Comorbidity in dialysis patients

Friday 12 March 2010

Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE, England

Registration Details:
Trainee: £75
Consultant/GP: £150
RSM Student: £35
RSM Trainee: £45
RSM Associate: £50
RSM Fellow: £60
Student: £45
Allied Health Professional: £65

Meeting ref: NEA02

CPD: 4 credits




10.00 am

Registration, tea and coffee
Chair: Simon Davies, Professor of Nephrology and Dialysis Medicine Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University Consultant Nephrologist, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent

10.30 am

Welcome and introduction
Simon Davies, Professor of Nephrology and Dialysis Medicine Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University Consultant Nephrologist, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent

Measurement and Epidemiology

10.45 am

Epidemiology of comorbidity in the dialysis patient - lessons from the NECOSAD study group and for Registries in the future
Kitty Jager, Managing director ERA-EDTA Registry, ERA-EDTA Registry, Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam

11.15 am

Statistical challenges for the Renal Registry in analysing comorbidity data
Retha Steenkamp, Senior Statistician
UK Renal Registry

11.45 am

Comorbidity and the Renal Registry - what have we learned and where do we go from here?
Damian Fogarty, Consultant / Senior Lecturer in Renal Medicine, Belfast City Hospital / Queen's University Belfast

12.15 pm

Discussion

12.30 pm

Lunch

Exploring the comorbidity phenotype
Chair: Professor Ken Farrington,
Consultant Nephrologist, Renal Unit, Lister Hospital, Stevenage

1.30 pm

Cognitive and Physical function in the aging dialysis population
S Vanita Jassal

2.00 pm

Comorbidity as the main determinant of fluid status and body composition in the dialysis patient
Simon Davies, Professor of Nephrology and Dialysis Medicine Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University Consultant Nephrologist, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent Professor Ken Farrington,
Consultant Nephrologist, Renal Unit, Lister Hospital, Stevenage

2.30 pm

The heart and the dialysis patient
Chris McIntyre

3.00 pm

Tea and coffee

3.20 pm

Depression in the dialysis patient
Joe Chilcot, School of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire and Renal Unit Lister Hospital.

3.50 pm

Discussion

4.05 pm

Completion of evaluation form

4.15 pm

Close of meeting

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