August 26, 2010

Flynn   Kavey

The Approaching Tidal Wave of Hypertension and Its Sequelae in the Young    Joseph T. Flynn, MD and Rae-Ellen W. Kavey, MD (ASN Renal Week Clinical Nephrology Conference, November, 2009.) Flynn: How do we define hypertension in children? What is the prevalence? What are the risk factors for an elevated blood pressure? What is the relative importance of HTN as a cause of ESRD in kids? What is the CKiD study? What are blood pressures in this study? How does elevated blood pressure related to progression? What are the findings regarding blood pressure and CKD in the European ESCAPE study? Kavey: How do we define obesity in adolescence? What are the trends for increasing obesity in children? How does obesity relate to hypertension? What are the methodologic difficulties in measuring blood pressure in children? What are the guidelines regarding measurement, classification, and management of blood pressure in kids? What do guidelines recommend re cardiovascular risk reduction?

ASDIN   ASDIN National Meeting. February, 2010. Parts 6-8. Free to ASDIN members.    Flash slide/audio; MP3 audio PART VIII New Directions in Autogenous Fistula Creation and Maintenance Overview of Current Trends: High Pressure Balloons, Extended Time Angioplasties, and Advanced Techniques Aris Q. Urbanes, MD What is the Ideal Ultrasound Access Planning Technique? Michelle Robbin, MD The Future of Nephrology-placed AVF Training Jeffrey Packer, DO PART VII New Directions in Central Venous Catheters The Effect of Lock Solutions on Infection and Patency Stephen R. Ash, MD The Effect of Catheter Coatings on Infection and Patency Amy Dwyer, MD How Does One Implement New Catheter Technology in the Community? Sumit Kumar, MD PART VI Annual State of the Art Lecture Where We began, Where We Are Now, and Where We Are Headed Gerald A. Beathard, MD

ANNA CE (Article Free, $CE) ANNA CE (NNJ) Target audience: Nurses. Article free, CE requires payment to ANNA via HDCN. Intra-Operative Hemodialysis During Liver Transplantation: An Expanded Role of the Nephrology Nurse (Vol 37/No. 4. Expires 8/20/2012) Angela Henson, MN, RN,and Sally Carpenter, BN, RN 1.0 hr Negotiating Living with an Arteriovenous Fistula for Hemodialysis (Vol 37/No. 4. Expires 8/20/2012) Cleo J. Richard, PhD, MSN, RN, CNS,and Joan Engebretson, DrPH, AHN-BC, RN 1.3 hr

Did you miss these recent slide/audio lectures? ASDIN National Meeting. February, 2010. Parts 3-5. Free to ASDIN members.    Flash slide/audio; MP3 audio PART V AVF Creation in the Elderly Patient: Should We Consider “Graft First?” Michael Allon, MD Last Resort Strategies in the “End-stage” Access Patient John R. Ross, MD PART IV Stenting of AV Access Arif Asif, MD Covered Stent at the Venous Anastomosis as the Primary Intervention Bart Dolmatch, MD Secondary AVF Creation: Be Careful What You Stent Rizwan A. Qazi, MD PART III Recent Contributions to our Understanding of Vascular Biology Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD Pharmacologic Intervention to Enhance Maturation and Prevent Dysfunction of AV Access Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD New Developments in Synthetic and Biological AV Grafts Bharat Sachdeva, MD Vascular Calcification    Mathew Jay Budoff, MD and Markus Ketteler, MD (ASN Renal Week Clinical Nephrology Conference, November, 2009.) Budoff: How does coronary calcification associate with mortality in the general population? In the CKD population? To what extent do intimal vs. medial calcification have different prognoses? How does coronary calcification compare with other risk factors for cardiovascular disease? Is coronary calcification a valid marker for CV risk in dialysis patients? Ketteler: What are the different methods available for imaging vascular calcification in dialysis patients? What do the 2009 KDIGO CKD-MBD guidelines recommend about this? What impact does this have in terms of choice of phosphate binders? What do the KDIGO guidelines recommend in terms of optimal calcium and phosphate levels in CKD? what are the implications for limiting calcium exposure in CKD?

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