8th Slovenian Congress of Nephrology

November 28th to December 1st, 2024

Bernardin Congress Center, Portorož, Slovenia & Virtual

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8th Slovenian Congress of Nephrology

Dear colleagues,

It is my great pleasure to invite you all to participate at the 8^th Slovenian Congress of Nephrology.

The Slovenian Society of Nephrology organizes the Slovenian Congress of Nephrology every four years. The principal intent of the Congress is to present current advances in Slovenian nephrology and nephrology in general. In addition, the congress is a place where we can discuss dilemmas, our common challenges and opportunities. Finally, the congress is also a wonderful opportunity for all of us to come together in one place, as a community, to celebrate nephrology.

About the event

Nephrology is alive and well. We are currently experiencing a period of extraordinary and unprecedented progress. New therapeutic options have widened our scope of activity considerably, to the benefit of our patients. Staying up to date with all the news has become a big challenge, one that we will try to address with this Congress. We mustn’t forget that the basis of good health care is the good functioning and cooperation of all the stakeholders involved in the health system. A part of this congress will be devoted to nursing, and we are very happy that our coworkers will be joining us.

The Scientific Committee has prepared an extremely interesting scientific program that presents an overview of all the key elements of modern nephrology. You will be able to listen to invited lectures by renowned domestic and foreign experts. We are proud that many foreign experts will be able to contribute with their valuable talks. Because of them, and for the benefit of other foreign participants, the lectures will be in English. We are also proud that our Congress has no registration fee and will be taking place as a hybrid event, on location and virtually, enabling everybody who wants to participate to be a part of it.

The novelty of this year’s congress are two Courses, which will be held in parallel on Sunday. The Scientific Writing Course is intended for all colleagues who would like to acquire additional knowledge that will enable them to better establish themselves in the demanding world of scientific publishing. This course will take place on location only and for a limited number of participants. Kidney transplantation is also a challenging field in which experience is difficult to gain, so we have also decided to organize a Kidney Transplantation Course that will address some of the main topics and dilemmas. The Kidney Transplantation Course will be streamed on-line. In addition, you will be able to follow Industry Symposia in which some of the new pharmacological approaches in nephrology will be presented.

On behalf of all the organizers of this Congress, I invite you all to the 8th Slovenian Congress of Nephrology.

Andrej Škoberne
Congress President

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Organizers

Andrej Škoberne

Congress President

Ana Dovč

Congress Secretary

Gregor Mlinšek

Congress Treasurer

Miha Arnol, Sebastjan Bevc

Chairs of the Scientific Committee

Scientific Committee:
Andreja Aleš Rigler, Miha Arnol, Sebastjan Bevc, Špela Borštnar, Jadranka Buturović Ponikvar, Andrej Drozg, Robert Ekart, Polona Golob Kosmina, Jaka Gubenšek, Eva Jakopin, Boštjan Kersnič, Tanja Kersnik Levart, Bojan Knap, Maša Knehtl, Boštjan Leskovar, Nataša Marčun Varda, Andreja Marn Pernat, Gregor Mlinšek, Bojan Novak, Gregor Novljan, Jernej Pajek, Vanja Peršič, Andrej Škoberne, Alijana Trošt Rupnik, Barbara Vajdič Trampuž, Željka Večerić Haler

Organizing Committee:
Andrej Škoberne, Miha Arnol, Sebastjan Bevc, Sergeja Dobravc, Robert Ekart, Marija Jesenko, Boštjan Kersnič, Dimitrij Klančič, Tanja Kersnik Levart, Boštjan Leskovar, Martina Lukač, Vlasta Malnarič Marentič, Nataša Marčun Varda, Bojan Novak, Igor Rus, Alijana Trošt Rupnik

Kidney Transplantation Course
Organizers: Miha Arnol, Gregor Mlinšek, Damjan Kovač, Tomaž Smrkolj

