Nephrology News Flash is the official ERA-EDTA E-Newsletter

No 188, October 2019

Do not miss the Satellite ‘New Drug’ Symposium at the SEID in Vienna

The Symposium is preceding the SEID (Vienna, Austria) on October 25, 2019. This half-day symposium is designed to be a fully educational experience with some ‘industry focus’: key European speakers will contribute in the sessions providing updates on recent studies related to the treatment of anaemia, hyperkalaemia and diabetes in CKD.

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Looking for a hotel in Vienna? Find out more on the limited accommodation offer here.

The fast growing prevalence of obesity, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes is an important challenge in nephrology. These entities are deeply interrelated. In fact, obesity and metabolic syndrome frequently precede diabetes. Also, overweight, obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, pre-diabetes and diabetes are risk factors for renal disease. All these topics will be discussed in the new meeting of DIABESITY, official Working Group of the ERA-EDTA (Madrid, Spain) November 15-16, 2019.

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The “Clinical Transplantation Day” 2019, organised by DESCARTES and endorsed by ESOT and EKITA, will be organised on November 29, 2019 in Barcelona (Spain). The title of this year edition is One size does not fit all - Specific challenges posed by individual donors, recipient and transplant characteristics.

DESCARTES/EKITA ordinary members are encouraged to submit abstracts dealing with all aspects of organ transplantation at events@euromeetings.it by October 31, 2019.

Still not an ordinary member of DESCARTES? Click here to become one.

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After three successful diets of the European Certificate in Nephrology (ECN) exam, the UEMS Renal Section is delighted to announce an exciting new development. Following regulatory approval from the General Medical Council in the UK, a new unified exam in conjunction with the RCPUK Specialty Certificate Exam has been established. The new European Specialty Exam in nephrology (ESENeph) exam, which will replace the ECN will have similar curriculum, content and format to the ECN. The application period for the new exam, which will be held on February 26, 2020, is between November 6, 2019 and December 4, 2019. We would encourage all trainees in Nephrology to test their knowledge of the specialty by taking the exam, which is largely based around practical clinical issues. 1 year FREE ERA-EDTA membership is offered to all the candidates who register and pass the examination.

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Kidney diseases are one of the most common diseases worldwide. The American Society of Nephrology (ASN), the European Renal Association–European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) and the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) are jointly committed to increase awareness at the community level regarding this global priority.

Watch this video featuring Vivekanand Jha (President of ISN), Mark E. Rosenberg (President of ASN) and Carmine Zoccali (President of ERA-EDTA) and read ‘A single number for advocacy and communication—worldwide more than 850 million individuals have kidney diseases’ which has been recently published simultaneously in NDT and Kidney International.

Are you a medical student? Fill in our survey about your Nephrology exam and your specialisation choice. Your opinion is important for us!

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Eculizumab for the treatment of children with Shiga toxin-associated hemolytic-uremic syndrome Eculizumab treatment does not seem to improve short- or intermediate-term renal outcome after STEC-HUS in children. It appears to be safe in severe forms of STEC-HUS.

Click here to read the paper.

The ERA-EDTA Registry Annual Report 2017 is now available online. The report includes information on RRT based on 53 data sets from national and regional renal registries from 37 countries across Europe. 

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