Renal Medicine

Beyond kidney replacement (KRT) modality - what does the patient really want to know
Dr Barney Hole, NIHR Doctoral Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Bristol

* determining patient priorities * KRT decision-making * how to meet the individual patient's needs    

Better evidence for people with chronic kidney disease: a primary care perspective
Professor Bruce Guthrie, Professor of General Practice, University of Edinburgh

* evidence-based care * patient-centered decision-making * learning from patients * do trials represent our patients with kidney disease?    

SYDNEY WATSON SMITH LECTURE
Chair: Professor Sunil Bhandari, Vice President (England & Wales), Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
From struggle to support: improving outcomes in renal palliative care 
 Dr Claire A Douglas, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, NHS Tayside

* integration of palliative care principles * improving quality of life for patients with advanced kidney disease * supporting patient and carer decision making   

Urinary tract infection - how to help some patients with recurrent UTIs
Dr Meghan Perry, Infectious Diseases Consultant, NHS Lothian Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Edinburgh

* role of recurrent UTI clinics * management of recurrent UTIs * novel treatments    

Integrating specialist chronic kidney disease management into primary care - learning from the LUCID programme
Professor Jim Burton, Professor of Renal Medicine & Honorary Consultant Nephrologist, Leicester

* what is the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Chronic Kidney Disease Integrated Care Delivery (LUCID) programme? * programme evaluation * next steps

Avoiding “renalism” – optimising cardiac care in patients with advanced kidney disease
Dr Jemima Scott, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer & Honorary Specialty Registrar in Renal Medicine, University of Bristol, North Bristol NHS Trust

* evidence for conventional therapies * use of diuretics * management of cardio-renal syndrome    

Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP1) agonists and weight loss drugs – what does the nephrologist need to know?
Professor Naveed Sattar, Professor of Cardiometabolic Medicine at the University of Glasgow

* what is the evidence? * patient selection * potential pitfalls of prescribing * GLP1 agonists and kidney transplantation    

Bariatric surgery – when should the nephrologist consider referral?
Mr Andrew G Robertson, Consultant General & Bariatric Surgeon at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary & Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh

* who to refer * when to refer * meeting the needs of the service * bariatric surgery in the GLP-1 agonist era    

What is the role of genetic testing in the renal clinic
Dr Paul Phelan, Consultant Nephrologist, NHS Lothian

* when to test * counselling patients about genetic testing * implications of expansion of genetic testing     

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) update: Tolvaptan and beyond
Dr Roslyn Simms, Consultant Nephrologist, Sheffield Kidney Institute

* Tolvaptan - what have we learned so far? * use of PROPKD score * running a PKD clinic *distinguishing PKD from other types of cystic kidney disease    

What I learned in my first year working in a glomerulonephritis clinic
 Dr Hannah Beckwith, Consultant Nephrologist, Kings College London

* challenging cases * managing uncertainty * tailoring immunosuppression