18th Annual Symposium
on Pediatric Dialysis
The 18th Annual Symposium on Pediatric Dialysis will include presentations on both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis in pediatric patients
Presentations will include:
- Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy: Is Gadolinium the Culprit?
- The Malnutrition/Inflammation Axis in CKD
- Chronic Periodontal Infection and Inflammation-Related Morbidity in CKD
- The Role of ABPM in Detection and Management of End-Organ Damage from Hypertension
- ABPM in Pediatric Patients: Technique, Equipment, Interpretation
- The Application of ABPM in Pediatric CKD and Dialysis Patients
- Towards a Standardized Approach to Blood Pressure Monitoring in Children on Dialysis
- What to Do About the Allograft?
- Grief, Guilt, Denial and Depression: Psychologic Trauma in Children and Adolescents after a Failed Transplant
- Desensitization and Re-Transplantation: Keeping Hope Alive
- The Infant with ESRD: An Overview of Management Strategies and Outcomes
- Nutrition for Infants on Dialysis: Guidelines and Goals
- Dialysis for Infants with Inborn Errors of Metabolism
- Should All Neonates Who Suffer Irreversible Renal Failure Be Referred for Chronic Dialysis?: An International Opinion Poll
- Current Immunization Guidelines for Children with CKD and on Dialysis
- Controlling Infections in the Dialysis Program
- Billing for Dialysis in the USA
- Drug Dosing in Children on Dialysis: Principles and Guidelines
- Pharmacogenomics in Dialysis Patients: Towards Personalized Medicine
- Kt/V Is Over-used and Over-rated As an Indicator of Dialysis Adequacy
- Kt/V Is the Best Method Available to Assess Adequacy of Dialysis
- What Is the Role of Kt/V in Pediatric Dialysis?
- The Year in Review in Pediatric Dialysis
- Sexuality
Special sessions for pediatric dialysis nurses will include:
- Passion + Professionalism = Power
- Writing for Publication
- How to Write an Abstract
- Giving a Successful Presentation
- Effective PowerPoint Presentations
- Needs of Caregivers of Children with ESRD
- Meeting the Caregivers’ Needs: Strategies and Solutions
- Waterless Handwashing: Is It Evidence Based?
- Primary Oxalosis
- The Year in Review – Literature Pertinent to Pediatric Nephrology Nursing
- Clinical Practice Challenge – Quiz the Experts
- Coordinating Response to Regulatory Requirements in a Pediatric Program
- Fringe Behaviors: Piercings, Tattoos, Scarification & Branding
- Adolescent Sexuality: Seeking Healthy Sexual Identity
Special sessions for pediatric dietitians will include:
- Nutrition and Bone Disease
- Identifying the Cause: Malnutrition or Cachexia
- Proteins As Nutrition Paramenters
- Appetite Stimulants
- Nutrition & Bone Disease
- Active vs. Inactive Vitamin D
- Calcimimetics in Children
- Herbal Pharmacology
Complete detaiss and additional seesions will be announced in future brochures and on this website.
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