Scientific Writing Course
Organizers: Vladimir Tesar, Nikolina Bašić Jukič, Kate Stevens, Andreas Kronbichler, Andrej Škoberne

Scientific Sessions

• Dialysis access

• Non-pharmacological treatments

• Kidney transplantation

• Pediatric nephrology

• Hemodialysis

• Glomerular diseases

• Peritoneal dialysis

• Nephrology in the 21st century – challenges and opportunities

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Programme

Thursday, November 28th

Time	Programme	Speaker
8.00 – 9.00	Registration
9.00 – 10.30	Oral Presentations 1	Moderators: Jadranka Buturović Ponikvar, Boštjan Kersnič, Špela Borštnar
	Measurement of ionized calcium with a point-of-care ionometer during etelcalcetide therapy Andreja Marn Pernat Comparison of heparin and citrate anticoagulation in membrane plasmapheresis Aleša Orsag Combination of medium cut-off dialyzer membrane and diet modification to reduce serum concentrations of p-cresyl sulfate and indoxyl sulfate Tjaša Herič Short-term use of hemoadsorption in chronic hemodialysis patients: clinical experiences Manja Antonič Correlation between lung ultrasound on 8 regular places, other volume markers and arterial stiffness in chronic hemodialysis patients Luka Varda Effects of ultrafiltration rate on cardiovascular events and mortality Nino Vreča The most common nutritional disorder in patients with chronic kidney disease stages 1-5 is central obesity Aljoša Kuzmanovski Ultrasound assessment of the artery and outcomes of arterio-venous fistulas in patients with calcified arteries Jakob Gubenšek Surgical patch angioplasty of juxta-anastomotic stenosis in radiocephalic arteriovenous fistula - case report Blaž Slonjšak Using resorbable extracellular bio-matrix for construction and reconstruction of hemodialysis vascular access Nina Keršnik Catheter-related sepsis in tunneled central venous catheters Tjaša Furlan Endovascular creation of AV fistula using WavelinQ EndoAVF system - first experiences in General Hospital Celje Andrej Drozg
10.30 – 11.00	Coffee break
11.00 – 13.00	Oral Presentations 2	Moderators: Andreja Marn Pernat, Polona Golob Kosmina, Andrej Drozg
	Mediterranean diet and chronic kidney disease Bojan Knap Measurement of glomerular filtration rate with iohexol in children - our experience Sonja Golob Jančič Correlation of blood concentrations of anti-nephrin antibodies, eosinophil cationic protein, some vitamins and oxidative stress index with disease activity in children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome Matjaž Kopač Genotype – phenotype of children in Slovenia with Alport kidney disease and novel genetic variants in COL4A3-5 in last 15 years Anja Blejc Novak Standardized doppler ultrasound in the early period after kidney transplantation Karmen Romozi Torque teno virus for assessment and monitoring of immunosuppression in kidney transplant patients Anja Ponikvar Ležaić Urinary extracellular vesicles as promising biomarkers for non-invasive diagnosis of kidney allograft injury Maja Vodušek Fibrillary glomerulonephritis: histopathological and clinical features Nika Kojc Expression of microRNA in samples of renal calyces, urine and serum in patients with nephrolithiasis Nika Kojc Decline of kidney function in patients with multiple myeloma Tadej Petreski Our experience with the use of finerenone for the treatment of diabetic kidney disease Tadej Petreski Pilot study: the effects of finerenone on arterial stiffness Nejc Piko Roxadustat in clinical practice: a single-centre experience in non-dialysis dependent patients with anaemia of chronic kidney disease Tadej Zorman Primary FSGS in adults: clinical profile, response to immunosuppression and outcome of patients treated at University Medical Centre Ljubljana Željka Večerić-Haler Clinical spectrum and genetic variants of Alport syndrome and thin basement membrane nephropathy - Slovenian national experience Špela Borštnar
13.00 – 13.30	Industry Symposium – Amgen
13.30 – 14.30	Lunch
14.30 – 15.00	Industry Symposium – Boehringer Ingelheim
15.00 – 17.00	Scientific Session 1 – Dialysis access	Moderators: Jakob Gubenšek, Boštjan Leskovar, Jernej Pajek
15.00 – 15.25	Individual approach – should it be the gold standard in vascular access medicine?	Boštjan Leskovar Trbovlje, Slovenia
15.30 – 15.55	Percutaneous interventions on AV fistulas	Pavel Kavčič Ljubljana, Slovenia
16.00 – 16.25	Feeding artery complications in AV fistulas	Jakob Gubenšek Ljubljana, Slovenia
16.30 – 16.45	Side-to-side anastomosis: the neglected anastomosis in vascular access creation	Tjaša Furlan Trbovlje, Slovenia
16.45 – 17.00	Tunneled vs. non-tunneled catheters as permanent vascular access	Matej Zrimšek Ljubljana, Slovenia
17.00 – 17.45	Coffee break with discussion on dialysis access (sponsored by Medica)
17.45 – 19.45	Scientific Session 2 – Non-pharmacological treatments	Moderators: Jernej Pajek, Alijana Trošt Rupnik, Andrej Škoberne
17.45 – 18.10	Proteins, phosphate, and potassium in CKD – how do we explain this to our patients?	Giorgina Piccoli Le Mans, France
18.15 – 18.40	How can physical and cognitive exercise enhance current CKD treatment?	Špela Bogataj, Jernej Pajek Ljubljana, Slovenia
18.45 – 19.10	Has the time come for a vegetarian diet in CKD?	Maša Knehtl Maribor, Slovenia
19.15 – 19.45	What do you think? A quiz on what a healthy lifestyle actually is.	Alijana Trošt Rupnik Dragomer, Slovenia
19.45 – 20.15	Industry Symposium – Bayer
20.30	Dinner

