Global Kidney Care Podcast Provided by ISN

Sep 23 2024 43 ep. 33 mins 13

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The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) Podcast covers the diverse topics related to field of nephrology and the stories and experiences that impact the nephrologist around the world.

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Season 4 Episode 9: ISN Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program

Sep 23 2024 26 mins

Every year, the ISN Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program brings essential teaching and training to some 14,000 doctors and healthcare practitioners in the emerging world. This Program supports the conceptual design of local and regional meetings in resource-low countries by contributing to the organization of the meeting and helping arrange faculty for the meeting. This episo

Season 4 Episode 8: Anticoagulation for People Receiving Long-term Haemodialysis

Aug 29 2024 15 mins

Haemodialysis (HD) requires safe and effective anticoagulation to prevent clot formation within the extracorporeal circuit during dialysis treatments to enable adequate dialysis and minimise adverse events, including major bleeding. Low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) may provide a more predictable dose, reliable anticoagulant effects and be simpler to administer than unfractionate

Season 4 Episode 7: Changing Treatment Landscape in IgAN and Disease Modification Approaches (supported by Vera Therapeutics)

Jul 25 2024 25 mins

For this episode of the Global Kidney Care Podcast, Jonathan Barratt, MD, MSc, PhD is Professor of Renal Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Leicester and Richard Lafayette, MD, FACP is a Nephrologist and Professor of Medicine at the Division of Nephrology Department of Medicine, Stanford University discuss the changing landscape in IgAN and disease

Season 4 Episode 6: ISN Educational Ambassadors Program

Jun 28 2024 27 mins

Recorded live at the WCN’ 24 in Buenos Aires Argentina this conversation focuses on the ISN Educational Ambassadors (EA) Program. Renal centers around the world can apply for support of the Educational Ambassadors (EA) Program and receive expert guidance and hands-on training to advance new initiatives, skills or services, and community-based research and screening programs.EA Pr

Season 4 Episode 5: PDOPPS International Study of Practice Patterns and Outcomes of Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Jun 03 2024 37 mins

This latest episode of the Global Kidney Care Podcast is an effort of the ISN, ISPD, and Arbor Research Collaborative for Health (the coordinating center for the DOPPS family of studies). This episode is focused on PDOPPS, our international study of practice patterns and outcomes of peritoneal dialysis patients. The conversation is led by Roberto Pecoits-Filho, DOPPS Program Scient

Season 4 Episode 4: Shared Decision Making

May 07 2024 23 mins

Helen Hurst, Ana Elizabeth Figueiredo and Rachael Walker members of the ISN's Kidney Health Professionals Working Group discuss shared decision making. This was recorded in person during the ISN's World Congress of Nephrology 2024 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This podcast is supported by Baxter.

Season 4 Episode 3: Interventions for fatigue in people with kidney failure requiring dialysis

Apr 23 2024 20 mins

Fatigue is a common and debilitating symptom amongst people with kidney failure but remains under appreciated and understudied. Interventions to address fatigue in people with kidney failure requiring dialysis are lacking, highlighted by the lack of recommendations on managing fatigue in clinical practice guidelines. A Cochrane review was published in 2023 summarizing the benefits

Season 4 Episode 2: Kidney Health for All – Advancing equitable access to care and optimal medication practice

Feb 29 2024 34 mins

World Kidney Day (WKD) is observed every year on the Second Thursday of March. In 2023, it falls on March 14th and aims to advocate for Kidney Health for All! Professor Alessandro Balducci, co-chair of the WKD Joint Steering Committee, is joined in this episode by WKD Joint Steering Committee members Dr. Dina Abdellatif, Dr. Ricardo Correa-Rotter, and Dr. Katherine Tuttle, the Exec

Season 4 Episode 1: Discussion on Health Disparities on the Outcomes for Patients with ADPKD

Jan 25 2024 34 mins

Recently the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation (PKDF) held a joint webinar to discuss and explore the significant impact of health disparities on the outcomes for patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD). In the latest episode of the Global Kidney Care Podcast, Dr. Maria E. Diaz-Gonzalez de Ferris, Dr. S

Season 3 Episode 12a: Kidney Disease in Uganda - a republishing from 2015

Nov 06 2023 25 mins

This re-published episode was originally published in 2015 and is hosted by Jack Milln and he takes a look at Uganda and how kidney disease has affected the lives of the people in this country. It also touches on the hardships of relying on expensive treatment options in a resource-poor country. The developing countries of sub-Saharan Africa are under threat by an emerging epidemic