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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2001) 16: 1559-1561
© 2001 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

Dialysis and Transplantation News

Gdansk bio-statistic and epidemiology course

Francesco Locatelli1,, Boleslaw Rutkowski2, Simeone Andrulli1, Giuseppe Enia3, Ryszard Gellert4, Reinhard Kramar5, Daniele Marcelli6, Carmine Zoccali3, Andrzej Wiecek7 and Eberhard Ritz8

1 Department of Nephrology, A. Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy, 2 Department of Nephrology, Medical University, Gdansk, Poland, 3 Division of Nephrology, Centre of Clinical Physiology, Cardiology Unit of Morelli Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy, 4 Chair and Department of Medicine and Nephrology, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland, 5 Third Department of Medicine, General Hospital, Barmherzige Schwestern vom Hl, Kreuz, Wels, Austria, 6 Fresenius Medical Care, Bad Homburg, Germany, 7 Department of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Silesian University Medical School, Katowice, Poland; on behalf of ERA-EDTA Action Nephrology Eastern Europe and 8 Department of Nephrology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; on behalf of Joint Action Nephrology Eastern Europe

On 10–11 November, 2000, a bio-statistic and epidemiology course took place in Gdansk, Poland. The initiative, organized by Prof. Francesco Locatelli and Prof. Boleslaw Rutkowski, was promoted by the Joint Action Nephrology in Eastern Europe, chaired by Prof. Eberhard Ritz, and supported by the European Renal Association, and it was a part of the educational programme aimed at supporting the growing know-how in nephrological care and renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the Eastern European Countries.

Profound political and social changes have taken place in Eastern Europe in the last decade, and the countries of the former Soviet bloc are undergoing rapid economic development. The issue of how to best provide RRT, both from the clinical and socio-economical points of view, has become a major issue in such nations.

Evidence-based medicine, that is ‘the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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