Friday, November 29th

Time	Programme	Speaker
8.30 – 9.00	Industry Symposium – AstraZeneca
9.00 – 11.00	Scientific Session 3 – Transplantation	Moderators: Miha Arnol, Gregor Mlinšek
9.00 – 9.30	Imlifidase: a novelty in kidney transplant medicine The lecture is sponsored by Medison	Rainer Oberbauer Vienna, Austria
9.30 – 9.55	Novel noninvasive biomarkers for kidney allograft monitoring	Miha Arnol Ljubljana, Slovenia
9.55 – 10.20	Novel diagnostic tools and biomarkers in kidney transplant pathology – MMDx and microRNA	Neva Bezeljak Ljubljana, Slovenia
10.20 – 10.40	Metabolic health in a Slovenian cohort of kidney transplant patients	Gregor Mlinšek Ljubljana, Slovenia
10.40 – 11.00	Enrolling nonadherent patients for kidney transplantation: medical and ethical challenges	Jadranka Buturović Ponikvar Ljubljana, Slovenia
11.00 – 11.30	Coffee break
11.30 – 13.30	Scientific Session 4 – Pediatric nephrology	Moderators: Tanja Kersnik Levart, Gregor Novljan, Nataša Marčun Varda
11.30 – 11.55	C3G and IC-MPGN: an update	Marina Vivarelli Rome, Italy
12.00 – 12.25	Cardiovascular risk factors in pediatric patients with arterial hypertension and chronic kidney disease	Nataša Marčun Varda Maribor, Slovenia
12.30 – 12.55	Nephrocalcinosis and kidney stones in children	Francesco Emma Rome, Italy
13.00 – 13.25	Vascular access in small children – changing the concept	Gregor Novljan Ljubljana, Slovenia
13.30 – 14.00	Industry Symposium – Swixx BioPharma
14.00 – 15.00	Lunch
15.00 – 17.00	Scientific Session 5 – Hemodialysis	Moderators: Barbara Vajdič Trampuž, Vanja Peršič, Eva Jakopin
15.00 – 15.25	What's new in hemodialysis?	Barbara Vajdič Trampuž Ljubljana, Slovenia
15.30 – 15.55	Lactic acidosis and extracorporeal clearance of lactate	Alexander Jerman Vanja Peršič Ljubljana, Slovenia
16.00 – 16.25	Anticoagulation in patients on hemodialysis	Marko Miklič Ljubljana, Slovenia
16.30 – 16.55	Osteoporosis in dialysis patients	Katarina Mlekuš Kozamernik Ljubljana, Slovenia
17.00 – 17.30	Industry Symposium – Fresenius Medical Care
17.30 – 18.00	Coffee break
18.00 – 19.15	Plenary Lectures (presentations in Slovenian)	Moderator: Andrej Škoberne
18.00 – 18.20	My 47 years on dialysis	Pavel Čuk
18.25 – 18.45	Financial stability and sustainability of health care systems is the foundation of quality in health care	Jurij Fürst
18.50 – 19.10	Treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease in the primary care setting and collaboration with nephrologists	Danica Rotar Pavlič
19.15 – 20.15	Assembly of the Slovenian Society of Nephrology (members on location only)
20.30	Dinner

