BRS Conference Program 2005

 
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FRIDAY 10th JUNE 2005

8.00

Registration
9.00-10.30

Auditorium

Palatine

Porters

LIVING WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS
Chair: Maria Da Silva Gane, Lister Hospital, Stevenage

Enhancing self management of fatigue and low mood in renal disease
L Fisher, Institute of Psychiatry & Kings College Hospital NHS Trust

From diagnosis to dialysis – improving the patient experience: evaluation of a psycho-educational intervention for pre-dialysis patients and their families
J Jenkins, University Hospital of Wales

Psychology of chronic illness
Guest Speaker: Howard Leventhal, Institute for Health, Rutgers, New Jersey, U.S.A

FLUID MANAGEMENT
Chair: Amanda Armstrong, Mid Essex Hospitals Trust

Scholarship Winner:
High dietary sodium intake contributes to sodium retention in HD patients
P McLaren, Lister Hospital

A comparison of patient stability and tolerability on standard bicarbonate dialysis and acetate free paired haemodiafiltration
C Rhodes, Derby City General Hospital

Assessment of Dry weight in dialysis patients
Guest Speaker: Elizabeth Lindley, St James’s Hospital, Leeds

Achieving dry weight in PD
Guest Speaker: Graham Woodrow, Leeds General Infirmary

VASCULITIS
Chair: Ken Farrington, Lister Hospital, Stevenage

Day case renal biopsy, 3 year experience of adequacy, complications and diagnostic spectrum
M Bairy, Hull Royal Infirmary

Plasma Exchange
Guest Speaker: Robert Higgins, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry

Vasculitis – the latest developments
Guest Speaker: David Jayne, Addenbrookes NHS Trust

10.30-11.30 Coffee Break
Posters & Exhibition
11.30-13.00

                                                                                                                                                             Auditorium
NATIONAL SERVICE FRAMEWORK FOR RENAL - PART TWO
Chair: Steve Smith, President, BRS

Overview of the NSF Part 2
Guest Speaker: Donal O’Donoghue, Chair Renal Advisory Group

Is it feasible to provide haemodialysis within the primary care setting?
T Hodnett, South Bristol Dialysis Unit

Scholarship Winner:
The development of an expert renal system to highlight and manage CKD in the community
B Klebe, Kent & Canterbury Hospital

The benefits and challenges of collaborating with primary care teams in prevention and management of CKD
Guest Speaker:  Nicola Thomas, South West Thames Institute for Renal Research

14.00-15.00 Lunch
Exhibition and Posters
13.30-15.00

SAS FORUM
Chair: Mick Kumwenda, Glan Clwyd Hospital

1) Guest Speaker Elizabeth Bailey Associate Specialist in Nephrology
    Preston  Renal Unit and member  of BMA SASC
    Negotiating Subcommittee
 

Topic

 “Career Progression in Nephrology”
     
2) Draft SAS Constitution  
3) The future of SAS Forum in Nephrology  - All members
4)  SAS Forum Officers  - to elect Scottish Representative
5)  AOB  
     
14.00-15.00

RESEARCH CLINIC
THE RENAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES GROUP BUSINESS MEETING

15.00-16.30

Auditorium

Palatine

Porters

ADVANCES IN TRANSPLATATION
Chair: Louise Collar, University Hospital of Wales

Scholarship Winner:
The causes and effects of prolonged kidney cold storage time – a single centre prospective audit
H Moore, Manchester Royal Infirmary

Living donor kidney transplantation: How does service provision compare between North Wales, Canada and Norway
D Oliver, Renal & Diabetes Centre, Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, Wales

Renal transplantation with vascular anomalies: a salvageable surgical challenge
PB Singh, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Transplanting across ABO incompatibility
Guest Speaker: Robert Higgins, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry
NUTRITION SCREENING & ASSESSMENT
Chair:  Hayley Wells, Guy’s Hospital, London

The nutritional and biochemical status of renal patients approaching dialysis: a multi -centre audit
S Perry, Hull Royal Infirmary 

Scholarship Winner:
Screening for malnutrition in HD patients – are objective markers effective?
G Hartley, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle

Can a general nutritional screening tool be used to identify HD patients with increased nutritional risk?
S Jorgensen, York Hospital

Markers of malnutrition – which should we use?
R Wolfenden, Guy’s Hospital

Scholarship Winner:
Achieving the standards for protein and calorie intake in HD – can our patients do it and does it matter?
L Wells, York Hospital

‘On dialysis’ food provision can improve dietary intake on dialysis days
S Jorgensen, York Hospital

RESEARCH INITITIVES FORUM
Chair: Ken Farrington, Chair BRS Research Initiatives Group

Effect of dialysate temperature on vascular refill during dialysis
M Suresh, Research Fellow, Lister Hospital, Stevenage

Can a functional food exert a cholesterol lowering effect on renal transplant patients?
Debbie Sutton, Renal Research Dietitian, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth

The clinical epidemiology of chronic renal impairment and the effectiveness and costs of an innovative, shared care scheme for patient management
Chris Jones, Renal Research Fellow, Southampton General Hospital

A prospective study to investigate the evolution of vascular calcification, arterial stiffness and endothelial dysfunction in a cohort of pre-dialysis patients – Baseline data
Tessa Savage, Research Associate, Southmead Hospital, Bristol

Prospective Study of cardiovascular risk factors in CRF
J N Townend,
Senior Lecturer in Cardiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

Is serial bioelectric impedance monitoring of extracellular fluid volume of clinical value in patients with hypertension and renal failure? – Final results
Colin Jones, Consultant Nephrologist, York Hospital

15.00-16.30 The Renal Psychological Group Business Meeting
Chair: Jacqueline Fraser
Informal Q&A session with Professor Leventhal, Institute for Health, Rutgers, New Jersey, U.S.A
16.30-17.30 Exhibition & Posters         Windsor Hall