Management of Chronic Renal Allograft Nephropathy

Accredited one hour Saudi Council for Health Specialties (No. 2002/3/2683 on 13/08/1423)

24 June 2008, at 8:00 PM
 

Speaker : Dr. Khalid Al-Meshari

Venue: Le Gulf Meridien, Al Khobar

Click here to download Poster (PDF)

CME conference : "Renal Biopsy in Medical Diseases of the Kidney"

September 10-13, 2008
 

Course Directors

Vivette D. D'Agati, M.D.
Gerald B. Appel, M.D.

Venue:The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029

8th Update in Internal Medicine on Nephrology

11-13 November 2008
Venue
King Fahad Hospital of the University, College of Medicine , King Faisal University
Dammam – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Contact person : Prof. Fahad Abdulaziz Al-Muhanna

Intensity of Renal Support in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Kidney Injury

We randomly assigned critically ill patients with acute kidney injury and failure of at least one nonrenal organ or sepsis to receive intensive or less intensive renal-replacement therapy. The primary end point was death from any cause by day 60. In both study groups, hemodynamically stable patients underwent intermittent hemodialysis ...............
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Effects of Intensive Glucose Lowering in Type 2 Diabetes

Epidemiologic studies have shown a relationship between glycated hemoglobin levels and cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes. We investigated whether intensive therapy to target normal glycated hemoglobin levels would reduce cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes who had either established cardiovascular disease or additional cardiovascular risk factors.........>>> More

Prognostic Value of Cardiovascular Screening in Potential Renal Transplant Recipients: A Single-Center Prospective Observational Study

We assessed the outcome of pretransplant cardiac assessment in a single center. Three hundred patients with end-stage renal disease underwent electrocardiogram, Bruce exercise testing (ETT) and ventricular assessment by cardiac MRI. Patients with high index of suspicion of coronary artery disease (CAD) underwent coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) if indicated. Two hundred and twenty-two patients were accepted ...... >>> More

Appropriate blood pressure control in hypertensive and nd normotensive type 2 diabetes mellitus: a summary of the ABCD trial (pdf-full article)

Phosphate Metabolism in the Setting of Chronic Kidney Disease: Significance and Recommendations for Treatment (pdf-full article)