Saturday, November 30th

Time	Programme	Speaker
8.30 – 9.00	Industry Symposium – Stada
9.00 – 11.00	Scientific Session 6 – Nephrology in the 21st century – challenges and opportunities	Moderators: Andrej Škoberne, Sebastjan Bevc, Bojan Novak
9.00 – 9.25	How can artificial intelligence contribute to the care of kidney patients?	Roser Torra Barcelona, Spain
9.30 – 9.55	How can we prepare for natural disasters that might affect kidney patients?	Serhan Tuğlular Istanbul, Turkey
10.00 – 10.25	Do we need new programs and approaches to tackle CKD in the elderly in a sensible way?	Elke Schäffner Berlin, Germany
10.30 – 10.55	Development of new functional in vitro models to study drug nephrotoxicity	Sebastjan Bevc Maribor, Slovenia
11.00 – 11.30	Coffee break
11.30 – 13.30	Scientific Session 7 – Peritoneal dialysis	Moderators: Bojan Knap, Robert Ekart, Jernej Pajek
11.30 – 11.55	PD catheter insertion performed by a nephrologist	Blaž Slonjšak Ljubljana, Slovenia
12.00 – 12.25	Mediterranean diet in patients on peritoneal dialysis	Bojan Knap Ljubljana, Slovenia
12.30 – 12.55	Clinical risk factors for peritoneal dialysis failure	Robert Ekart Maribor, Slovenia
13.00 – 13.25	Heart failure and peritoneal dialysis	Božidar Vujičić Rijeka, Croatia
13.30 – 14.00	Industry Symposium – Baxter
14.00 – 15.00	Lunch
15.00 – 17.00	Scientific Session 8 – Glomerular diseases	Moderators: Andreja Aleš Rigler, Željka Večerić-Haler, Maša Knehtl
15.00 – 15.25	Updates on the management of ANCA-associated vasculitis	Benjamin Terrier Paris, France
15.30 – 15.55	What’s new in nephrotic syndrome?	Pierre Ronco Paris, France
16.00 – 16.25	The clinicopathologic and genomic landscapes of ANCA-associated vasculitis with renal involvement	Matic Bošnjak Ljubljana, Slovenia
16.30 – 16.55	Our experience with atypical HUS and anticomplement therapy	Andreja Aleš Rigler Špela Borštnar Ljubljana, Slovenia
17.00 – 17.30	Coffee break
17.30 – 18.00	Industry Symposium – Novartis
18.00 – 18.30	Industry Symposium – Mediasi, d.o.o.
20.00	Dinner

