EuroPD News: Latest Stories

Ann Devriese

More than 50% of our patients die from cardiovascular causes, most of them because of coronary disease. Nevertheless, it is clear that cardiovascular disease is undertreated and underdiagnosed in CKD/RRT patients. How should we diagnose coronary disease, how should we treat (medication, PCI with...

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EuroPD 2009 Closing Remarks

EuroPD News talking to the outgoing President and introducing the new president. Professor John Williams has given the keys of the EuroPD scientific committee to Professor Nick Topley. In the closing session Prizes were attributed to the most honourable scientific input of this EuroPD edition...

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Comorbidities, Treatment Choice and Outcome in...

EuroPD news brings you an update from the symposium "PD in the elderly patient". Chaired by Christian Verger and Edwina Brown, the symposium contained a lecture by T.Lobbedez (Caen, France) : "Associations between Comorbidities, Treatment Choice and Outcome in the Elderly with End-Stage Renal...

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Pre ESRD and referral

We don't need no education ? A triggering baseline used by Prof. Wim Van Biesen to provoke a lively debate at this 3d and last Masterclass session in Strasbourg. The format of interactive morning sessions has been very succesful, and you can watch the entire session here on EuroPDNews.com.

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Surgery for Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis

The Role, Timing And Technique of Surgery for Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis. Watch the complete lecture by Titus Augustine (Central Manchester University Hospital Trust United Kingdom)

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Data on peritonitis and mortality variability

David Johnson brought new clinical data to the European meeting, and the main conclusion lies in the fact that we treat peritonitis badly. Mortality variability is unacceptably high in different centers. EuroPD news invited David Johnson (Australia), Dirk Vogelaer (Belgium), Matthias Eberl (...

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New phosphate binder

Genzyme presents a new phosphate binder at EuroPD. The EuroPD news team checked out the Genzyme booth and brings you editorial coverage on the messages they are bringing to the EuroPD delegates.

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Volume Management on PD

Sunday's Masterclass, chaired by J. Heaf (Denmark) provoked a vivid dialogue with EuroPD delegates on the issue of volume management on peritoneal dialysis. In an open discussion with physicians, questions were raised, opinions exchanged and insights were shared. Thanks to EuroPDNews you can...

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PD For All

Multiple sessions at this year's EuroPD meeting have focused on the meeting motto " Pd For All". How to increase patient therapy options ? What could be the causes of the discrepancy between our expectations and pd reality in certain parts of the world ? EuroPD news talks to the experts in...

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David Johnson

The choice of dialysis modality is a shared decision. That's one of the take away messages in Professor David Johnson's lecture that we wanted to focus on. Interviewed by Professor Nick Topley, the newly appointed EuroPD President, David Johnson develops on his views regarding this meeting's...

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