Nephrology and dialysis, Piacenza in the chair at the national congress … – IlPiacenza

          
               
      
     
         
     

       
         
          

       
       
       

Nephrology and Dialysis Piacenza Italian protagonists in the congress held recently in Rimini. The department headed by Roberto scorpions attended the appointment of national caliber science in two important reports. Sign that the team from Piacenza has been able to conquer a leading position, especially in relation to some specific experiences that the organizing committee of the congress wanted to enhance and make known to the entire national audience. “Our first intervention – said the primary scorpions – related to technological innovations in peritoneal dialysis.” As you know, peritoneal dialysis is a therapy for the treatment of chronic renal failure that takes place in the home of the patient.

 
 

“We have shown our experience, unique in Italy as the number of patients treated, with a unit of the latest generation, of German origin, dialysis automated”. In Italy just two centers use this technique, which allows for a better purification and optimization of treatment times. Pride in this important result, joins the satisfaction of scorpions for being protagonist of a debate, called “microphone two, specialists in comparison”, before an audience of 200 trials. The theme – tells the primary – was that of the clinical management of renovascular disease to renal artery stenosis: “We took our decade of experience, shared in international studies already presented it at the World Congress of Nephrology 2009 that the US Congress of Surgery Vascular of 2010 and the American Cardiology 2011 “.

 
 

“We have concentrated our efforts to understand what the optimal therapy to control high blood pressure and slow the progression of renal failure progressively optimizing drugs and radiological reserving dilatation (angioplasty) in selected cases: this allowed to obtain a better survival of the kidney and, consequently, of the patient “. Scorpions and his team were also speakers of the National Assembly Regional hemodialysis dialysis and transplants (Aned) Baggiovara Hospital of Modena in the presence of patients, clinicians and regional institutions.

 
 

“We have brought to this important audience our experience on domicile of the dialysis treatment.” Piacenza boasts the primacy of the regional incidence of patients on peritoneal dialysis but also at home. “In Emilia Romagna we are the only center that triggered this path.” The patient is able to do all the treatment alone: ​​”It is mostly young people who work, who can manage themselves therapy at home, can be purified better (and therefore get better) with the prospect of having a longer survival. ” There are currently two in Piacenza patients followed: soon it will add a third.

 

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An important and consolidated is also the business of preparing for transplant from living family. “Our center has prepared this year and followed five, the last few days ago in Bologna with great success.” Then there are other 4 patients who could benefit from a new kidney thanks to the donation of an organ from a donor cadaver. “This should lead, along with two other patients living in the pipeline, in less than 11 transplant patients followed in 2015, a number tripled compared to previous years.” Overall, the team of scorpions follows outpatient seventy transplant patients, some transplant performed over 30 years ago. “These invitations we received as speakers – closes the primary – are a significant recognition that rewards course all the teamwork of the team.”