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Fifth Baltic Nephrology Conference jointly organized by the Baltic Societies of Nephrology and the Joint Action Nephrology in Eastern Europe, a collaborative effort of ISN and ERA

2001; Oxford University Press; Volume: 16; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/ndt/16.1.179

1460-2385

Merike Luman, Eberhard Ritz,

Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism

On 30 June and 1-2 July 2000, the Fifth BalticThe last day was devoted to presentations on the epidemiology of renal disease in Estonia, Latvia, and Nephrology Conference took place in the Meeting Center of the Hotel Central in Tallinn in Estonia.It Lithuania, and the discussion of the demographic and epidemiological findings in Baltic countries against had been jointly organized by the Estonian Society of Nephrology on behalf of the three Baltic Societies of the background of European experience by Francesco Locatelli.Nephrology in collaboration with Eberhard Ritz (chairing the Joint Action Nephrology in EasternThe strenuous academic meetings were complemented by an unforgettable evening with concertos Europe).The meeting was attended by 70 Baltic nephrologists and a banquet at the Blackhead Brotherhood's House in the old town of Tallinn on Friday, 30 June, and a and 100 colleagues from related disciplines, particularly internal medicine, cardiology, rheumatology, and conference dinner at the picturesque Maarjama ¨e Castle on Saturday, 1 July.endocrinology.Internationally known speakers gave an overview This Fifth Conference follows the previous immensely successful conferences in Jurmala, close to on topics at the forefront of current basic clinical nephrology.This included progression of renal fail-Riga (23-24 October, 1992), in Tartu (3-6 June, 1995), in Kaunas (17-18 May, 1996) and in Riga ure-from basic mechanisms to clinical management by G. Wolf (Hamburg), blood pressure on dialysis by (12-14 June, 1998).These conferences with internationally known and distinguished invited speakers Bernard Charra ( Tassin), sympathetic nerve system and hypertension in renal disease by Hein A. Koomans were attended by an impressively large audience and have become a highly successful tradition, which ( Utrecht), hypertension after renal transplantation by Douglas Briggs (Glasgow), endothelin and renal dis-should be continued.It is the opinion of the organizers that this show of academic solidarity between the ease by Stefan R. Orth (Heidelberg), and the calciumchannel blocker controversy by Pietro Zucchelli International and European renal organizations and our Baltic colleagues has significantly contributed to (Bologna).Interactive sessions included a discussion of clinical the very impressive upsurge of renal care, as documented by the epidemiological analyses, and the problems in hypertension and a round table on bloodpressure management in renal patients jointly moder-increasingly sophisticated academic levels of nephrological performance in these countries.ated by Mai Ots, Margus Viigimaa, and Eberhard Ritz.On the second day, the topics included diabetic It is hoped that we can say: Tere tulemast kahe aasta pa ¨rast uuesti ( Welcome in two years again).nephropathy ( Eberhard Ritz), renal involvement in SLE (Claudio Ponticelli, Milano), advances in On behalf of the organizers immunosuppression after renal transplantation Merike Luman (J.Grinyo, Barcelona), malignancy after renal trans-President of Estonian Society of Nephrology plantation (A.