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March 19, 2010
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Professor Jim Robson, Past President of The Renal Association (1977 - 1980) who died at home on Sunday 14th March 2010.
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March 18, 2010
Dr. Bernd Tersteegen, the founder of the Verband Deutsche Nierenzentren (DN) e.V., was dedicated to the improvement of outpatient treatment modalities in end-stage renal disease. Specifically he focused on further technical development of hemodialysis. The Bernd Tersteegen award was established following the death of Dr. Tersteegen in 1995. The prize is awarded internationally both for basic and particularly for clinical research related to chronic renal insufficiency and to advances in treatment of end-stage renal disease.
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February 18, 2010
Read the interview with Coralie Bingham Raine Award winner 2001.
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February 18, 2010
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February 18, 2010
CKD, what’s new in 2010? Are people still asking you about CKD ? Well if they aren't you’re lucky!! When should GPs exception report ? How do the incomprehensible Read codes for raised albumin creatinine ratio or other measures of protienuria relate to the CKD 6 marker in the quality and outcomes framework? These and many more questions from the simple to the complex are covered in a new guide from the NHS employers set out in an easy to follow question and answer style.
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January 25, 2010
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November 13, 2009
The landmark ASTRAL trial, published in the NEJM this week, failed to demonstrate benefit from renal artery stenting in 'most' patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis. ASTRAL was funded by the Medical Research Council UK, Kidney Research UK and Medtronic.
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November 01, 2009
The Department of Health have prepared guidlines entitled 'Pandemic H1N1 2009 Influenza: Clinical Management Guidelines for Adults and Children.
In it's introduction the DOH explain that the document serves as an update to provisional guidance provided in 2007 by the British Infection Society, British Thoracic Society and Health Protection Agency in collaboration with the Department of Health.
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September 15, 2009
All NHS Trusts in England are required by the Department of Health to report every episode of MRSA bacteraemia. These data are entered onto a web-based data capture system managed by the Health Protection Agency and Trusts rate of MRSA bacteraemia reported every quarter.
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August 11, 2009
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