The UKKW 2023 programme can be found here.
A1 – Cardiovascular disease and diabetes 1
84 – Frailty may explain reduced use of invasive management strategies post myocardial infarction in people with impaired kidney function.
Jemima Scott
A2 – Cardiovascular disease and diabetes 2
85 – Investigating a podocyte-directed VEGFC gene therapy as a treatment of diabetic nephropathy in a type 1 diabetes mouse model
Aldara Martin Alonso
B1 – Case reports 1
96 - AL amyloidosis: An unusual case of crescentic glomerulonephritis
Dominique Brown
B2 – Case reports 2
107 – A rare case of Nannizziopsis spp disseminated fungal infection in an immunosuppressed renal transplant recipient in the UK
Karima Gadalla
B3 – Case reports 3
116 – An unusual case of STEC-HUS in a paediatric patient with a kidney transplant
Nikki Pelech
C1 – Haemodialysis 1
124 – Establishing a Specialist Occupational Therapist role within the renal unit
Jo Hamilton
C2 – Haemodialysis 2
134 – A novel integrated multidisciplinary care model for patients on maintenance haemodialysis: results from a single-centre retrospective study
Carla White
D – Infection prevention
144 – Prescribing of Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir (Paxlovid®) as a Covid-19 treatment for patients with severe kidney dysfunction (eGFR <30ml/min including haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients)
Rob Bradley
E1 – Living with kidney disease 1
157 – Measurement properties of performance-based measures to assess physical function in chronic kidney disease: recommendations for use from a COSMIN systematic review
Thomas Wilkinson
E2 – Living with kidney disease 2
271 – Effect of immuno-nutrition on systemic inflammation and muscle mass in a haemodialysis population: a feasibility study
Daniela Viramontes Horner
F1 – Patient involvement 1
176 – Running a clinical trial virtually: lessons learnt from a multicentre randomised controlled trial evaluating a digital health intervention for CKD
Gurneet Sohansoha
F2 – Patient involvement 2
178 - How do religious and cultural factors impact the haemodialysis experience of ethnic minority patients?
Adya Trivedi
F3 – Patient involvement 3
189 – Measuring and improving treatment decisions in Advanced Kidney Care Clinic
Michael Diaz
G1 – Pharmacology 1
199 - The effect of supplementary prescribing by a dietitian at a haemodialysis unit
Saba Boyer-Masfari
G2 – Pharmacology 2
205 - Time for dietitians to be Independent Prescribers? – A survey investigating the perspectives of UK kidney dietitians
Sharon Huish
H1 – Translational and lab science 1
211 - Investigating use of the biodesix microsampling device for longitudinal biomarker studies in inflammatory kidney diseases and renal transplantation
Kashif Anwari
H2 – Translational and lab science 2
222 - Automated Tool for Renal Biopsy Diagnosis
Zhongwang Li
J1 – AKI 1
224 – A proof of concept recurrent neural network model to predict the need for acute renal replacement therapy among in-patients with acute kidney injury.
Haresh Selvaskanden
J2 - AKI 2
237 – Using the Renal Network to collaborate, improve and standardise AKI nurse led services.
Leah Torr
J3 – AKI 3
245 - Intraoperative shedding of endothelial glycocalyx in cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury: a prospective longitudinal cohort
Jennifer Joslin
K – Children and Young People
251 - The experience of Young Adults attending the Transition Clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on their healthcare.
Lara Weiland
L1 – CKD 1
264 – Prevalence and management of chronic complications in patients with diabetes and advanced chronic kidney disease: a retrospective audit
Acrisa Kakkar
L2 – CKD 2
269 – Analysis of macrophage populations in the kidney with renal tubular cell-specific senescence induction
Ross Campbell
L3 – CKD 3
284 – Assessing Digital Poverty and PREM survey awareness in Chronic Kidney Disease patients receiving dialysis at a hospital in the North East region.
Mustafa Javaid
L4 – CKD 4
287 – Profibrotic Transglutaminase 2 is externalised by urinary vesicles and facilitates extracellular vesicles uptake by recipient cells
Maria Pia Savoca
L5 - CKD 5
307 – Supporting older people deciding between dialysis and conservative management: A mixed methods, in-depth study of facilitators of and barriers to patient-centred practice
Lucy Selman
M1 – Epidemiology, public health, inequalities 1
313 - Real world data-driven identification of ANCA vasculitis relapse
Jennifer Scott
M2 – Epidemiology, public health, inequalities 2
321 – Raising health inequalities up the political agenda
Neerja Jain
N1 – Genetic and rare diseases 1
324 - effects of Tolvaptan on kidney function in patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
Yuki Heath
N2 – genetic and rare diseases 2
332 - ANKHD1 is an RNA-binding protein controlling mRNA processing under stress conditions, with implications for Polycystic Kidney Disease.
Jordan Mullenger
P1 – Glomerulonephritis and vasculitis 1
343 – Digital spatial profiling can be used to study glomerular endothelial cells in IgA nephropathy, indicating phenotypic differences that may relate to complement activity.
Haresh Selvaskandan
P2 – Glomerulonephritis and vasculitis 2
353 – Outcomes of Anti-IL5 Receptor therapy in the management of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA)
Allyson Egan
Q1 – Home therapies 1
362 Quality improvement in the home dialysis utilities reimbursement pathway – a key driver of true patient choice in dialysis therapies
Yasser Al-Mula Abed
Q2 – Home therapies 2
367 – A Cost- Utility Analysis of Assisted peritoneal Dialysis for Patients with Frailty in the Republic of Ireland
Mairead Hamill
R1 – Transplantation 1
384 – The impact of standard immunosuppression regimens on immunological and infective complications in older kidney transplant patients
Inji Alshaer
R2 – Transplantation 2
392 - Perioperative management of anticoagulation in kidney and simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant recipients
Ashley Simpson
R3 – Transplantation 3
402 - The Kidney Failure Risk Equation to Predict Kidney Allograft failure in those with an eGFR<30 – A UK Renal Registry External Validation Study
Sherry Masoud
R4 – Transplantation 4
403 – Outcomes following arterio-venous fistula ligation in kidney transplant recipients
Chelsea Zhu
S – Vascular access
414 - Development of the Needling Patient Reported Experience Measure (NPREM): Results from the pilot phase’
Currie Moore
T – Staff education
427 - The role of Kidney Quality Improvement Partnership (KQuIP) in facilitating, training, and supporting QI in Yorkshire and Humber Kidney Network (YHKN)
Leeanne Lockley
V – End of life and palliative care
433 – The Development of an Integrated Community, Conservative Kidney Care and Palliative-renal Care Service
Jawad Ahmed
A selection of pictures from UKKW 2023 can be found here.