Life/ on air! a nephrology podcast series: Recent Episodes
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Providing a platform for international scientific exchange together with the world’s leading nephrologists, Life/ nephrology campus is dedicated to shaping the future of personalized patient care.The Life/2021 nephrology campus includes a series of 18 webinars, the Life/2021 nephrology congress from September 15 – 18, 2021 and Life/ on air! a nephrology podcast series and is empowered by Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH. Learn more about the Life/2021 nephrology campus and register for the congress here:www.nephrologycampus.com.-------------ImprintFresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbHElse-Kröner-Str. 161352 Bad Homburg v.d.H., GermanyRegistered office: Bad Homburg v.d.H.Registered court: Amtsgericht Bad Homburg v.d.H., HRB 5748Management Board: Dr. Katarzyna Mazur-Hofsäß, Peter Palmqvist, Dr. Olaf Schermeier, Stefan TrappeTurnover tax identification number: DE 812033564
Meet Dr. Adam Zawada at Life/ on air! In this episode, Dr. Zawada talks about polyvinylpyrrolidone as a new option for dialyzers that may improve biocompatibility for patients. He refers to study results from his recent publication (Zawada AM et al. 2021 Hemodial Int online) “Polyvinylpyrrolidone in hemodialysis membranes: Impact on platelet loss during hemodialysis”.
Dr. Zawada worked as Research Scientist at Saarland University Medical Center, Germany. Today he is Research & Development Scientist Product Development at Fresenius Medical Care.
Meet Prof. Dr. Bernard Canaud at Life/ on air! In this episode, Prof. Dr. Canaud talks about how to improve clinical outcomes for patients undergoing dialysis. He will point out the changes that dialysis administration has gone through in recent years and the importance of complement activation and inflammation in the short term and long term for patient outcomes.
He is currently an Emeritus Professor of Nephrology at Montpellier University School of Medicine, France, and is Senior Chief Scientist at Fresenius Medical Care. He was former president of the Association pour Installation à Domicile des Epurations Rénales (AIDER).
Meet Prof. Dr. Andrew Davenport at Life/ on air! He is President of the International Society for Hemodialysis and member of the ERA-EDTA Renal Nutrition board, and former vice-chair European Dialysis board. He is a Professor of Dialysis & ICU Nephrology, and director of the Dialysis & Renal Physiology center at University College London.
In this episode, he talks about available options for improving dialysis treatments and outcomes and what biological factors can impact clinical choice. In the end, he will share his thoughts about how to improve current dialyzers.