| 8:00 am | Early-Bird Conference (Summary of ASN Highlights)
- Summarize four important studies presented at the 2024 ASN
- Analyze the clinical pertinence of each of these studies
- Apply appropriate learnings to clinical practice
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| 9:00 am | Opening Remarks: Dr. Michel Vallée, JQH president
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| 9:15 – 10:00 am | The Decision to End Dialysis: Clinical, ethical and communicational implications
Dr. Mathieu Moreau
- Identify clinical situations in which a discussion on ending dialysis treatment would be justified
- Assess the ethical and legal implications of the decision to end dialysis
- Use effective communication strategies to initiate a conversation on ending dialysis treatment with the patient and the patient’s family
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| 10:00 – 10:45 am | Osteoporosis in Hemodialysis
Dr. Fabrice Mac-Way
- Identify hemodialysis patients who should be screened for fracture risk
- Review the tools currently available to evaluate fracture risk
- Implement an effective treatment approach for patients at high fracture risk
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| 10:45 – 11:00 am | Health Break |
| 11:00 – noon | Pierre-Nantel Conference
Why Should Incident Patients Be Treated with Incremental Hemodialysis (I-HD)?
Professor Patrick Saudan
- How did we arrive at the current 4-hour, thrice weekly hemodialysis rubric?
- Explain the importance of maintaining residual renal function (RRF) in hemodialysis patients
- Describe current and upcoming studies on incremental dialysis
- Assess the correlation between precision dialysis and patient QoL and survival rates
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| noon – 1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 1:45 pm | Pregnancy in Hemodialysis
Dr. Dominique Genest
- Offer adequate counseling to patients undergoing hemodialysis who want to become pregnant
- Identify treatment goals and discuss the means to achieve them
- Review the pharmacopoeia that can be safely used during pregnancy
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| 1:45 – 2:30 pm | Fluid Buildup in Hemodialysis: New approaches to navigating troubled waters
Dr. William Beaubien-Souligny
- Revisit the epidemiological data on fluid buildup and associated complications in patients on hemodialysis
- Explore the potential role of technological tools such as lung ultrasound and bioimpedance to enhance clinical assessment accuracy
- In light of the newly available data, evaluate the clinical efficacy of the various approaches to managing and treating fluid buildup
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| 2:30 pm | Closing Remarks: Dr Michel Vallée
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