2006 STEP conference presentations
International conferences
Irwig L. Gave a keynote address “Is evidence overrated? The nature, purposes, ethics and politics of evidence in a democracy”. Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) Double Symposium on Interrogating Evidence. March 2006. Report on “Evidence-based Practice : Double symposium proceedings on problems, possibilities and politics” is published in Academy of Science of South Africa website: http://blues.sabinet.co.za/images/ejour/assaf/Report/evidence_based_practice.pdf
Torres D, Strippoli GFM, Palmer S, Schena FP, Craig JC. [abstract no:SP323] Predictive value of microabluminuria and proteinuria on cardiovascular and renal survival: A systematic review of cohort studies. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2006 (4 July); 21: iv121-122. (XLIII ERA-EDTA CONGRESS, July 15-18, 2006 - Glasgow, United Kingdom)
National conferences
Craig , Jones M, Codarini M, Macaskill P, Williams G Incremental diagnostic accuracy of dipstick urinalysis for the diagnosis of UTI compared with clinical evaluation alone in young children presenting with a febrile illness (abstract no: 1525). Nephrology 2006; 11(2): A10. Australian & New Zealand Society of Nephrology [ANZSN]. 42nd Annual Meeting. Melbourne , 16-18 Aug 2006
Chartapisak W, Opastirakul1 S, Willis N, Hodson E Craig JC. Interventions for preventing and treating renal disease in Henoch Schönlein Purpura: a systematic review of randomised controlled (abstract no: 1533). Nephrology 2006; 11(2): A12. trials. Australian & New Zealand Society of Nephrology [ANZSN]. 42nd Annual Meeting. Melbourne , 16-18 Aug 2006
Gunasekera H, Haysom L, Morris P, Craig JC. The global burden of childhood otitis media and hearing impairment: a systematic review. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2006; 42(11): A12. Paediatrics and child health division. (Royal Australasian College of Physicians Congress [RACP]. Cairns, Queensland, Australia 7-11 May 2006)
Haysom L, Hodson E, Williams R, Roy LP, Lyle D, Craig J. (abstract no: 2545) Cardiovascular risk factors in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children, Nephrology 2006; 11(2): A47 Australian & New Zealand Society of Nephrology [ANZSN]. 42nd Annual Meeting. Melbourne , 16-18 Aug 2006
Howard K, Salkeld G, White S, Chadban S, Craig J, Cass A, McDonald S, Perkovic V. Cost effectiveness of screening for the early diagnosis and treatment of risk factors for chronic kidney disease: A Markov Monte Carlo microsimulation using Marck-E (model for the assessment of risk factors for chronic kidney disease - economics) (abstract no: 1521. Nephrology 2006; 11(2): A9.. Australian & New Zealand Society of Nephrology [ANZSN]. 42nd Annual Meeting. Melbourne , 16-18 Aug 2006
Houssami N. Report on the 5th Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Society for Breast Disease (ASBD). 5th Scientific Meeting was held in September 2005 in Australia’s Gold Coast. The Breast 2006; 15: 284
McDonald SP, Howard K, White S, Craig J, Chadban S, Salkeld G, Cass A. (abstract no:1614) Predicting future requirements for renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Australia. Nephrology 2006; 11(2): A31. Australian & New Zealand Society of Nephrology [ANZSN]. 42nd Annual Meeting. Melbourne , 16-18 Aug 2006
Salkeld G, Howard K, McDonald S, Cass A, Chadban S, White S, Craig JC. (abstract no:2007) Cost effectiveness of renal replacement therapy for patients with end stage kidney disease: a Markov microsimulation model, Nephrology 2006; 11(2): A35. Australian & New Zealand Society of Nephrology [ANZSN]. 42nd Annual Meeting. Melbourne , 16-18 Aug 2006
Webster AC, Craig JC, Chapman JR. Rate and relative risk of common cancer in kidney transplant recipients in Australia and New Zealand. Immunology and Cell Biology 2006 (June); 84(3): A13. (24th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand; 2006 March 29-31; Canberra, ACT, Australia)
Webster AC, Ruster LP, Playford EG, Higgins GY, Chapman JR, Craig JC. IL2 Receptor antagonists for renal transplant recipients: an updated meta-analysis of randomized trials.Immunology and Cell Biology 2006 (June); 84(3): A3. (24th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand; 2006 March 29-31; Canberra, ACT, Australia)
Webster AC, O'Sullivan C, Higgins GY, Craig JC. Outcome bias in the design of randomized trials of immunosuppression in kidney transplantation reported in medical journals. Immunology and Cell Biology 2006 (June); 84(3): A12. (24th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand; 2006 March 29-31; Canberra, ACT, Australia)
Yu R, Craig J, Polkinghorne K, Shaw J, Atkins R, Chadban. (abstract no: 2562) "Dipstick urinalysis for the detection of proteinuria in the general community - The Ausdiab Study", Nephrology 2006; 11(2): A51 Australian & New Zealand Society of Nephrology [ANZSN]. 42nd Annual Meeting. Melbourne , 16-18 Aug 2006