CME Course

 

Renal Ultrasound and Renal Doppler
for the Clinical Nephrologist
 
June 21, 2007 - 09.00-13.00 hrs
Barcelona, Spain

 

ERA-EDTA
European Council for Accreditation in CME in Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation (ECANDT of the ERA-EDTA accredited by the European Accreditation Council for CME - EACCME).
Chair-person:
R. Coppo (Italy)
Secretary:
A.L.M. De Francisco (Spain)
Members:  

J. Floege (Germany)

R. Vanholder (Belgium)
A. Wiecek (Poland)
C. Zoccali (Italy)
J. Cannata-Andia, ERA-EDTA President (Spain)

 

CME Courses Coordinators:
Basic Science and Clinical Nephrology:
R. Coppo (Italy) and P. Ronco (France).
Chronic Renal Failure, Hypertension and Clinical Epidemiology:
C. Zoccali (Italy) and G. London (France).
Dialysis:
R. Vanholder (Belgium), S. Davies (UK) and C. Wanner (Germany).
Transplantation:
C. Ponticelli (Italy), A. Torres (Spain) and K. Olgaard (Denmark).
Collaboration with ISN for courses in Eastern Europe:
N. Lameire (Belgium), A. Covic (Romania).
   

 

Course organiser: Joerg Radermacher

 

Information and registration
Participation is free of charge but is open only to delegates registered in the Congress.
   
If you have pre-registered to the Congress, you can participate in the Courses by simply downloading the form and send it by fax to +39-0521-959242 or by email to registrations@era-edta.org within and no later than June 7, 2007.
If you haven’t pre-registered, you will have the possibility of registering onsite, first for the Congress and thus after also for the Course, directly on June 21 starting at 8.00. Admission to the Course is limited to the seating capacity of the lecture hall, thus “first come first served” basis will be applied.
Course participants will be awarded 3 UEMS credits (convertible in AMA credits).
    
A coloured sticker will be attached to your badge at the entrance of the hall of the CME Course chosen and will entitle entrance to that course only.

 

 

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

 

1. Typical B-Mode and Doppler-ultrasonographic findings in renal diseases (APKD, Reflux nephropathy, hypertensive nephrosclerosis, diabetic glomerulosclerosis)
 

J. Radermacher (30+10 min)

   
   
2. Important B-Mode and Doppler-ultrasonographic findings in renal transplant patients
  A. Voiculescu (30+10 min)
   
   
3. Ultrasonography for planning of cimino fistula placement and follow up.
  B. Nonnast-Daniel (30+10 min)
   
   
4. Diagnosis of renal artery stenosis with Color Doppler Sonography
  B. Krumme (30+10 min)
   
   
5. Is there a prognostic value of the resistance index in patients with renal disease
  Pro – J. Radermacher (20 min)
 

Contra – T. Zeller (20 min)

  Discussion (10 min)
   
   
6. The novel method of dynamic tissue perfusion measurement - introduction and applications in nephrology?
  T. Scholbach (30+10 min)