BRS Conference Programme 2007

 
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WEDNESDAY 13th JUNE 2007

9.00

REGISTRATION & COFFEE


9.30-10.45

HALL 1
Infection in the Renal Service
Chair: Richard Fluck

Guest Speakers:
DH view of Infection Control
Janice Stevens, Director, MRSA/Cleaner Hospitals Programme, DH

Current issues in infection in the Renal Services
Mercia Spare, Audit & Quality Improvement Project Leader in Renal Services, U. Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Post Transplant infection
Paul Sweny, Consultant Transplant Surgeon, Royal Free Hospital, London
10.45-11.15

COFFEE

 

EXHIBITION & POSTERS

 

HALL 3

11.15-12.45

HALL 1

HALL 9

HALL 10

WELL BEING IN THE KIDNEY PATIENT
Chair: Mhairi Sigrist

Assessment of nutritional status in CKD patients-Practical applications
 Guest Speaker: Barbara Engel, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition, University of Surrey, Guildford

Variability in muscle cross-sectional area over 2 years indicates sub clinical change in nutrition amongst CKD patients: effects of dialysis initiation
SG John,  Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

No time to do nutritional assessment? Get a grip!
L Wells, York Hospital

Exercise in the dialysis unit
 Guest Speaker: Naomi Clyne, Associate Professor, Lund, Sweden

 RESEARCH FORUM (KF)
Chair: Simon Ball

Can an innovative patient-centred education programme control the parameters that delay the progression of diabetic nephropathy? N Thomas, Senior Lecturer, St. Bartholomew School of Nursing & Midwifery, London

Prospective comparison of quality of life assessments in patients with end-stage renal failure treated conservatively and those on renal replacement therapy
M Da Silva Gane, Renal Counsellor,Lister Hospital, Stevenage

An exploratory study to review the nutritional status of patients with encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) prior to and following diagnosis
A Summers, Post Doctorate Scientist,Manchester Royal Infirmary

Efficacy of light chain removal in myeloma and acute renal failure by continuous haemodiafiltration: a pilot study
C Hutchison, Research Registrar, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

Study to investigate the effects of cool dialysate on systemic haemodynamics and myocardial stunning
C McIntyre, Consultant Nephrologist, Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

PREPARATION AND CHOICE
Chair: Julie Daniels

Patient Choice & Decision making in Nephrology - in reality what does this mean?
Guest Speaker: John Sedgewick, Programme Director, University of Teeside

Renal palliative service development - a baseline structured evaluation of symptoms in patients with CKD stage 4-5 managed without dialysis
E Murphy, Modernisation Initiative

Attitudes towards advance care planning, co-morbidity and symptom burden and expectations for the future in dialysis patients not suitable for renal transplantation
(Scholarship)
S Osborne, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

Update on Renal Patient View
Guest Speaker: Keith Simpson, Consultant Physician. Glasgow Royal Infirmary
12.45-13.45

LUNCH

  

EXHIBITION & POSTERS

HALL 3
13.45-14.45

DEBATE ON CKD CLASSIFICATION AND eGFR
Chair: Robert Lewis

HALL 1

"This house believes that the current classification of CKD and the implementation of eGFR have resulted in unnecessary work and anxiety"

For:
Chris Winearls, Consultant Nephrologist, Churchill Hospital, Oxford
Karen Jenkins, Consultant Nurse, Kent & Canterbury Hospitals NHS Trust

Against:
Kathryn Griffith, GP , Dr Price & Partners, University Health Centre, York University
Maarten Taal,  Consultant Nephrologist, Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
14.45-15.15

COFFEE
EXHIBITION & POSTERS
(Exhibition closes at 15.30)

HALL 3

15.15-16.30

HALL 1

HALL 9
HD PALLIATIVE CARE DEBATE
Chair: Paul Stevens


 "This house believes that haemodialysis is essentially a palliative treatment for the majority of patients"
Guest Speakers:

For:
Roger Greenwood, Consultant Nephrologist, Lister Hospital, Stevenage

Against:
Chris McIntyre, Consultant Nephrologist/Associate Professor, Derby Hospitals NHS Trust; University of Nottingham
DIALYSIS THERAPIES
Chair: Steve Smith

Increased ratio of extra cellular to total body water is related to co-morbidity and fluid overload rather loss of lean body mass in HD patients
C Chan, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent

The prevalence and variability of haemodialysis induced acute myocardial stunning
J Burton, Derby City General Hospital

Serum aluminium monitoring in 16,530 dialysis patients in England and Wales; compliance with national guidelines
U Udayaraj,  Renal Registry, Southmead Hospital, Bristol

Blood pressure correction in haemodialysis patients can be improved with a multidisciplinary approach
J Nicholas, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton

Intradialytic electrolyte changes do not explain why haemodialysis patients develop cramps
E Lindley, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust