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THE
MOTTO: 'Achieving PD Excellence'
It was 1976 when CAPD was developed
and named. In the past 30 years, the joint effort
of our PD pioneers, researchers, clinicians, nurses,
allied health workers and industry have made great
leaps in the PD therapy, and to benefit numerous
patients around the world. New technology and PD
fluid are developing. Peritonitis rate has much been
reduced. Patient survival is improving. PD utilization
is growing fast in certain regions particularly in
Asia. Yet there are still lots of area for us to
work on together, whether in research, in clinical
practice, in patient care, in administration and
management, or strategic development in service provision
and utilization rate to achieve excellence
in PD therapy.
To achieve this, 5
major themes were developed for
the Congress:
1. Managing a PD Programme
2.
PD: general issues
3. PD practices
4. PD complications
5. Peritoneal pathophysiology
All these themes are
cross-discipline. We hope to bring adult and pediatric
clinicians, nurses, dietitian, psychologists, social
workers and scientists to learn from one another
and work together to achieve PD excellence. In addition,
there are several debates to bring forth expert opinion
in important, but controversial, areas to stimulate
our thoughts. New frontier of science is brought
to our PD community through the ¡¥State-of-the-Art¡¦ and keynote lectures.
The pre-congress
courses are
an integral part of the Congress to provide education
to those who want to enter basic research and those
who would like to substantiate their fundamental
knowledge on PD clinical practice.
The last day of
the Congress, you may choose to visit
PD units in
Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, PD first policy was adopted
for almost 20 years, and over 80% of dialysis patients
are on PD. Many centres have PD patients close to
400. It would be a valuable occasion that you would
have direct experience sharing in how PD units are
managed.
Join us. Submit your scientific
works and participate in the Congress. Let
us work together to achieve PD excellence. |
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