RRI

Advances in CKD 2006 (RRI Conference, Las Vegas, NV, January, 2006).

(Lecture handouts of nutrition talks by Martin Kulhmann, MD; Roger Greenwood, MD; Jeffrey Sands, MD; Barry Straube, MD, Alan Kliger, MD; Jose Diaz-Buxo, MD; Seth Johnson, NP; Robert Provenzano, MD, Barry Straube, MD.)

Kulhmann, Greenwood: Dry Weight Assessment
Sands: Disease Management Actually Works in Dialysis Patients
Asif: Vascular Access Evaluation of Fistulae and Grafts over Time – New Thoughts
Straube: Implications for Survey and Certification of Dialysis Facilities
Diaz-Buxo: How to Set up and Run a Successful PD Program
Kliger: Prevention of Medical Errors in Dialysis: Design and Implementation Strategies
Johnson: A View of Dialysis from a Nurse Practitioner Provenzano: What is Now Expected from Medical Directors of Dialysis Units? (more...)


Updated: July 03, 2008 (J03)
J03 NEJM: Scanning the blood for circulating tumor cells using DNA technology helps guide treatment of metastatic disease.
J03 VA/NIH study of dialysis dose in acute kidney failure published in NEJM
J03 Pfizer will no longer work directly with for-profit CME companies.
J03 Novel antibiotic ceftobirole kills even the most resistant Staph. aureus.
J03 CMS releases 2007 ESRD Clinical Performance Measures report (.pdf)
J03 Secondary analysis of CHOIR data suggests that high EPO doses, rather than high Hb per se, associated with mortality.
J03 FDA panel recommends that all new diabetes drugs be screened for cardiovascular risk.
J02 New orally active, broad-spectrum angiogenesis inhibitor may be useful against many cancers.
J02 Secret of herpesvirus latency discovered in strands of microRNA.
J01 Caffeine intake increases rate at which muscle replenishes glycogen stores after exercise.
J01 Indocyanine green plus laser light kills even resistant bacteria; application to wound infections.
J01 Medicare proposes changes for dialysis reimbursement.
J01 More on the physician Medicare payment cut battle in the Congress.
J01 FDA may start focusing more on software reliability in medical devices.
J01 Bills pending in Congress would remove Supreme Court shield for medical device manufacturers.
Industry Advances Emphasis
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Overview of catheter lock solutions (Allon) ASN 2006 - Slide/audio
Vascular Access: A Multidisciplinary Approach to AV Fistula Access Care ADC 2007 - MP3 audiofile
Future of Hemodialysis Access ADC 2007 - MP3 audiofile
ASDIN 3rd Annual Meeting (Part 7 and Nursing Breakout Session) (Besarab, Schon, Ash : Copelan, Holland, Merrill, Brouwer, White, Litchfield) ASDIN 2007 - handouts only
Anemia in the PD Patient (Michael V. Rocco, MD, MS, FACP; Allen R. Nissenson, MD, FACP; Chaim Charytan, MD; David B. Van Wyck, MD) ADC 2006 (audio only)
Explaining and Correcting PD Underutilization (Madhukar Misra, MD; John Burkart, MD; Allen R. Nissenson, MD, FACP; Irum Shahab, MD; Martin Schreiber, MD; Rajnish Mehrotra, MD, MBBS; Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FACP; Martin Schreiber, MD) ADC 2006 (audiofiles)
Emerging Dialysis Techniques (Derrick Latos, MD; Robert S. Lockridge, Jr., MD) ADC 2006 (audiofiles)
Nursing Home Dialysis: A Primer (Stephen Korbet, MD; Steven Bucher, CPA, MBA) ADC 2006 (audiofiles)
Perceptions of Incorporating Spirituality into Their Care: A Phenomenological Study of Female Patients on Hemodialysis (Tanyi, Stehle-Werner) NNJ 2006 (pdf)
The Controversy Over Sodium Modeling: Should We Use It or Not? (Henning) NNJ 2006 (pdf)
The Buttonhole Technique for Arteriovenous Fistula Cannulation (Ball) NNJ 2006 (pdfs)
Annual Dialysis Conference, 2006 (various authors) ADC 2006 (audiofiles)
RRI - International Conference on Dialysis, 2006 (various authors) RRI 2006 (handouts)
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