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   Non-osmotic sodium interaction with hypertension and tiissue hydration
 Jens Titze, MD

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   SPECIAL LECTURE:Ethical Nephrology Care: Are our incentives alligned properly?
   Alan S. Kliger, MD
   Red cell survival in relationship to changes in the hematocrit: more important than you think
   Dominik Uehlinger, MD
   Sudden death in dialysis patients
   Eberhard Ritz, MD


   Debate Part I - Guidelines have improved patient care and outcomes vs. guidelines have done more harm than good
 Adeera Levin, MD
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   Debate Part II - Guidelines have improved patient care and outcomes vs. guidelines have done more harm than good
  Richard Amerling, MD
   Uremic toxins: do we know enough to explain uremia?
   Raymond C. Vanholder, MD, PhD
   How do various aspects of body composition seriously affect dialysis outcomes
   Peter Kotanko, MD
   International differences in presentation, prevention and management of CKD in Eastern Europe
  Boleslaw Rutkowski, MD, PhD
   International differences in presentation, prevention and management of CKD in Latin America
  Ricardo Correa-Rotter, MD


   Angiotensin II, interstitial inflammation and the pathogenesis of salt sensitive hypertension
 Martha Franco, MD, PhD
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   How common is malnutrition in ESRD? An approach to diagnosis and management
  Martin Kuhlmann, MD
   Blind Pugh sends a black spot: The current hemoglobin controversy
   Paul E. Stevens, MB, FRCP
   KEYNOTE ADDRESS:The metabolic syndrome and kidney disease
   Eberhard Ritz, MD
   Transplant and CKD patients at the same stage of renal insufficiency: how are they the same or different?
  Warren Kupin, MD, FACP


   Heart rate variability and sympathetic function in CKD—implications for management
  Christopher T. Chan, MD, FRCPC
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   Obesity in the dialysis patient - good or bad?
  Jonas Axelsson, MD, PhD
   Potential interventions in sepsis-related acute renal failure
  Claudio Ronco, MD
   Debate Part I CKD Stage V in the aged population (>70 yrs): dialysis or (low protein) diet?
   Madhukar Misra MD, FACP
   Debate Part II CKD Stage V in the aged population (>70 yrs): dialysis or (low protein) diet?
   Giuliano Brunori, MD


   What a nephrologist should understand about a dialysis machine
   Richard A. Ward, PhD
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   How water quality & dialysate composition affect dialysis practice
   Nicholas A. Hoenich, PhD
   Understanding the Federal ESRD survey process: current issues & future directions
   Judith Kari, MSSW
   Understanding the finances of a dialysis facility and its medical director
   Peter B. DeOreo, MD, FACP
   How dialysis membranes can affect outcome - new developments
   Norma Ofsthun, PhD
   CASE DISCUSSION: A complex PD patient
   Jose A. Diaz-Buxo, MD, FACP




 






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