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Conference Presentations 2006

Below is a list of conference presentations (oral presentations, posters, free communications, etc) presented and to be presented by members of the Centre for Kidney Research in 2006.

Royal Australasian College of Physicians Congress [RACP]. Cairns, Queensland, Australia 7-11 May 2006

Codarini MG*, Francisco R, Cheng Q, Jones MP, McIntyre PB, Craig JC. Accuracy of parental report of pneumococcal vaccination.

Gunasekera H, Haysom L, Morris P, Craig JC. The global burden of childhood otitis media and hearing impairment: a systematic review. [Oral presentation, New Investigator Finalist]

Gunasekera H, Chapman S, Campbell S. Sex and drugs in popular movies: what is the public health message? [Oral presentation, Winner New Investigator prize]

Gunasekera H, Ambler G. Safety and efficacy of blood glucose management practices at a diabetes summer camp. [Oral presentation, Winner Blackwell Quality Assurance Prize

Gunasekera H, Morris P, Britt H, Knox S, Craig JC. The management of otitis media in Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australian children: an analysis of general practice encounters. [Oral presentation]

Haysom L, Hodson E, Williams R, Roy P, Lyle D, Craig JC. Cardiovascular risk factors in Aborigional and non- Aboriginal children [Oral presentation]

Sureshkumar P, Cumming R, Jones M, Craig JC. Risk factors for persistent daytime incontinence and nocturnal enuresis in children: a population based cohort study [Oral presentation]

Sureshkumar P, Cumming R, Jones M, Craig JC. Risk factors for urinary tract infection at baseline: a population based study. [Poster presentation]

Sureshkumar P, Cumming R, Jones M, Craig JC. Risk factors for recurrent urinary tract infection in children: a population based cohort study. [Poster presentation]

Sze KCP, Macara M*, Williams GJ, Codarini MG, Fitzgerald D, Isaacs D, Prelog K, Craig JC. Features of pneumonia in febrile children.

Williams GJ*, Sureshkumar P, Chan SF, Macaskill P, Craig JC Ordering of renal tract imaging by paediatricians after urinary tract infection (UTI) in children

Australian & New Zealand Society of Nephrology [ANZSN]. 42nd Annual Meeting. Melbourne , 16-18 Aug 2006

Chartapisak W, Opastirakul1 S, Willis N, Hodson E Craig JC. (abstract no: 1533) Interventions for preventing and treating renal disease in Henoch Schönlein Purpura: a systematic review of randomised controlled. Nephrology 2006; 11(2): A12. trials.

Howard K, Salkeld G, White S, Chadban S, Craig J, Cass A, McDonald S, Perkovic V. (abstract no: 1521) Cost effectiveness of screening for the early diagnosis and treatment of risk factors for chronic kidney disease: A Markov Monte Carlo microsimulation using Marck-E (model for the assessment of risk factors for chronic kidney disease - economics). Nephrology 2006; 11(2): A9.

Haysom L, Hodson E, Williams R, Roy LP, Lyle D, Craig J. (abstract no: 2545) Cardiovascular risk factors in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children", Nephrology 2006; 11(2): A47.

Jonathan Craig, Dr Mike Jones, Dr Miriam Codarini, Dr Petra Macaskill, Dr Gabrielle Williams (abstract no: 1525) Incremental diagnostic accuracy of dipstick urinalysis for the diagnosis of UTI compared with clinical evaluation alone in young children presenting with a febrile illness. Nephrology 2006; 11(2): A10.

McDonald SP, Howard K, White S, Craig J, Chadban S, Salkeld G, Cass A. (abstract no:1614) Predicting future requirements for renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Australia. Nephrology 2006; 11(2): A31.

Salkeld G, Howard K, McDonald S, Cass A, Chadban S, White S, Craig JC. (abstract no:2007) Cost effectiveness of renal replacement therapy for patients with end stage kidney disease: a Markov microsimulation model, Nephrology 2006; 11(2): A35.

Yu R, Craig J, Polkinghorne K, Shaw J, Atkins R, Chadban. (abstract no: 2562) "Dipstick urinalysis for the detection of proteinuria in the general community - The Ausdiab Study", Nephrology 2006; 11(2): A51.

XLIII ERA-EDTA CONGRESS, July 15-18, 2006 - Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Navaneethan S, Craig J, Strippoli G. [abstract no: SP452] High versus low hemoglobin for patient level outcomes in anemia of chronic kidney disease patients: Update of a Cochrane review. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2006 (4 July); 21: iv167.

Torres D, Strippoli GFM, Palmer S, Schena FP, Craig JC. [abstract no:SP323] Predictive value of microabluminuria and proteinuria on cardiovascular and renal survival: A systematic review of cohort studies. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2006 (4 July); 21: iv121-122.

24th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand; 2006 March 29-31; Canberra, ACT, Australia

Webster AC, Craig JC, Chapman JR. Rate and relative risk of common cancer in kidney transplant recipients in Australia and New Zealand. Immunology and Cell Biology 2006 (June); 84(3): A13.

Webster AC, Ruster LP, Playford EG, Higgins GY, Chapman JR, Craig JC. IL2 Receptor antagonists for renal transplant recipients: an updated meta-analysis of randomized trials.Immunology and Cell Biology 2006 (June); 84(3): A3.

Webster AC, O'Sullivan C, Higgins GY, Craig JC. Outcome bias in the design of randomized trials of immunosuppression in kidney transplantation reported in medical journals. Immunology and Cell Biology 2006 (June); 84(3): A12.

Navaneethan SD, Chaukiyal P, Craig J, etl al. Sevelamer hydrochloride versus calcium salts as phosphate binder in chronic kidney disease: A systematic review. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2006; 47(4): A47

National Institute for Clinical Studies, Using evidence: Using guidelines symposium. October 2006, Melbourne.

Michelle Irving, Jonathan Craig, Martin Gallagher, Stephen McDonald, Kevan Polkinghorne, Rowan Walker, Simon Roger. Implementation of clinical practice guidelines: overcoming barriers to implementation of iron management guidelines in chronic kidney disease patients on dialysis [Poster presentation]