Program

16:00 - 18:00

Registration

18:00-18:30

Opening Session

Welcome – National Presidents of Baltic Nephrology Associations

speaker-1

Ieva Ziedina, MD, PhD

speaker-2

Prof. Inga Arune Bumblyte

speaker-3

Dr. Kadri Lilienthal

18:30

Opening lecture

Are we walking into a new era of preventing kidney disease progression?

speaker-1

Prof. Christoph Wanner

19:30

Welcome snacks at ATTA centre

8:30

Morning Session

Chairs: Viktorija Kuzema (LV), Merike Luman (EE)

 

Diabetes and CKD

speaker-1

Prof. Peter Rossing

09:00

Morning Session

Chairs: Viktorija Kuzema (LV), Merike Luman (EE)

 

Vascular calcification in CKD

speaker-1

Prof. Mai Ots-Rosenberg

09:30

Morning Session

Chairs: Viktorija Kuzema (LV), Merike Luman (EE)

 

Brain-kidney interaction (COST CONNECT project)

speaker-1

Prof. Inga Arune Bumblyte

speaker-2

Dr. Justina Kurganaite

10:00

Morning Session

Chairs: Viktorija Kuzema (LV), Merike Luman (EE)

 

Peculiarities of antibiotics dosage according to dialysis modality

speaker-1

Prof. Romaldas Maciulaitis

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break, Exhibition Visit and Poster Viewing

11:00

Noon Session

Chairs: Ruta Vaiciuniene (LT), Marius Miglinas (LT)

 

Current Developments in Lupus Nephritis

speaker-1

Dr. Ingeborg Bajema

11:30

Noon Session

Chairs: Ruta Vaiciuniene (LT), Marius Miglinas (LT)

 

Looking for the new keywords in the management of IgA nephropathy today

speaker-1

Asoc. prof. Viktorija Kuzema

12:00

Noon Session

Chairs: Ruta Vaiciuniene (LT), Marius Miglinas (LT)

 

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: clinical perspectives

speaker-1

Prof Aivars Petersons

12:30

Noon Session

Chairs: Ruta Vaiciuniene (LT), Marius Miglinas (LT)

 

Learning Kidney Pathology: Humans and Machines

speaker-1

Prof. Arvydas Laurinavicius

13:00-14:00

Lunch, Exhibition Visit and Poster Viewing

14:00

Afternoon Session

Chairs: Aivars Petersons (LV), Laurynas Rimsevicius (LT)

 

How to improve long-term kidney graft survival?

speaker-1

Prof. Marius Miglinas

14:30

Afternoon Session

Chairs: Aivars Petersons (LV), Laurynas Rimsevicius (LT)

 

Anaemia in kidney transplant recipients

speaker-1

Ieva Ziedina, MD, PhD

15:00

Afternoon Session

Chairs: Aivars Petersons (LV), Laurynas Rimsevicius (LT)

 

Individualization of immunosuppression in kidney transplantation

speaker-1

Asoc. Prof. Ruta Vaiciuniene

speaker-2

Dr. Rima Maslauskiene

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break, Exhibition Visit and Poster Viewing

16:00-17:30

Short oral presentations and exceptional clinical cases from young nephrologists and not only (9 x 10 min)

Chairs: Kadri Lilienthal (EE), Ieva Ziedina (LV)

1. The role of obesity on the progression of chronic kidney disease in a cohort of adult IgA nephropathy patients (Mikus Saulīte)
2. Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) for Cognitive Screening in Patients with IgA Nephropathy compared with a control group (Anna Popova)
3. Spent dialysate-based hemodialysis adequacy estimation – the case of time average concentration of uremic toxins (Joosep Paats)
4. How does Paracetamol Intake Influence the Accuracy of the Optical Monitoring of Uric Acid during Dialysis? (Jana Holmar)
5. Living kidney transplantation from elderly donor: a successful case report (Kigitoviča Dana)
6. Factors Predicting Delayed Graft Function After Kidney Transplantation (Ruta Augliene)
7. Differences in humoral and cellular immunity between healthy and renal disease affected patients after complete vaccination with BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccine (Vaiva Kaupė)

19:00-23:00

Gala dinner at House of Black Heads

08:30

Morning Session

Chairs: Inga Bumblyte (LT), Alastair Forbes (UK/EE)

 

What are the blood pressure targets for CKD patients?

speaker-1

Prof. Ivan Rychlik

09:00

Morning Session

Chairs: Inga Bumblyte (LT), Alastair Forbes (UK/EE)

 

Challenges of Cardiovascular Examination in Hemodialysis Patient Population

speaker-1

Dr. Maija Motivane

09:30

Morning Session

Chairs: Inga Bumblyte (LT), Alastair Forbes (UK/EE)

 

Curent trends of dialysis

speaker-1

Dr. Laurynas Rimsevicius

10:00

Morning Session

Chairs: Inga Bumblyte (LT), Alastair Forbes (UK/EE)

 

Polypharmacy and acute kidney injury

speaker-1

Prof. Dr. med. Julija Voicehovska

speaker-2

Dr. Emils Kokars

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00

Noon Session

Chairs: Ivan Rychlik (CZ), Ilze Puide (LV)

 

The Role of Uremic Toxins in Kidney Failure and Hemodialysis

Dr. Annika Adoberg

Dr. Liisi Leis

11:30

Noon Session

Chairs: Ivan Rychlik (CZ), Ilze Puide (LV)

 

The associations of hemodialysis access with quality of life

speaker-1

Dr. Sondra Kybartiene–Maciulaite

Dr. Vaiva Sarkeviciene

12:00

Noon Session

Chairs: Ivan Rychlik (CZ), Ilze Puide (LV)

 

Potassium management and healthy diet in chronic kidney disease: How to combine both?

speaker-1

Prof. Carla Avesani

12:30

Noon Session

Chairs: Ivan Rychlik (CZ), Ilze Puide (LV)

 

Nutritional support in chronic kidney disease

speaker-1

Prof. Alastair Forbes

13:00

Awarding the best abstracts

speaker-1

Prof Aivars Petersons

13:10

Final comments

speaker-1

Ieva Ziedina, MD, PhD

13:15

Lunch