield, Mark D., Trnka, Peter and Moritz, Karen M. (2020). Serum and urinary biomarkers to predict acute kidney injury in premature infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy. . 55th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Online, 28 November - 2 December 2020. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell.
2020
Journal Article
Renal tumors in tuberous sclerosis complex
Trnka, Peter and Kennedy, Sean E. (2020). Renal tumors in tuberous sclerosis complex. Pediatric Nephrology, 36 (6), 1427-1438. doi: 10.1007/s00467-020-04775-1
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