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Conference Presentations 2007

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 2007.

Australasian Epidemiological Association, Hobart August 2007

G Williams, M Jones, M Codarini, P Macaskill, M McCaskill, L Irwig, JC Craig and the FEVER team. Clinical judgement versus algorithm for detection of serious bacterial illness in young children with fever.

Royal Australasian Conference of Paediatricians, Melbourne May 2007

Gunasekera H. The global burden of childhood otitis media and hearing impairment: a systematic review." [Oral presentation]

G Williams, P Sureshkumar, D Wheeler, JC Craig Do evidence summaries about diagnostic tests change physician behaviour or just knowledge?

G Williams, M Jones, M Codarini, P Macaskill, M McCaskill, L Irwig, JC Craig and the FEVER team. Clinical judgement versus algorithm for detection of serious bacterial illness in young children with fever.

Australian & New Zealand Society of Nephrology [ANZSN]. 43rd Annual Meeting. Gold Coast, Brisbane. 10-12th September 2007.

Cross, N. Absolute and Relative Accuracy of MDRD and Cockcroft-Gault Equations for Diagnosing CKD 3-5 [poster]

Irving M, Johnson D, McDonald S, Walker R, Frommer M, Craig JC An evaluation, by guideline users, of Australian/ New Zealand guidelines in kidney disease [Poster presentation]

Irving M, Gallagher M, Walker R, Frommer M, Craig JC. Implementation of clinical practice guidelines: overcoming barriers to implementation of iron management guidelines in chronic kidney disease patients. [Poster presentation]

Wong, G, Howard K, Chapman JR, Craig JC Cost-effectiveness of breast cancer screening in the dialysis population [ Finalist for the Kidney Health Australia Clinical Nephrology presentation]

4th Guidelines International Network Conference, Toronto, Canada, 22-25th August 2007.

Irving M, Johnson D, McDonald S, Walker R, Frommer M, Craig JC An evaluation, by guideline users, of Australian/ New Zealand guidelines in kidney disease [Poster presentation]

Irving M, Gallagher M, Walker R, Frommer M, Craig JC. Implementation of clinical practice guidelines: overcoming barriers to implementation of iron management guidelines in chronic kidney disease patients. [Oral presentation]

The Transplantation Society New Key Opinion Leader Meeting, Ankara, Turkey, June 2007

Cross, N. BK Virus Nephropathy in Westmead Hospital Renal Transplant Recipients - Diagnosis and Management [Oral presentation]

Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand. 25th Annual Scientific Meeting 28-30 March 2007 Canberra

Wong G, Chapman JR, Craig JC. Critical appraisal of cancer screening guidelines in renal transplant recipients

Wong G, Howard K, Chapman JR, Craig JC Economic evaluation of screening for colorectal cancer in kidney transplant recipients

9th International Symposium on recent advances in otitis media, OM2007, Florida 2007

Gunasekera H. The global burden of childhood otitis media and hearing impairment: a systematic review." [Oral presentation]

International Paediatric Association Congress, 25-30 Aug 2007 Athens, Greece

Gunasekera H. The spectrum and management of otitis media in Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous children: a national study [Oral presentations]

Gunasekera H. The management of otitis media: a survey of Australian Aboriginal Medical Services [Oral presentations]