J SORARU1, N BOUDVILLE1 1Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth ,Western Australia Aim: To determine the frequency of elevated gentamicin levels in patients receiving gentamicin/citrate catheter locks for infection prophylaxis of tunnelled catheters, and to determine if the benefit of testing...
- 9 August 2017
T SCOTT1, N GRAY1,2 1Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Birtinya, Queensland; 2The University of Queensland, Sunshine Coast Clinical School, Birtinya, Queensland Aim: To retrospectively apply a validated predictive score, REDUCE FTM-1, to assess failure to mature (FTM) rates among new arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs)...
- 9 August 2017
L PARVARESH¹, S C-A CHEN, V W LEE³´⁴, V SINTCHENKO¹´²´⁴ ¹Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology-Public Health, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW; ²Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, ICPMR, NSW Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, NSW; ³Department of Renal Medicine,...
- 9 August 2017
S KOTWAL1,2, G TALAULIKAR3, N GRAY4, K POLKINGHORNE5, S MCDONALD6, A CASS7, M GALLAGHER1,8 1The George Institute for Global Health, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW; 2Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW; 3Renal Services, ACT Health, Canberra, ACT; 4Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Birtinya, Queensland; 5Monash...
- 9 August 2017
C SAJIV¹, P BASANT¹, T SAJAN¹, N SAJITH¹, G PRATISH¹, J JACOB¹, H MARK², FD KIRAN¹. 1Alice Springs Hospital, Alice Springs, Northern Territory; 2Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern territory Aim: Thrombosed dialysis accesses are traditionally managed by interventional radiologists and vascular...
- 9 August 2017
J ZUVELA1, A MEADE1,2, C TRIMINGHAM2, S JESUDASON2,3, R LE LEU2, 1Flinders University, Adelaide, SA; 2Central Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service, Adelaide, SA; 3University of Adelaide, SA Aim: To describe the prevalence of all Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms reported by dialysis patients,...
- 8 August 2017
R KRISHNASAMY1,2, C WILKINSON2,3, CJ CLARK1,2, C MCCLURE2, M WILSON2, J BASHFORD1,2, NA GRAY1,2 1Sunshine Coast University Hospital Queensland; 2The University of Queensland, Sunshine Coast Clinical School, Queensland; 3The Townsville Hospital, Queensland, Aim: To compare quality of life and mood of haemodialysis...
- 8 August 2017
C WILKINSON1,2, G KAN1,2, V MANICKAM1,2, V SRIVASTAVA1,2 1The Townsville Hospital, Queensland; 2James Cook University Clinical School, Queensland Background: There were 37 notifications for active tuberculosis (TB) infection in Australian haemodialysis patients between 2001 and 2006. The incidence of TB in...
- 8 August 2017
E VAUGHAN1, J YEUNG2, C BROWN2,S CHADBAN1, N THIAGARAJAH2, J SAUNDERS1 1Renal Department Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW; 2Institute of Haematology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW Background: High-dose intravenous methotrexate (HD-MTX) is an integral part in primary central nervous...
- 8 August 2017
P SUBRAMANI1,2, P GEORGE1, M BROWN1, 1Alice Springs Hospital, Alice Springs, NT; 2Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT Background: Diabetic myonecrosis, or diabetic muscle infarction (DMI) is a rare condition thought to be a complication of longstanding diabetes mellitus (DM). Since its...
- 8 August 2017