ASN Maintenance Dialysis 2022 (On-Demand and Livestream)

Treatments for individuals with kidney failure are rapidly evolving and increasingly complex. Clinicians must have expertise in preparing patients for dialysis, so they can provide the full range of maintenance dialysis options, particularly home-based therapies, and help patients transition to transplantation or end-of-life care if appropriate. Clinicians must also treat comorbid conditions while addressing symptom management and aligning care with patient priorities. During this program, international experts review the key challenges that clinicians face today in maintenance dialysis care. On-demand presentations summarize and critique the latest research, provide useful approaches to common problems, and deliver key messages applicable to daily practice. Two interactive sessions focus on challenging vascular access cases and evaluating the quality of in-home dialysis options.
Course Objective(s)
Upon completion of the program, the participant will be able to:
1) describe evidence-based practice for maintenance dialysis with a focus on transitioning to home-based modalities, including assessing the quality of home dialysis programs
2) provide management strategies for common and important comorbid conditions and symptoms that affect people treated with maintenance dialysis
3) discuss updated strategies for managing challenges in vascular access
4) explain symptom management and ways to put goal-directed therapy into practice.
Content 
On Demand 
Presentations

Dialysis Initiation: When and How
Jeffrey Perl, MD

The Hemodialysis Prescription: A Focus on the Bath
Connie Rhee, MD, MS

Itch and Restless Legs: Vexing Hemodialysis Symptoms
Jennifer S. Scherer, MD

Pain and Insomnia: Vexing Hemodialysis Symptoms
Rajnish Mehrotra, MD, MS, FASN

Antihypertensive Agents in Hemodialysis: When to Use and Which Agents
Jennifer E. Flythe, MD, MPH, FASN

Update on Calcium, Phosphate, PTH, and Calciphylaxis Management
Sagar U. Nigwekar, MD

Bells and Whistles: What Is New in Remote Monitoring, Telehealth, and Big Data
Gregory L. Hundemer, MD, MPH

Goal-Directed Dialysis Care
Jennifer S. Scherer, MD

Dialysis Emergencies for a Medical Director
Matthew B. Rivara, MD, FASN

Uremic Toxins: New Research and Developments
Tammy L. Sirich, MD, FASN

Transplant Workup for Dialysis Patients: New Strategies
Darin Treleaven, MD, MS

Patient Selection for Home Dialysis or Home Dialysis in Select Patients?
Harold E. Giles, MD

Infectious Complications of PD
Jeffrey Perl, MD

Noninfectious Complications of PD
Joanne M. Bargman, MD

Home Therapies: Education for Patients and Clinicians
Graham E. Abra, MD

Urgent-Start PD and Bedside PD Insertion
Arsh Jain, MD, MS, MSc

Home Dialysis in Underserved Communities
Jenny I. Shen, MD, MS, FASN

Preventing Cardiovascular Events in Dialysis Patients
Connie Rhee, MD, MS

Modern Hemodialysis Catheter Management
Matthew J. Oliver, MD, MS

Livestream 1
Presentations

Welcome and Introduction – Co-Chairs
04:30 PM EDT – 04:35 PM EDT

Home Therapy Program Management
04:35 PM EDT – 05:45 PM EDT
Matthew J. Oliver, MD, MS
Jenny I. Shen, MD, MS, FASN
Harold E. Giles, MD
Suzanne Watnick, MD, FASN
Jeffrey Perl, MD
Joanna Neumann, CNN, RN

Panel Discussion and Q&A
05:45 PM EDT – 06:00 PM EDT

Livestream 2
Presentations

Welcome and Introduction – Co-Chairs
10:00 AM EDT – 10:05 AM EDT

Tough Cases in Dialysis Access
10:05 AM EDT – 11:15 AM EDT
Jennifer E. Flythe, MD, MPH, FASN
Vandana Dua Niyyar, MD, FASN
Peter Reynolds Bream, MD
Elisa Greco, MD

Panel Discussion and Q&A
11:15 AM EDT – 11:30 AM EDT