BRS CONFERENCE 2005

POSTER PRESENTATIONS          
Authors will be present by their posters during Friday Lunchtime from 14:00-15:00

ACCESS GROUP 
DIALYSIS CATHETER USE IN PREVALENT HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS: CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY
K Bel'eed, J Boniface, S Kallankara, D Eadington, S Bhandari, D Lewis, L Sellars, A Webb
Hull Royal Infirmary

OUTCOME OF HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS REFERRED FOR FISTULOGRAPHY, 4 YEAR COHORT STUDY
K Bel'eed, S Bhandari, D Eadington, D Lewis, L Sellars, A Webb
Hull Royal Infirmary

IMPROVING THE DIALYSIS ACCESS PATIENT JOURNEY USING A SPECIALIST NURSE-LED MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH
M Bracey
Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital

USING UROKINASE TO RESTORE PATENCY OF TUNNELLED CATHETERS IN PATIENTS WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASE ON HAEMODIALYSIS
M Bywater, M Kumwenda
Glan Clwyd Hospital, Wales

DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY VASCULAR ACCESS SERVICE FOR HAEMODIALYSIS IN A DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL
P Mead, T Sivashanmugam, F Mohamed, J Holdsworth
Cumberland Infirmary, Cumbria

CENTRAL LINE PLACEMENT REFERRALS TO THE RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT - A 5 YEAR STUDY
M Syed, D Ettles
Hull & East Yorkshire NHS Trust

DIALYSIS GROUP    
DIALYSATE MAGNESIUM, HYPOMAGNESAEMIA AND UNDER-NUTRITION IN CAPD
T Bellwood, C Dick, S Doyle, K Farrington
Lister Hospital, Stevenage

HOW DOES THE COMMENCEMENT OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS AFFECT THE PATIENT'S CARER?
S Cox,
Guy's Hospital, London

THROMBOPROPHYLAXIS TO PREVENT CLOTTING OF EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCUIT AND PERMANENT VASCULAR ACCESS IN PATIENT WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASE ON HAEMODIALYSIS IN THE UK
E Davies¹, J Williams¹, B Prasad¹, M Kumwenda²
¹ Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Wales²

AN AUDIT OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS BACTERAEMIA IN A SINGLE RENAL UNIT
J Ismail, L Fitch, K Alshafi, K Farrington, P Warwicker
Lister Hospital, Stevenage

AUDIT OF PATIENTS AWARENESS AND SUITABILITY FOR HOME HAEMODIALYSIS
R Soanes
Hull Royal Infirmary,

VESICOURETERIC REFLUX IN THE UK - ESTABLISHING A DNA COLLECTION FROM AFFECTED FAMILIES - SECOND YEAR REPORT
A Stewart, A Gullett
The Institute of Human Genetics, International Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne

EDUCATION & DRUGS GROUP     
A PATIENT CENTRED SERVICE
M Burns, G Hyslop
Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust

PATIENT EDUCATION OR PATIENT MOTIVATION - IS INFORMATION ENOUGH?
L Hanna, J Brown
Belfast City Hospital

THE UTILISATION OF A SIMPLE ALGORITHM TO ACHIEVE RENAL ASSOCIATION GUIDELINES IN ANAEMIA MANAGEMENT
C Johnson, RJ Fluck, MW Taal, CW McIntyre
Derby City General Hospital

POSTAL QUESTIONNAIRE TO EXAMINE POOR COMPLIANCE WITH ANAEMIA THERAPY AS A POOR RESPONSE TO ESA
A Roche, I Macdougall
Kings College Hospital, London

PATIENT SATISFACTION FOLLOWING A STRUCTURED PRE-DIALYSIS EDUCATION AND SUPPORT PATHWAY
I Santer, M West, W Tse
Derriford Hospital, Devon

PATIENT REPORTED HAEMOGLOBIN LEVELS AND ANAEMIA: RESULTS OF A NATIONAL KIDNEY FEDERATION SURVEY COMPATED WITH EUROPEAN BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES
T Statham OBE¹, P McEwan², M Walker³
¹National Kidney Federation, ²Cardiff University, ³Roche Products limited

IMPLEMENTING AND EVALUATING THE EXPERT PATIENT PROGRAMME (EPP) IN RENAL CARE
N Thomas, K Sandhu, P Simpson, S Woodcock
St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey

NEW WAYS OF WORKING & MANAGEMENT GROUP     
CHRONIC HAEMODIALYSIS TREATMENT - THE HIDDEN COSTS
G Campbell, E Garthwaite, L Ridley, D Richardson, P Laboi,
York Hospital

PILOT STUDY TO ASSESS THE NEED FOR PHARMACIST LED MEDICATION REVIEW IN A DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY OUT PATIENT CLINIC
K Firth, J Lewis, M Kumwenda
Glan Clwyd Hospital, Wales

THE IMPACT OF THE EARLY INTRODUCTION OF A TRANSPLANT NURSE SPECIALIST IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS ON EARLY RETURN FROM THE REGIONAL CENTER TO THE LOCAL CENTER
E Harrison, S Bhandari
Hull Royal Infirmary