Sunday, December 1st

Time	Programme	Speaker
9.00 – 9.15	Welcome and introduction
9.15 – 9.45	How to approach the literature search	Vladimir Tesar Prague, Czechia
9.45 – 10.15	Formulating the research question	Nikolina Bašić Jukič Zagreb, Croatia,
10.15 – 10.45	Writing the methods section – overview	Robert Ekart Maribor, Slovenia
10.45 – 11.15	Coffee break
11.15 – 11.45	Key aspects to writing the results	Jernej Pajek Ljubljana, Slovenia
11.45 – 12.15	Discussion section	Jakob Gubenšek Ljubljana, Slovenia
12.15 – 12.45	Preparing to submit manuscript – choosing a journal	Kate Stevens Glasgow, UK
12.45 – 13.30	Writing the cover letter and response to reviewers	Andreas Kronbichler Innsbruck, Austria
13.30 – 14.30	Lunch
14.30 – 16.00	Break out groups (up to 3 participants for each member of the faculty)

Time	Programme	Speaker
8.30 – 9.00	Industry Symposium – Astellas
9.00 – 9.50	Risk assessment before kidney transplantation
9.00 - 9.25	Cardiovascular risk assessment	Valentina Černetič Korelec
9.25 - 9.50	Patient with malignant disease	Tomaž Milanez
9.50 - 10.15	Kidney transplant surgery
9.50 - 10.15	Surgical complications after kidney transplantation – diagnostics and treatment	Tomaž Smrkolj
10.15 – 11.00	Immunosupression management after kidney transplantation
10.15 – 10.35	Immunosuppression protocols	Miha Arnol
10.35 – 11.00	Immunosuppression monitoring	Gregor Mlinšek
11.00 – 11.30	Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30	Update on the treatment of kidney allograft rejection
11.30 – 12.00	Antibody-mediated rejection (on-line)	Georg Böhmig, Vienna, Austria
12.00 – 12.30	T cell-mediated rejection	Tanja Belčič Mikič
12.30 – 13.00	Update on post-transplant infections
12.30 – 13.00	Polioma BK virus	Ana Dovč
13.00 – 13.30	Industry Symposium – Takeda
13.30 – 14.30	Lunch
14.30 – 15.30	Clinical cases from the region
14.30 – 14.45	BK nephropathy without detectable viremia or viruria: Case report	Damir Rebić, Sarajevo, BIH
14.45 – 15.00	Kidney allograft rejection after the transition from pediatric to adult care: Case report	Manca Oblak
15.00 – 15.15	Kidney transplantation from deceased hepatitis C virus-infected donor to uninfected highly sensitized recipient: Case report	Tanja Belčič Mikič
15.15 – 15.30	Daratumumab for the treatment of chronic active antibody-mediated kidney allograft rejection: Case report	Ana Dovč

Industry symposium

Day and Time	Programme
Thursday, November 28th
13.00 – 13.30	Industry Symposium – Amgen
	Intersection of chronic kidney disease and hypercholesterolemia – challenges and solutions	Miha Arnol
	The role of evolocumab in managing cardiovascular risk in patients with chronic kidney disease	Gregor Mlinšek
14.30 – 15.00	Industry Symposium – Boehringer Ingelheim
	Identification and treatment of CKD in patients with cardiovascular disease – why act early?	Gregor Zemljič, Miha Arnol
19.45 – 20.15	Industry Symposium – Bayer
	Cardiorenal benefits of Kerendia: protecting kidney and heart • First year of experiences with Kerendia • Clinical benefits of Kerendia – cardiologist's view	Boštjan Leskovar, Marko Miklič
Friday, November 29th
8.30 – 9.00	Industry Symposium – AstraZeneca
	National screening programme for CKD: potential and challenges	Andrej Škoberne, Danica Rotar Pavlič, Špela Skubic
13.30 – 14.00	Industry Symposium – Swixx BioPharma
	Are we experiencing a paradigm shift in the way we treat our SLE patients?	Sonja Praprotnik
17.00 – 17.30	Industry Symposium – Fresenius Medical Care
	Modern dialysis center management and data management support systems	Jernej Pajek
Saturday, November 30th
8.30 – 9.00	Industry Symposium – Stada
	What’s new in the treatment of IgA nephropathy?	Ana Dovč
13.30 – 14.00	Industry Symposium – Baxter
	Sharesource in clinical practice	Robert Ekart
17.30 – 18.00	Industry Symposium – Novartis
	Overview of IgA nephropathy in Slovenian patients	Andreja Aleš Rigler
18.00 – 18.30	Industry Symposium – Mediasi, d.o.o.
	Nutritional needs of hemodialysis patients on intradialytic parenteral nutrition (IDPN)	Jernej Pajek
Sunday, December 1st
8.30 – 9.00	Industry Symposium – Astellas
	Management of patients after kidney transplantation • Long-term results of immunosuppression treatment in patients after kidney transplantation • Current challenges and anemia management in patients after kidney transplantation	Gregor Mlinšek, Miha Arnol
13.00 – 13.30	Industry Symposium – Takeda
	Update on post-transplant infections with CMV	Špela Borštnar

