2005 STEP conference presentations

International conferences

Craig M, Craig JC, Strippoli GFM, Bonifati C, Shena FP. Poster (M043) Antihypertensive agents for primary prevention of diabetic nephropathy: with focus on renal outcomes, is it proven that any agent is equivalent, as long as blood pressure control is tight? Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2005; 20 (Supplement): V202. (XLII Congress of the ERA-EDTA, June 4-7, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey.)

O’Connor A, Elwyn G, Holmes-Rovner M, Coulter A, Barratt A, Llewellyn-Thomas HA, Whelan T, Thomson R, Barry M, O'Kane P. International patient decision aids standards collaboration [ipdas] reaches consensus on criteria for judging the quality of patient decision aids. (Oral presentation). 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making; 21-24 Oct 2005; San Francisco, California

Strippoli GFM, Craig JC, Rochtchina E, Mitchell P. Dialysis - nutrition, malnutrition, oxidative stress, inflammation 2: Poster (SP352) Daily intake of water, magnesium and carbohidrates associated with the development of renal impairment in the elderly. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2005; 20 (Supplement): V137-V138. (XLII Congress of the ERA-EDTA, June 4-7, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey.)

National conferences

Khimling Tew, Irwig L, Macaskill P. The meta-analysis of sentinel node imprint cytology in breast cancer (paper). (Breast Surgery section). Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress; 9-13 May 2005; Perth, Western Australia.

Rutjes AWS, Reitsma JB, Irwig L, Bossuyt PMM. Partial and differential verification in diagnostic accuracy studies (poster). 13th Cochrane Colloquium; 21-26 October 2005; Melbourne.

Turner M, Irwig L, Bune A, Kam P, Baker B. Effects of systematic and random errors in non-invasive blood pressure measurements. Metrology Society of Australia (MSA). Biennial Meeting; 19-21st October; Canberra.