BEST November 2015: Haematuria and Chronic Kidney Disease
Haematuria NICE Guidelines and Chronic Kidney Disease
- Hematuria NICE Guidelines
- Chronic kidney disease
Guest speakers:
- Dr Arif Khwaja,
- Mr David Smith,
- Chris Lawson
Both Dr.Khwaja, Consultant Nephrologist and Mr.Smith, Consultant Urologist were excellent at simplifying two topics, CKD and Haematuria that many Primary Health Care Professionals find slightly challenging in terms of appropriate management once detected.Case scenarios were used throughout both the talks, reinforcing the educational content.
Presentations
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Chronic Kidney Disease -Dr.Arif Khwaja
Dr Arif Khwaja, Consultant Nephrologist
Dr.Khwaja reviews the new NICE CKD Staging, in relation to eGFRs. He then provides a systematic approach to CKD, explains the Cardiovascular risk associated with CKD and its' management and he then does the same with Diabetic Nephropathy. Finally he goes through 7 Case studies and multiple voting type questions to reinforce the clinical messages covered in the first half of his talk. The questions and discussion around the cases helped clarify any confusion that remained.
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Chronic Kidney Disease MQC - Dr Arif Khwara
Dr Arif Khwaja, Consultant Nephrologist
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Urological Presentation- Mr. David Smith
Dr David Smith MB, ChB(Hons), FRCS(Urol), Consultant Surgeon
Mr. Smith's presentation covers the interpretation of visible and non visible haematuria, urothelial cancers, the new NICE Guidelines on haematuria, what happens at a Haematuria clinic. He spends significant time explaining the counselling, limitations and implications associated with PSA testing.
In the latter half, he takes us on a tour of various other symptoms affecting men, including Lower Urinary Tract symptoms, nocturia, incontinence, and more...
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