Tag: UKKA
Pre-emptive kidney transplantation programme shown to be beneficial for patients
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At this year’s UK Kidney Association (UKKA) UK Kidney Week (UKKW) meeting (11–13 June, Edinburgh, UK), Renal Interventions spoke with Frank Dor (previously Imperial College Healthcare...
Outgoing president highlights quality of presentations and lifetime achievement award at...
At this year’s UK Kidney Association (UKKA) UK Kidney Week (UKKW) meeting (11–13 June, Edinburgh, UK), Renal Interventions spoke with the outgoing president of...
UKKA hyperkalaemia guidelines update focuses on optimal treatments in the right...
Following the publication of the updated UK Kidney Association (UKKA) clinical practice guidelines on the treatment of acute hyperkalaemia in adults in 2023, Renal...
Renal Interventions’ top 10 stories of April 2024
April was a month of world-firsts, new collaborations, and useful data, with a team from Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, USA) performing the world’s first...
UKKA RaDaR study provides new insight into the effects of rare...
In a recent paper published in March 2024 in The Lancet, Katie Wong (Department of Renal Medicine, University College London, London, UK) et al...
Renal Interventions’ top 10 stories of June
June saw a variety of stories from across the renal world, including an in-depth interview with two of the authors of the new UK...
New UKKA guideline places patient choice at heart of vascular access...
The recent haemodialysis access guideline update from the UK Kidney Association (UKKA), which was published in the run-up to the 2023 UK Kidney Week...
UK Kidney Week preview: Rare kidney diseases on the RaDaR
Katie Wong is a clinical research fellow at the University College London Department of Renal Medicine (London, UK). She details some of the research...
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New UK Kidney Association guidelines on vascular access detailed in conversation with two of its authors, Damien Ashby and Catherine Fielding
CX Symposium...
UKKW 2022: Funder engagement and patient support essential to home dialysis...
Funder-provider engagement and patient education are vital in growing home dialysis uptake across an entire region or country. Financial incentives or performance targets are...
UK Renal Registry: Peritoneal dialysis climbs despite overall RRT decrease
With comprehensive UK Renal Registry (UKRR) data from 2020 set to be published by the UK Kidney Association (UKKA) imminently, Renal Interventions previews a...
GIRFT report represents “call to action” and provides renewed focus for...
The Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) national report on renal medicine represents a “call to action” for the UK renal community, and provides...