PILOT STUDY OF THE PHARMACIST-LED HAEMODIALYSIS OUT-PATIENT MEDICINE REVIEW CLINIC
A Lau, R Thuraisingham, G Glass,
The Royal London Hospital

CLINICAL GOVERNANCE IN ACTION: THE ROLE OF SUPPORT NURSES HAEMODIALYSING OUTPATIENTS
C Taggart, A McGoran
Nottingham City Hospital

NUTRITION GROUP     
MINIMIZING THE RISK OF HYPERGLYCAEMIA INDUCED BY INTRADIALYTIC PARENTERAL NUTRITION
J Calder, JA Eastwood, C Gardiner, E Greaves, J Silcock, MJ Wright
Leeds General Infirmary

IS INTRADIALYTIC PARENTERAL NUTRITION OF BENEFIT TO MALNOURISHED HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS?
E Challand, G Hartley, M Murray
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne

ESSENCE OF CARE MAKES A DIFFERENCE
C Duncan, S Behari
St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey

RENAL NUTRITION AND THE BETTER HOSPITAL FOOD PROGRAMME
C Duncan, A Harman
St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey

REGIONAL AUDIT OF NUTRITION AND RENAL BONE DISEASE IN HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS IN NORTHERN IRELAND
K Magee, C Mackin, T Moffitt, J McKee, H Mathieson, S Macafee
Belfast City Hospital

A LOW POTASSIUM DIET TO SUIT YOU
S Perry, V Bridgeford, J Hannah
Hull Royal Infirmary

WHAT'S IN YOUR TROLLEY?
F Taylor, D Green
Hope Hospital, Salford

PRE DIALYSIS GROUP      
DOES REFERRAL OF DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY TO A NEPHROLOGIST MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
M Bairy, S Siddiqui, S Bhandari,
Hull Royal Infirmary

EFFECT OF A RAPID BLOOD PRESSURE TITRATION PROGRAMME USING SINGLE OR DUAL RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN BLOCKADE ON EARLY DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY
J Delaney, KS Leong, A Crowe, P O'Kane, I Fenna, P McCelland,
Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral

THE ANAEMIA OF PROGRESSIVE RENAL INSUFFICIENCY IS MORE SEVERE IN DIABETICS
R Gokhale, K Farrington, P Warwicker
Lister Hospital, Stevenage

THE ABLE PROGRAMME: MEETING THE CHALLENGES AND ISSUES OF CKD IN THE SOUTH ASIAN & AFRICAN-CARIBBEAN COMMUNITIES
N Jain, L Lightstone, J Feehally, D Adu, G Randhawa
The National Kidney Research Fund, Peterborough

CASE MANAGEMENT: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO PRE-DIALYSIS CARE - EARLY EVALUATION
A Jones, J Jenkins, N Thomas, A Prichard, K Baboolal,
University Hospital of Wales,

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE: INTEGRATING NURSING SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE
H Robinson
Hope Hospital, Salford

PSYCHO - SOCIAL GROUP     
AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO PATIENTS WITH COMPLEX NEEDS
C Fraley
Southmead Hospital, Bristol

EXPLORING END STAGE RENAL DISEASE PATIENTS' BELIEFS ABOUT PHOSPHATE BINDING MEDICATION AND INTERVENING TO IMPROVE THEIR ADHERENCE
C Karamanidou, D Maclean, J Weinman, F Robinson
Guy's Hospital, London

PATIENT ADAPTATION FROM DIALYSIS TO TRANSPLANTATION
M Langdon,
Southmead Hospital, Bristol

THE MOSAIC PROJECT: USING ART TO IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE OF HAEMODIALYSIS
J Latchford, C Holman
York Hospital

SYMPTOMS IN END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE - A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
F Murtagh
Kings College Hospital, London

PRE-DIALYSIS PATIENTS' EXPERIENCE OF KIDNEY FAILURE DIAGNOSIS AND PRE-DIALYSIS MANAGEMENT; ILLNESS IDENTITY AND THE CHANGING SELF-CONCEPT
G Samuelson¹, F Robinson², C Karamanidou¹, D Purves²
¹London Metropolitan University, ²Guy's Hospital, London

TO ENHANCE TIME SPENT ON DIALYSIS AND MAKE FOR A MORE POSITIVE AND FULFILLING EXPERIENCE FOR OUR PATIENTS
I Sugden, L Wray
York Hospital

TRANSPLANTATION GROUP     
C2 MONITORING - A CONTINUING EXPERIENCE
L Boorer, MCT West, WYT Tse, PA Rowe, JA Akoh, H Cramp, J Shaw
Derriford Hospital, Devon

THE NEGLECTED PATIENT: OVERWEIGHT AND KEEN FOR A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
M Roseke, D Kariyawasam, M Holesgrove, S Cook, I Macdougall
Kings College Hospital, London

AUDIT OF OSTEOPOROSIS RISK FACTORS IN RENAL TRANSPLANT PATIENTS
J Spencer, J Sutton, A Brownjohn
Leeds General Infirmary

IMMUNOSUPPRESSION PROTOCOLS FOR RENAL TRANSPLANTATION
MCT West, WYT Tse, RJS McGonigle, JA Akoh, J Shaw, H Cramp, S Shaw, PA Rowe
Derriford Hospital, Plymouth