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• Chronic Kidney Disease: National Clinical Guideline for the Early Identification and Management in Adults in Primary and Secondary Care
• ESRD: State of the Art and Charting the Challenges for the Future

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Chronic Kidney Disease: National Clinical Guideline for the Early Identification and Management in Adults in Primary and Secondary Care 

The National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions (NCC-CC), a collaborative, multiprofessional center undertaking commissions to develop clinical guidance for the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales, has developed a guideline focused on the early detection and management of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The guideline recommendations cover many aspects of the identification and management of CKD in primary and secondary care, including classification of CKD, risk factors associated with progression, referral criteria, blood pressure control recommendations, and information on specific complications of CKD such as anemia. The guideline has been published by the Royal College of Physicians (London). More information, including ordering details and access to a downloadable electronic version, can be found by visiting www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/brochure.aspx?e=257, emailing publications@rcplondon.ac.uk, or calling + 44 20 7935 1174 ext 358.

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ESRD: State of the Art and Charting the Challenges for the Future 

The “ESRD: State of the Art and Charting the Challenges for the Future” conference will be held in the Sheraton Boston Hotel and Towers, Boston, MA, from Thursday, April 23 to Sunday, April 26, 2009.

This international, world-class conference, a twentieth anniversary follow up to the 1989 Dallas Morbidity and Mortality Conference, will review and examine progress achieved, the current knowledge of ESRD, and medical and nonmedical determinants of outcomes, with the goal of how to enhance future care. The program, developed by an international steering committee and co-chaired by Drs Theodore Steinman and Thomas Parker, will critically dissect factors that determine patient care, going beyond the usual quality measures. Internationally prominent keynote speakers will explore the role of government in ESRD care and the direction of health care in America. This provocative meeting is endorsed by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), American Society of Nephrology (ASN), European Renal Association–European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA), International Society of Nephrology (ISN), and the Renal Physicians Association (RPA).

More information regarding the program and registration is available at www.cme.hms.harvard.edu/courses/ESRD.