Nephrology Specialists in Holguin Update Their Knowledge

During the month of March, nephrology specialists from the province of Holguin and other regions of the country are updating their knowledge of this specialty through virtual and hybrid sessions. As part of scientific activities designed to improve the management and care of patients with kidney disease.

Among the topics discussed by the nephrologists are hemodialysis, chikungunya and the kidneys, peritoneal dialysis, interventional nephrology, and diagnostic imaging of chronic kidney disease.

According to nephrologist Susana María Castellanos Hechavarría, a specialist at the Vladimir Ilich Lenin General University Hospital. World Kidney Day is celebrated every year in March. This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the event. Which aims to prevent kidney disease and carries the slogan “Green Nephrology: Caring for people, saving the planet.” “This translates into how our specialty. In addition to saving lives, can also harm the environment.”

In that regard, to commemorate the date, the Provincial Chapter of the Cuban Society of Nephrology. As part of the day’s events, recently held an asynchronous online course. With the participation of nearly 200 specialists from across Cuba and international speakers from Mexico and Ecuador. Key topics included peritoneal dialysis, bedside ultrasound, and interventional nephrology.

Furthermore, national speakers addressed topics such as Chikungunya and the kidneys, presented by nephrologist Doralys Sánchez Suárez. Chronic graft dysfunction as seen through ultrasound, presented by doctors Andrés Expósito Gutiérrez and Daniel Parra Rodríguez. And acute kidney failure in Intensive Care Units, presented by the experienced second-degree nephrologist Luis Ángel Ríos Abreu.

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Regarding the incidence of kidney disease worldwide. In Cuba and especially in this northeastern region, the nephrologist pointed out that millions of people globally suffer from kidney disease and are unaware of it.

She added that in Cuba, approximately three thousand people are undergoing dialysis treatment. In Holguin, “we currently have five dialysis centers that may not have the same number of patients as in previous years, but we do observe that patients are starting hemodialysis very late. In other words, prevention is still an area where we have a significant deficit.

Many patients experience complications and die in the first months of treatment due to this cause. Even though kidney disease is preventable and depends on other common illnesses in the population.” Among the prestigious specialists with whom they had the opportunity to exchange information online were Dr. Juan Cristóbal Santacruz Mancheno, an interventional nephrologist from Quito. Dr. José Manuel Rodríguez Chagolla, a nephrologist and surgeon who graduated from the Michoacán University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo. And Dr. Lázaro Ibrahim Cobiellas Carballo, a nephrologist from Holguin who received a fellowship in Interventional Nephrology from the International Society of the specialty.

These types of exchanges enhance the experience of Holguin’s professionals. Allowing them to acquire knowledge and apply it to their routine medical practice. Even amidst objective shortages and difficulties. At a level comparable to that of developed countries.