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Kidney Week 2017: American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting

October 31 - November 05, 2017; New Orleans, Louisiana

October 31 - November 05, 2017 New Orleans, Louisiana

ASN Kidney Stones, Even Asymptomatic, Heighten Renal Risk Risks for end-stage renal disease and death are elevated in people who experience recurrent episodes of kidney stones and in those with asymptomatic stones, new research shows.
Medscape Medical News, November 5, 2017

Conference News

ASN Nanotechnology Poised to Transform Fistula Creation
Medscape Medical News, November 9, 2017
ASN In Angiography, IV Contrast Agents Safer Than Intracoronary
Medscape Medical News, November 8, 2017
ASN Kidney Stones, Even Asymptomatic, Heighten Renal Risk
Medscape Medical News, November 5, 2017

ASN Disaster Efforts Bring Dialysis Relief to Puerto Rico
Medscape Medical News, November 2, 2017
ASN MENTOR Results, New Trial Design Pitches at Kidney Week
Medscape Medical News, October 25, 2017

Popular News From Kidney Week 2016

Dual-Pathway Inhibitor Targets Glomerular Disease A hypertension drug might benefit patients with primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, a rare kidney disease characterized by proteinuria, suggest early results from the DUET trial.
Medscape Medical News, Nov 28, 2016
Novel Regimen Showing Promise, a First in Lupus Nephritis An induction regimen that includes a calcineurin inhibitor can help patients with acute lupus nephritis achieve complete or partial remission, early research suggests.
Medscape Medical News, Nov 21, 2016
Rapid Steroid Withdrawal Cuts Diabetes After Transplant Steroids can be withdrawn soon after kidney transplantation in patients at low immunologic risk for rejection, which leads to a marked reduction in the development of diabetes, new research shows.
Medscape Medical News, Nov 21, 2016

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Medscape Board at the Podium

Rajiv Agarwal, MD
Indiana University, Indianapolis
Presentation: Debate: The cornerstone of hypertension management in hemodialysis patients continues to be fluid management
Date: October 31, 2017
Presentation: New agents in the pipeline
Date: November 1, 2017
Jeffrey Berns, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Presentation: Elective surgery in dialysis patients: Should that knee or hip be replaced?
Date: November 4, 2017
Donal O'Donoghue, MBChB, FRCP
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
Presentation: Providing quality ESRD care in Great Britain: Challenges and opportunity
Date: November 3, 2017

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