Poster presentations

The poster presentations will be taking place in the entrance hall, near the registration desk.

Date	Time	Program
Thursday, 28th November 2024	14.20 – 14.30	Hemodialysis patient treated with inhaled tobramycin who experienced complications of systemic absorption and removal by hemodialysis: a case report Brina Šuligoj
		Primary hyperoxaluria and genetic testing in Dialysis Centre Celje General Hospital Sergeja Dobravc
	17.25 – 17.45	Patient with exhausted options for peripheral vascular access and central venous occlusion – HeRO graft insertion Nina Keršnik
		Indirect hand perfusion in steal syndrome Boštjan Leskovar
		Patients with failing transplanted kidney: arteriovenous vascular access status Bojan Medved
		Thrombosis of radio-cephalic arterio-venous fistula is often associated with asymptomatic thrombosis of the feeding radial artery Jakob Gubenšek
Friday, 29th November 2024	14.40 – 15.00	Some newer biological markers in the treatment of chronic pediatric nephrology patients Mirjam Močnik
		Liver and kidney ultrasound elastography in chronic pediatric nephrology patients Mirjam Močnik
		Characteristics of pediatric patients treated in a nephrology clinic according to the presence of arterial hypertension Veronika Ekart
		Gender-based differences in pediatric outpatient nephrology care Veronika Ekart
Saturday, November 30th	14.45 – 15.00	Dietary habits of patients with chronic kidney disease Aljoša Kuzmanovski
		Dietary habits of healthcare professionals in nephrology Aljoša Kuzmanovski
		Chronic hemodialysis at the Dialysis Center Kočevje, remote department of nephrology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana Elvedina Brkić
	18.30 – 19.15	Long-term treatment of rapidly progressive ADPKD with tolvaptan in Slovenia Andreja Marn Pernat
		Kidney disease following treatment with PCSK9 inhibitors: a case series Tjaša Herič
		Random urine sample dipstick protein test is better for proteinuria screening than estimated daily proteinuria Nuša Avguštin
		Renoprotektivna terapija pri pacientih s kronično ledvično boleznijo in sladkorno boleznijo - opazovalna raziskava Manja Antonič
		Budesonide for the treatment of IgA nephropathy – our experience Eva Jakopin
		Anti-nephrin associated minimal change disease treated with rituximab – case report Tadej Petreski
		Extracellular to intracellular water ratio in dialysis patients Nejc Piko
		What are the strategies for maintaining hepatitis b virus immunity in hemodialysis patients? Senka Černe
		Challenges in implementing hepatitis b virus vaccination in patients with chronic kidney disease Senka Černe
Sunday, 1st December 2024	14.20 – 14.30	Case report: Mycoplasma Arginini acute arthritis and tenosinovitis in a kidney transplant patient Tjaša Vivoda
		Recurrence of vasculitis associated with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in a kidney transplant recipient – a case report Špela Borštnar

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